Buy Fine and Authentic Woodblock Printing Artwork

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Buy Fine and Authentic Woodblock Printing Artwork
of Japanese Artists
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Japanese woodblock printing artwork or Ukiyo-e
has become an increasingly popular art form,
which many people want to purchase and become a
proud owner of an inclusive collection. Ukiyo-e,
which literally meanspictures of the floating
world and in terms of Buddhist ideology it
signifies joy is transient only detachment from
desire will bring true enlightenment. Woodblock
printing involved carving an image inversely onto
woodblocks, covering the revealed surfaces with
ink, after which pressing the block onto a paper
that results in creating a magnificent artwork.
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Woodblock printing artwork was originated during
a time when Japan was isolated from rest of the
world as it was in the hands of shoguns. In 1853,
when the negotiation between the USA and Japan
started then some western visitors carried some
of these woodblock prints back to their homeland
this resulted in exposing Japans exotic art to
the rest of the world. Generally the subject
matter of Ukiyo-e or woodblock prints carries
portraits of kabuki actors, theatre scenes,
lovers, famed courtesans, beautiful landscapes,
scenes from Japans history, etc. At first the
prints were produced in black and white but later
on some renowned artists such as Utamaro, Kawase
Hasui, Okomaro Masanobu, etc, used color
woodblock prints.
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When collecting or buying this exotic art, you
should be familiar with certain Japanese terms
such as atozuri means they are late printings but
done with the original woodblocks, shozuri means
early printings and fukkoku means reproduction
that signifies these prints are created from
recut woodblocks (not from the original blocks).
The original woodblock prints are made during an
artists lifetime from the original blocks whose
design are cut from block sketches based on
artists original drawings.
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To know an authenticate Japanese woodblock
printing you have to assess an array of
attributes such as key block lines, quality of
colors, types of paper, style of block cutting or
printing, size of paper or image, etc. Or you can
get the most reliable way to authenticate a print
is to compare your print with a known original
one.  One of the renowned Japanese artist .i.e.
Kitagawa Utamaro dedicated his whole artistic
life in portraying the grace and essence of
female nature.
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Some of popular Utamaro prints or collections
include Picking Persimmons, Flower Arrangements
for the Five Seasonal Festivals, Mount Fuji White
Sake, etc. Whereas Hasui Kawase, a prominent
Japanese artist worked exclusively on landscape
and townscape prints based on his travels around
Japan. Kawases woodblock prints features
tranquil and obscure locales of urbanizing Japan.
Some of his collection includes Spring Evening at
the Toshogo Shrine, A Fishing Village at
Shinagawa, Road to Nikko, etc.
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If you are looking to get authentic and original
Japanese woodblock prints then visit
woodblockprintsworld.com, which is an online
gallery where a very selective and exclusive
collection of Japanese woodblock prints are
available that can be bought at fair market
prices. We have only original and lifetime
editions and do not carry any re-prints or
posthume editions. So, visit us and buy an
exclusive collection as well as become a proud
owner of fine Japanese artwork.
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Stephane Jardonnet Email contact_at_woodblockprints
world.com Phone [phone] http//www.woodbl
ockprintsworld.com/
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