About Author: John Resig

Website
http://ukiyo-e.org/
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John is a passionate fan of Japanese Woodblock printing. Studying and collecting them since 2009 he actively researches and tracks the latest happenings in the field of Ukiyo-e collecting. He's currently located in Boston, MA.

Posts by John Resig

  • This past Friday and Saturday I had the opportunity to attend The Artist in Edo Symposium, organized by the Freer Sackler gallery and National Gallery of Art. This exhibition was...

    The Artist in Edo Symposium

    Posted on April 15, 2012 | 1 Comment
    This past Friday and Saturday I had the opportunity to attend The Artist in Edo Symposium, organized by the Freer Sackler gallery and National Gallery of Art. This exhibition was...

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  • I was recently reading the essay “Feminine Motifs in Bodhidharma Symbology in Japan“, it was really interesting to see the different ways in which bits of Buddhist lore were interwoven...

    Harunobu: Daruma, mitate, and feminine motifs

    Posted on September 27, 2011 | 1 Comment
    I was recently reading the essay “Feminine Motifs in Bodhidharma Symbology in Japan“, it was really interesting to see the different ways in which bits of Buddhist lore were interwoven...

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  • A very rare edition of Ito Shinsui’s famous “After the bath” print has come up for auction at Floating World Auctions. According to them this print is actually from Shinsui’s...

    Bathing Beauties

    Posted on September 15, 2011 | No Comments
    A very rare edition of Ito Shinsui’s famous “After the bath” print has come up for auction at Floating World Auctions. According to them this print is actually from Shinsui’s...

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  • An upcoming auction at Leo Spik (in Germany) has a cool lot of 21 theatre albums. They include art from a number of Utagawa artists including Kunisada, Kunimori, and Kuniteru....

    Theatre Albums

    Posted on September 13, 2011 | No Comments
    An upcoming auction at Leo Spik (in Germany) has a cool lot of 21 theatre albums. They include art from a number of Utagawa artists including Kunisada, Kunimori, and Kuniteru....

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  • The site Viewing Japanese Prints has two excellent articles on fading in Japanese prints. The first shows three prints, displayed above, by the same artist and from the same time...

    Fading in Prints

    Posted on September 11, 2011 | No Comments
    The site Viewing Japanese Prints has two excellent articles on fading in Japanese prints. The first shows three prints, displayed above, by the same artist and from the same time...

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  • I ran across this particular print in a lot of Japanese prints at an auction at I.M. Chait. It was quite different from most of the other prints that one...

    Torii Kiyomasu II Print

    Posted on September 8, 2011 | 2 Comments
    I ran across this particular print in a lot of Japanese prints at an auction at I.M. Chait. It was quite different from most of the other prints that one...

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  • A copy of Hokusai’s Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji has come up for auction at Freeman’s Auction in Philadelphia. This is a Japanese Woodblock print book (which is a sub-category...

    Hokusai: Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji

    Posted on August 28, 2011 | 2 Comments
    A copy of Hokusai’s Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji has come up for auction at Freeman’s Auction in Philadelphia. This is a Japanese Woodblock print book (which is a sub-category...

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  • The famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright was an avid collector of Japanese Woodblock Prints. As it turns out, he also published a book as well (first released in 1912). A...

    The Japanese Print: An Interpretation

    Posted on August 24, 2011 | No Comments
    The famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright was an avid collector of Japanese Woodblock Prints. As it turns out, he also published a book as well (first released in 1912). A...

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  • (This post is adapted from a comment that I made over at the Museum Sub-Reddit.) This particular print is the best (in my opinion) print from Hiroshige’s posthumously-printed 36 Views...

    Hiroshige: Sea off Satta Point

    Posted on July 3, 2011 | No Comments
    (This post is adapted from a comment that I made over at the Museum Sub-Reddit.) This particular print is the best (in my opinion) print from Hiroshige’s posthumously-printed 36 Views...

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  • I was recently exploring the depiction of Bunraku puppet plays in Ukiyo-e and began to notice a decided lack of material that explicitly showed puppets. Some pieces were readily available,...

    Bunraku in Ukiyo-e

    Posted on January 26, 2011 | No Comments
    I was recently exploring the depiction of Bunraku puppet plays in Ukiyo-e and began to notice a decided lack of material that explicitly showed puppets. Some pieces were readily available,...

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