Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 119137
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- Artist / 作者
- Rakusan Tsuchiya (1886-?) Rakuzan土屋楽山
- Date / 年代
- Not set
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Heisei / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 1200 × 864 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 小春ユイ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
Tuesday, 11 October 2005 ARTIST: Rakuzan. SIZE: (16 by 22 ins) SERIES: Birds and flowers of Japan. DATE: ca. 1930 DESCRIPTION:. CONDITION: Horizontal centre fold, otherwise fine impression, colour and condition. NOTE: These extraordinarily exquisite kacho-ga are a technical tour-de-force. Multiple woodblocks were cut and up to 240 separate printing operations were performed in creating each design. No expense was spared in creating the effect Rakuzan wanted - each sheet is embellished with metallic pigments, principally silver, gold, and bronze and occasionally gofun (Chinese white, derived from crushed oyster shell). The series comprises 100 images, and was published in a limited edition…
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