(Stampa La bambola del principe sole mattino giallo)

Polychrome woodcut in 62 colors, 1989 year of the snake
Issues: 4 with different colors and papers

Techniques used in use in the EDO period in Japan:
Nishiki-E: Brocade prints, a term used to denote the coloured woodcuts produced from 1765 onward using cherry and pear woods
Bokashi: Shaded colour printing
Gindei: The use of powdered silver to highlight fine details in the print
Gin-Sunago: Silver flakes and powder scattered in the surface to create effects of light in individual plates in order to create identical prints
Karazuri: Printing whit parts created by pressure alone, without colour, in order to create relief and three-dimensional effect
Kirazuri: Mica prints, with the application of particles of powdered pearl and mica in order to create silvered or shining effects
Sabi-Bori: Method of engraving used to create the effect of brush strokes in Japanese calligraphy

Wood: The engravings for the contours and for the clichés were made on cherry wood (Sakura)
Paper: Japanese fine paper
Size of the print: 26,5 cm x 40,5 cm
Chinese cinnabar seals

Verse Translation:
On the feast day the house remained empty, the cats got into a fight and Hotei (God of Fortune) did not arrive in time to save the precious vase.

Signature: Seal bottom left RI-GU Ligustro, seal top left Year of the snake, seal top right Mon Augurale Many Colors Multitude of colors surrounds me