Japanese Man - SOLD

Japanese Man is an original print realized by Tachibana Morikuni in 1749.

Black and white woodblock xylograph on Japanese mulberry (rice) paper by Nishimura Genroku in 1749.

Good conditions, except for little tears on the left margin, some folds on the lower right and discoloration of the ink of the inscriptions.

Includes a passepartout: 50 x 32 cm.

This precious print is from The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga), a set of three woodblocks printed books and ink on paper, published in 1749, a year after Tachibana Morikuni's death. 

These illustrated books dealt mostly with studies of animals, birds, and flowers. Designed in the academic Kano style, these woodcuts are very early examples of producing graduated tones and lines by scraping the blocks in order to simulate the effects of actual brushwork.

This beautiful print represents a Japanese man while kneeling on the ground. The mastery of the author allowed him to recreate a sad and melancholic facial expression.

Tachibana Morikuni (1679–1748), a leading eighteenth-century painter, illustrator and writer, was a master of both Kano and Tosa styles. A student of Tsuruzawa Tanzan, Morikuni lived and worked in Osaka.

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