The Japanese word ukiyo historically describes the normal working people – and the letter -e means picture so the term Ukiyo-e was used to describe woodblock prints which display realistic scenes of everyday life in Japan from the early 1700s to 1900. Sosaku Hanga (Creative Prints) began 1904Īnother commonly used term for Japanese woodblock prints is Ukiyo-e.The Katsukawa School from the second quarter of the 1700s.
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The Kaigetsudo School dating from 1700 to 1714.There are groupings of Japanese woodblock prints often called schools and these are: Once completed this partial print is dried, usually taking about a week then the process is repeated for the next woodblock until all six woodblocks have been printed and the entire picture can be seen. The set of woodblocks are capable of printing a maximum of 3000 prints and the process involves soaking the Washi, painting the coloured ink pigments onto an individual carved woodblock, laying the wet Washi onto the block and rubbing the exposed back of the paper with a rounded wooden object called a Barron until the colour has been absorbed into the washi. The hand made paper used for these prints is called Washi and made from tree bark usually taken from mulberry trees which makes it strong and capable of being soaked in water then dried. Woodblock artists paint the entire picture then break it down into pieces which utilise up to a maximum of three colours for each woodblock to be carved. It is usual for there to be six carved woodblocks for the creation of a single colour print. Japanese woodblock prints are created by hand carving a number of flat blocks of wood which each display a portion of the total scene to be depicted. Please contact us via email for shipping costs and payment details. We sell antique, rare, limited edition and contemporary genuine Japanese woodblock prints. Since 1868, this incredible non-profit has provided services and housing to underserved women and children from the AAPI community helping them build better futures for themselves.Welcome to the first dedicated Japanese woodblock print site in Australia, established in 2003 by Peter and Wivine Winch. Gum Moon Women's Residence Center still stands today in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown.
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In the image, Maud is the young girl who stands on the left, and another young orphan named Josephine stands on the right. I met Jeffrey face to face for the first time in Berkeley while on his Bay Area book tour for "Gum Moon." Myself being a direct living descendant of Maud's, I felt inspired to create this four-color plate etching as a personal tribute while I was completing my certificate in Printmaking Arts at Diablo Valley College in 2019. This etching is based on one of the only known photographed postcards we have of Maud in traditional Chinese attire taken in 1902. It's not an easy read, but one which makes us take pause to consider the struggles and injustices our ancestors lived through, and the impact this has on our lives today. We only recently learned about what happened to Maud and the mysterious circumstances of her young life thanks to Jeffrey's incredible dedication and research on this subject. Her story is a unique one, and is something our family is very moved by. Gum Moon (Cantonese for "Gold Door" or "Golden Gate" was a remarkable home to many young immigrant Asian girls who were saved from a life of debt slavery, violence, and sexual abuse in San Francisco during the late 1800's to early 1900's. Maud, my "Tai-Po" was one of many "Gum Moon" orphan girls who was rescued by the Asian Women's Residence Center home in San Francisco Chinatown in 1898. Staley published a special book titled "Gum Moon" This historical fiction novel of San Francisco Chinatown was based upon events about our Chinese American family history - The coming of age story of my great-grandmother, Maud Lai Don, a woman I only met briefly when I was born.
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GUM MOON GIRLS // A tribute to my great-grandmother 4-COLOR PLATE ETCHING WITH AQUATINT