Japanese Woodblock Bird Prints

by Numata Kashu

Overview

In the 1880s, an economic boom in Japan encouraged a renaissance of traditional color woodblock painting. During this prosperous period, a well-born painter named Numata Kashû created A Picture Book of Birds. Kashû's three-volume series blended the contemporary interest in woodblock prints with East Asia's centuries-old fascination with artistic depictions of birds and flowers. His colorful books received a lavish production from a Tokyo printer that went out of business soon afterward, rendering the volumes instant rarities. Kashû's woodblock prints were so popular that dealers carved up available books in order to sell the images individually, making complete versions even harder to find.
A collector's delight, this exquisite edition reprints a rare 1930s facsimile of Kashû's works. Its vivid gallery of high-quality illustrations features 150 images of birds that are realistic as well as charmingly traditional. Most include the species' names in kanji as well as in English translations. Lovers of fine art — and of Japanese art in particular — will treasure this handsome volume, as will naturalists and rare book enthusiasts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486470504
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	08/18/2011
Series:	Dover Fine Art, History of Art Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Nightingale or Bush Warbler and Peach BlossomsEagle and Blue Sea Brown-eared Bulbul and Japanese Winterberry Blue Rock Thrush and Japanese RoseSnipe and Tufted VetchFalcated Teal and ReedsEared Owl and Fir TreeFlycatcher and RoseNarcissus Flycatcher and White ChrysanthemumFlycatcherCommon Gallinule and Water LilyGolden Pheasant and PlumStarling and Great Trumpet FlowerReed Warbler and Young ReedsGray Starling and Tree LotusGray-capped Greenfinch and Shepherd’s PurseFinch and Burning BushJay and MagnoliaWinter Wren and NarcissusSkylark and Young Barley PlantLark and VioletsSwallowBlack Kite on an Old TreeSnipe and Day FlowerNightingale, or Bush WarblerMynah BirdsNorthern Pintail Duck and Overhanging CliffCanary and White Peach BlossomsJapanese Mallard and WillowRoosting Crows Beneath a Crescent Moon and CypressCrow in the Marshes and Valley StreamQuail and Bell Flower or GentianGoose and Spring GrassDuck and Bamboo in SnowJapanese Marsh TitTufted Duck and Reed FlowersPekin Robin and Winter Plum BlossomSparrowRed-crowned Crane and BambooDemoiselle Crane and ReedWhite-naped Crane and HostaBlack Crane and Distant MountainKingfisher and Japanese Rice FishCrane and PineKingfisher and Bird CherryCrossbillLongtail Rose Finch and MapleMagpie and WaterfallJapanese White-eye and Katsura FlowersJapanese Grosbeak and Silk Tree BlossomsWhite-fronted GooseYellow-Throated BuntingMeadow Bunting and ForsythiaWater Rail and Wild RoseSociety Finch and Rice PlantRuddy Crake and PinkPeacock and PeonyRed-eyed Dove and OakEurasian Tree Creeper and Sword BeansDove and Asian FlatsedgeGrass Sparrow and Yellow Plum BlossomEurasian WryneckNuthatch and CypressParrot and CrabappleGreat Spotted WoodpeckerJapanese Green Woodpecker and Old TreePetrelRhinoceros AukletMagpie and White MagnoliaJapanese Yellow Bunting and Tampala; Joseph’s Coat (Amaranthus tricolor)AlbatrossSeagull or Northern FulmarChinese Bulbul and Plum BlossomsChicks and Snake-gourd PlantSilkieChickenJapanese WagtailRose FinchCuckooOspreyThrushDusky ThrushOwl and Cherry BlossomsEuropean RobinBohemian Waxwing and Witch Hazel PheasantCattle EgretCopper PheasantBlue HeronHeronJapanese Night Heron and White Heron/EgretWagtail and Red Lotus FlowersSwanBlack Brant GooseMelodious Laughing Thrush and Pear BlossomsRed ParakeetRed-breasted Parakeet and St. John’s WortBrambling BirdDomestic Duck and DucklingsHawfinch and BegoniaCormorantSiberian Rubythroat and Wild ChrysanthemumTamagawa PloverMandarin Ducks and Job’s TearsLong-tailed Fowl and PomegranateBulbulShrike and Bush Clover
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