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Ukiyo-e: Japanese Woodblock Prints
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Bathing Beauties
A very rare edition of Ito Shinsui’s famous “After the bath” print has come up for auction at Floating World Auctions. According to them this print is actually from Shinsui’s…
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Hokusai: Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji
Posted on August 28, 2011 | No CommentsA copy of Hokusai’s Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji has come up for auction at Freeman’s Auction in Philadelphia. This is a Japanese Woodblock print book (which is a sub-category... -
The Japanese Print: An Interpretation
Posted on August 24, 2011 | No CommentsThe famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright was an avid collector of Japanese Woodblock Prints. As it turns out, he also published a book as well (first released in 1912). A... -
Hiroshige: Sea off Satta Point
Posted on July 3, 2011 | No Comments(This post is adapted from a comment that I made over at the Museum Sub-Reddit.) This particular print is the best (in my opinion) print from Hiroshige’s posthumously-printed 36 Views... -
Bunraku in Ukiyo-e
Posted on January 26, 2011 | No CommentsI was recently exploring the depiction of Bunraku puppet plays in Ukiyo-e and began to notice a decided lack of material that explicitly showed puppets. Some pieces were readily available,... -
Tsukioka Kōgyo
Posted on December 14, 2010 | No CommentsThe other day a friend asked me if there were any examples of Noh theatre in Edo-era Ukiyo-e, as there are with Kabuki. I thought for a moment but was...