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-23  CK-19 CK-20   CK-Z 
"SHIGURE"
41/100, 1985
$2500
 "MARUYAMA SAWAMI"
45/100, 1985
$2500
 
"JAKKOIN"
AP1, 1978
$1499
 
  "FUSHIMI"
36/100, 1978
$1750
  
 
     
CK-17  CK-15 CK-Y  CK-14
 "CAMELLIA SYNCHROMY"
32/100, 1980
$1499
"KARASUMA GATE"
23/100, 1989
$2350
 
"COUNTRY MORNING"
82/100, 1980
$895

"MUROMACHI HOME"
3/100, 1986
$695
 
 
     
CK-J CK-K CK-L CK-T
"NANZENJI - SHOINAN"
(NANZENJI TEMPLE)
42/50, 1983

"SNOW IN KYOTO"
29/75, 1992
"RAIN IN KYOTO"
16/75, 1992
"EVERY DAY"
21/100, 1986
$1950
$1499 $980 $1000

CK-V CK-S CK-M CK-O
"KATSURA RIKYU"
43/100, 1978
$1395
 
"TAMBA NO IE
- KADOSHO NISHIDAKE"
18/100, 1975
$2150
"ANEYAKOJI - KYOTO"
(Aneyakoji Street, Kyoto)
72/80, 1974

$1950
"SAIHOJI"
(SAIHOJI TEMPLE)
35/100, 1982
$700

CK-F CK-B CK-D CK-9
"COUNTRY LANE"
5/100, 1989

$1800
"PALACE MOON"
14/100, 1984
$2500
"MOUNTAIN INN"
89/100, 1978
$595
"ROOFS AND SNOW"
53/100, 1981
$595


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