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Utagawa SadahideAuthentic Japanese Woodblock Print-Birds and Flowers-Edo-Fan Re-carved 1920s1920
1920
$755.22
£550
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About the Item
This rare Original 1920s authentic print is a Taisho Period Woodblock print published from the Japan 1920's The Nippon Mokuhan Gasui, Masterpieces Series.;
it is authentically hand printed from the re-carved blocks in early 20s.
Signed in Gountei Sadahide (in Japane) in black ink with yellow seal on the centre left side of the print.
The woodblock print is in pristine condition, colours are as bright as new despites its 100 years old production. The image features 2 birds, possibly pheasants, amongst peonies and roses, it is a "uchiwa" (round fan) Print; originally designed to be glued to fans,
Many of this prints are now in museums collections. The most recent prints from earlier block are now included in British Museum (UK.), Philadelphia Museum of Art and Carnegie Museum of Arts, (USA).
This print belongs to the Kacho-e genre, which focuses on depiction of birds and flowers,
Comes with original hinged paper and English translation cover paper.
Details:
Title: Birds (Pheasants) and Flowers ( Peonies and roses)
-Bird and Flowers printed on "uchiwa" (round fan) shape.
Artist: Utagawa Gyokuransai Sadahide 1807-1873
Block Year: early 20th Century. Re-carved edition published on 1920, Japan.
Dimensions: 20 x 32 CM
Condition: Very good, the print is in its original beautiful colours and detail. It is in great impression.
There are signs of age on the protective papers, the thick hinged paper which the woodblock print is original attached to, and the original transparent protective sheet with text in both Japanese and English.
*As education in English had not yet established itself strongly in Japan when the time it was published, the English text is not written completely correct.
*Prominence: Collected in GSY House Collection since 2015, directly acquired from Japan 1920's The Nippon Mokuhan Gasui, Masterpieces Series.
About The Nippon Mokuhan Gasui, Masterpieces Series:
This is an ORIGINAL Nippon Gasui. Woodblock Print Nippon Gasui. [Circa1920's]. Color woodblock print, each tipped on to sheet with captioned tissue guard. This print is part of the series 'The Nippon Mokuhan Gasui' (Masterpieces of Old Japanese Colour Prints). Published Monthly. The caption describes this as "One of a set of pictures called 'A Collection of Pictures of Artisans', which consists of twenty-four pieces, written on a pair of six-leaved screen, which are kept in the Kitain (a temple) at Kawagoe of Musashi Province.
The Nippon Mokuhan Gasui, Masterpieces of old Japanese woodblock prints.
An important collection of over one hundred reproductions of the major prints in Japanese art, published in the 1920s by Nippon Gasui-Sha. The collection is presented in the original cloth boards, complete with the publisher's label. These high-quality reproduction of wood block print, usually sold individually, were addressed to collectors who had taken out a subscription entitling them to a certain number of pieces per year. It is therefore particularly rare.
The Artist:
Utagawa Sadahide (歌川 貞秀; 1807 - c.1879), born in Shimosa province, named Hashimoto Kenjiro, later known as Utagawa Sadahide, also known as Gountei Sadahide (五雲亭 貞秀), was a late-Edo and early-Meiji period woodblock print artist specializing in Yokohama prints.
Sadahide is also widely recognized for his early implementation of wide panoramic angles, linear perspectives, and bird's eye views, was a Japanese artist best known for his prints in the ukiyo-e style as a member of the Utagawa school.
- Creator:Utagawa Sadahide (1807 - 1873, Japanese)
- Creation Year:1920
- Dimensions:Height: 7.88 in (20 cm)Width: 12.6 in (32 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
- Medium:
- Period:
- Framing:Framing Options Available
- Condition:There are signs of age on the protective papers, the thick hinged paper which the woodblock print is original attached to, and the original transparent protective sheet with text in Japanese and English. The print itself is in excellent condition.
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2500216931772
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