1891 Keinen Imao Woodblock 1st Edition Birds & Flowers Japan

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Geese KNS237 ~~$245~~ Sale Price: $125 Sold together as a set of 2


Swallows KNS239 ~~$245~~ Sale Price: $125 Sold together as a set of 2


SSparrows KEN10A ~~$245~~ Sale Price: $125 Sold together as a set of 2


Comorant KNS243 ~~$200~~ Sale Price: $100 Sold together as a set of 2


Pigeons, Roses, Nest-Spring KNS245 ~~$245~~ Sale Price: $125 Sold together as a set of 2


Pigeon Varieties KNS247 ~~$245~~ Sale Price: $125 Sold together as a set of 2


Reads in Snow, Murekamo duck - Winter KNS251 ~~$295~~ Sale Price: $165 Sold together as a set of 2


Kaitsuburi duck - Winter KEN253 ~~$245~~ Sale Price: $125 Sold together as a set of 2


Grasses, Goshawk KNS257 ~~$245~~ Sale Price: $125 Sold together as a set of 2


Oshidori (Mandarin Duck) - Winter KEN259 ~~$295~~ Sale Price: $165 Sold together as a set of 2

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Keinan Kacho Gafu, or Bird and Flower Albums by Keinen, are Panteek's latest offerings of Japanese Shin Hanga prints. The masterful color woodblocks, carved by Tanaka Jirokichi, lend a delicate beauty to each portrait of birds in their natural settings.

Imao Keinen (1845-1924) studied ukiyo-e ("floating world") woodblock prints and other traditional Japanese art styles, becoming a professor at the Kyoto Prefecture School of Painting in 1880. These prints, from Keinan Kacho Gafu, solidified his importance to Japanese art. Soon after their publication in 1891 he was made a member of the Imperial Household Art Committee and a Member of the Imperial Art Academy.

These breathtakingly beautiful woodblock prints illustrate more than 100 different birds in specific seasonal settings with flowers and blossoms. Though little known in the west, they represent a pinnacle of the Shin Hanga movement and are treasures rarely seen with this printing quality and fine state of preservation.