Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 119666

JESUS BIRTH IN A STABLE

Artist / 作者: Watanabe Sadao渡辺貞夫
Date / 年代: 1967
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録: 600 × 527 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ
Rights / 権利: No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記: Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

LARGE ORIGINAL SADAO WATANABE STENCIL PRINT‾ON HANDMADE PAPER. Signed and Dated L/R: "SADAO WATANABE 1967", Edition: 4/50 on L/L, and Titled: "JESUS BIRTH IN A STABLE" as noted from label on the back(see pic). Out of the estate of the original artist /collector, I purchased this Watanabe and another that I will be listing. This is a large and particularly complex and classic example of Watanabe's distinctively Japanese rendition of a Biblical theme that he came to be so well known for. Instead of the traditional Japanese woodblock technique, he used Katazome and Kappazuri techniques which are traditional Okinawan folk art styles of stencil dyeing and stencil printing. Much credit is given t…

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