Artist: Katsuyuki Nishijima (1945 - ). One of the leading Japanese woodblock artists.
Title: Sake Shop Fushimi Kyoto.
Signed, numbered, and proofed in pencil and stamped beneath the image.
Titled in plate "Liquor of Fushimi", on the red curtain written "Sake" in Chinese.
Dimensions: Image, 11" x 16". Sheet 13" x 18". Frame 14 1/4" x 19".
Publisher: Katsuyuki Nishijima.
Edition: 500 copies.
Date: Late 20th century.
Materials and Techniques: Woodblock print on paper.
Mat and Frame: wooden silvered frame.
Condition: The picture bears the traces of a flood of water. Unexamined outside of frame. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Note: Katsuyuki Nishijima never depicted people in his works. Fushimi Kyoto is Sake District in Kioto, a famous center of sake production and promotion.