Title : A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)

Artist : Paul Binnie

Date : 2010

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Source : Scholten Japanese Art
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Description : printed with bold sumi ink bokashi of baren swirls, the tattoo based on an ukiyo-e print by Kiyonaga depicting a bijin tapping an icicle, represented here by silver mica earring worn by the nude; the series title cartouche in gold in the upper right margin, Edo zumi hyaku shoku, the print title to the left with the first portion, Kiyonaga no, in the style of Kiyonaga's signature, followed by a kiseru (tobacco pipe), signed in gold kanji, Bin-ni, with artist's red seal Binnie in the shape of a kiseru, numbered and signed in pencil on the bottom margin, 26/100 Paul Binnie, May 2010

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