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| Artist: | Tanigami Konan (1879 - 1928) — 谷上廣南 |
| Title: | Chiyo Brocade Peony — 千代錦 |
| Series: | Peony Series |
| Date of first edition?: | 1917 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Unsodo — 芸艸堂 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Unsodo — 芸艸堂 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Double Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Double Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 45207 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
From Volume 2 of the series.
Title Peony
Artist Konan Tanigami fl.ca. 1917
Description Colorful peonies. Konan was famous for his elegant depiction of flowers and exotic plants printed in rich colors and subtle gradations. His flower album is in the collection of The British Library.
Signature Konan.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1917
Publisher Unsodo.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Width Item 21.5 inches = 54.5 cm
Height Item 16.1 inches = 41.0 cm |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title Peony
large size
Artist Konan Tanigami fl.ca. 1917
Description Colorful peonies. Konan was famous for his elegant depiction of flowers and exotic plants printed in rich colors and subtle gradations. His flower album is in the collection of The British Library.
Signature Konan.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1917
Publisher Unsodo.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Excellent … (later printing).
Colors Excellent.
Condition Excellent - very good … ink spots on bottom margin, bottom right corner wrinkled.
Width Item 21.5 inches = 54.5 cm
Height Item 16.1 inches = 41.0 cm |
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| Artist Bio: |
Produced the series Seiyo Soka Zufu (A Picture Album of Western Plants and Flowers), a five-volume set of prints published by Unsodo, Kyoto. He was also selected to publish the Peony Series for the Imperial Exhibition: In 1917, as one of Japan's famous naturalist artists, Tanigami Konan, was chosen to produce a series of beautiful peony prints for the Teiten (Imperial Exhibition). Because of the importance of this auspicious occasion, all of the traditional Japanese works of art were to be produced to the highest standards. Konan designed and printed a lovely set of 20 peonies. These beautiful original woodblock prints were printed in an extra large format close to double-oban in size. Bold, bright, and beautiful, these Tanigami Konan prints are some of the finest floral designs ever printed in the woodblock print world. They are excellent quality, finely printed, and on thick handmade paper with natural uncut edges.
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