Kojima Gyokuhō

Kojima Gyokuhō (児嶋 玉鳳, 1907–1934) was a Japanese artist associated with the shin hanga (new prints) movement. Little is known about him, except that he worked with the Kyoto City publisher Happōdō.[1] He rejected the Western concept that art was an expression of the artist's individuality. Rather, he embraced the traditional method of producing woodblock prints through the cooperation of a designer (artist), a woodblock carver, a printer, and a publisher.[2][3] He also favored traditional Japanese subjects, such as Japanese textiles, kabuki, and ukiyo-e masterpieces.[4]

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kojima.
Kibun Daijin from the series One Hundred Poetry Illustrations: A Collection of Multicolor Woodblock Prints by Kojima Gyokuhō, c. 1934, woodblock print, Honolulu Museum of Art

References
  1. Honolulu Museum of Art
  2. Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label for The Graphic Design of Kojima Gyokuhō, January 10, 2019 - March 10, 2019
  3. Michener, James A., The Floating World, Random House, New York, 1954, p. 148
  4. Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label for The Graphic Design of Kojima Gyokuhō, January 10, 2019 - March 10, 2019
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