Japanese Professionals who reprint Hokusai's Shunga

江戸浮世絵木版画の中でも最も高い技術が必要とされる春画。
今回、富嶽三十六景に代表される世界で最も知られている
日本の画家であり、１９世紀後半ヨーロッパを中心に広まったジャポニスムにおいて、モネ、ゴッホなどに多大な影響を与えた葛飾北斎の春画の中から国際日本文化研究センター早川聞多 名誉教授の監修に基づき３作品をセレクト。
江戸の伝統技術を継承する現代の匠、絵師、彫師、摺師により木版での復刻を行う。
Traditional “Shunga” erotic prints require the highest level of expertise to reprint of all Edo Period Ukiyo-e prints. Under the guidance of Monta Hayakawa from the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, we’ve selected three of these special prints. The prints were created by one of Japan’s most famous artists, Katsushika Hokusai, who is most well known for his 36 Views of Mt. Fuji. His erotic “Shunga” prints are said to have had a significant effect on Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet during the wave of Japonism that spread across Europe in the late 19th Century. Expert painters, engravers and carpenters carry on the traditions of the Edo Period today, recreating the prints for today’s audiences.

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