Japanese woodblock print of boats along a canal – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Japanese woodblock print of boats along a canal, preserved in this historic print. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Japanese woodblock print of boats along a canal
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Rows of narrow wooden boats line a canal in this woodblock print, with their hulls and sails rendered in flat, layered color. Japanese printmakers working in the Edo and Meiji periods often used canals and waterways as subjects, since they were busy arteries for moving rice, goods and people through towns. The technique itself was collaborative: an artist drew the design, a carver cut a separate block for each color, and a printer pressed paper over the inked blocks in sequence. Prints like this one were affordable and widely circulated, which is why many survive today as a record of everyday urban life.
| Original scan | 3,553 × 4,478 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g08422_ |
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