Hanga Treasure Chest III : The Arts of Japan : The 12 Prints

Print #1 : Kyogen Dancers

This image is one leaf from an album of kyōka poetry entitled 'Tarōzuki' (The Moon of Tarō), and was designed by the man we know as Hokusai, in the 1790s, relatively near the beginning of his career, while still using the name Sōri ...

woodblock print of the Kamakura Daibutsu

Print #2 : Kamakura Daibutsu

The design is based on a small snapshot view of the statue, which triggered a memory of the day that Dave first saw it ...

woodblock print of the Choju Giga scroll

Print #3 : Scene from Choju Giga

This is one scene taken from one of Japan's most revered cultural objects - the Choju giga 'emakimono' (scroll)

woodblock print from a Harunobu illustrated book

Print #4 : Kanzashi

An enlargement of one page from the Harunobu book "Seiro Bijin Awase"

Print #5 : Cormorant Fishing

A reproduction of a painting by the famous Kawai Gyokudo

Print #6 : Papermaking

A leaf from a book on craftsmen, by Tachibana Minko

Print #7 : Himeji Castle

A rendering of one part of the famous 'Shirasagijo' - the White Heron Castle

Print #8 : Kabuki Makeup

Dave's version of the old genre of yakusha-e - actor portraits.

Print #9 : Title Here

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Print #10 : Title Here

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Print #11 : Title Here

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Print #12 : Title Here

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