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Here is how this beautiful print ended up in my hot little hands...
It all started with David Bull taking a walk:
"When I was downtown the other day, I came across a stack of prints inThen he decided to hold a silly contest of which I was the winner. I know what you're thinking, I was the silliest...no, wasn't like that--it was a raffle of sorts. Join the Baren forum if you want to participate in daily fun-filled information-laden conversations and activities about and for woodblock printmaking!
a bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyo's old book district. I flipped through a
few of them, couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the price tags, and
then quickly, before anybody else could steal them away from me, took
the entire stack to the counter and bought them. They are not 'originals',
but reproductions made in the late Meiji and early Taisho eras - around
1910 is my guess. And boy oh boy are they beautifully made - the
carving is razor sharp and clear, and the colours are so deep and rich you
would think they were rolled on with a steamroller. They are all 'chuban'
size, and the price was only 2,000 yen each, astonishingly cheap for
prints this well made."
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