Japanese Antique Brilliant Colors Twenty Woodblock Fan Prints Frameable
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Japanese antique brilliant colors woodblock FAN prints, set of twenty (20), Meiji period, late 19th century,
Immediately frameable.
These exuberant woodblock Fan prints were created to advertise and boost Japan’s 19th century modernization and transformation. These designs could have been ordered at that time, printed, and then placed on Japanese hand fans for resale or souvenirs.They have a definite appeal to westerners and help celebrate Japan’s beauty and splendor as it moves toward western modernization. They were printed on rice paper in a 9.2″ x 9.5″ format and were creatively designed by a variety of period 19th century Japanese artisans as most are signed. Rescued from a rare original book, each woodblock print was inserted and bound at the book’s spine by strings. You can still see evidence of this on each as they were bound as one volume- so you may notice normal and original foxing- toned areas from appropriate age…..after all these prints are more than 100 years old.
The publication of these prints in the late 1800s-1900s 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 and photo mechanical printing. Artists and printers in Japan were losing their living and decided to pursue western markets by reformulating their compositions. Heavily influenced by western innovations, they incorporated light and shade into their art along with Western concepts of perspective and symbols of progress.
Quality: These works of art possess vibrant color with sharp outlines. Published in the late 1890s.
Painters: Various artisans of that day
A total of twenty (20) different woodblock prints are included (see photos).
Provenance: an old Kyoto, Japan collection
Extraordinary treasure find. Instant collection, prints may be individually framed.
Lifetime guarantee of authenticity. All our Asian works of art are accompanied by our lifetime guarantee of authenticity.
We have been dealing in authentic Japanese, Chinese, European, and Asian Fine art, antiquities, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our president personally travels to Japan, Europe and China each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity and quality condition. After accumulating a group, they are imported to Vermont in large containers. This method keeps shipping costs low and enables us to offer them to you at reasonable prices. We ship internationally.
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