[ Home ]  [ Actors ] [ Beauties ] [ Books ] [ Brush Drawings and Hanshita-e ] [ Fans ] [ Flora and Fauna ] [ Landscapes ] [ Osaka ] [ Paintings ] [ Shin Hanga ] [ Shunga ] [ Social, Historical and Ephemera ] [ Surimono ] [ Warriors and Legends] [ Yokohama and Nagasaki ] [ Inexpensive Prints for Collectors ] [ Archive ] [ Links ]

 

 
Detail of a Kunisada print showing the key-block being cut using a kagatana or to (knife). Richard Kruml, established since 1968, offers a selection from stock of fine Japanese prints, paintings and books for collectors and museums.

 Prices on request. Desiderata lists welcomed; collections or individual items purchased. Please email us if you would like to join our mailing list.

Hover on images on this page for explanations and click for enlargements.
Please bear in mind that the prints shown on this website are not actual size.

 Detail of a Kunisada print showing the superfluous wood being cut away using a nomi (chisel) and marunomi (gouge chisel) in conjunction with a mallet (kizuchi).

Detail of a Kunisada print showing the knives for block-cutting being sharpened on a whetstone.

E-mail: info@japaneseprints-london.com
Postal address: P.O. Box 643
Richmond TW10 6XG
United Kingdom
Tel:  +44 (0)20 8940 2614
Fax: +44 (0)20 8940 0794

 

 Detail of a Kunisada print showing the paper being dampened. (The paper was sized with a mixture of alum and glue and dampened so as to readilly take up the pigment from the block.).
                 Member of Ukiyo-e Dealers Association of Japan Business by appointment only. Overseas customers are exempt from VAT.
Prices do not include VAT which is charged at the current rate unless proof
of export is obtained.

Last updated: 08 April 2008
Copyright © 2000 Richard Kruml
Webmaster: JKP