Three Japanese Woodblock Prints

Includes two woodblock prints by Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) (Japanese, 1871-1945), the first Thunderstorm at Tateishi, post earthquake, circa 1936, published by Shozaburo Watanabe (15 x 6 3/4 in.)(attached to mat at top corners; some fading and scattered wear to color; light even toning to margins), the second Moonrise at Tokumochi, post earthquake, circa 1936, published by Shozaburo Watanabe (10 x 7 in.)(attached to mat along top margin; light even toning to margins), and a woodblock print by Shotei Watanabe (Japanese, 1852-1918), Three Birds on Maple (9 3/4 x 5 in.)(attached to the mat at top and bottom corners; light even toning).

From the Historic Collection of Limestone University, Gaffney, South Carolina
Limestone College, now Limestone University, was founded in 1845 in Gaffney, South Carolina, by English-born Baptist minister Dr. Thomas Curtis and his son William. Originally established as the Limestone Springs Female High School, it was among the first women’s colleges in the nation and the very first in the state. The institution found its early roots in a former resort hotel near healing springs, later struggling due to the Civil War and Reconstruction. It revived in 1881 as the Cooper‑Limestone Institute, thanks to benefaction from industrialist Peter Cooper, and adopted the name Limestone College.