About This Print
Source: Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975, Helen Merritt, University of Hawaii Press, 1992, p. 201-202.
This print was created for the dōjin (coterie magazine) Han geijutsu (Print Art), Volume 5 published in August 1932 in Tokyo by Shiro to Kurosha, the company of Ryōji Chōmei (1899-1982). The theme for Volume 5 was mountains and sea (山と海) and the cover and five of the prints from Volume 5 are shown below. Five hundred copies of each volume were printed and they were priced at 50 sen. "The magazines were essentially mechanically printed [the woodblock was mounted on the printing press (kikai-zuri)] with one or more hand-printed works (such as this collection's print above) usually included in each issue."
版芸術 第5号 8月号 「山と海」の号
Publisher: 料治熊太編 昭7年/白と黒社 Edition: 限500
Artists and Prints: 恩地孝四郎彩色手摺木版画「新膚」 藤森静雄自摺木版画「静日」
川上澄生/棟方志功/初山滋/前川千帆他単色
木版14図
Print Details
IHL Catalog | #196 |
Title or Description | 静日 Quiet Day (printed on bottom of folio page) |
Series | from the magazine Han geijutsu (Print Art), Volume 5 版芸術 第5号 8月号 |
Artist | Fujimori Shizuo (1891-1943) |
Signature | 藤森生 Fujimori sei ("Fujimori self") printed in lower right of image; artist’s name 藤森静雄 printed on left bottom of folio page |
Seal | |
Date | August 1932 |
Edition | first and only edition (not numbered) |
Publisher | Shiro to Kurosha 白と黒社 [the company of Ryōji Chōmei (1899-1982] |
Carver | self-carved |
Printer | machine printed |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | excellent - overall light toning consistent with age; right corners mounted to original folio page |
Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
Miscellaneous | |
Format | |
H x W Paper | 4 1/2 x 6 in. (11.4 x 15.2 cm) |
H x W Image | 3 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (9.5 x 13.3 cm) |
Collections This Print | Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya ID:JP199100011013 [Note: the Museum incorrectly dates this print to 1933] |
Reference Literature |
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