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Japanese Print Reproductions: Animals, Birds & Fish Five Cranes, Surimono Print, 1816 Kubata Shunman (1757-1820) Fine Art Reproduction Full Size Reproduction: 13 x 11.35 inches This reproduction is a new, individually printed & proofed, superior quality, giclee process, fine art print. It is printed on 100% cotton rag acid-free, heavyweight fine art paper with a luxurious textured watercolor paper finish & archival pigment inks to ensure permanence. Created for collectors, it IS NOT A POSTER or mass produced print on low quality, inexpensive paper. Surimono are a 'sub category' of traditional Japanese woodblock prints. Surimono are privately published woodblock prints, usually commissioned by individual poets or poetry groups as a form of New Year's greeting card. The poems, most commonly kyōka (witty thirty-one-syllable verse), inscribed on the prints usually include felicitous imagery connected with spring, which in the lunar calendar begins on the first day of the first month. Themes of surimono are often erudite, frequently alluding to Japanese literary classics in both texts & images. Unlike the more famous ukiyo-e, which were produced with the intention of being distributed as widely as possible, surimono were privately published works, used for gifts or sometimes for making announcements, & were almost never sold to the general public. Original Medium: woodcut - ink, colors on paper: Reproduction Medium - Textured, Fine Art Paper & colored pigment inks Image Size: 13 x 11.35 inches printed on larger paper to allow ample borders for matting & framing Prints ship in a heavy protective cardboard tube. the giclee process produces a high quality, fine art reproduction from a high-resolution digital file of an image. The file is then printed with a high-resolution photo generation printer on a fine art paper. Most artists & working photographers today use the giclee process to produce reproductions of their original artwork & photographs. As with any original art or fine art reproduction, it is recommended that prints are framed & displayed under glass to prevent color fade or shift over the years. Five Cranes, Surimono Print, C. 1816 By Kubata Shunman. Japanese Art. Fine Art Reproduction. Print
