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Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketThe Walls have Ears Size: 20.0cm by 14.0cm (7.87 in by 5.51 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [M] ? Designer: Kawanabe Kyosai Era: Recent | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: ¥ 7,000$ 55.00£ 43.50€ 51.00   Description: This is an unusual item in our Flea Market catalogue - a freshly made print, but not by us here at Mokuhankan. One of the traditional printers living and working in Tokyo for many years, Mr. Tsutomu Mitamura, has decided to try his hand at issuing some print reproductions himself. He is a huge fan of Kawanabe Kyosai's work, and has begun his publishing activities with a series of reproductions of some of Kyosai's Yokai related designs. He arranged for one of the younger carvers in the traditional crafts association, Kayoko Suga, to do the carving, and did the printing himself. --- “The Walls Have Ears” is a proverb that means secrets can be easily leaked, and in this print an oversized ear on a wall shocks a plasterer and child who see it. The other proverb here, “When John Doe Plants Seeds the Crows Will Come” refers to wasted efforts, or one’s work being destroyed by others, and is illustrated by Kyōsai with a farmer and anthropomorphized birds in a lively scene.       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 (41) kacho-e (16) yakusha-e (20) landscape (184) bijin-ga (116) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (0) set (32) books (3) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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