Tsukioka Yoshitoshi : "Bunbuku Chagama" (1892)

Description: "Bunbuku Chagama," by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1892) Available Formats • 9" x 12" (Image: 7" x 10.5") • 12" x 16" (Image: 9.31" x 14") • 16" x 20" (Image: 11.31" x 17") • 20" x 30" (Image: 16" x 24") • 24" x 36" (Image: 19" x 28.5") Archival Inkjet on Matte Finish Fine Art Paper About the Artwork Tsukioka Yoshitoshi is widely regarded as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre. His career spanned the opening of Japan and the beginning of the Meiji Restoration; a period of radical social, political and technological change during which he pushed traditional Japanese woodblock printing to a new level, even as the advent of photography and lithography were rendering it obsolete. "Yoshitoshi's courage, vision and force of character gave ukiyo-e another generation of life, and illuminated it with one last burst of glory," wrote author John Stevenson, reflecting a sentiment that Yoshitoshi himself may have intended in his death poem: "holding back the night / with its increasing brilliance / the summer moon." Bunbuku Chagama is one of his series New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts. Its inspiration was a Japanese folktale of the same name, wherein a poor man rescues a tanuki (raccoon dog) from a trap. The grateful tanuki transforms itself into a teapot and proposes that the man sell him for money, but when his new owner heats him over a fire, the tanuki, unable to withstand the heat, sprouts legs and runs back to the man. The pair soon discover that, by performing as a dancing teapot, the tanuki can provide a lucrative spectacle for the man, who can thereby provide a comfortable home for the tanuki. Fine Art Quality The Ibis’s giclée process uses archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper to achieve crisp detail and rich, lasting color. Unlike posters, they will not yellow with time, but will maintain their original quality for as long as you own them. Happiness Guarantee All of The Ibis's prints come with a 100% happiness guarantee. If you are disappointed in your purchase for any reason, you are welcome to return it for a full refund.

Price: 23.99 USD

Location: Endicott, New York

End Time: 2024-09-22T18:33:14.000Z

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