Kojima Gyokuhō

Kojima Gyokuhō (児嶋 玉鳳, 1907–1934) was a Japanese artist. Little is known about him, except that he worked with the Kyoto City publisher Happōdō.^[1] He rejected the Western concept that art was an expression of the artist's individuality. Rather, he embraced the traditional method of producing woodblock prints through the cooperation of a designer (artist), a woodblock carver, a printer, and a publisher.^[2][3] He also favored traditional Japanese subjects, such as Japanese textiles, kabuki, and ukiyo-e masterpieces.^[4]

Prints

Kojima is best known for his series One Hundred Poetry Illustrations. It consists of 50 woodblock prints. Each print is about a traditional Japanese poem. The series were published by Kondo Happodo in Kyoto in 1932. For the prints he used metallic pigments, gofun, and embossing.^[5]

Gallery

• One Hundred Poetry Illustrations: A Collection of Multicolor Woodblock Prints by Kojima Gyokuhō, c.1934
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  Asagao Nikki
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  Kanjincho
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  Kasane Ogi
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  Kibun Daijin
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  Michitose
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  Nozaki Mura
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  Ohancho
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  Onatsu Kyoran
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  Sanja Matsuri
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  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
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  Sukeroku
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  Ten no Amijima
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  Yodo no Kawase

References

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