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    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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    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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    Tale of Genji character Princess Fujitsubo in Court Costume with a Fan, a surimono print by Yashima Gakutei In-universe information Spouse Emperor Kiritsubo...
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  • (色紙判); a print size about 8 by 7 inches (20 cm × 18 cm), often used for surimono Shomen-zuri (正面摺, "front-printing"); a polishing technique sometimes used...
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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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