Gyokusho Original Woodblock Print Yalu River Pontoon Bridge Russo Japanese War 1904 LS#204 Futondansu This is a carving of

This is a carving of an antique Japanese Noh mask presumed to be from the Taisho or early Showa era (c 1920's to 1940's)

This bowl was hand thrown

Documented motif—the pommel/backstrap blossom panel corresponds to Plate 6-11

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Gyokusho Original Woodblock Print Yalu River Pontoon Bridge Russo Japanese War 1904 LS#204 Futondansu This is a carving ofKawabata Gyokush () (ryokk no Kaky, "Bridge Construction on the Yalu River") 1904 A quietly powerful and unusually lyrical woodblock print by Kawabata Gyokush, depicting Japanese troops crossing a pontoon bridge over the Yalu River during the Russo Japanese War of 190405. Where most war prints of the period favored dramatic combat scenes, Gyokush brings the sensibility of a trained painter to the subject: the composition is dominated by the vast, mist