Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketHiroshige Tanzaku Collection Vol.1&2Size: 50.0cm by 26.5cm (19.69 in by 10.43 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [INC] ? Designer: Ando Hiroshige Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: Description: The tanzaku prints in this set, all designed by Hiroshige and probably originally produced between 1830 and 1844, were reproduced by Takamizawa in the 1970s. Many of Hiroshige's tanzaku are kachō-ga - illustrations of birds and flowers - while less often they feature landscapes. While in the Edo period tanzaku prints almost always included a classical poem that somehow reflected or interacted with the image portrayed, a few of the reproduction prints in this set have been printed without poems. The format of tanzaku allowed artists to show off their design skills by requiring them to arrange a poem with other elements in an aesthetically pleasing way on a small canvas. A variety of printing techniques including bokashi gradation and kara-zuri blind-embossing were often used in these prints, adding to their beauty as 'snapshots' of nature. 24 prints were published in two volumes by Takamizawa, and this item is a full set of Vol.1 and Vol.2, which consists of 12 prints each. The dimension displayed is the box size, and the prints are in three sizes: 34 x 12cm, 37 x 12 cm, and 38 x17 cm. If you would like to know more about this set, you can see hi-resolution photographs of the prints in the Mokuhankan Collection copy.
Special Shipping Notice This item cannot be shipped at the ‘economy’ level in our shopping cart, so we have priced it to include shipping at the EMS express level (including insurance) to most common destinations (North America, Europe, Asia). It is rare for us to obtain complete sets in good condition (they almost always have at least one print missing). The set here is presented just as it was to the collectors in the post-war period when Takamizawa produced it. Each print is held in a paper folder and most of the prints are lightly tipped in to the folder. Takamizawa also supplied frames; the idea was that the collectors would simply place the prints (in their folders) into the interchangeable frame. At your option, we could ship without the cloth cases in order to reduce storage space and decrease shipping costs. Inside the cloth case, are 12 envelopes holding prints for each set, and an index leaflet (in Japanese). #1 'Geese and Full Moon' and #2 'Sparrows and Poppies' #3 'Full Moon over Tsukudajima' and #4 'Golden Pheasant and Fern Shoots' #5 'Snow at Nihonbashi' and #6 'Blue Bird and Roses' #7 'Autumn Moon by the New Yoshiwara' and #8 'Owl and Crescent Moon' #9 'Snow on the Sumida River' and #10 'Irises and White Heron' #11 'Asakusa River and Kinryûzan Temple' and #12 'Rabbits under a Full Moon' #13 'Sparrows in the Snow' and #14 'Hawk on Plum Branch' #15 'Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama' and #16 'Finch on Wisteria' #17 'Peacock and Peonies' and #18 'Peonies' #19 'Frogs and Yamabuki' and #20 'Summer Moon at Ryogoku' #21 'Pheasant and Chrysanthemum' and #22 'Maple Leaves at Kaian-ji Temple' #23 'Swallows and Peach Blossoms' and #24 'Parrot' 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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