A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Hokusai's Waterfalls (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Hokusai no Taki)
by Paul Binnie
by Paul Binnie
$2,000–$15,000. Common subjects: $2,000–$4,000. Key value factors: As a living artist continuing the shin-hanga tradition, Binnie's prints are investment-quality. Limited editions and larger formats are most valued.
From the Hundred Shades of Ink series, this print reimagines Hokusai's famous waterfall compositions in the aizuri-e (blue-printed) style. Hokusai's "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces" depicted Japan's most dramatic cascades with characteristic force and dynamic energy; Binnie's blue-ink version translates that energy into a more meditative register, the single color reducing the scene to its essential forms — water in motion, rock, and the empty air through which the cascade falls.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Hokusai's Waterfalls (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Hokusai no Taki) was created by Paul Binnie.
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Hokusai's Waterfalls (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Hokusai no Taki) depicts landscapes, waterfalls, and mountains, set at Tokyo.
