Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Surimono Album #1 (set of 10)

Size: 30.0cm by 30.0cm (11.81 in by 11.81 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Various

Era: Recent | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 100,000$ 729.00£ 540.00€ 625.00 [Item has been sold]

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Description: This is the first time an item like this has appeared in our catalog. It is an album that David Bull himself carved, printed and published in 2000, and which has been unavailable for many years (his own stock of Album #1 is long gone). We were pleased to find this at an auction one day and immediately purchased it.

It is the first volume of his "Surimono Album" series, a set of five albums in total. To put it simply, "Surimono" were privately published prints. In this series, Dave selected works from various artists and genres that he was drawn to, and published these sets as subscription editions, with ten prints being sent to collectors each year. The prints are accompanied by explanatory texts in both Japanese and English, all bound together to form a single album. Please visit his website where you can find details.

The dimensions given are for the album outer size.

Note: As mentioned, this album is long out-of-print, but some of the blocks are now being used to create prints for the Mokuhankan catalogue.


The prints are in good condition. However, a few of the prints have some foxing. Please check the photos for details. The “Girl Under the Cherry Blossoms” print has small foxing too but they are barely noticable and difficult to capture on camera.

Also, the cardboard sleeve case has some foxing.

Katsushika Hokusai: Horses in Snow

Nishikawa Sukenobu: Young Girl Viewing Cherry Blossoms
This print has a few slight foxing spots at the upper left area but they are barely noticable and difficult to capture on camera.

Onishi Chinnen: Two Women Sewing

This print has slight foxing spots at the upper left.

Ando Hiroshige: Gathering Shellfish at Shinagawa

This print has slight spots at the right side.

Tani Bun'ichi: Summer Bamboo

Shibata Zeshin: Room With a View

Kitagawa Utamaro: Red Dragonfly

Utagawa Toyohiro: Monkey and Crab

Katsushika Hokusai: Two Women in a Boat

Isoda Koryusai: Mandarin Ducks

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