Okuyama Print

Katherine & I happened to be in a thrift store, dropping off stuff, trying to reclaim some space in our home, when I saw this sitting on a pile of old photos. It is not a photo, of course, but a woodblock print by Gihachiro Okuyama. He lived during the first half of the 20th century. I paid two dollars for the print.

It is humbling to think of the years of dedication to a craft, only to be left on a discard pile in a thrift store. I feel very lucky to have found it.