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Notes (1st edition)From Volume 3, print number 6.
Publisher (this edition): Nishinomiya Shoin Nishinomiya Shoin Nishinomiya Shoin
Date of this item: 1940 1940
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.:
Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Item Number: R0111193
Artist: Bakufu
Title: Flying Fish
Series: Great Fish of Japan
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: c. 1940
Size (HxW): 11" x 15.75"
Signature: Bakufu
Condition: Excellent color, impression and state, printed on a deluxe thick paper, full margins, embellished with mica on fish
Notes: The prints from this series do not have a title so it is sometimes difficult to determine the correct title or fish
Monday, 10 August 2009

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Saturday, 15 March 2008


Title Grey Mullet - Pictures of Fish in Japan Vol.3
first edition - complete with original folder
Artist Bakufu Ono 1888-1976
Signature Bakufu.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1939.
Publisher Nishinomiya-shoin, Dainippon Gyoruigashu Kankokai..
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Excellent … First edition. Embossed.
Colors Excellent - Very good … Mica.
Condition Very good … Light toning, slight specks, the top margin corners pasted on the original folder. The print comes with the original portfolio cover, folder and explanation in Japanese.
Description From "Dai-nippon Gyorui Gashu" (Pictures of Fish in Japan). "Bora" (Grey Mullet) jumps out from water surface.
Bakufu was the best known for the series of 72 fish prints, "Dai-nippon Gyorui Gashu" (Pictures of Fish in Japan) which was published in 5 parts between 1937 and 1942 (or 44) as not-for-public, 500 limited edition.
Its artistic beauty and scientific correctness have been admired by both print collectors as well as fish enthusiasts. The natural history prints had been created by using dead animals. Even John James Audubon who observed living animals extensively, used dead specimen when he made his detailed sketches.
But Bakufu Ohno made the most of his designs from his sketches of living animals. These delightful and exquisite prints required between 135 to 200, some up to 250, impressions from the blocks,
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Note Carver Fujikawa Shosai (or Shouro), Printer Imai.
Format Oban yoko-e
Width Item 15.7 inches = 40.0 cm
Height Item 11.0 inches = 28.0 cm
Width Mat 14.2 inches = 36.0 cm
Height Mat 19.5 inches = 49.5 cm
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