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| Fishing at Night. |
These prints are the work of Yoshimune Arai II (1873 - 1945). Sadly, I've been able to find nothing else about this artist. But I love these poetic nighttime scenes, truly deserving of the romantic term nocturne. And I also find it interesting to compare the different individual prints pulled from the same carvings - though, in at least one instance here, it looks like a new block or blocks were carved. I find the slight - sometimes nearly undetectable - variations in color and saturation and detail so interesting. (Some of the color variation is due to photographic reproduction, of course.) The prints shown here are circa 1910s - 1930s.
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| Fishing at Night. |
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| Fishing at Night. (While nearly identical to the prints above, there are noticeable differences here, most obvious in the bridge support.) |
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| Pine Beach. |
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| Suma Beach. |
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| Suma Beach. |
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| Ferry Boat. |
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| Salt Works by Moonlight. |
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| Salt Works by Moonlight. |
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| Kominato Bay. |
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| Crescent Moon Over a Lake. |
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| Suma Beach at Night. |
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| Suma Beach at Night. |
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| Cormorant Fishing. |
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| Two Boats in Moonlight. |
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| Two Boats in Moonlight. |
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| Two Boats in Moonlight. |
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| Fishing Boat. |
