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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"Yasaka no Tou
(The pagoda at Yasaka in Kyoto)
by Clifton Karhu
$195
"EVERY DAY"
21/100, ca1986
by Clifton Karhu
$1950
"SHADOWS ICHIRIKI"
46/100, ca1978
by Clifton Karhu
$375
"ISHIBE II"
8/50, ca1995
by Clifton Karhu
$2375

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"NANZENJI - SHOINAN"
(NANZENJI TEMPLE)
42/50, Ca 1983

"SNOW IN KYOTO"
29/75, Ca 1992
"RAIN IN KYOTO"
16/75, Ca 1992
"DOTOMBORI - OSAKA"
12/80, Ca 1974
$1499 $980 $1000 $399

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"Katsura Rikyu"
(Katsurarikyu in the snow)
With Sign
"BIMI"
10/50, Ca 2002
"ANEYAKOJI - KYOTO"
(Aneyakoji Street, Kyoto)
72/80, ca1974
"SAIHOJI"
(SAIHOJI TEMPLE)
35/100, ca1982
$750 $2750 $1950 $700

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"COUNTRY LANE"
5/100, Ca 1989
"PALACE MOON"
14/100, Ca 1984
$2500
"MOUNTAIN INN"
89/100, Ca 1978
"NARA WAREHOUSE"
12/100, Ca 1978
$1800 $890 $359

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"ROOFS AND SNOW"
53/100, Ca 1981
$750
"TAMBA NO IE
- KADOSHO NISHIDAKE"
18/100, ca1975
by Clifton Karhu
$2150


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