Bookstore situated in Tokyo, Japan. Selling varieties of Japanese cultural products like woodblock print, old manuscript, catalog and other. Feel free to have a look at our store! Please do not hesitate to message us for any question, or if there is anything else that you are looking for that isn't on our store page yet.
Ukiyo-e were printed several times since Edo period, it is a print using the traditional method. It refers to the technique of creating multiple pictures by transferring or transcribing ink from a woodblock that is carved into japanese style paper.
Artist: Kunichika Toyohara
Work name: 八百屋お七
Technique: Woodblock print
Commentary: The color of this print are very bright, it has been preserved in a really good condition. The printed date doesn't seem to be written anywhere, although upon research is it seem to be from 1886.
Thought to be representing a Kabuki theater about Yaoya Oshichi.
Yaoya Oshichi (born 1668? - March 28, 1683 (April 24, 1683) was a Japanese woman who lived in the early Edo period.
She is the daughter of a greengrocer in Hongo, Edo, and is said to have committed an arson attack and was burned to death because she wanted to meet her lover. She became widely known when she was featured in Ihara Saikaku's "Five Amorous Women,'' and she became the main character of various elaborate works in literature, Kabuki, Bunraku, and other performing arts.
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We try to photograph and describe the condition as accurately as possible. Although, the condition of the item may be felt worse than our description due to individual subjectivity.
Please pay the item within 7 days of purchase.
Combined shipment: Please contact us for invoice. Displayed price is applicable for any number of prints on our store. Please understand that for the safety of our prints, we are shipping using EMS only and do not accept combined shipping for prints + products other than prints.
We usually ship the item within 3 business days after your payment clears.
We ship using Japan air mail, which will be tracked.
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