- Blue Torii Gate, Miyajima - Tree Scene Artist signature on the left

Artist signature on the left side

This print captures the Kintaikyo Bridge in winter

while people inside a thatched-roof house are pounding rice cakes for the New Year

capturing their playful and lovable nature

Very minor toning on the verso

- Blue Torii Gate, Miyajima - Tree Scene Artist signature on the leftThe beautiful small woodblock print 'Aoi Torii' (Blue Torii Gate, Miyajima) is by Osamu Ueda (b. 1947). It depicts the lesser known blue torii gate at a small shrine in Miyajima, capturing the tranquil atmosphere at sunset. Osamu Ueda was born in 1947 in Hiroshima Prefecture. The artist has an unusual background, having graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at Hiroshima University. He and his father, Isao Ueda (b. 1924), held an exhibition together