Geisha. 20th C Modernist Japanese Sosaku Hanga Woodblock Print. Modernist.

Artist: Takeo Mokuta
Title: Evening in the Hanamachi
Medium: Woodblock print
Year: c. 1950–1975
Edition: Limited edition (exact numbering unknown)
Image size: approx. 24 × 36 cm (estimated)
Paper size: approx. 27 × 39 cm (estimated)
Condition: Good; light toning, minor edge wear, and natural printing irregularities consistent with handmade production
Signed: Unsigned AP
Notes: A striking modern Japanese woodblock print depicting geisha figures within an urban pleasure-quarter setting. Using a restrained palette of muted gray with red and blue accents, the artist creates a dreamlike atmosphere that blends traditional architecture and figure study with distinctly modern compositional abstraction. The flattened perspective and rough-hewn carving give the work an expressive, almost cinematic quality, balancing nostalgia with formal experimentation. An unusual and characterful example of 20th-century Japanese creative printmaking.