Monthly Archives: January 2012

How Come All These Japanese Prints Look The Same?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by toshidama

Kuniyoshi, Hanbei 1840 Kunisada, Hanbei 1840  We’re showing nine prints on this page, all of which seem to share something in common. In some of them the full height, man walking seems to be almost the same; in others a … Continue reading →

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Nigao – True Likeness in Japanese Prints

Posted on January 26, 2012 by toshidama

How important is a likeness in a work of art? Maybe not as important as it seems; elsewhere on this site we’ve looked at how potentially disastrous it would be to use Hiroshige’s 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road as … Continue reading →

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In Advance of Kunisada

Posted on January 16, 2012 by toshidama

Toshidama Gallery is showing the later actor portraits of Utagawa Kunisada from the 20th of January. Art historians and art critics talk about artists having a ‘coherent body of work’, and sitting here in the office at the gallery, looking … Continue reading →

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Paper Sizes in Japanese Woodblock Prints

Posted on January 6, 2012 by toshidama

It’s very confusing for people visiting Japanese print galleries – especially online – to see prints described as oban or chuban or kakemono-e with no great explanation of what that means. I thought we’d sort out what these sizes are, … Continue reading →

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There – Not There – Woodblock Prints and the Work of Paul Morrison

Posted on January 4, 2012 by toshidama

Morrisson, Rhexia, 2011 In ukiyo-e, as in all prints produced from blocks, there is little margin for hesitation – no grey area for the artist to prevaricate. In relief printing at its most basic, there is only the presence of … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year From Toshidama Gallery

Posted on January 2, 2012 by toshidama

Toshidama Gallery would like to wish all its visitors a very happy and prosperous New Year. We have been moving the gallery over the last two weeks and hence there have been fewer blog posts on this and our other … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year From Toshidama Gallery

Posted on January 2, 2012 by toshidama

Toshidama Gallery would like to wish all its visitors a very happy and prosperous New Year. We have been moving the gallery over the last two weeks and hence there have been fewer blog posts on this and our other … Continue reading →

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2011 in review

Posted on January 1, 2012 by toshidama

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 18,000 times in 2011. If it were a … Continue reading →

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