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September 2012 Archives

Shukado Newsletter vol. 80

By 秋華洞 on September 21, 2012 1:05 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Dear customers and friends,

Good afternoon from Kenshi of Shukado.
It's already 4th week of September. Time flies!

In Japan, it is often said that Autumn is the best season for Art.
And we are going to attend several exhibitions.

The first one is the Tobi Art Fair in Tokyo from 5th to 7th October.
There, we're going to hold an exhibition of Okamoto Toko, who is a contemporary female artist.

I'm afraid there is only Japanese webpage though,
please refer to the following url:
http://www.syukado.jp/jp/gallery/201210okamoto.html

As you can see in the photo of her,she is young and very talented.
It would be difficult for most of you to visit us during the exhibition.
But I'll keep updated about her.

And regarding our English website, we're posting our new arrivals.
I hope you'll enjoy them and have a nice weekend!

http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108728100/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108726000/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108727000/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108726600/

Sincerely yours,

Kenshi


Shukado Newsletter vol. 79

By 秋華洞 on September 15, 2012 1:04 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
As you've already known, first man on the moon, astronaut Neil Armstrong, passed away the other day. And yesterday, I watched the news that a memorial ceremony was held in honor of him.

 Unfortunately, I wasn't born when he flied to the moon with the other crews. Yet, his very famous words, "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." really got to my heart.

 Since he set foot on the moon, even though 43 years has passed, only 12 people including him could go there. I think that fact indicates the greatness of his achievement. May he rest in peace.

 Since the ancient times, Japanese and the moon have been deeply related.
 And there are many ukiyo-e, which the moon is depicted as the subject.
 Among those ukiyo-e, "100 views of the moon" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi can be one of the most famous series.

　Yoshitoshi produced many prints depicting the moon. As the one of the reasons, it can be mentioned that "tsuki" of his family name, Tsukioka, means the moon.
 This series was produced from 1885-1892, the year Yoshitoshi died, and shows his great achievement.

 We sell many out of this series on our website, and please refer to the following link:
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/sp/list.php?spid=S4e8e79d2b4a63

 And my favorites are as follows:
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2.php?number=108708300&spid=S4e8e79d2b4a63
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2.php?number=108617102&spid=S4e8e79d2b4a63
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2.php?number=108707501&spid=S4e8e79d2b4a63

This year is 120 years anniversary of his death.
It would be great if I could provide you an opportunity to know about Yoshitoshi's attraction by this newsletter.

Have a nice weekend!

Sincerely yours,

Kenshi


Shukado Newsletter vol. 78

By 秋華洞 on September 9, 2012 1:03 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Dear customers and friends,

Good afternoon from Kenshi of Shukado.

Today, I'd like to introduce some Yoshu Chikanobu's artworks.

Yoshu Chikanobu was an ukiyo-e artist who was active in the Meiji period.
He studied under Toyohara Kunichika and excelled at beauty and genre painting.

His career is quite unique. Before becoming ukiyo-e artist, he was a samurai warrior of the Takada domain in Echigo province, present Nigata prefecture.
Taking advantage of his position, in the beginning of his career as the ukiyo-e artist, he got popular by his samurai prints and war prints.
And then, he ensured his status as an ukiyo-e artist by his prints of beauty, which illustrated changes in women's fashion, including both traditional and Western clothing.

It is said that the number of his artworks are about 820. In this point of view, we can say that he was one of the most popular artists during the Meiji period.

Unfortunately, his fame is almost forgotten at the present day.
Yet, since this year is the 100th anniversary of his death, I hope that this will be a good chance to know about his name again.

And the followings are the prints we sell now.
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108725501/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108711800/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108610600/

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the items.

Sincerely yours,

Kenshi


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