Furuya Korin

A Pattern of Design (Bamboo Motif)

Furuya Korin's original woodcut, A Pattern of Design (Bamboo Motif), was created for the 1905 pattern book, (Album of Bamboo Motif Designs), published by Yamada Unsodo, Kyoto. Like many woodcuts created in Japan for pattern books at this time, highly abstracted elements from nature come to the fore. Here, a myriad of bamboo stalks create an abstract composition of vertical shapes in green, brown and flesh tones. This is a brilliantly conceived composition containing a visual trick of sorts, as it takes our eyes several moments to detect that branches lie beyond the bamboo. A Pattern of Design (Bamboo Motif) is printed upon Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published in 1907 by Yamada Unsodo, Kyoto. It is a fine, original example of the art and designs by the Japanese artist, Furuya Korin.

A Pattern of Design (Bamboo Motif)

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Furuya Korin (Japan, c. 1875 - 1910)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes
01-		A Pattern of Design (Bamboo Motif) by Furuya Korin	Original Japanese Woodcut	1907	An abstract composition depicting a myriad of bamboo stalks by Furuya Korin published by Yamada Unsodo, Kyoto for the orihon (Album of Bamboo Motif Designs).
02.-		Bamboo Shoots (Motif Design) by Furuya Korin	Original Japanese Woodcut	1907	A bamboo shoot design by Furuya Korin published byYamada Unsodo, Kyoto for the the orihon (Album of Bamboo Motif Designs).

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Title:	A Pattern of Design
Artist:	Korin, Furuya 'Furuya Korin' (Japan, 1875 - 1910)
Date:	1907
Medium:	Original Japanese Woodcut
Publisher:	Yamada Unsodo, Kyoto
Source:	Album of Bamboo Motif Designs
Note:	Furuya Korin: A master meiji era painter and designer of woodblock-printed books, Furuya Korin was highly influenced by the Rinpa (Rimpa) movement of Ogata Korin (1658-1716). Korin was born in the Village of Kaizu in Shinga Prefecture. While in Kyoto (Tokyo), he first studied under the Shijo-style painter (Maruyama-Shijo school), Suzuki Mannen (1868-1893). Later, Korin studied with the director and Rinpa revivalist Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942), the leading Western-style-painter, Asai Chu (1856-1907) and others. In 1897, Furuya Korin received first prize for painting at the second annual Shinko Bijutsu Tenrankai (Exhibition of New and Old Art). In 1905, Furuya Korin began to teach at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, and five years later he became an assistant professor. During his career, Korin was also a leading designer of the 'gafu' (picture album), 'Ehon' (picture book), also known as, woodblock-printed book. A Pattern of Design (Bamboo Motif) hails from the Album of Bamboo Motif Designs published by Yamada Unsodo in 1907.
	Westerners like to claim that abstract art is their invention. The truth is, however, that long before the advent of Picasso and his contemporaries, the Japanese were creating and printing brilliant abstract designs. and utilizing them for practical purposes such as textiles. This woodcut comes from a 1907 portfolio by Furuya Korin. The artist's intent was to produce themes and patterns to be printed on clothing and other materials. The complete publication consisted of fifty woodcuts printed with extensive use of metallic pigments, displaying a wide variety of colour (including silver) and designed in either a horizontal or vertical format.
	Furuya Korin created several important pattern albums during the first decade of the twentieth century. Three such works include, a series of four orihon albums with floral and vegetable motifs (1905), a series of four orihon albums with pine tree themes (1905), an orihon album containing fifty designs with bamboo theme, many printed with metallic pigments (1907,) and others. These three sets were published by Yamada Unsodo, Kyoto. Bamboo Shoots (Motif Design) hails from the 1907 set illustrating bamboo themes. Today such institutions as the British Museum include examples of his woodcuts in their permanent collections.
	This original Japanese woodcut depicting bamboo stalks hails from a 1907 pattern book of bamboo motifs by Furuya Korin. The artist's intent was to create themes and patterns which could be used on textiles and other materials, or to be enjoyed as distinct works of art. The complete publication, issued in Tokyo in 1907, consisted of fifty woodcuts, displaying a wide range of textures and colors (including gold and silver) and designed in either a horizontal or vertical format. These original woodcuts are clearly splendid examples of early twentieth century Japanese design and art.
	Furuya Korin's 'gafu' (picture albums), are sometimes found listed under another artist name, Furutani Korin.
Size:	5 1/2 x 3 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials

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Condition:	Printed upon Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published in 1907 by Yamada Unsodo, Kyoto (Tokyo) for, Take tsukushi (Album of Bamboo Motif Designs). A finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. A Pattern of Design (Bamboo Motif) represents a prime, original example of the art and designs of Furuya Korin.
Subject:	Furuya Korin, Furutani Korin, A Pattern of Design (Bamboo Motif), Take tsukushi (Album of Bamboo Motif Designs), 'gafu' (picture album), picture book (“Ehon”), woodblock-printed books, original Japanese Woodcut, pattern books, abstracted elements from nature, bamboo motifs, Yamada Unsodo, Kyoto, early twentieth century Japanese design and art, Suzuki Mannen, Kamisaka Sekka, Asai Chu.
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