Rare Original Japanese Woodblock Print

' Jetty Building '

A group of people building a structure in the water

Date of publication: Late Meiji (1880s)
Signed with the red Hankyo seal of the Artist

A two-sheet Diptych of single-sided prints,
never framed and unjoined

Series:

Nihon Rekishi Gaho
With contributing artists;
Takahashi Shotei, Kono Bairei, Watanabe, Etc.
Published by Okura Shoten
Editor Matsumoto Fûko, Tokyo

Printed on traditional medium-weight Washi paper
Single-sided sheets that have never been framed
Demonstrating 'bleed-through' of inks

There is also a successful combination of the 'new' Japanese realism
and the traditional Chinese-influenced landscape tradition.

Condition as picture:
(VG for age)
(Paper ageing commensurate with being over 100 years of age,
with some paper discolouration/browning and surface soiling, trimmed)
We have shown these with the central gutter,
you could either retain this or fold/trim one to align the two halves.

Size approx:
overall image 10.5 x 7.5 inches

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