{"product_id":"vintage-utamaro-ukiyo-e-woodblock-reproduction-portfolio-bijin-ga","title":"Vintage Ukiyo-e Woodblock Portfolio After Utamaro — 6 Bijin-ga Ōban Reproductions, Washi Folio (Fukkokuban)","description":"\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55;margin:0 0 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-top:1px solid #e7e7e7;border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eUkiyo-e woodblock print portfolio (fukkokuban 復刻版) — 6 ōban bijin-ga + original washi folio\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAttribution\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAfter Kitagawa Utamaro\u003c\/strong\u003e (喜多川歌麿, 1753–1806) — a vintage reproduction, NOT an original Edo-period print\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003ePlates\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003e6 multi-block colour woodblock reproductions on washi + multilingual caption booklet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003ePrint size\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003e38.2 × 26.0 cm (15.0 × 10.2″) each — full ōban (大判)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eFolio size\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003e49.5 × 35.5 cm (19.5 × 14.0″) closed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003e691 g (1.52 lb) — folio + 6 prints + caption book\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eWashi paper (和紙); multi-block woodblock (mokuhanga)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eTechnique\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eHand-pulled multi-block colour woodblock with kentō registration (genuine woodblock, not litho\/offset)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eFolio\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eRed deckled-edge washi cover, titled 「浮世絵」(Ukiyo-e) on a seigaiha gold-pattern slip\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eLate Shōwa, estimated 1960s–1980s (dated by the 6-language caption incl. Russian)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eSubject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eBijin-ga (美人画, beautiful-women) — geisha, mother \u0026amp; child, hair-combing, lovers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eExcellent — clean, full colour, no foxing, no tears\/creases; unrestored\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e7e7e7;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;width:32%;color:#8a8a8a;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:11px 14px;vertical-align:top;color:#222;\"\u003eWashi folio + multilingual caption booklet + 6 ōban prints\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eVintage ukiyo-e woodblock portfolio — six bijin-ga after Utamaro\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA complete vintage Japanese woodblock-print portfolio of six \u003cem\u003ebijin-ga\u003c\/em\u003e (美人画 \/ beautiful-women) compositions after \u003cstrong\u003eKitagawa Utamaro\u003c\/strong\u003e (喜多川歌麿, 1753–1806), gathered in their original deckled-edge red washi folio titled 「浮世絵」(\u003cem\u003eUkiyo-e\u003c\/em\u003e). Each sheet is a multi-block colour woodblock impression on Japanese washi at full ōban size (大判, 38.2 × 26 cm) — the colour registration, kentō marks, and soft tactile relief of the line-block confirm these are genuine woodblock-printed reproductions, not lithograph or offset.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHonest attribution — a reproduction (fukkokuban), not an original Edo print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese six prints are \u003cstrong\u003evintage Japanese reproduction woodblock prints (fukkokuban 復刻版)\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003enot\u003c\/strong\u003e original Edo-period Utamaro impressions. Original Kansei-era Utamaro prints are museum-tier objects priced in the thousands to tens of thousands of dollars per impression; this is a high-quality multi-block woodblock reproduction printed by a Japanese woodblock publisher in the late Showa era for the international art market. \u003cem\u003eFukkokuban\u003c\/em\u003e is itself a respected Japanese craft — these sheets are cut and printed by skilled woodblock artisans using traditional kentō registration and natural pigment on washi. The reproduction publisher is not identified on the folio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Curated by ZenKiln from a Japan-based sourcing studio. Original designs by Kitagawa Utamaro (Edo period, Kansei era); this object is a late-Showa fukkokuban reproduction portfolio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe six plates\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach plate carries a printed caption sheet describing the original in six languages (Japanese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish):\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e「西国の芸者」 — \"Geisha of the Western Provinces\" (ōkubi-e close-up; original c. Kansei 7 \/ 1795)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e「逢身八契」 — \"Joyful Meeting\" \/ Chūbei and Umekawa, lovers from the Chikamatsu tragedy (original end-Kansei)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e「山姥と金太郎図」 — \"Yamauba and Kintarō\" \/ the mountain woman and her son (Utamaro's late period)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e「婦人相学拾躰 — かみすき」 — \"Woman Combing,\" from the Ten Studies of Womanly Physiognomy series (original c. Kansei 3 \/ 1791)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e「歌撰恋の部 物思恋図」 — \"Love-thinking,\" from the Anthology of Poems: Love section (original c. Kansei 4 \/ 1792)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e「高名美人六家撰」 — \"One of the Six Selected Famous Beautiful Geisha\" (original mid-Kansei)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Utamaro\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) is the most internationally recognized master of \u003cem\u003ebijin-ga\u003c\/em\u003e ukiyo-e. His Kansei-era work — the period these six plates reproduce — established the classical vocabulary of Japanese feminine portraiture, and his \u003cem\u003eōkubi-e\u003c\/em\u003e (大首絵 \/ close-up portraits) revolutionized the genre in the 1790s. After his death his prints became a foundational influence on the European Japonisme movement, shaping Manet, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, and the early Van Gogh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDating this portfolio\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe six-language caption sheet — including Russian alongside the major Western European languages — places the production firmly in the postwar Cold War cultural-exchange export window, narrowing the estimate to roughly the 1960s–1980s (late Showa). The folio's 「浮世絵」 title slip on a seigaiha (青海波 \/ wave) gold-pattern washi is the standard presentation format used by Japanese fukkokuban publishers of that period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent. The red washi folio's deckled edges are intact; the prints are clean with full colour saturation, no foxing or significant toning, and no creases, tears, or losses to any plate. Unrestored. Additional close-up photos of any plate or the folio are available on request.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDisplay \u0026amp; use\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach print frames beautifully as a standalone object — the ōban sheets fit standard A3 \/ 30 × 40 cm frames with a single passe-partout mat. The six can hang as a grid, a horizontal run over a sofa, or a vertical sequence up a staircase. For collectors, the portfolio is just as valuable kept intact and stored flat — the original washi folio is part of the historical object and protects the prints from light and handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandle with clean dry hands or cotton gloves. Store the portfolio flat in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. If framing for long-term display, use UV-protective glass. Washi is archival material and stable for generations when stored properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIncluded\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 × original red washi deckled-edge folio with 「浮世絵」 seigaiha title slip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 × multilingual caption booklet (Japanese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 × ōban-size bijin-ga woodblock reproduction prints after Utamaro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-packed flat between rigid backers in a double-walled carton from Japan; insured in transit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout ZenKiln\u003c\/strong\u003e — A Japan-based curator connecting international collectors with Japan's artisan ceramic tradition. We work closely with the kilns, workshops, and makers featured in our shop — each one disclosed in our About section — and hand-pack every piece in Japan for safe delivery worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e📦 Ships from Japan, hand-packed for safe delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ZenKiln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47725613449446,"sku":"ZK-PRINT-UTAMARO-001","price":554.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/5392\/5350\/files\/6a0f48436f03bf48e8c7f28f9f150b4c_f74e7c1b-facf-4939-8158-cfdb2f158850.png?v=1780211091","url":"https:\/\/zen-kiln.com\/en-ch\/products\/vintage-utamaro-ukiyo-e-woodblock-reproduction-portfolio-bijin-ga","provider":"ZenKiln","version":"1.0","type":"link"}