- 26 × 19 (10.2 × 7.5) hashira-e (柱絵)
pillar print 73 × 12 (28.7 × 4.7)
hosoban (細判) or hoso-e (細絵)
narrow 33 × 14.5 (13.0 × 5.7) 39 × 17 (15.4 × 6.7)...
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wrestlers or warriors. The
prints appeared in the
common print sizes aiban,
hosoban, and ōban. They are
divided into four periods. The
prints of the first...
- 1794) – 8 ōban and 30
hosoban prints 11th and
intercalary 11th
months of
Kansei 6 (November 1794 –
January 1795) – 47
hosoban, 13 aiban, and 4 ōban prints...
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brought an end to the
luxury of
these large prints,
replaced by
smaller hosoban-sized prints,
which were
often sold as triptychs—which when
placed together...
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Nishimura Shigenobu, Shōki and Girl, c. 1720s.
Woodblock print with hand-coloring and
lacquer (urushi).
Hosoban. 13 in. x 5 5/8 in....
- 28 by 4.5
inches (71 cm × 11 cm)
Horishi (彫師); a
carver of
woodblocks Hosoban (細判); a
print size
about 13 by 5
inches (33 cm × 13 cm) Iro-ban (色板); a...
- ****anese ukiyo-e artist, best
known for his yakusha-e
actor prints in
narrow hosoban dimensions. Bunchō and Kat****wa Shunshō are
credited with
having developed...
- Kiyonobu II was a
prolific designer of
actor prints, prin****lly in the
narrow hosoban format, of
which he
produced at
least 300
examples for
about 20 different...
- Kiyonaga's use of
larger sheets of
paper (ōban,
rather than chūban or
hosoban). Kiyonaga's
works broke the mold of many
previous artists. A
great proportion...
- (fl. c. 1772-1816), who
produced almost exclusively actor prints in the
hosoban format. Influencing, and
influenced by, the
great Edo
printmaker Sharaku...
