Title : Woman on Balcony

Artist : Kanae

Date : c. 1917

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Source : Honolulu Museum of Art
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Description : Traditional ukiyo-e print production required the collaboration of a publisher, designer, carver, and printer. However, Yamamoto broke with tradition by performing all of the designing, carving, and printing himself. He used his chisels in a direct, spontaneous manner, much as a painter might use brushes. In this fashion, he managed to achieve a high degree of personal expression through his printmaking. From ages eleven through nineteen Yamamoto was actually trained in Western wood engraving. However, Yamamoto later began to use the softer cherry-wood (used for traditional Japanese prints) rather than the end-grain hardwood block of the wood engraver. He also used Japanese hand-made paper. In regards to the Japanese creative print, Michener said: “It was the impact of this bold new world of Japanese prints done in the full European tradition, yet combining many of the Oriental values of the past, that quite stunned me.” This print, Woman on a Balcony, exemplifies Michener’s sentiment. (from An Art Reborn Exhibition 10/2/2007-)

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