芝犬ゆちゃん草紙 (Shiba-inu Yuchin Zoshi)Designer: Yoko Ishikawa | Publisher: Mokuhankan | Date: 2020 Paper size: 21.5cm by 15.5cm | Enlargement | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: $ 14.00£ 11.00€ 12.75 Description: This item is not a woodblock print - it is an offset book containing the same content as a set of four hand-carved and hand-printed woodblock books made by Mokuhankan staff printer Yoko Ishikawa. (She doesn't get enough of this here at work; this is how she spends her time off!) A huge amount of work went into the original books - everything on every page is hand-carved, including the lettering. She only made a few copies of each one, mainly for distribution to family members. But once they were done, she also had these offset books made, so that a wider audience could enjoy her work. The content is straight-forward ... each book is an episode from their daily life with Yu-chan, their long-time pet Shiba-inu. (Yu-chan is gone now, but Ishikawa-san is still producing books about him; Volume 5 (not included in this collection) is done, and Volume 6 is in preparation ...) This collection contains the full content of: Volume 1 (16 pages), Volume 2 (20 pages), Volume 3 (12 pages), and Volume 4 (10 pages). (We have prepared a .pdf file with English translations of the captions; if you need this, please ask for it in the comments when you place your order.) The sample 'spread' below is taken from Volume 3; Yu-chan has been wanting to go to the local station on his daily walk, always pulling in that direction. So today, he has been taken inside … (The book reads right to left ...) Top right: “Yu-chan, the train is soon coming.” Bottom right: “Yu-chan, the train is here … it’s here!” Top left: “Yu-chan, the train! Look, the train!” Bottom left: “No interest in the train? What’s wrong?” (It turns out that Yu-chan's interest in the station was nothing to do with the trains ... What could it be?) The cover of the original hand-printed volume 1 The cover of the original hand-printed volume 2 The cover of the original hand-printed volume 3 The cover of the original hand-printed volume 4 Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (102) kacho-e (27) landscape (54) bijin-ga (18) contemporary (16) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (70) ebook (6) miscellaneous (4) 8 Cats (3) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (15) Yoshida family prints (56) Doi Hanga prints (54) Miyakodori prints (5) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (62) kacho-e (28) yakusha-e (13) landscape (124) bijin-ga (77) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (4) set (30) books (5) (Recently sold items) |
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