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

Slight oxidation at the opening of an old passe-partout, remnants of papers from an old mounting on the reverse.

Sosaku-hanga

Nishiki-e

1981

The octagonal Yumedono, or Hall of Dreams, is one of Horyuji Temple’s most impressive buildings. The scholar-priest Gyoshin Sozu commissioned its construction in 739 as a monument to Shotoku Taishi. The building was constructed on the site of the prince’s private palace, where he lived until his death in 622. The Hall of Dreams derives its name from a legend that a golden Buddha once appeared to Shotoku Taishi in a dream.

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.