Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 119202

Autumn

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
600 × 427 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, 25 October 2005 ARTIST: Rakuzan. FORMAT: 16 by 22 ins SERIES: Birds and flowers of Japan. DATE: ca. 1930 DESCRIPTION: Autumn. CONDITION: Some toning to margins, otherwise good 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 ed…

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