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Woodblock used to print a broadside promotion offering eggplant seeds for sale. The species are described and shown in five columns, from left to right, they are called: “Round White”; “Long White”; “Bear Cub Hole”; “Bashō’s Dragon”; and “Round Miyako (Kyoto).”
August 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Woodblock used to print a broadside promotion offering eggplant seeds for sale. The species are described and shown in five columns, from left to right, they are called: “Round White”; “Long White”; “Bear Cub Hole”; “Bashō’s Dragon”; and “Round Miyako (Kyoto).”
June 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The reverse has a carved grid for composition stationery, with the name of Nakamura Masanao's school Dōjinsha in Tokyo, where he promoted the education of women and blind children
June 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The reverse has a carved grid for composition stationery, with the name of Nakamura Masanao's school Dōjinsha in Tokyo, where he promoted the education of women and blind children
3/ A woodblock (201 x 395 x 11 mm.) used to print leaf 19 from series 1 of a Japanese translation by "Nakamura Keiju" of Samuel Smiles’s Self-Help [Saigoku risshihen 西國立志編]
June 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
3/ A woodblock (201 x 395 x 11 mm.) used to print leaf 19 from series 1 of a Japanese translation by "Nakamura Keiju" of Samuel Smiles’s Self-Help [Saigoku risshihen 西國立志編]
2/ Illustrated woodblock (163 x 253 x 20 mm.), carved on both sides, for leaves 17 and 18 in the fifth series (of seven) of an illustrated story called Inazumagata nezumibyōshi 稲妻形怪鼠標子
June 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
2/ Illustrated woodblock (163 x 253 x 20 mm.), carved on both sides, for leaves 17 and 18 in the fifth series (of seven) of an illustrated story called Inazumagata nezumibyōshi 稲妻形怪鼠標子
With carved portraits of classical poets Bunya no Asayasu 文屋朝康, Taira no Kanemori 平兼盛, Sangi Hitoshi 参議等, and Ukon 右近, poet and lady-in-waiting to Lady Onshi, consort of Emperor Daigo
June 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
With carved portraits of classical poets Bunya no Asayasu 文屋朝康, Taira no Kanemori 平兼盛, Sangi Hitoshi 参議等, and Ukon 右近, poet and lady-in-waiting to Lady Onshi, consort of Emperor Daigo
New Japanese printing woodblocks up on our website!
1/ Woodblock (248 x 470 x 35 mm.) for leaves 19 & 20 of Oie hyakunin isshu senzai bunko 御家百人一首千歳文庫 [Senzai Bunko’s Anthology of One Hundred Poets & One Poem Each] [1865].
1/ Woodblock (248 x 470 x 35 mm.) for leaves 19 & 20 of Oie hyakunin isshu senzai bunko 御家百人一首千歳文庫 [Senzai Bunko’s Anthology of One Hundred Poets & One Poem Each] [1865].
June 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New Japanese printing woodblocks up on our website!
1/ Woodblock (248 x 470 x 35 mm.) for leaves 19 & 20 of Oie hyakunin isshu senzai bunko 御家百人一首千歳文庫 [Senzai Bunko’s Anthology of One Hundred Poets & One Poem Each] [1865].
1/ Woodblock (248 x 470 x 35 mm.) for leaves 19 & 20 of Oie hyakunin isshu senzai bunko 御家百人一首千歳文庫 [Senzai Bunko’s Anthology of One Hundred Poets & One Poem Each] [1865].
"i am still alive / on kawara"
June 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"i am still alive / on kawara"
Woodcut illustrations in Fukuro musubi [Tying the Tea Caddy Silk Storage Bag] (1801), a lavishly illustrated book on the art of wrapping tea ceremony implements using decorative knots, all part of temae 手前, the precise and choreographed procedures involved in preparing and serving tea
May 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Woodcut illustrations in Fukuro musubi [Tying the Tea Caddy Silk Storage Bag] (1801), a lavishly illustrated book on the art of wrapping tea ceremony implements using decorative knots, all part of temae 手前, the precise and choreographed procedures involved in preparing and serving tea
“I Saw Picasso Here on His Knees”
An unrecorded announcement for Man Ray’s landmark 1929 presentation of “Rayographs,” at which, the artist claimed in an interview, Picasso fell to his knees in awe.
An unrecorded announcement for Man Ray’s landmark 1929 presentation of “Rayographs,” at which, the artist claimed in an interview, Picasso fell to his knees in awe.
January 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“I Saw Picasso Here on His Knees”
An unrecorded announcement for Man Ray’s landmark 1929 presentation of “Rayographs,” at which, the artist claimed in an interview, Picasso fell to his knees in awe.
An unrecorded announcement for Man Ray’s landmark 1929 presentation of “Rayographs,” at which, the artist claimed in an interview, Picasso fell to his knees in awe.
Georg Bartisch's Ophthalmoduleia (1583), finely colored and complete with the anatomical flaps
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October 16, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Georg Bartisch's Ophthalmoduleia (1583), finely colored and complete with the anatomical flaps
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A Korean woodblock containing a portion of the text from a bilingual edition of Pumo ŭnjung nanbo kyŏng [Ch. Fumu enzhong nanbao jing], one of the Chinese apocrypha [Chosŏn period].
August 7, 2024 at 4:15 PM
A Korean woodblock containing a portion of the text from a bilingual edition of Pumo ŭnjung nanbo kyŏng [Ch. Fumu enzhong nanbao jing], one of the Chinese apocrypha [Chosŏn period].
Two collages from a suite of 12 by Chilean artist Guillermo Deisler (1940-95), composed of tickets, train timetables, etc.
August 7, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Two collages from a suite of 12 by Chilean artist Guillermo Deisler (1940-95), composed of tickets, train timetables, etc.