Kazuyuki Ohtsu: Cherry Trees Boxed Notecards - The four prints in this collection capture the beauty of cherry trees, celebrated in Japanese literature, poetry, and art for hundreds of years. The spring blossoms are rich in symbolism, with their brief lifespan and fragile beauty often serving as a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life. Kazuyuki Ohtsu (Japanese, b. 1935) served for forty years as the assistant to Kiyoshi Saito, a woodblock artist at the forefront of the ssaku hanga movement. Instead of the division of labor relied on by Hiroshige, Hokusai, and virtually every other Japanese printmaker who preceded them, the creative print artists handled every step of the production of prints themselves. They painted the original pictures, carved the woodblocks, and printed the images. Set of 20 cards - Five of each design indicated below Printed on recycled paper. Each card is 5 x 7 inches. Envelopes included.