Surimono (摺物) are a genre of Japanese woodblock print. They were privately commissioned for special occasions such as the New Year. Surimono literally...
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He produced many privately commissioned prints for special occasions (surimono), and illustrations for books of humorous poems (kyōka ehon) during this...
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painter Katsushika Hokusai. He designed illustrated books, prints, and surimono. In Osaka, he worked with the gifted block cutter and printer Tani Seikō...
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form of illustrated woodblock print bulletins (kawaraban) or pamphlets (surimono) or hand-drawn copies. The amabie was depicted on a print marked with an...
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Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Gakutei is best known for his kyōka poetry and surimono works. Gakutei was born in Osaka around 1786, though his exact year of...
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Benzaiten (Goddess of Music and Good Fortune) playing a biwa, 1832 woodblock print (surimono)...
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century. Artists working for the group often wrote poetry on illustrated surimono, and signed their work with the Go Gawa symbol, an hourglass resembling...
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especially known for its surimono, privately commissioned prints of a far higher quality than regular prints. Though surimono were produced in Edo as well...
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1783 Five cranes on a spit of sand. Surimono by Kubo Shunman, probably 1816 Benkei crab and plum blossom. Surimono by Yashima Gakutei with poems signed...
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Surimono by Totoya Hokkei with the scenes from The Palace of Eternal Life. Japan, 1831. Chester Beatty Library...
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