Saturday, 25 June 2016

17 - Nobukazu: Love Of Fireflies


Ukiyo-e. Litograph. Bijinga. Nobukazu.
Nobukazu: Love Of Fireflies - 1896

Watanabe Nobukazu (1872?-1944), a student of Yōshū Chikanobu, made pictures ranging from traditional ukiyo-e, such as bijinga, to pictures of Tokyo on the verge of modernisation, or war scenes from the wars with China or Russia. He is one of the very last ukiyo-e artists.

This is a bijinga by Nobukazu: “Love Of Fireflies” from 1896.  It is not a woodblock print but a lithograph.