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Fan prints

           I.  Original works

Yashima GAKUTEI (sold)

Kitao SHIGEMASA (sold)

Totoya HOKKEI (sold)

Yashima GAKUTEI

Yashima GAKUTEI

Large surimono by Shibata ZESHIN

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           II.  Akashi copies

The following prints are copies of famous surimono, so-called Akashi copies, named after the Japanese town where they were faithfully reproduced in the 1890s. Many of these copies (the 'copy-A' versions) show the same elaborate printing techniques as the originals of the early 19th century. That is why they were taken for originals as late as into the 1970s. It was only in the ground-breaking publication of Roger Keyes, "The art of surimono", that their existence was documented for the first time. Original surimono were often commissioned by poetry circles and privately published. Surimono represent the peak in Japanese woodblock printing techniques. Their costly production resulted in very limited editions of a handful of impressions of each design only. So it doesn't come as a surprise that Akashi copies have become collectors' items within the last years, not only because they are much less expensive than the rare originals, but because of their incredible faithfulness to the originals.

after SHIGENOBU from 5 pictures of longevity Price:  € 180.00

after HOKUSAI from Four clans: the Fujiwara Price:  € 180.00

after HOKKEI from 13 pictures of shells Price:  € 220.00

after EIZAN Sparrows dressed as women Price:  € 220.00

after SHUNMAN Pheasant (sold)

after GAKUTEI Tea kettle Price:  € 250.00

after GAKUTEI Heian lady with fan Price:  € 300.00

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More woodblock-printed facsimiles may be found in the following gallery sections:

            
       landscapes & figure prints              facsimiles of illustrated books

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