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Subject:Antique Japaneae Woodblock Print Needing Translation Please
Posted By: Gary Knudtzon Tue, Oct 06, 2020 IP: 2601:602:681:1290:31
Thanks Again for all that you Knowledgeable Scholars do for us!! I have Two Japanese Woodblocks I will be putting up for Translation Help on this Site and here is the first one. I am in the process of Purchasing basically a Vast 50 year Collection of Art and there is lots of Asian Pieces I will need help with over time. Hope it won't be to much of an inconvenience but any little Help is BIG help to me! Very Sincerely, Gary K










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Subject:Re: Antique Japaneae Woodblock Print Needing Translation Please
Posted By: Stan Tue, Oct 06, 2020
See the link below for information.

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Buddha


Subject:Re: Antique Japaneae Woodblock Print Needing Translation Please
Posted By: Gary Knudtzon Tue, Oct 06, 2020
Thanks Again Stan! Even when you show me on that Website my Woodblocks I would still need your help at times because I CAN'T READ JAPANESE! So you are a valuable asset to the Forum for sure! Appreciate all that you do! Best Regards, Gary K

Subject:Re: Antique Japaneae Woodblock Print Needing Translation Please
Posted By: Stan Wed, Oct 07, 2020
Gary,

I help when/where I can. Like you, I have no Japanese language skills. Thank goodness that I. Nagy is so generous with his time.

I am a woodblock print collector. I can recognize the signatures of many of the more common artists from the Edo and Meiji periods. That gives me a start on identification.

Generally, I turn my nose up at anything after about 1900 and am pretty iffy about Meji era prints. Thus, newer prints like this one are outside my knowledge area. I just do an image search and point you to what I find. It makes me look really knowledgeable! ;-)

The print in the link below was more challenging for me (and more fun). I'm waiting for I. Nagy to tell me how accurate I was in the information I gleaned from the web.

Happy to have been able to help.

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Found Image


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Subject:Re: Antique Japaneae Woodblock Print Needing Translation Please
Posted By: Gary Knudtzon Thu, Oct 08, 2020
Sounds good to me! That Geisha Print looks great! Nice and early and would look good in any serious collection I would bet! Gary K

Subject:Re: Antique Japaneae Woodblock Print Needing Translation Please
Posted By: I.Nagy Tue, Oct 06, 2020
Title (Left top margin),
大船の露頭観音　-　Ǒfuna no Rotōkannon - Ǒfuna Kannon Statue (lit. "Outcrop" Kannon in Ǒfuna)
Red stamps on the left margin,
初版　-　Shohan - First edition
版元　京都版画院　-　Hanmoto Kyōto Hangain -
Publisher Kyōto Hanga Institute
摺大野　-　Suri Ǒno - Print by Ǒno

The artist's name and seal is missing from the right lower part of print.
Artist's name: Okuyama Gihachirō　奥山儀八郎
According to related articles on the net, this print was printed first in 1949, and later several times in the 1960s.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Antique Japaneae Woodblock Print Needing Translation Please
Posted By: Gary Knudtzon Tue, Oct 06, 2020
Thought it would be an earlier Print by the patina of age. Shows you can't really be just assuming things all the time thats the reason I pick your brains so much on pieces I come across. I want the Art to be more then just a pretty picture. And like you I love the Research sometimes more then the piece itself! Keep on keeping on! And Thank You! Best Regards, Gary K

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