Collection of 5 Japanese woodcuts; reproduced by photograph and then by woodcut. Title page and one page of the text in Japanese. Japanese binding. Dorothy H. Riddle Japanese Woodblock Print Collection
Collection of 5 Japanese woodcuts; reproduced by photograph and then by woodcut. Title page and one page of the text in Japanese. Japanese binding. Dorothy H. Riddle Japanese Woodblock Print Collection
Plate #22 from "53 Stations by Two Brushes" Okabe. Publisher's Seal: Marukyu. This place is called Okabe. The 22nd stop. This is a variation from the key form. The two artists, Hiroshige and Kunisada are in collaboration for this print. Upper part consists of a snow view by Hiroshige, and the lower part, the large figure of a warrior by Kunisado, over the signature of Toyokuni.
Title: "Aquacade". A green vertical rectangle bardered on left and right sides by a complementary transparency, the image presented in the green "aqua" (water) field areabstract fishes, snails, and other imaginative oceanic creatures.
Title:"The Event of the Year, 1875, Meija Era". Triptych. Signed by: Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Publisher's Seal: Okura. Yoshitoshi is a pupil of Kuniyoshi, was the last artist of the old school. His life embraced the period which saw the extinction of Ukiyoye, and the establishment of the new. This picture is more related to the new. It can be seen by the costumes of the women. These were worn up til the end of Meiji Era, and could be seen worn by the Empress on special occasions, even today. This it the Empress and her court in 1875, leaving the palace grounds for a ceremonial rite. It happens to be raining a little.