Obata’s Yosemite Woodblock Prints Notecard Set

Images by Chiura Obata

Chiura Obata notecards

The remarkable Yosemite woodblock prints of Chiura Obata have been acclaimed as some of the finest California art of the twentieth century. Now ten of Obata’s most colorful and striking works, taken from his award-winning book, Obata’s Yosemite, are available as a boxed notecards set. Each card has a full-color woodblock image printed on its front, and on the back of each is the title of the print and comments about the view made by the artist.

About the Artist

Chiura Obata

Chiura Obata (1885-1975) was born in Japan and came to California in 1903. A master in the traditional Japanese sumi ink and brush technique, he also excelled in art education and taught at the University of California, Berkeley from 1932 until 1954, except for his years of internment. Other works were previously published in the book Obata’s Yosemite (Yosemite Association, 1993).
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