Gihachiro Okuyama’s circa 1950s/60s woodblock print “馬そり (Horse Sleigh)” depicts a logging horse - likely Hokkaido’s hardy 道産子 (Dosanko) breed - hauling freshly felled timbers through a silent, snow-blanketed landscape. Bare trees and drifting snowdrifts evoke the quiet perseverance of rural winter work. ❄️🐎🌲
- Year & Edition: circa 1950s/60s · Seal “Gihachi.”
- Medium: Woodblock.
- Dimensions: Sheet H: 24.00 cm × W: 12.00 cm.
- Condition: Excellent; please refer to photos / contact for condition report.
- Notes: This intimate scene offers a window into Japan’s logging traditions, where Dosanko horses and their keepers navigated snowy forestry roads long before mechanized transport. Okuyama captures the muscle and calm determination of the horse alongside the delicate tracery of young orchard or coppice trees, celebrating a quietly vanishing way of life.
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