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Each print measures approximately
14 inches by 10 inches.
Poppy KWB155 $115
For
a long time, we have admired and collected works from
Asia. Since our website has become so large and
eclectic, it seems time recognize the great tradition of
wood block prints, and the enormous influence of Asian
art on Western artists.
What better place to start than this beautiful series of
woodblock botanical prints by Tanigami Konan
(1879-1928). The work was to celebrate the seasons, so
there are exuberant selections from all the seasons.
The publication of these prints in 1917 was a very
interesting time in Japanese print making, when the old
traditional ways of wood block printing were giving way
to new western print making technologies such as
lithography & photo mechanical printing.
Artists and printers in Japan were losing their living
due to the changes & decided to pursue the Western
market, reformulating their art in such a way that it
would appeal to the Western eye and taste. Heavily
influenced by the Impressionist movement in France, they
incorporated light and shade into their art along with
Western concepts of perspective.
This new movement,
named Shin Hanga or “new prints” was
started by artists, but owes much of its success to the
renowned publisher,
Shozaburo Watanabe
(1885-1962), a keen businessman who initially used
Western artists living in Japan to understand the art
that appealed to the Western eye.
Shin Hanga
was immediately successful under the shrewd tutelage of
this astute businessman & flourished even through the
great Kanto earthquake of 1923, in which the Wantanabe
print shop and woodblocks were totally destroyed and
over 140,000 people lost their lives. World War II
brought a halt to this flourishing business for a while,
but the American occupation renewed the interest in
these beautiful prints and many were sent home by the
American troops and Shin Hanga was
introduced to American homes nationwide.
The topics of the Shin
Hanga movement are universally appealing: botanicals,
landscapes, birds, animals and beautiful people, so we
are delighted to add them to our offerings. These
prints are particularly vivid and lush, with extravagant
displays of all the very best flowers-tulips, lilies,
daffodils, crocus, iris and all the numerous splendors
of the botanical world. It is definitely the abundant
style of the West versus the more restrained and elegant
style of the East. In Japan, an arrangement of five
flowers and a few leaves is considered very
satisfactory, whereas this would certainly be viewed as
a little sparse by most of us!
Each print measures
approximately 14 inches by 10 inches on
chain-lined rice paper. There is an almost
imperceptible central fold, as in the double Curtis and toning
on some,
compensated by the brilliance of the coloring. A few have slight marginal edge thinning.
We have selected them for their glorious displays of the
botanical kingdom at its peak & hope you will like them
as much as we.
We accept credit cards & PayPal. Washington state
residents pay Washington state sales tax. Shipping for
this item is $8.95. Items can be combined to save on
postage. Our environment is smoke free. We pack
professionally using only new materials. All items are
beautifully wrapped and suitable for sending directly as
gifts. You may return any item within 7 days if not
satisfied. To order, you may call us at 1-888-PANTEEK or
send email to panteek@aol.com
  
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