Album Folder
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
This woodblock print serves as the cover folder for a collected album of Okumura Koichi's work. Album sets were a common format for shin-hanga publishers, packaging multiple prints in decorative folders that could be displayed individually or kept as a bound portfolio. Koichi, who worked primarily in the postwar period, produced seasonal landscape views of Kyoto and other scenic regions across Japan. The album folder itself typically features a title cartouche and decorative border, functioning both as protective packaging and as an aesthetic statement about the prints contained within. Such folders are collected in their own right, as they bear the artist's seal and often include calligraphic inscriptions that identify the series, publisher, and edition details.
More Prints by Okumura Koichi
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Album Folder was created by Okumura Koichi (奥村厚一).
Album Folder depicts landscapes.