1891 Keinen Imao Woodblock 1st Edition Birds & Flowers Japan

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Eagle KNS152 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Rudy Kingfisher, Wax Tree KNS148 ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $115	Goshawk, Banyon KNS151 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95


Pigeons, Spring Blooms KNS154 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Magpie, Catalpa KNS161 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Green Pigeon, Peacock Pine KNS156 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95

Quail, Sagittarius KNS169 ~~$155~~ Sale Price: $115	Reeds, Ducks KNS170 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $90	Starlings, Day Lily KNS171 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $90

Japanese Oak, Jay KNS165 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $90	Catbird, Berries KNS173 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: SOLD	Rhododendron, Cuckoo KNS174 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $90

Lily, Bubul KNS175 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $95	Elm, Black Bubul KNS176 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $90	Japanese Yellow Rose, Moorhen KNS177 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $90

Wheat, Thrush KNS179 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $90	Duck, Rushes KNS166 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $90	Begonia KNS180 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: SOLDLD
Some Prints May be on Slightly Darker Paper

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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.