Blog posts — Japanese traditional Handprinted woodblock prints

Utagawa Hiroshige - Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces - #55 Awa: The Wind and Waves of Naruto                   

  Mr. P. H in United Kingdom How he display our print in his room.     Looks good!!         Mr. S. S in United States of America       Ms. B. J in Belgium       Mr. B. V in France                                                                                        

Kawarazaki Shodo 河原崎奨堂 (1899~1973) Flower Series (花版画)                                                                                                                                  

Master Teruhida Kato  加藤晃秀 (1936-2015) was born in Kyoto City. After graduating from the Department of Japanese Painting at Kyoto University of Art, he established a design studio and while participating in various craft projects. He created ``Ikiga''   "粋画"  with a unique touch. He has held solo exhibitions in New York and other locations, and is attracting attention from overseas as well. He depicted the atmosphere of the ancient capital Kyoto Japan with bold compositions based on black and white, and reproduced his painting with Japanese traditional woodblock prints. He is an artist who truly loves Kyoto. His depictions of...

歌川広重　名所江戸百景　　 "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" by　Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)   Hiroshige's last work, ``One Hundred Famous Views of Edo,'' is a masterpiece of 120 illustrations (one of which was signed by the second generation Hiroshige and one was a catalogue), and is literally a monumental work that sums up his life's work as a painter. It's a truly masterpiece.   He was an ambitious artist who searched for the seasonal changes in people's affairs and moods in the outstanding landscapes of Edo's city center and suburbs, and discovered and registered new famous places.   A bold application of Western...