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Subject:restoration of a Kunichika print
Posted By: MariaRR Wed, Nov 29, 2017 IP: 213.65.48.31

Is this a restoration of a print, it looks very professional. This print was bought as un original, so I hope it is ...?
"Enjoying the evening breeze over the Ryogoku Bridge" by Toyohara Kunichika
Very Best/Maria







Subject:Re: restoration of a Kunichika print
Posted By: Stan Thu, Nov 30, 2017

You could call it a restoration, but I'd call that a bit optimistic. The damaged corner is filled in with a piece of gray paper. The attempt to reproduce the clothing pattern is a failure.

There isn't enough money to make it worth the effort to copy Kunichika prints. I've never seen a repro.

Don't you hate when you get 95% of a (Kunimasa) print?

Cheers,
Stan



Subject:Re: restoration of a Kunichika print
Posted By: MariaRR Fri, Dec 01, 2017

Thanks for your reply. I like this scene and the overall impression is fine despite the repairs. Kunichika has created a nice mood and the shadow figure on the boat is a nice detail. Do you have any other picture of a more successful repair, I'm a little curious about what it might look like. :) Best regards/Maria



Subject:Re: restoration of a Kunichika print
Posted By: Stan Fri, Dec 01, 2017

The best why to repair a damaged print is to have two of the same damaged prints and repair the least damaged print with a small piece from the more damaged print. I don't have a picture of an example of such a repair.

I have seen prints that were "remargined". In this case, since margins have no printing on them (or the margin with a white area on the other side of the line that frames the print) you don't have to worry about matching the print.

Since, I try to buy large lots of prints (I've bought lots of 65 and 80 prints) to get a low price/print, there are always some clinkers in the lot. So, I've got just about every type of damage that prints can have.

Here's some worm damage. This one, if I frame it with strips between the prints that covers the worm holes, at least it would look good on the wall.

Cheers,
Stan



Subject:Re: restoration of a Kunichika print
Posted By: Miko Fri, Dec 01, 2017

The original of this triptych print, "see the JAODB data base"




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