Weeping Cherry Blossom and Woodpecker: Spring no. 2

Bairei’s Picture Album of Flowers and Birds

情報

タイトル Weeping Cherry Blossom and Woodpecker: Spring no. 2 Itozakura kitsutsuki haru ni 糸櫻啄木鳥 春二
シリーズタイトル Bairei’s Picture Album of Flowers and Birds 楳嶺花鳥畫譜
アーティスト Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺 (1844–1895)
日にち 27/12/1883
Uitgever Ōkura Magobei 大倉孫兵衛
木材カーバー Yamamoto Shinji 山本信司
場所 Kyoto & Edo
アーティストシール Bairei 楳嶺
改印 御届明治十六年十二月廿七日 otodoke Meiji jūroku nen jūni gatsu nijūnana nichi
彫師・摺師の印 horikō Yamamoto Shinji 彫工山本信司
画中文字

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下京第三組玉藏町百三十一番地 筆者 幸野豊 Shimogyō dai-3-gumi Tamakurachō 131 banchi hissha Kōno Toyo (Bairei’s address in Kyoto, author: Kōno Toyo)

東京日本橋通一丁目十九番地 出版人 大倉孫兵衛 Tōkyō Nihonbashidōri 1-chōme 19 banchi shuppanjin Ōkura Magobei (publisher’s address in Tokyo, publisher: Ōkura Magobei)

品質形状 Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
オブジェクト番号 SH2023-CB-03
参考文献 complete set: https://pulverer.si.edu/node/816/title
Credit line Gift of Chris Blom
Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in February 2023 by Chris Blom

説明

From a series of 50 prints that depict and describe flowers and birds in encyclopedic style, divided in the four seasons. The prints were also bound and sold in two sets; one for autumn and winter and one for spring and summer. The series was later reissued without the decorative frame and descriptive texts. This particular set was treated with the technique for making crêpe paper. The process of creating crêpe prints (chirimen) goes as follows: after printing, the sheet is moistened and, together with other sheets, wrapped around a cilinder, after which the roll is compressed. This is repeated from various angles, causing the print to reduce in size and obtains a wrinkly texture. Chirimen were especially popular among the French public in the late 19th century and were exported in great numbers around that time.