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飛び出す鯉 (Leaping Carp) Designer: Anonymous | Carver: David Bull | Printer: Ayumi Ohashi Paper size: 15.5cm by 11cm | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [HC] ? | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: 
Description: This is a design 'stolen' from a kimono pattern book issued in Meiji 31 (1898). Of course, in that era there was no standard colour printing, and the only way for a kimono fabric maker to distribute sample patterns to kimono shops around the country was by means of woodblock printing The book contains hundreds of pages, all full-colour printed like this, and must have cost an absolute fortune to produce ... Although I suppose back then such craftsmen were a 'dime a dozen' ... The image is one that doesn't need much explanation - the concept of the fish swimming upstream, or leaping against the current is an obvious metaphor for successful struggle. Although as this fish is leaping from the sea, rather than a swift river, one wonders ...      Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (101) kacho-e (27) landscape (55) bijin-ga (17) contemporary (15) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (69) ebook (7) miscellaneous (5) 8 Cats (3) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (16) Yoshida family prints (88) Doi Hanga prints (52) Miyakodori prints (5) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (40) kacho-e (29) yakusha-e (20) landscape (180) bijin-ga (117) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (0) set (30) books (3) (Recently sold items) |
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