Blog posts — Japanese traditional Handprinted woodblock prints

  Mr. P. H in United Kingdom How he display our print in his room.     Looks good!!         Mr. S. S in United States of America       Ms. B. J in Belgium       Mr. B. V in France                                                                                        

Kawarazaki Shodo 河原崎奨堂 (1899~1973) Flower Series (花版画)                                                                                                                                  

Master Teruhida Kato  加藤晃秀 (1936-2015) was born in Kyoto City. After graduating from the Department of Japanese Painting at Kyoto University of Art, he established a design studio and while participating in various craft projects. He created ``Ikiga''   "粋画"  with a unique touch. He has held solo exhibitions in New York and other locations, and is attracting attention from overseas as well. He depicted the atmosphere of the ancient capital Kyoto Japan with bold compositions based on black and white, and reproduced his painting with Japanese traditional woodblock prints. He is an artist who truly loves Kyoto. His depictions of...

歌川広重　名所江戸百景　　 "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" by　Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)   Hiroshige's last work, ``One Hundred Famous Views of Edo,'' is a masterpiece of 120 illustrations (one of which was signed by the second generation Hiroshige and one was a catalogue), and is literally a monumental work that sums up his life's work as a painter. It's a truly masterpiece.   He was an ambitious artist who searched for the seasonal changes in people's affairs and moods in the outstanding landscapes of Edo's city center and suburbs, and discovered and registered new famous places.   A bold application of Western...

   From Series -   A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces   葛飾北斎 By Katsushika Hokusai (1760~1849)    ``Shokoku Waterfalls'', a collection of eight pictures of famous places, is said to have been published around 1833, after ``Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji'' was published. It is a masterpiece and a masterpiece among Hokusai's landscape prints, and is an ambitious work that challenges the expression of ``water'' using famous waterfalls from all over Japan such as Edo, Nikko, Kiso, and Tokaido as subject matter. This work can be said to embody Hokusai's artistic pursuit of depicting the essence of a motif...