Eight Selected Flowers from the Garden
(Enchû hassen ka)
Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
1845
This
series of fan prints (uchiwa)
is listed as number 219 in Kuniyoshi
by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
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Title:
Bush clover Description:
Beauty wiping her hands |
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Another state of the above
print |
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This is a key block print. It is
an impression pulled from the first woodblock made by a carver from the
artist’s original drawing. The artist
would write instructions for each color on a separate key block print, and
the woodblock for each color was cut using one of these as a guide. Registration marks (kento) are characteristically
found on Japanese key block prints. Kento are cut
in each woodblock, so that the paper can be properly aligned on each
woodblock during printing. A kento is
visible in this print’s right lower corner.
In addition to being a guide for
carving the color woodblocks, the key block was also used to apply black ink
(usually) in the printing process. |
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Title:
Pine Description:
Beauty eating |
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Title: Description:
Beauty holding a book |
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Title:
Chrysanthemums Description:
Beauty with a cat |
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Title:
Peonies Description:
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Title:
Pinks Description:
Beauty picking a flower |
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Title:
Cherry blossoms Description:
Beauty standing amidst falling cherry blossoms |
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