Original Certified ASHIKAGA SHIZUO Woodblock Print, Uchida Atelier, Kyoto Japan Aprox. dimensions: Frame: 22.5" x 16.5" Opening area: 16" x 10.5" Good vintage condition! Framed with silk matt and glass ASHIKAGA, SHIZUO (1917 - 1991) Shizuo Ashikaga was a painter active during the mid-20th century. Born in Ehime Prefecture in 1917, Ashikaga graduated from Kyoto Municipal Arts University. He studied under Taikan Yokohama and worked primarily as a painter, but produced some kacho-e, or “bird and flowers pictures” for the woodblock printer Uchida in the 1950s