Geisha, Courtesan Shigeoka, Restored Antique Ukiyo-e Color Japanese Woodblock Print

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Geisha, Courtesan Shigeoka, Restored Antique Ukiyo-e Color Japanese Woodblock Print

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Orchard Arts

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Painting - Woodblock, Polychrome Ink

Description

Professionally restored antique print titled Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano: The courtesan Shigeoka of Okamoto-ya: The courtesan Sugatano of Sugataebi-ya: The courtesan Hanamurasaki of Tama-ya. This wonderful antique ukiyo-e woodblock print is derived from a professional high resolution scan of the original print. The print was in poor condition and needed many hours of restoration work. The restored print retains the same color, vibrancy and sharpness as the original had when it was first made.

Title: The courtesan Shigeoka of Okamoto-ya
Date Created / Published: between 1848 and 1868.
Medium: Color Woodblock.
Artist: Unknown, Restoration by Orchard Arts.
Format: Three panels from a set of vertical Oban Nishikie.
Summary: Part of Ukiyo-e triptych showing three courtesans (shin yoshiwara). Left section: Hanamurasak from Tamaya house on Edo Street. Center section: Sugatano from Ebiya house on Kyo Street. Right section: Shigeoka from Okamotoya house on Kyo Street.

At Orchard Arts we have over 15 years experience doing museum quality restorations of negatives and prints.

At Orchard Arts we create museum quality fine art restoration prints that are faithful to the original paper quality, color fidelity, sharpness and period correct typeface metrics. Restoration is done by careful color analysis, color correction, high magnification spotting and repair of the print surface. In some instances repositioning of the plate typefaces and image cropping is done to better accommodate the final print size and for aesthetic appeal. The final restoration print is made with archival pigment ink on acid free fine art paper. The results are museum quality prints that have the same richness, longevity and fidelity as when they were first made.

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