1891 Keinen Imao Woodblock 1st Edition Birds & Flowers Japan

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Jinkochyo - Fall l KNS211 $365 Sale Price: $265 Sold together as a set


Flowering Peach, Kinkei (Golden Pheasant) - Spring KNS215 ~~$295~~ Sale Price: $195 Sold together as a set


Kiju (Green pheasant) - Spring KNS217 $325 Sale Price: $225 Sold together as a set

Niwatori (Rooster and chick) - Spring KNS219 ~~$345~~ Sale Price: $245 Sold together as a set


Tanchyotsura (Japanese Crane) - Spring KNS221 ~~$345~~ Sale Price: $245 Sold together as a set


Grosbeaks, Roses KNS227 ~~$345~~ Sale Price: $245 Sold together as a set


O-ban duck, Iris- Summer KNS229 ~~$345~~ Sale Price: $245 Sold together as a set

Morning Glory, Pink, Shrike-Fall KNS233 ~~$295~~ Sale Price: $195 Sold together as a set

Snowy Egret, Lotus KNS235 $345 Sale Price: $245 KNS234 ~~$345~~ Sale Price: $245 Sold together as a set

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Keinan Kacho Gafu, or Bird and Flower Albums by Keinen, are Panteek's latest offerings of Japanese Shin Hanga prints. The masterful color woodblocks, carved by Tanaka Jirokichi, lend a delicate beauty to each portrait of birds in their natural settings.

Imao Keinen (1845-1924) studied ukiyo-e ("floating world") woodblock prints and other traditional Japanese art styles, becoming a professor at the Kyoto Prefecture School of Painting in 1880. These prints, from Keinan Kacho Gafu, solidified his importance to Japanese art. Soon after their publication in 1891 he was made a member of the Imperial Household Art Committee and a Member of the Imperial Art Academy.

These breathtakingly beautiful woodblock prints illustrate more than 100 different birds in specific seasonal settings with flowers and blossoms. Though little known in the west, they represent a pinnacle of the Shin Hanga movement and are treasures rarely seen with this printing quality and fine state of preservation.