Vintage Hokusai book with drawings

[ShimpakuBonsai]

Last weekend I found this vintage Hokusai book with 86 drawings in a thrift shop for only € 4,95.

The book (French language) is printed in 1955 and it is in a relative good condition.

If you use Google you can find more info on this book and the drawings.

It is not necessarily bonsai related but I like this type of Japanse art.

 

[rockm]

Last weekend I found this vintage Hokusai book with 86 drawings in a thrift shop for only € 4,95.

The book (French language) is printed in 1955 and it is in a relative good condition.

If you use Google you can find more info on this book and the drawings.

It is not necessarily bonsai related but I like this type of Japanse art.

Nice book. Keep in mind "vintage" is a relative thing with Japanese prints, Ukiyoe era woodblock prints like Hokusai's originate in the late 1700's, BUT since they're made with carved woodblocks they can be made anytime (if someone has the original blocks). Values differ according to printing date, who oversaw the printing and other stuff. The book is likely reproductions or prints made (relatively) recently.

 

[HorseloverFat]

(relatively) recently.

I believe this, also. Judging on the 'pulp'.

Very neat, either way, though!

 

[rockm]

I believe this, also. Judging on the 'pulp'.

Very neat, either way, though!

Good Japanese prints are printed on mulberry paper (called washi), which soaks up ink more readily than plain paper. It has a different texture than "regular" paper. Can't tell from the photos if that is used here.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Good Japanese prints are printed on mulberry paper (called washi), which soaks up ink more readily than plain paper. It has a different texture than "regular" paper. Can't tell from the photos if that is used here.

Awesome! I did not know that!

Thank you!

 

[rockm]

Awesome! I did not know that!

Thank you!

Sure. I blame bonsai for getting me into woodblock prints and they have as many things to learn about as bonsai does. I particularly like "Shin Hanga" prints, which are more western in flavor.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Sure. I blame bonsai for getting me into woodblock prints and they have as many things to learn about as bonsai does. I particularly like "Shin Hanga" prints, which are more western in flavor.

Fantastic!!

 

[rockm]

Fantastic!!

Do a search on "Ohara Koson," or Kawase Hasui, or Hiroshi Yoshida (include "Niagara Falls in the Yoshida search)

 

[HorseloverFat]

Do a search on "Ohara Koson," or Kawase Hasui, or Hiroshi Yoshida (include "Niagara Falls in the Yoshida search)

Wow!

The work (OHara) with birds is especially breathtaking. I LOVE the crane and peacock prints!

 

[rockm]

Wow!

The work (OHara) with birds is especially breathtaking. I LOVE the crane and peacock prints!

Yeah, His work with birds and flowers (called Kacho-e prints) is outstanding.

 

[TinyArt]

Do a search on "Ohara Koson," or Kawase Hasui, or Hiroshi Yoshida (include "Niagara Falls in the Yoshida search)

Thank you @rockm -- I'm knocked out but the light portrayed in Kawase Hasui's architecture+landscapes -- and I'm just in awe of the printmaking skill of all three. Marvelous!

 

[rockm]

Thank you @rockm -- I'm knocked out but the light portrayed in Kawase Hasui's architecture+landscapes -- and I'm just in awe of the printmaking skill of all three. Marvelous!

Kawase Hasui's son Toshi--look carefully at what the guy at the left is working on...

 

[TinyArt]

Kawase Hasui's son Toshi--look carefully at what the guy at the left is working on...

Gorgeous textures there --

 

[Calnicky]

Kawase Hasui's son Toshi--look carefully at what the guy at the left is working on...

 

[Calnicky]

I have several of Toshi Yoshida's prints. Have never seen this one. It's charming! I love the Shin Hanga prints. What a rabbit hole one can go down though!

 

[Calnicky]

Kawase Hasui's son Toshi--look carefully at what the guy at the left is working on...

Toshi Yoshida is the son of Hiroshi Yoshida - a great woodblock print master of the 19th Century. Both father and son traveled extensively all over the world, so it's fun to see prints of Mount Rainier, the Egyptian Pyramids, market scenes in the middle East, along with more typical Japanese scenes.

 

[rockm]

Toshi Yoshida is the son of Hiroshi Yoshida - a great woodblock print master of the 19th Century. Both father and son traveled extensively all over the world, so it's fun to see prints of Mount Rainier, the Egyptian Pyramids, market scenes in the middle East, along with more typical Japanese scenes.

Oops you're right. Miswrote the guy's heritage.

 

[rockm]

I have several of Toshi Yoshida's prints. Have never seen this one. It's charming! I love the Shin Hanga prints. What a rabbit hole one can go down though!

Me too. This was the first one I got.

 

[rockm]

These Hiroshi Yoshida prints are among my favorites. Can't afford them however, particularly Half Dome.

 

[jazvessels]

Last weekend I found this vintage Hokusai book with 86 drawings in a thrift shop for only € 4,95.

The book (French language) is printed in 1955 and it is in a relative good condition.

If you use Google you can find more info on this book and the drawings.

It is not necessarily bonsai related but I like this type of Japanese art.

I have a couple of Hokusai Ukioye prints. Loved Japanese woodblock prints before bonsai. How about Bonsai in Ukiyoe.