The wood-block print exhibition by Kokuka Thursday 12 April - Sunday 27 May 2012 Kokuka is the fine-arts magazine started by Kenzo Takahashi, Tenshin Okakura, Fenollosa and others in October, 1889 (Meiji 22). It has been published over 100 years or more, and The Asahi Shimbun Company has published now. The purpose is research, criticism, and historical investigation of Oriental art and Japanese fine arts. The work of art was reproduced to wood-block engraving and phototype, and it was widely introduced not only to Japan but to Western countries. It is evaluated highly as a scientific journal in the world, and it is data indispensable to Oriental art research, and overseas universities, museums, art museums, and art history researchers are utilizing. Wood-block engraving peculiar to Japan was used for the duplicate, and, in addition to this, a part of technology of the collotype was also used. The value as a work of art of the elaborate multicolor wood-block print in which a number is said 100 or more is high. Since there is little circulation (about 200 editions), they are a magazine and a work of art with difficult acquisition and precious. We exhibit, introduce and sell this time about 80 wood-block prints published at Kokuka of the Meiji and Taisho term of our gallery possession. Please view.

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The cover of a Kokuka		'Honda Heihachiro Sugatae Byobu' (Important Cultural Properties) The Tokugawa Art Museum possession Wood-block print, 21.7*23.8cm
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A Part of 'Genjimonogatarizu Byobu' by Tawaraya Sotatsu Seikado Museum possession Wood-block print, 21.5*33.9cm		'Taira no Shigemori's portrait' by Fujiwara Takanobu Tokyo National Museum possession Wood-block print, 27.9*21.5cm

Please see other works on a Works on sale page.

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