Japanese Woodblock Print, Rice Reaping, Ohno Bakufu

A print depicting farm workers threshing and winnowing rice in a paddy-field.

Ohno Bakufu (1888-1976) was born in Tokyo and worked primarily as a painter. He is best known for his work in the sosaku-hanga, or “creative prints,” movement in the early 20th century even though he published in the shin-hanga method as well. Bakufu studied under Ishii Hakutei, a leading figure in the movement, and later worked closely with Munakata Shiko.

There is another Ohno Bakufu woodblock print with same frame in my listings portraying rice harvesting. The two would make a nice pair.