A very fine impression with vibrant colors, signed, numbered, and dated from the series: Ikaruga no Sato (Ikaruga Village in Nara).

Minor marginal foxing, remnants of paper from an old mount on the reverse.

Sosaku-hanga

Nishiki-e

1981

Ido Masao used the "Ido Green" technique, emphasizing light and shadow.

In 1961, he studied under Yoshida Koho, a traditional craftsman (dyer), and began engraving in 1972.
In 1973, he was selected by the Japan Print Association and received the Nichido-print Grand Prize and the Sangikai New Talent Award.

In 1983, he participated in the Kyoto Hyakkei Woodblock Prints Exhibition with Tokuriki Tomikichiro and Clifton Calf.

In 1990, he had an "Ido Masao" exhibition in Chicago and participated in the Graz Art Association exhibition in Austria.

In 2004 several of his works were added to the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and in 2006 to that of the Library of Congress in Washington.