Skeleton rising from a red boat, Japanese woodblock print – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Skeleton rising from a red boat, Japanese woodblock print comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Skeleton rising from a red boat, Japanese woodblock print
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A skeleton rising out of a red boat sets this print apart from the landscapes and actor portraits that fill most woodblock collections. Skeletons appear often in Japanese art of the late Edo and Meiji periods, when artists drew on folklore about the dead returning to the living world, and this image draws on that tradition for a startling, theatrical effect. Printmakers of the era cut a separate block for each color and inked them in turn, so the saturated red of the boat stands out sharply against the paper. Look closely at the fine carved lines of the figure's ribs and the water around the hull to see the craft of the printer's work.
| Original scan | 4,750 × 3,743 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g08750_ |
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