Posted by Chihiro Tosh Doi on March 07, 2002 at 07:05:54:
In Reply to: Carver Maeda? posted by fred on March 06, 2002 at 11:51:37:
Dear Fred,
The seal reads as follows:
SHO WA BO SHIN (in 1928:identical as Unsodo)
KYO TO
SA TO SHO TA RO BAN
Sato Shotaro was a publisher in Kyoto. Accoding to New Wave, he published several prints for Yoshikawa Kanpo, Miki Suizan & Nomura Yoshimitsu during 1923-1931. Kanpo's prints were carved by Maeda and printed by Oiwa.
As far as I know, Maeda Yujiro was a carver who was born in 1889 and passed away in 1957. He used to work for Yoshida Hiroshi in mid 1920's to early 30's. I cannot tell whether he had worked for Unsodo in late 20's or not.
Regards