{"product_id":"watanabe-shotei-birds-and-flowers-9780695915056","title":"Watanabe Shotei Birds and Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cristina Berna | Eric Thomsen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Missys Clan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Missys Clan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asian - Japanese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatanabe Shotei also Watanabe Seitei (1852-1918) was a Japanese woodblock printer associated with the sosaku hanga \"creative prints\" movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatanabe Seitei s beautiful bird and flower prints are full of symbolic meaning, they are not just pretty decorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was one of the first Nihonga artist to visit Europe, where he joined the workshop of Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) for the Paris World Exhibition of 1878 in Paris and being awarded a medal. He blended Western realism with the delicate colors and washes of the Kikuchi Yosai school, introducing a new approach to \u003cem\u003ekacho-ga\u003c\/em\u003e - bird-and-flower painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNihonga in the narrow sense, refers to art based on traditional Japanese techniques and styles, such as calligraphy and hand-painted painting, rather than oil painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatanabe Shotei maintained a prodigious output of paintings and illustrations, producing three outstanding albums: Seitei kacho gafu ('\u003cem\u003ePicture album of Seitei's bird and flower\u003c\/em\u003e'), 1890-91; Kacho gafu ('\u003cem\u003eBird and flower album\u003c\/em\u003e'), 1903; and the last series published in 1916 also entitled \u003cem\u003eSeitei kacho gafu\u003c\/em\u003e. Many prints were later re-issued psthumously.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Missys Clan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47775296553111,"sku":"9780695915056","price":4329.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780695915056.webp?v=1777989501","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/watanabe-shotei-birds-and-flowers-9780695915056","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}