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Subject:Re: Japanese aizuri-e woodblock folder
Posted By: Stan Tue, Aug 14, 2018
You don't provide any size information. Looking at the prints they have borders on 3 sides. Opposing prints have the borders on opposite sides. These appear to be pages from an ehon (book). Further, the pairs of prints compose diptychs as opposing ehon pages might. It appears that an ehon was disassembled, trimmed, and mounted/backed to form a book. The only thing arguing against this thesis is that I don't see binding holes on the inner edge of the pages.
The paper doesn't appear to be creped. I am guessing you mean that is the mulberry paper used for Japanese woodblock prints.
We have something similar. Ehon (by Kunisada) pages were assembled into a scroll. It's hard to see in the below example, but there are binding holes along the center line of the diptychs.
Cheers,
Stan
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