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Japanese Prints #006 - Welcoming New Prints By Misa Tsuchiya!

NEW WORKS! | Step into the WILD with Japanese Print Artist Misa Tsuchiya's mesmerising animal-themed artworks! 🎨🐾 🇯🇵 Let her colourful animal kingdom ignite your imagination and add a burst of energy into your home! 🌟

Misa Tsuchiya, a Kanagawa-born artist, creates wonderfully vibrant animal-themed artworks. Blending bold colour with contrasting pattern; Tsuchiya’s visually striking & playful compositions convey a poised readiness - her animal kingdom about to strike!

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Japanese Prints #005: Kyoto’s Onigawara (鬼瓦) - 京瓦 "Kyogawara"

One of the most iconic images of Japan, & often subject to many 20th Century Japanese print artists, are the scenes of traditionally tiled townhouses (machiya), castle, & temple rooftops. The clay fired roof tiles (“kawara”) are always typically found dressed alongside Onigawara (鬼瓦) - Oni-headed figureheads rooted in Japanese folklore, & placed along eaves to ward against evil.

Katsuyuki Nishijima’s piece titled 京瓦 "Kyogawara" - the traditional roof tiles & Onigawara specific to Kyoto…

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Japanese Prints #002: Mikawa Bay (三河湾): Cultivating Nori/Seaweed in Aichi Prefecture

Mikawa Bay (三河湾), located off the south coast of Aichi Prefecture, is one of four primary nori cultivation areas in Japan alongside areas of the Ariake Sea (Saga, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki prefectures), the Seto-Inland Sea (Hyogo, Okayama, Shikoku), and Tokyo Bay (Chiba Prefecture). With a history dating back to 1854, nori farming in Aichi commenced in the estuaries of the Toyogawa River, before evolving into the prominent nori production hub it is today…

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Japanese Prints #001: 妻籠宿 Tsumago-juku: the 42nd post town on Japan’s historic Nakasendo/Kisokaido way 木曾街道

The thrill of the chase! Discovering Japan through Nishijima pieces! A sign reads 妻籠宿 Tsumago-juku: the 42nd post town on Japan’s historic Nakasendo/Kisokaido way 木曾街道 - a legendary route connecting Edo (Tokyo) with Kyoto during the Edo Period (1603-1867), & famously depicted in Keisai Eisen and Utagawa Hiroshige's “The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō” (木曾街道六十九次)…

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