Prints Archive

  • 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

    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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  • 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

    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

    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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  • (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

    (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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