Bijin-ga
(Beauties)
Fukei-ga
(Landscapes)
Fujisan
No O-ame
Himeji
Castle
Sankeien
Gardens
Irezumi
(Tattoos)
Others
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paulbinnie.co.uk | Woodblock Prints |
| Paul Binnie went to Japan early in 1993, eventually staying until the end of 1998, almost six years, in the pursuit of the skills and techniques of Japanese woodblock print making. Binnie had discovered Japanese prints of the Ukiyo-e school in his teens while a student at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art, and had begun to collect prints at that time, an enthusiasm which continues until now. His prints of the Kabuki theatre can be seen in a separate section, while this area contains his landscape and figure prints. Binnie is currently working on a large series of prints, Nihon Meisho Zu-e (Famous Views of Japan) and these are released every few months when they are completed, adding to the earlier landscapes, such as the series Shitamachi Settsugekka (Snow, Moon and Flowers of Downtown Tokyo), which he produced in Japan. He was also interested in tattoos, and has designed numerous prints of this subject, in both woodblock and Kappaban stencil, which have proved very popular with a western audience. His ongoing series Edo Sumi Hayaku Shoku (A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo) has many enthusiastic collectors. A recent depature for him is bijin-ga, or prints of beautiful women, which have become a new theme in his work, with one series, Shiki (Four Seasons) completed in Spring 2005 and a second, To Nishiki Bijin Awase (A Collection of Eastern Brocade Beauties) recently begun. |
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| Haru (Spring) | Natsu (Summer) | Aki (Autumn) | Fuyu (Winter) | Murasaki | Engawa |
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| Aka Fuji | Miyajima no Torii | Moon over Shinobazu | Asakusa in the Snow | Cherry Blossoms at Ueno | Mountain Temple in Yamagata |
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| Yozora (Night Sky) | Akizora (Autumn Sky) | Tenku (Vast Sky) | Shiun (Purple Clouds) | Ukigumo (Floating Clouds) | |
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| Kojo No Kasumi | Kumo |
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| Koi (Carp) | Ryu Ni Oni | Ogon (Golden) | Momiji (Maple Leaves) | Seien (Blue Smoke) | Kemuri (Smoke) |
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| Rosoku No Akari | Seinen (Youth) | Kuniyoshi no Neko | Yoshitoshi no Bakemono | Utamaro no Shunga | Ura Hannya |
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| The Creation of a Woodblock | Iris | Camellia | |||