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(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