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Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market100 Ukiyo-e Masterpieces Size: 30.0cm by 24.0cm (11.81 in by 9.45 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Various designers Era: Early Showa | Currency: $ / £ / € Price:  Description: This book collection was published by the Takamizawa Company in the pre-war period (Showa 12 - or 1936). At the time, they were the pre-eminent publisher of ukiyo-e reproduction prints, producing them in a wide variety of sizes and versions. This collection of 100 hand-carved hand-printed woodblock prints represents an overview of the entire history of the ukiyo-e era (although their selection emphasized 'beauties' and includes very few landscapes). The designs are here reproduced in the traditional ハガキ (hagaki) size (roughly equivalent to a postcard), and are astonishingly well carved, most of them being line-for-line versions of designs originally published in a far larger format. The book was published in a subscription format: the binder and first few prints were sent to the collector at the start, and subsequent shipments of prints were made over the following months. The prints are all backed with card stock, making them firm enough to allow the collectors to place them in corner slots that were prepared on every page of the album. [Note: no dealer orders, please.] The book is contained in a card slipcover.  It is bound in a western fashion, but with pages folded 'backwards' in Japanese style.  There is one print per page ...  ... and they are inserted into slots cut to match.    The text accompanying each print is in Japanese, but we do have a title and designer information also in English.  The book is 85 years old. Most of the prints are 'clear', but a few of them do have foxing as seen here (this is about the worst example).  And the top of the book - where it must have gathered dust - is also stained.    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 ] |
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