Images Dated 6th March 2013

Vintage Japanese Woodblock print of Children

Toyohara Chikanobu (1838aa1912), was a prolific woodblock artist of Japan's Meiji period. His works capture the transition from the age of the Samurai to Meiji modernity and the artistic chaos of the Meiji period.This image dated 1892 an is number 4 in the series, Nijushi kou mitate eawase, (Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety) is a great example, the traditional Japanese governess is looking after three children, one of them quite plainly dressed in modern western clothing. The top part shows a traditional Japanese family.This print forms part of my Ephemera collection

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Vintage Japanese Woodblock print of Actor

This vintage Japanese woodblock print is by Yoshikuni Toyokawa active 1803-1840, was a pupil of Asayama Ashikuni. He was both a printmaker and a poet. His favourite subjects were actor prints

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Pod of Antarctic Minke Whales -Balaenoptera bonaerensis-, blowing, in front of icebergs, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

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