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BENRIDO COLLOTYPE Hanging Scroll "Kawai Gyokud??'s Cranes"

Collotype is an interesting fusion between French and Japanese discoveries. The printing process was discovered in France, about 150 years ago. It was a new sty… read more
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Collotype is an interesting fusion between French and Japanese discoveries. The printing process was discovered in France, about 150 years ago. It was a new style of printing that combines photography and printmaking and the results are one-of-a-kind. BENRIDO was established in 1887 in Kyoto, where they have been specializing in Collotype printing since 1905. With over a century of experience in the craft, they are one of the very few Collotype studios left, and the world???s only one that produces full-color photographic Collotype prints. They have won several awards and recognitions and have been responsible for many big art works and projects in Japan and abroad.


Kawai Gyokud?? (1955) Gyokudo Art Museum

Aichi prefecture born Kawai was a painter with a highly personal style, specializing in Western style painting of especially landscapes. His polychrome and occasionally monochrome works depicting the mountains and rivers of Japan in the four seasons, with humans and animals shown as part of the natural landscape.

Many of his works are displayed in the Gyokudo Art Museum, in Tokyo.

BENRIDO COLLOTYPE Hanging Scroll "Kawai Gyokud??'s Cranes"

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Collotype is an interesting fusion between French and Japanese discoveries. The printing process was discovered in France, about 150 years ago. It was a new style of printing that combines photography and printmaking and the results are one-of-a-kind. BENRIDO was established in 1887 in Kyoto, where they have been specializing in Collotype printing since 1905. With over a century of experience in the craft, they are one of the very few Collotype studios left, and the world???s only one that produces full-color photographic Collotype prints. They have won several awards and recognitions and have been responsible for many big art works and projects in Japan and abroad.


Kawai Gyokud?? (1955) Gyokudo Art Museum

Aichi prefecture born Kawai was a painter with a highly personal style, specializing in Western style painting of especially landscapes. His polychrome and occasionally monochrome works depicting the mountains and rivers of Japan in the four seasons, with humans and animals shown as part of the natural landscape.

Many of his works are displayed in the Gyokudo Art Museum, in Tokyo.

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