Antique Japanese woodblock Print 19th Century / Painting #2

Antique Japanese woodblock Print 19th Century / Painting #2

Excellent Antique Condition

Nicely Framed

Length : 38cm

Width : 27cm

Any Questions Welcome.

Japanese Edo Period Woodblock Prints

Produced in their many thousands and hugely popular during the Edo period (1615 – 1868), these colourful woodblock prints, known as ukiyo-e, depicted scenes from everyday Japan.

Woodblock printing was introduced to Japan in the early 7th century from the Asian continent and was first used to mass-produce sacred Buddhist texts.

Authenticating a Japanese print involves the assessment of an array of attributes, including key block lines, quality of colors, types of papers, style of block cutting or printing, size of paper or image, and likelihood of reproduction.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa is undoubtedly the most well-known Japanese painting in the world. It was published around 1892 as the first print of the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, created by the Japanese master Katsushika Hokusai