This limited edition set of 40 artworks is housed in a traditional Japanese hand-made paulownia wooden box. Since ancient times, paulownia wood has been used for a variety of purposes in Japanese daily life. These paulownia boxes play a supporting role for keeping what is stored inside safe, and also are a work of art in themselves. Each paulownia box is carefully handcrafted by skilled craftsmen, finished with beautiful traditional Japanese calligraphy and tied with a traditional, purple Samurai ribbon. The bespoke wooden boxes were made by Kobayashi Soichiro at the Paulownia Wooden Box Factory in Osaka, Japan.
In a limited edition of 25, each of the 40 prints has a paper size of 34cm x 42cm, some vertical and some horizontal. The prints are made on a variety of paper stock, including many on Washi paper.
Artists from Ireland
Yoko Akino / Ailbhe Barrett / Nuala Clarke / Niamh Flanagan / Richard Gorman / Richard Lawlor / Stephen Lawlor / Sharon Lee / Kate MacDonagh / Alice Maher / Eimearjean McCormack / James McCreary / Ed Miliano / Niall Naessens / Kelvin Mann / David Quinn / Barbara Rae / Robert Russell / Amelia Stein / Dominic Turner
Artists from Japan
Kanami Hano / Yoko Hara / Jin Hirosawa / Aya Ito / O JUN / Mayumi Kimura / Chie Matsui / Seiichiro Miida / Yuuka Miyajima / Shoji Miyamoto / Junko Ogawa / Shoko Osugi / Yuki Saito / Michael Schneider / Sudi / Azusa Takahashi / Yo Takahashi / Kanako Watanabe / Toshiya Watanabe / Katsutoshi Yuasa
Two booklets, with essays by Paul Murray and Bon Koizumi, one in English and one in Japanese, are included in each box. The booklets were screen printed in Dublin by Siobhán Hyde and Ed Miliano.
This unique project celebrates the literary work of Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, and the influence that his Irish upbringing had on his interpretation of Japanese ghost stories. You now have an opportunity to own a complete box set, and in doing so you will not only be supporting the artists but also this unique cultural exchange between Ireland and Japan.
Editions for Chie Matsui, Miida Seiichira and O Jun were proofed and printed by Satoru Itazu at Itazu Litho in Tokyo. Editions for David Quinn, Alice Maher and Nuala Clarke were proofed and printed at Nomad Studios in Dublin by Stephen and Richard Lawlor. The edition for Richard Gorman was proofed and printed by Kate MacDonagh at her Studio in the Model Arts Centre in Sligo. The edition for Barbara Rae was produced by Ian McNicol at his studio in Ayr.
Photographs of Box set by Ed Miliano.
Prints are not sold individually.
