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Tiger Rugs of Tibet Preview on New Shipment.
Presumably in September of 2009 we will receive our latest order of 20 traditional Tibetan rugs from Nepal. This order consist exclusively of tiger designs. We have just received photographs of the pieces already finished. They are beautiful, and of course all hand-made and in traditional, old designs as you can find them in the book "Tiger Rugs of Tibet" by Mimi Lipton - literature reference see below.
Tiger Rugs of Tibet
Shinkyo - The Sacred Bridge at Nikko Illustrated by Woodblock Prints.
Shinkyo, the Sacred Bridge at Nikko, is a famous landmark in Japan and since 1999 listed in the UNESCO world heritage list. It has been a popular subject on Japanese woodblock prints since the 19th century. This page has a short wrap-up of the history of Shinkyo and shows woodblock prints by Yoshitoshi, Chikanobu, Ito Yuhan, Kishio Koizumi, Hasui, Shotei, Hiroshi Yoshida, Tsuchiya Koitsu, Gihachiro Okuyama, Shiro Kasamatsu and Tokuriki Tomikichiro.
The sacred bridge at Nikko
Toru Shimizu - born 1938 Very Japanese.
After dealing in Japanese prints for more than a decade, and after having sold ten thousands of Japanese prints, you think you know all important artists. Wrong. We have always been convinced that there are still discoveries to be made - especially among artists of the twentieth century and among contemporary artists. Here is a discovery - Toru Shimizu, born 1938.
Prints by Toru Shimizu
Shuzo Ikeda - 1922-2004 Children with Large Eyes.
The art of Shuzo Ikeda is very distinctive. Children or young women with large eyes holding a pet or flower - depicted in stylized images. That's what a typical woodblock print by Shuzo Ikeda looks like. Shuzo Ikeda's art is typical for the post-war economic booming years of circa 1960 until 1985.
Shuzo Ikeda - Biography
Maeda Koichi - born 1936 Member of Sunyo-kai Art Society.
We know Maeda Koichi's beautiful woodblock prints of Japanese landscapes and villages from the annual CWAJ exhibition catalogs and from many web sites in the Internet. But so far we have received only few of his prints as consignments for our art auctions. A pity, and we hope this will change soon and we will soon be able to show you more woodblock prints by Maeda Koichi on this web site.
Maeda Koichi - Biography
Mount Fuji - seen by Hasui The Best of Shin Hanga.
Hasui Kawase is considered the best Japanese landscape printmaker of the 20th century. During his lifetime he made roughly 600 landscape woodblock prints. Out of these 52 designs are focused on Mount Fuji, the majestic landmark of Japan.
Mount Fuji on Woodblock Prints by Hasui Kawase
Sumo and Japanese Prints Popular Sport Illustrated on Ukiyo-e.
Sumo is one of the oldest sports in Japan with some religious roots. It has been popular since the Japanese Edo period (1603-1868) and with the exception of a few downs has never lost its popularity until our days. No wonder that Japanese printmakers jumped on the bandwagon and created woodblock prints that celebrated these popular folk heroes.
Sumo Wrestling and Japanese Woodblock Prints
Yokozuna Sumo Wrestler Grand Champions..
Yokozuna are Grand Champions of Sumo Wrestling, the popular Japanese sport. Yokozuna is the highest rank possible for a sumo wrestler. In the 1980s the Japan Sumo Association decided to revitalize the old Sumo nishiki-e tradition and commissioned a series of sumo wrestler woodblock prints to the publisher Kyoto Hanga-in and the artist Daimon Kinoshita, born 1946.
5 Yokozuna on Woodblock Prints
Mount Fuji - seen by Shotei Beautiful Woodblock Prints.
Mount Fuji has been a favorite theme for Japanese painters and printmakers for centuries. Woodblock prints made during the period of the shin hanga art movement are especially beautiful and represent a pinnacle in Japanese woodblock art. Shotei (Hiroaki Takahashi, 1871-1945) was one of the leading shin hanga artists. His views of Mount Fuji are among the best woodblock prints of the first half of the twentieth century.
Mount Fuji on Woodblock Prints by Shotei
Wu Baoyu - born 1962 Mongolian Printmaker.
Wu Baoyou is a painter and printmaker from the Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia. His subjects are firmly rooted in Mongolian folk tradition. But his style shows large variations.
Wu Baoyu - Biography
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