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BENRIDO COLLOTYPE Traditional folding fan, "Unryu-zu" Dragon

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BENRIDO was established in 1887 in Kyoto, where they have been specializing in Collotype printing since 1905. This beautiful fan can be used during summer, and year-round as decoration.

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Dragon and Wave, Tiger among Bamboo, detail, by Kanō Tan'yū, Japanese Edo period.

Here the dragon emerges from the swirling cosmic dust of the universe. The dragon represents yang, which encompasses light, the sun, the heavens, active forces and masculine forces.

From 1617, Tan'yu as an official artist of the Tokugawa shogun, worked on large scale commissions at Edo, Nijo, Osaka, and Nagoya castles, where his screens and panels in vibrant colors with subjects such as tigers birds and plants were used to bring nature inside, while his extensive use of gilding was designed to reflect light within the dark interiors of these castle spaces.

Tan'yu's masterful handling of ink and use of light and dark is evident in the swirling tempestuous clouds and the powerful snaking form of the dragon that dominates the composition of this screen, with a comparable example being the famed 'Unryu-zu' dragon ceiling painted over the course of eight years by Tan'yu for the Myoshin-ji temple in Kyoto.

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Product Number	3008028 as configured:
Time Until Shipping	1 week as configured:
Brand	BENRIDO COLLOTYPE as configured:
Dimensions	22.7cm（7寸5分） as configured:
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Prefecture	Kyoto as configured:

The Benrido Atelier is a COLLOTYPE workshop based in Kyoto, Japan and has mastered the art style since 1887. Their beautiful designs make for amazing Japanese gifts, decorations and souvenirs. The printing requires the best materials, with quality ink and handmade Japanese washi paper, and experienced craftsmen are the only ones able to properly design the prints - Each individual step requires experience and eye for detail to create beautiful tones and to properly balance the pigment.
Kano Tanyu
Born in Kyoto from Keicho 7 to Enpo 2 (1602-1674). He is the grandson of Eitoku Kano. He showed his talent as a young artist and was praised as the return of Eitoku. He became a shogunate painter and led a family to create barrier paintings for the Nijo Castle Yukiyukiden. His representative works are "Nagoya Castle Jorakuden" and "Nijo Castle Ninomaru Palace Barrier Painting".
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