CLIFTON KARHU
(1927-2007)

Clifton Karhu was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927.
From 1946 to 1948 he was stationed in Sasebo,
an American navy base in Japan - located between Nagasaki and Fukuoka.
He returned toUSA and studied at the Minneapolis Art School from 1950 to 1952.
He the returned to Japan as a missionary and made extensive travels through Japan
- Kyoto, Shiga and Hiroshima prefecture.
In 1963 he moved to Kyoto and got interested in woodblock prints.
Karhu mostly carves and prints himself. His subjects are typical Japanese scenes.



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CK-B NEW CK-A CK-3 CK-4
"PALACE MOON"
"CAKE SHOP"
"Gion-machi"
(Gion District in Kyoto)

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"Katsura Rikyu"
(Katsurarikyu in the snow) 
Open edition
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CK-5 CK-6 CK-7 CK-8
"Yasaka no Tou"
(Yasaka pagoda in Kyoto)
Open edition
"ARASHIYAMA MAPLES"

"HASHIKUI IWA SUNRISE"
"LANTERN-KATSURA"

$150 SOLD
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CK-9 CK-1 CK-2
"ROOFS AND SNOW"
"EIGAMURA"
"Kiyomizu Dera"
(Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto)
Open edition
$750 SOLD
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