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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Kyoto Hanga-In Kyoto Hanga-In Kyoto Hanga-In
Date of this item: 1949 1950s 1950s
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: 		Up for auction is an original antique Japanese woodblock print by Bakufu Ohno and dates from 1949. This is a 1st printing and was printed by Kyoto-Hangain. The woodblock print is from the series "Flowers and Birds" and is titled "Bamboo". Signed in the lower corner and marked on the edges as seen in the photos. Great colorful image and has awesome detail. In excellent condition with no tears, no holes, no folds, no creases, no water damage, no fading and no fauxing. The woodblock print has never been framed and the color is excellent. No trimmed or cut edges. Actual woodblock print measures approx. 16 1/4 by 11 inches. Ono BAKUFU (1888-1976; Japanese)

Bamboo;
oban tata-e (14¼" x 9¾").
Signed "Bakufu" and "B. Ohno" with red Bakufu seal;

published by Kyoto Hanga-in (1949). Condition: fair; toning arounf margins, not affecting image; parts of margin missing UL and UR (where it was attached to presentation folio - included).		 Monday, 9 May 2005

Bamboo by Ohno Bakufu.

Ohno combines his talent for plant depiction with an abstraction of line to give us this remarkable woodblock. He removes four mature and three young bamboo plants from the confusion of the forest habitant and places them in an indefinite space. His severely limited pallette, curvilinear columns, and absence of a horizon line take a common place landscape and move it into the extraordinary.

The dark green of the mature plants is unbroken by black keyblock lines. Because of this, the leaves and thin branches have a watercolor look. The brown splashes of ground cover definitely look like watercolor strokes. Ohno does the young bamboo in a very different way. He uses thin, scratchy, brown lines, which suggest ink drawing, to define the curving, triangular shapes. Yellow leaf tips, lined with green, flick out from the top and outer husk. The whole effect is geometrical and artificial. This is a most unusual print from a master of Shin Hanga and kacho-e.
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