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Koho Shoda’s nocturnes
Futamigaura. The biographical dates (1871–1946) are apparently uncertain for this Japanese artist about whom little documentation exists. What we do have is the prints he created, a couple of which have appeared here before. Nocturnes were Shoda's speciality, together with other atmospheric scenes created with carefully graded colouring. As always with prints such as these, I'm in awe of the artist's ability to create a sense of verisimilitude in the difficult medium of woodblock printing.
