Posted By: Linda Brown
Posted Date: Nov 18, 2006 (04:29 PM)
Hello, I acquired 2 woodblock prints from an estate sale several years ago. Both have signatures but one of them, although is easy to see, is hard to distinguish the type of lettering. Both are 'Bijin-ga', very beautiful and are framed. One has 'HANKO' meshed into the art and the other is confusing. They both have gold strokes in them. I was told by a Japaneses student that she thought they were chinese because of the type of clothing worn. The second pic seems to be made on some type of cloth. I will attempt to send pics of both as well as my own drawing of the questionable signature. If anyone has any information on these I would love to hear from you. Although I love both of the prints, I am considering selling them. Thanks in advance for any type of information offered.
