Scholten Japanese Art

Tomikichiro Tokuriki (902-1999) Bunraku Puppet (Ichinotani futaba gunki, Kumagai jinya) woodblock print, n.d. Available: https://www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsV.php

Utagawa Yoshiharu (1828-1888) Croue Soulie [The French Great Circus], woodblock triptych, 1871 More info: https://www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsV.php... While this may seem like a nod to the current circus happening here in the U.S. it's actually a depiction of circus that French equestrian, Louis Soullier, brought to Japan in 1871, opening on August 8th in Yokohama. Unlike his earlier circus counterpart Professor Risley, whose troupe in 1864 had been confined to only staging performances in Yokohama , Soullier was able to obtain permission to perform on grounds at the Yasakuni Shrine in Tokyo in December 1871 to great acclaim. #woodblockprint #japaneseart #ukiyoe

Meow! Celebrating National Cat Day with a work by Kakunen Tsuruoka, Siamese cat, ink and color, ca. 1930s. (see yesterday's post for another ink and color painting of a different subject by the artist) Available: https://www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsH.php

This misty and moody work, "Moored Junks" by Kakunen Tsuruoka (1892-1977) is matching the misty and moody weather of New York today! Available: https://www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsV.php

We'd like to introduce our newest team member at Scholten Japanese Art. His name is Bandit and we are very pleased to have him on board! His main job right now is to look as cute as he can (and sometimes cause a little bit of mischief - hence the name, Bandit), and he's doing a great job of that in front of this painting by Ogata Gekko, "The Flowered Hat Dance" (ca. late 1890s) ... Available (the painting that is.....not Bandit): https://www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsV.php

A better look at Kawase Hasui's "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Early Summer Showers at Sanno Shrine" 1919 See our last post about this print being selected as an @artsy / @ifpda Fine Art Print Fair highlight by the curator of prints and drawings at @britishmuseum, Jennifer Ramkalawon. Available: https://www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsV.php