Daffodil (Ukiyo-e) Mini Binder

Daffodil ukiyo-e print by Tanigami Konan 谷上廣南, published by Unsodo c1917-1918. Digitally enhanced from a 1917 edition of Seiyō sōka zufu 西洋草花図譜 or A Picture Album of Western Plants and Flowers. --- "Konan Tanigami was a nihonga painter and printmaker best known for his kacho-e, or “bird-and-flower pictures.” Born in Hyogo Prefecture, he produced five known print albums of Western flowers that were published by the Kyoto-based Unsodo c. 1917-1918. Titled A Picture Album of Western Plants and Flowers (Seiyo Soka Zofu), the series is organized by season. In 1917, Konan produced a series of 24 peony prints for the Teiten (imperial exhibition). Konan’s floral designs were published in three volumes as A Book of Flower Shapes and Forms in 1923 and 1926.”- From the Ronin Gallery --- Ukiyo-e is an iconic era, ‘method’ and aesthetic of Japanese woodblock printing. It is more than an art movement or art form--it was depicted monumental social changes which it then began in feed into, becoming the zeitgeist it had previously chased. But these works, called kacho-e, are not closely related to social change, quite the opposite it is a very old Chinese tradition—Bird and Flower paintings. Though they are 'Western' flowers and plants, they remain rather traditional fare. But these prints are undeniably stunning and outstanding pieces of art. --- Today, Unsodo, who printed Tanigami’s works, is the last remaining publisher of woodblock prints in all of Japan.