{"product_id":"imao-keinen-1845-1924-goshawk-hunting-no-30-winter","title":"IMAO, Keinen (1845 -1924 ) Goshawk Hunting No. 30 (Winter)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIMAO, Keinen (1845-1924)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoshawk Hunting No. 30 (Winter)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom:\u003cem\u003e Keinen Kacho Gafu (trans. Keinen’s Flower-and-Bird Painting)\u003c\/em\u003eKyoto, 1891\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 1\/2\" x 20\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeasonal woodblock prints from Keinen Kacho Gafu, a popularized kacho-ga\u003cbr\u003epublications of the time, illustrated by Imao Keinen (1845-1924), a leader in the\u003cbr\u003eShin-Hanga movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImao studied painting and calligraphy under ukiyo-e artist Umegawa Toukyo\u003cbr\u003eand traditional ink painter Suzuki Hyakunen. He taught painting as a professor\u003cbr\u003eat the Kyoto Prefecture School, starting in 1880, and soon grew to become one\u003cbr\u003eof the most well known painters of his time, in large part due to his famed work\u003cbr\u003eKeinen Kacho Gafu. Published first in 1891, these woodblock prints were released in sets of forty and in four volumes pertaining to a specific season, with\u003cbr\u003ethe blocks carved by Tanaka Hirokichi. Each print featured both striking large\u003cbr\u003ebirds and beautiful small songbirds set against scenery such as abundant chestnut trees or blossoming cherry branches. They were lauded for their naturalistic\u003cbr\u003epresentation of birds in their native habitat with wonderful lifelike detail and\u003cbr\u003eduly solidified Imao’s importance to Japanese art. Soon after their publication,\u003cbr\u003eImao was enlisted as a member of both the Imperial Household Art Committee\u003cbr\u003e(1904) and the Imperial Art Academy (1919).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeinen Kacho Gafu is closely linked to the realm of Japanese textile and was\u003cbr\u003eused as a source for kimono design and decoration at the time. The book was\u003cbr\u003ecommissioned by Nishimura Sozaemon (1855-1935), a major textile producer\u003cbr\u003eand trader in Kyoto specializing in embroidery and hand-painted yuzen. As did\u003cbr\u003emany artists in Kyoto, Keinen supplemented his painting career by working\u003cbr\u003efor Sozaemon in the laborious effort of painting yuzen textiles. Imao’s Keinen\u003cbr\u003eKacho Gafu was conceived and realized in close contact with the naturalist Yamamoto Akio and two renowned artisans, the carver Tanaka Jirokichi and the\u003cbr\u003eprinter Miki Jinzaburo. Keinen Kacho Gafu was published initially by Tanaka\u003cbr\u003eJihei, a Kyoto publisher who curated the printing, publication and distribution\u003cbr\u003ethough the ownership of the woodblocks always remained with Nishimura Sozaemon. Later in 1894, the publisher Unsodo acquired Tanaka Jihei’s stock and\u003cbr\u003epublication rights and also reprinted the work with the original woodblocks,\u003cbr\u003erecognizable by the replacement of Tanaka Jihei’s name with Unsodo’s own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arader Galleries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45566905253932,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1156\/7956\/files\/IMAO_Keinen-1.jpg?v=1779465869","url":"https:\/\/aradernyc.com\/products\/imao-keinen-1845-1924-goshawk-hunting-no-30-winter","provider":"Arader Galleries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}