Yoshijiro Urushibara "Mokuchu" 漆原木虫 (1888-1953) “Anemones (II)”

Urushibara Yoshijiro "Mokuchu" (漆原木虫) (Japanese, 1888–1953)
"Anemones II", Circa 1934
Signed in pencil & numbered "No.23." 
Original woodcut printed in colour

Measures:-
32.5 cm x 21.5 cm (aperture)
52.4 cm x 39.8 cm (framed and glazed)

An original Art Deco woodcut print by the 
highly influential Japanese printmaker Urushibara Yoshijiro (known as "Mokuchu") depicting anemones in an oriental 'Cizhou' type 'sgraffito' pottery jar (possibly an early Leach Pottery piece made by his fellow countryman Shoji Hamada).