An Idiot's Guide to Japanese Print Collecting: The Edo Gallery Blog

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Jan 125 min read

Okumura Masanobu in "The Pillar Father", A Master of Movement Capturing a Shoki in Time, Space, and Heavy Black Lines

Right: Hashira-e (Japanese Pillar Print) depicting a Shoki by Okumura Masanobu from the Edo Gallery Collection Okumura Masanobu, a...

Dec 15, 20233 min read

A Tale of Two Explosions; Morozumi Masakiyo dies twice, ukiyo-e style. Two masterpieces of composition by Kuniyoshi and Yoshitoshi.

An Edo Gallery Blog Above: No. 23 Morozumi Bungo-no-kami Masakiyo, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), from his series Courageous Generals...

Dec 7, 20231 min read

Under the Shogun's Thumb

An Edo Gallery Blog A brief visit to the birth of early ukiyo-e (woodblock prints), the start of the Edo period in Japan, and the...

Dec 7, 20231 min read

Happy New Year of the Rabbit

An e-goyomi Japanese woodblock print of a Rabbit containing a "secret" calendar for the year 1783, by Shiba Kokan. The rabbit jumps over...

Sep 10, 20232 min read

The Great "hanga" Wave. Popular Unpinion on The State of the Japanese Woodblock Print Market.

Popular unpinion on the state of the Japanese art market.

Jan 1, 20233 min read

Under the thumb of the Shogun, a world afloat. The early beginnings of ukiyo-e.

A dragon approaches Mt. Fuji. E-hon page by Katsushika Hokusai The term Ukiyo-e, translated from Japanese, literally means "images of the...

Aug 9, 20226 min read

East meets West; Hiroshi Yoshida Western Influence through the Lens of traditional Japanese Printing

Taj Mahal no.6, the last of a series of six prints surrounding the holy site.

Aug 1, 20222 min read

The Real Dogashima, A collection of photographs taken from Izu peninsula & other ukiyo-e waterfalls.

by Roland O. The Waterfall at Dogashima, Japan circa 1890-1930. Courtesy of The Library of Congress #2020684818 After doing a little...

Jul 15, 20222 min read

A word about the artist formally known as Kawase Hasui

In 1920, Hasui released his first falling snow print, receiving resounding international acclaim from both collectors and critics alike,...