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Yoritomo Subduing the Nue

Size: 21.0cm by 29.0cm (8.27 in by 11.42 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Ko Sukoku

Era: Taisho | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 9,000$ 75.00£ 56.75€ 67.25 [Item has been sold]

Description: Part of a monthly subscription series of three woodblock prints issued by the Yamato Hanga Kanko-kai in ca. 1924.

This is a print reproduction, capturing the wood grain, of a large ema (votive tablet) measuring 2.65 meters by 3.52 meters, depicting the subjugation of the monstrous nue, which was originally painted by Kô Sûkoku and dedicated to the Asakusa Kannon Temple in 1787.

Note: this print was made back in the era when Japan's industries were opening up to Western ideas and influences, and used what would these days be called a 'mixed media' approach in its creation.

Some parts of the image were put onto the paper with the collotype printing technique, based on photography from the original design. This part of the process would include registration marks, and once the collotype was printed, the paper would be trimmed to those marks, and other areas of the design then printed by hand from woodblocks in the traditional manner.

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