Design: Gary Luedtke (1947)  
  Title: Morning Light at Hilo Bay  
  Size: 17.0 x 23.0 cm (chuban)  
  Original woodblock print    
  Photography: Theo Janssen
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Jacoulet(3)

Enlargement


Published: 2006.

Print title in pink cartouche:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
ヒ hi    
ロ ro    
湾 wan bay  
の no    
夜 yo night  
明 a(keru) become light Hilo Bay’s
け ke   Daybreak
       
ハ ha    
ワ wa    
イ i    
島 tō island Hawaii

Designer’s signature in red cartouche.

Blind printed names of carver and printer in right margin:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
彫 ho(ru) carve  
ブ bu    
ル ru   Carver: Bull
       
摺 su(ru) print  
沼 numa swamp  
辺 -be vicinity Printer: Numabe

Embossed English print title and name of designer in bottom margin: “Morning Light at Hilo Bay, Gary Luedtke”.


Provenance: David Bull’s Mokuhankan.