Woodcut book "The 50th Meiji manners and customs tanka game"
$317.00A rare book drawn as a Meiji craftsman painting
The rare book that modern Japanese Western picture artist Chu Asai and his friend Ikebe described Meiji manners and customs vividly with a comic song and a witty satire picture .
It is republished by an original woodcut.
Comes with a separate commentary by Mr. Heisaku Harada
* Asai Chu / 1856 - 1907
Chu Asai is known as a Western-style painter in the Meiji period. Born in the Edo residence of the Sakura Domain. He learned Western painting from Italian artist Fontanesi, opened a research institute in Kanda, and founded the Meiji Bijutsukai with Hosui Yamamoto and others. After that, he went to study in France and became a driving force in Western art in Japan. After returning to Japan, he became a principal professor at the Kyoto High School of Arts and Crafts. In addition, he opened the Kansai Art Institute and worked hard to revitalize and develop Kyoto's Western-style painting world, while also vigorously working on his own design and craft production, which had an impact on the craft world in Kyoto at the time.
| Product name |
The 50th song contest of the current customs - Chu Asai ー
| Author |
Chu Asai Original picture Ikebe Fujien song
| Printers |
Shinmi
| Specifications |
Woodblocks：A tradition woodcut for Meiji period
(unsodo possession)
Technic:wood cut print
Paper:Japanese paper
Bindings:Japanese bookbinding (250mm 180mm)
Fig60 2books 1set(Entering exclusive cloth case)
| Classification |
Woodcut book / Design
| About delivery |
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| Others |
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