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           I.  Original surimono and fan prints
              - including fan-shaped designs -

Okura KOTO misc. fan-shaped designs

attr. to Ogata GEKKO - Petals - deluxe shikishiban surimono -

Katsushika HOKUSAI Near Mishima and Numazu: Boys riding on buffalos - Two surimono (rare uncut print sheet!) (CLICK to link to the Landscape section)

ZESHIN, Shibata Crows in Flight at Sunrise (LINK to the kachô-e section)

Shibata ZESHIN Mallard

Utagawa KUNISADA Bijin holding a letter and playing the koto (LINK to the bjin section)

Yashima GAKUTEI The Dance at Furuichi

CHOSUI (large: double-oban sized surimono)

GYOKUMIN (large: double-oban sized surimono)

Hokusai school Fukurukuju in a Boat

SUIO (large: double-oban sized surimono)

WATANABE Shoeki (large: double-oban sized surimono)

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           II.  Octagonal fan prints by ZESHIN and GYOKUSHO
           Size each: c. 22. 5 x 29 cms / 8 7/8" x 11 3/8"
            Ref. lit.: Milne Henderson, "Shibata Zeshin"; London, 1976.

Shibata ZESHIN (1807-91) "Decorated bark of tree"; c. 1870 ref. no.: # 6220384 * Price:  € 240.00

Kawabata GYOKUSHO (1842-1913) "Bindweed in a hanging basket"; c. 1870 ref. no.: # 6220383 * Price:  € 160.00

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           III.  Akashi copies of early 19th c. surimono

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 over the last decades, not only because they are much less expensive than the rare originals, but because of their faithfulness to the original editions.

after GAKUTEI Tea kettle - Sold -

after HOKKEI Geisha and Boy with Kite Price:  € 340.00

after GAKUTEI Geisha strolling with a Kamuro Price:  € 400.00

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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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