Title: 北斎の滝 Hokusai's Waterfalls. Ed. 12/100.

Series: 江戸墨百色 A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo.

Binnie’s significant 江戸墨百色 A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo series took his studies of the human body and passion for traditional ukiyo-e imagery, fusing them into a ten print series featuring nude models with elaborately tattooed imagery - each referencing famous themes of work from Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print masters Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Suzuki Harunobu (c.1724-1770), Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Toshusai Sharaku (active c.1794-1795), Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815), & Utagawa Hiroshige (1791-1858). Each print of the series has a non-tattooed counterpart print design.

Artist: Paul Binnie (1967-Present).

Signed, Sealed & Dated:

Series title cartouche to upper right margin. Signed in pencil along with artist kanji present to lower left of image. Beneath, each print within Binnie’s A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo series was adorned with a unique seal - in this case Binnie further echoed his homage to Hokusai’s c.1832 Waterfall series with a playfully constructed image of a man in a barrel cast from his typical “Binnie” seal. Print title upper right of image (in the style of Hokusai’s signature) “Hokusai no + depicted image of a waterfall”. Published 2006.

Medium: Woodblock Print.

Paper Size: H: 42.70 cm x W: 30.90cm.

Condition: Shipped Framed (High quality grained grey/brown frame by specialists “The Framing Workshop”, Bath, UK, measuring: H: 71.00cm x W: 57.50cm). Print in extremely fine condition and fabulous example of Binnie’s baren sujizuri - circular baren/swirling printing technique evident to background. Further application of beautiful white gofun - fantastically highlights the flow of water splashing off the model’s back. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.

Notes: 北斎の滝 Hokusai's Waterfalls is Binnie’s fourth print of a ten design run series following 国芳の猫 Kuniyoshi’s Cats (2004), 芳年の化け物 Yoshitoshi’s Ghosts (2004), & 歌麿の春画 Umetaro’s Erotica (2005). This design expands on Binnie’s initial non-tattooed print “Shower” - carving further blocks to integrate compositions from Katsushika Hokusai’s (1760-1849) c.1832 series: 諸国滝廻りA Journey to the Waterfalls in All the Provinces.

Binnie’s 北斎の滝 Hokusai's Waterfalls integrates elements from Hokusai’s 木曽路ノ奥阿弥陀ヶ瀧 The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road (central waterfall to left shoulder); his depiction of Yoshitsune’s horse to the model’s lower back from Hokusai’s 和州吉野義経馬洗滝 The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province, and the fantastically flowing water from 下野黒髪山 きりふりの滝 Kirifuri Waterfall at Kurokami Mountain in Shimotsuke, found on the left thigh (refer to reference images below). A magnificent image.