 |
 |
|
 |
Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketGenji E-maki (Set of 4) Size: 40.0cm by 30.0cm (15.75 in by 11.81 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Okada Yoshio Era: Late Showa | Currency: $ / £ / € Price:  Description: This is the same series of prints that was introduced in the recent video on our YouTube channel - 'Beginnings' - that discussed how Dave first got introduced to Japanese prints. (Dave isn't selling his personal set; the prints you see here are a recent acquisition by Mokuhankan). The series is entitled 'Genji E-Maki', and consists of four designs by Okada Yoshio, a well-known Japanese illustrator. Okada-san produced an entire series of designs to illustrate the Genji Monogatari story, and they were initially published in a Japanese newspaper in the late 1970s. They were then collected into book form, and four of them were selected by the Yuyudo publishing house for reproduction as woodblock prints, and sold as a set. Sets occasionally surface with edition numbers on the packaging, but just as frequently, sets are seen without any kind of numbering (as is the case with this group). Just how many of each print were produced is a matter of speculation, but it clearly runs into 'some hundreds' ... The blocks were carved by Maeda and Matsuda, with the printing being done by Uesugi and Endo. The dimensions listed above are paper sizes; the images are 34.0 x 28.5 cm ...
This is 'Hotaru' (Firefly) ... Chapter 25 of the book.    This is 'Akashi' ... Chapter 13   The vermilion pigment on this print has begun to oxidize; this is going to increase over time until eventually (some decades from now) the entire red area will be toned like this.  There is some foxing present at the top edge of this print ...  Wakana ... Chapter 34   The printer has struggled with the registration on the left side of these kimono patterns (the farthest area from the registration marks).  Matsukaze (Breeze in the Pines) ... Chapter 18   Each print carries an impression with the names of the carver, printer, and papermaker.  The prints of course have the usual full print-through of the washi ...  At the top left corner of each print is the place where the paper was cut in a right angle to fit into the registration marks of the woodblocks. On some of the prints, there is a pigment residue at this spot from the printing process.    Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (104) kacho-e (27) landscape (54) bijin-ga (19) contemporary (17) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (70) ebook (6) miscellaneous (4) 8 Cats (4) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (12) Yoshida family prints (48) Doi Hanga prints (54) Miyakodori prints (4) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (78) kacho-e (38) yakusha-e (25) landscape (130) bijin-ga (113) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (4) set (42) books (3) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
 |
 |
 |
