A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Utamaro's Erotica (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Utamaro no Shunga)
by Paul Binnie
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
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 engages with Kitagawa Utamaro's [shunga](/glossary/shunga) (erotic prints) — reimagining one of his intimate compositions in the aizuri-e monochrome. The choice to engage with shunga in this context is characteristic of Binnie's willingness to address the full range of Japanese printmaking traditions without evasion. The blue ink of the aizuri-e process gives the subject a coolly elegant remove, transforming explicit intimacy into something more dreamlike.
Showa - Contemporary 1970's
Drawing
Showa - Contemporary 1970's
Drawing
1900
Woodblock print
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Utamaro's Erotica (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Utamaro no Shunga) was created by Paul Binnie.
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Utamaro's Erotica (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Utamaro no Shunga) depicts shunga, set at Tokyo.
