Shunko – Kuchie (Frontispiece Illustration) — 1905
Archival pigment print
Edition of 25 per size
Printed on Hahnemühle paper
Original artwork in the public domain. Source image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A quietly theatrical scene from the dawn of modern Japanese print culture, Shunko – Kuchie captures a moment of poised observation beneath a pine bough. Originally produced as a frontispiece illustration for literary magazines at the turn of the 20th century, the composition blends Westernized perspective with traditional woodblock delicacy. Soft tonal washes and fine linework create a fleeting encounter — modern figures suspended in an atmosphere of suggestion and stillness. This edition has been carefully color-balanced from a high-resolution public-domain source and printed to preserve the subtle ink textures and aged paper warmth of the original print.
After Hours Art Editions publishes limited-edition prints for collectors drawn to mood, intimacy, and the charged space between art and desire.
Shunko – Kuchie (Frontispiece Illustration) — 1905
Archival pigment print
Edition of 25 per size
Printed on Hahnemühle paper
Original artwork in the public domain. Source image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A quietly theatrical scene from the dawn of modern Japanese print culture, Shunko – Kuchie captures a moment of poised observation beneath a pine bough. Originally produced as a frontispiece illustration for literary magazines at the turn of the 20th century, the composition blends Westernized perspective with traditional woodblock delicacy. Soft tonal washes and fine linework create a fleeting encounter — modern figures suspended in an atmosphere of suggestion and stillness. This edition has been carefully color-balanced from a high-resolution public-domain source and printed to preserve the subtle ink textures and aged paper warmth of the original print.
After Hours Art Editions publishes limited-edition prints for collectors drawn to mood, intimacy, and the charged space between art and desire.
Each print is produced using museum-grade pigment inks on archival cotton paper, then hand-numbered and signed by the studio.
• Paper: 100% cotton rag, matte finish
• Printing: Archival pigment giclée
• Edition: 25 total, hand-numbered
• Certificate of authenticity included
• Ships unframed
