Posts Tagged ‘wooden figures’
Hiroshige Woodblock Inspiration
Ando Hiroshige was a remarkable Japanese artist (1797-1858) who created beautiful woodblock prints. One of his most iconic series of prints was “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo”. Here is “View from Massaki of Suijin Shrine, Uchigawa Inlet, and Sekiya”, 1857. Hiroshige Woodblock Print View from Massaki of Suijin Shrine Jean has always appreciated Hiroshige’s…
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During a trip to Myanmar (Burma) back in the 70s, Jean bought a set of artisanally crafted, wooden, hand-painted farm animals at a market in Yangon (Rangoon). Burmese dog, cow and horse wooden animals 2021 Back in Seoul, South Korea, where we lived at the time, Jean had the Burmese wooden horse, cow and dog copied…
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