Ohno Bakufu (4 results)
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Seller: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerKyoto [1950], Kyoto Hanga In. A single sheet color print, very good, Oban size 27 x 39.5 cm. strong impression, clean, a very tiny bit of mat margin visible else clean, in the original paper mat, two cinnabar artists seals, original. A very lovely work, with a pastel powder-blue background, it shows four full bloom Morning Glory… flowers: pale blue, pink vermillion, dark blue & pale pink, one more small bud lurks below the green leaves in pink un opened. The artist's sig- nature in both Japanese & Romanized letters at lower right, with his two chops or seals. In the white margin to the right is the publisher's seal in cinnabar. Suitable for dis- play and framing. Ohno [1888-1976].
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Seller: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerKyoto [1950], Kyoto Hanga In. Single sheet print, very good, Oban size 27 x 39.5 cm., strong impression, clean, fine reg- istry, printed in pastels, double cinnabar author's seal and signature in both English & Japanese, matted.FIRST & ONLY ED *** *** *** . . FIRST & ONLY SMALL LIMITED EDITION . . . THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY . .…. HAND-PRINTED COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT . . . A TENDER RENDITION OF GREEN BAMBOO & BAMBOO SHOOTS . . OHNO Bakufu [1888-1976] signed the printed twice: Japanese & English, with his red Hanko [seal/chop], with the publisher and carver's red cinnabar Hanko [seals] in the margin. . A very lovely Japanese color print of Kyoto bamboo. Most likely phyllostachys bambusoides, commonly found in the bamboo forest areas of Kyoto. . *** FIRST & ONLY AUTHOR'S SIGNED EDITION . This print shows three large bamboo-shoots and four large culms with just a few leaves at just above ground-level. Bamboo shoots were commonly collected in the winter months and used as a food-delicacy. . Long and intense boiling is needed to render them edible. Bakufu was a Kyoto Shin-Hanga woodblock print maker and painter who did poignant and tender subjects during the pre & post-World II era. . *** The subject of bamboo is seldom found in Japanese prints. This superb work shows bamboo at its best and in a delicate combination of colors with superb composition. Nicely framed in natural Teak with a matching grass-paper mat, ready for display. . *** REFERENCES: . J. Kato. GENDAI NIPPON HANGA TAIKEI: Great Collection of Modern Woodblock Color Prints [Shin-Hanga], vol.3, plate 67 * A.B. Freeman-Mitford: THE BAMBOO GARDEN. * I. Tsuboi ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE JAPANESE SPECIES OF BAMBOO, as plate 1. . ***.
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Seller: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerKyoto 1950, Kyoto Hanga-In. A single sheet, woodblock print, Oban size, 25.5 x 38 cm., like NEW, fine registry & color, marginal seals, cinnabar print name seal, English marginal seal: "Printed by Kyoto Hanga-In 1950." FIRST EDITION * The Shin-Hanga master Bakufu Ohno [1888-1976], did superb examples before and after the war. .…A lovely and innocent work. Shows the Japanese Momiji [Japanese Maple] in Autumn colors, in shades of green, chartreuse, orange with a blue gradient sky down to brown. There is a small bird perched on a twig. . *** Signed and sealed by Ohno. . *** CONDITION: The print is like New, no issues, verso clean as issued. . ***.
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Seller: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerKyoto [1950], Kyoto Hanga In. Single sheet print, very good, Oban size 27 x 39.5 cm., strong impression, clean, fine reg- istry, printed in pastels, double cinnabar author's seal and signature both English & Japanese, glazed, framed. FIRST ED. *** *** *** . . FIRST & ONLY SMALL LIMITED EDITION . . . THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY . .…. HAND-PRINTED COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT . . . A TENDER RENDITION OF GREEN BAMBOO & BAMBOO SHOOTS . . OHNO Bakufu [1888-1976] signed the printed twice: Japanese & English, with his red Hanko [seal/chop], with the publisher and carver's red cinnabar Hanko [seals] in the margin. . A very lovely Japanese color print of Kyoto bamboo. Most likely phyllostachys bambusoides, commonly found in the bamboo forest areas of Kyoto. . *** FIRST & ONLY AUTHOR'S SIGNED EDITION . This print shows three large bamboo-shoots and four large culms with just a few leaves at just above ground-level. Bamboo shoots were commonly collected in the winter months and used as a food-delicacy. . Long and intense boiling is needed to render them edible. Bakufu was a Kyoto Shin-Hanga woodblock print maker and painter who did poignant and tender subjects during the pre & post-World II era. . *** The subject of bamboo is seldom found in Japanese prints. This superb work shows bamboo at its best and in a delicate combination of colors with superb composition. Nicely framed in natural Teak with a matching grass-paper mat, ready for display. . *** REFERENCES: . J. Kato. GENDAI NIPPON HANGA TAIKEI: Great Collection of Modern Woodblock Color Prints [Shin-Hanga], vol.3, plate 67 * A.B. Freeman-Mitford: THE BAMBOO GARDEN. * I. Tsuboi ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE JAPANESE SPECIES OF BAMBOO, as plate 1. . ***.
