Authentic Woodblock Printing Artwork

1. Buy Fine and Authentic Woodblock Printing Artwork of Japanese Artists

2. Japanese woodblock printing artwork or Ukiyo-e has become an increasingly popular art form, which many people want to purchase and become a proud owner of an inclusive collection. Ukiyo-e, which literally means”pictures of the floating world” and in terms of Buddhist ideology it signifies joy is transient; only detachment from desire will bring true enlightenment. Woodblock printing involved carving an image inversely onto woodblocks, covering the revealed surfaces with ink, after which pressing the block onto a paper that results in creating a magnificent artwork.

3. Woodblock printing artwork was originated during a time when Japan was isolated from rest of the world as it was in the hands of shoguns. In 1853, when the negotiation between the USA and Japan started then some western visitors carried some of these woodblock prints back to their homeland; this resulted in exposing Japan’s exotic art to the rest of the world. Generally the subject matter of Ukiyo-e or woodblock prints carries portraits of kabuki actors, theatre scenes, lovers, famed courtesans, beautiful landscapes, scenes from Japan’s history, etc. At first the prints were produced in black and white but later on some renowned artists such as Utamaro, KawaseHasui, Okomaro Masanobu, etc, used color woodblock prints.

4. When collecting or buying this exotic art, you should be familiar with certain Japanese terms such as atozuri means they are late printings but done with the original woodblocks, shozuri means early printings and fukkoku means reproduction that signifies these prints are created from recut woodblocks (not from the original blocks). The original woodblock prints are made during an artist’s lifetime from the original blocks whose design are cut from block sketches based on artist’s original drawings.

5. To know an authenticate Japanese woodblock printing you have to assess an array of attributes such as key block lines, quality of colors, types of paper, style of block cutting or printing, size of paper or image, etc. Or you can get the most reliable way to authenticate a print is to compare your print with a known original one.  One of the renowned Japanese artist .i.e. Kitagawa Utamaro dedicated his whole artistic life in portraying the grace and essence of female nature.

6. Some of popular Utamaro prints or collections include Picking Persimmons, Flower Arrangements for the Five Seasonal Festivals, Mount Fuji White Sake, etc. Whereas HasuiKawase, a prominent Japanese artist worked exclusively on landscape and townscape prints based on his travels around Japan. Kawase’s woodblock prints features tranquil and obscure locales of urbanizing Japan. Some of his collection includes Spring Evening at the Toshogo Shrine, A Fishing Village at Shinagawa, Road to Nikko, etc.

7. If you are looking to get authentic and original Japanese woodblock prints then visit woodblockprintsworld.com, which is an online gallery where a very selective and exclusive collection of Japanese woodblock prints are available that can be bought at fair market prices. We have only original and lifetime editions and do not carry any re-prints or posthume editions. So, visit us and buy an exclusive collection as well as become a proud owner of fine Japanese artwork.

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