Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960) | |||||
| Title: | Le Bol de Lait. Aino. Hokkaido, Japon. | |||||
| Size: | 39.3 x 29.8 cm (dai ōban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Special effect: grain impression of green woodblock for the floor in this print.
Published in May 1958.
Impression number 43 out of 350 on verso of the print:
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Watermark with ‘PJ’ in romaji and ‘若礼’ (i.e., Jakurei) in kanji in left margin.
Paul Jacoulet signature in black pencil and red Peony seal in lower left of the print.
Names of carver and printer in right margin:
| Character | Translation | Character | Translation |
| 前 | 本 | ||
| 田 | Maeda | 多 | Honda |
| 謙 | 鉄 | ||
| 太 | 之 | ||
| 郎 | Kentarō | 助 | Tetsunosuke |
| 刀 | Carver | 摺 | Printer |
Print title in right bottom margin: LE BOL DE LAIT AINO__HOKKAIDO JAPON
On this print Richard Miles (1982) comments: ‘This very rare work reminds us of the equally simple ‘‘floating figure’’ Kiyoshi of the spring of 1939. The Ainu woman in her traditional costume is one of Jacoulet’s most quietly appealing studies. Only now when the Ainu have nearly died out as a distinct race has this image gained the appreciation it has always deserved.’
Original text in French given by Jacoulet to all buyers of this print (Jacoulet, 2020): ‘LE BOL DE LAIT. Jeune fille de la tribu des Aïno. Cette tribu, vestige asiatique de la race indo-européenne, repoussée des autres îles du Japon, s'est fixée dans celle d’Hokkaido. La jeune fille est assise devant une sparterie qu’elle a tissée elle-même, un foulard rouge sur la tête. Dans ses mains elle tient un bol de lait d’ourse. L’ours est le totem des Aïno. Capturé, il vit en cage dans le village. (Série de la Pivoine)’
References
- Jacoulet, Paul (2020). Paul Jacoulet. The complete woodblock prints. ポール・ジャクレー全木版画集. Tokyo: Abe Publishing LTD.
- Miles, Richard (1982). The prints of Paul Jacoulet. Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum.
- Polak, Christian, et Sawatari, Kiyoko (2013). Un artiste voyageur en Micronésie. L’univers flottant de Paul Jacoulet. Musée du quai Branly, Paris: Somogy éditions d’art.
Provenance: Castle Fine Arts