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| Notes (1st edition) | From Volume 2, print number 5. | |||||||
| Publisher (this edition): | Nishinomiya Shoin | Nishinomiya Shoin | Nishinomiya Shoin | Nishinomiya Shoin | Kyoto Hanga-In | Kyoto Hanga-In | Kyoto Hanga-In | Kyoto Hanga-In |
| Date of this item: | 1939 | 1939 | 1939 | 1940s/50 | 1940s/50 | 1940s/50 | 1946-50 | |
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Thanks to Donn for this entry. | Artist: Ono, Bakufu (1888-1976) Series: Publisher Kyoto Hanga-in Title or Subject: Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection Signature or Seal: Signature and seal Date or Circa: 1940 Paper Size: 11 x 15 3/4 inches Impression/Color/Condition: Good/Good/Good Description: Light toning, some foxing, good state |
Sunday, 17 September 2006 Lot #: 093 Artist: Onno, Bakufu, 1888-1976 Title: Kuruma-Ebi (Shrimp) Date: 1938 Medium: woodblock Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches Illustrated: Onno, pl. 2-5 Condition: Faint spots; residue at reverse top margins; light toning Comments: Deluxe paper Estimate: Starting Bid: |
Sunday, 3 July 2005 Reference: 532 Title: An iage from the Fish Series Artist: Ono Bafuku Date of print: c1930 |
Sunday, 27 March 2005 THIS IS AN ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY BAKUFU OHNO OF TWO SHRIMP. THIS HAS VERY FINE DETAIL AND BEAUTIFUL COLORS OF ORANGE, RED, YELLOW AND BLUE. THIS IS ARTIST SIGNED IN JAPANESE WITH THE NAME KYOTO HANGAIN LTD. IN ENGLISH AND MORE JAPANESE WRITING ON THE BACK. This print measures 16 inches wide and 11 1/8 inches high. This item is in as found, original and untampered with condition, and has never been framed. There is a tiny 1/2 inch tear in the upper right hand corner which should easily be covered the matting. |
Original Japanese Woodblock Print by Bafuku Ohno, 1888-1976. He was an honored painter and printmaker in Japan, a member of the Hyogo Prefecture Academy of Fine Arts. I believe this print is titled "Shrimp". It is from his famous Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection, circa 1940. This series, my limited research indicates, consists of 72 prints of fresh and saltwater fish & crustaceans. This print is in it's original mat. The actual print dimensions are 16" x 11 1/4 " . This is a gentle print, a study in muted colors of brown, blue, yellow, peach and red. Please take the time to enlarge the photos and appreciate the attention to detail taken on each shrimp. The upper body and head seem simple at first, but are small masterpieces when you stop to examine them. The colors of the background wash and blend beautifully with their subject. Where some of this artist's prints have powdered mica applied to give a fishscale sheen, this print has none. It is a quiet piece. The print itself is in good to very good condition (in my amateur assessment), but there are some flaws to be aware of: PRINT:A piece of paper (marked "Shrimp") was paperclipped to the lower right corner of the mat. I believe the paperclip was there for many years. The margin of the print shows 1/16" or less of a tear, or bunching, from the paperclip. After years of flat storage the mat has discolored or yellowed the print's margin (largest yellowing is 3/8" on the right side). This shows especially on the pale yellow portion of the print's background. Also, the glue used to attached the print to the mat has bleached the print in each upper corner. None of these flaws are visible when the print is in the mat. MAT: The paperclip left an indent on the lower right of the mat and also wore away part of the middle Japanese symbol at the lower right of the mat. The inner left side of the mat has two small but deep creases. Two of the photos in this listing are of the labels, one in English and one in Japanese. They are on the original brown paper wrapping the set of prints were purchased in. They will not be included in this sale, they are for reference photos only. Please notice I have two other prints from this artist listed on ebay - trout and sweetfish. I purchased eight originally. Two have sold, two I am keeping for my collection (goldfish and eel - which is an amazing study in cobalt blue). The remaining print, koi, we are still deciding if we will keep or list. I bought them just down the road at a very small antique shop that also does estate sales. The shop owner told me they came from a local house that had belonged to an elderly couple and they had purchased the prints in Japan. He did not have the time to research them, but suggested I should. |
Artist Ohno Bakufu Title Shrimp Medium Original Japanese Woodblock Print Series Title Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection Edition Second Edition Date c.1950 Publisher Kyoto-Hanga-In - Red publisher's seal in lower right margin. Reference No Size 10 -3/4 x 15 -3/4 " Condition Fine. |
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