Japanese Antique Ehon Woodblock Print Shunga Erotic Book(b940)

Japanese Antique E-hon Woodblock Print Book Edo. Woodblock printing in Japan. Is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e. Artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same period. Widely adopted in Japan during the Edo period. (16031868) and similar to woodcut. In some regards, […]

Eisen Tomioka (Japanese 1864-1905) Erotic Woodblock Print Meiji Era

Tomioka Eisen was a typical woodblock artist of the late Meiji era. The commercial basis of traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking had nearly ceased to exist. The few remaining artists were forced to make a living as book and newspaper illustrators and designers of kuchi-e – woodblock prints that were inserted in books and magazines. Image: […]