{"product_id":"hishikawa-moronobu-after-a-little-music-1","title":"Hishikawa Moronobu — After a Little Music","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n.mtr-ficha .lede{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:20px;line-height:1.4;color:#1e1b17;margin:0 0 4px}\n.mtr-ficha .filete{width:34px;height:2px;background:#6f5d4a;margin:18px 0;border:0}\n.mtr-ficha h4{font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:11px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6f5d4a;margin:18px 0 8px}\n.mtr-ficha p{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.66;color:#4c443b;margin:0 0 12px}\n.mtr-ficha em{font-style:italic}\n.mtr-ficha details{margin:2px 0}\n.mtr-ficha summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6f5d4a;padding:6px 0}\n.mtr-ficha summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}\n.mtr-ficha details[open] summary{display:none}\n.mtr-ficha .prov{font-family:'Alverata',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:12px;color:#8a8075;line-height:1.5;margin:14px 0 0}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mtr-ficha\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"lede\"\u003eFour centuries before screenprinting, Japan was already printing in flat black line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003chr class=\"filete\"\u003e\n  \u003ch4\u003eAbout the print\u003c\/h4\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThis is a \u003cem\u003esumizuri-e\u003c\/em\u003e — an early ukiyo-e woodblock printed in a single sumi-black key line, before colour ever entered the medium. Hishikawa Moronobu carved the line that would define Japanese print for two centuries. And that is exactly why it belongs on a screen-printed tee: a woodblock key-block \u003cstrong\u003eis\u003c\/strong\u003e a flat black stencil — serigraphy is the same idea, four hundred years later. We print the one sumi line, nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eContinue reading ▾\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003ch4\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h4\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eHishikawa Moronobu (c. 1618–1694) is called the father of ukiyo-e — the first to sign his prints and to lift the \"floating world\" out of book illustration into art in its own right. His elegant, economical line is the template every later master, from Hokusai to Hiroshige, would build on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"prov\"\u003eHishikawa Moronobu · \u003cem\u003eAfter a Little Music\u003c\/em\u003e, Edo, c. 1673 · Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1973.645.5 · Public domain\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"prov\" style=\"margin-top:6px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFounders Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e · our launch price. $49 after the first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0;font-family:Ciutadella,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#6b5c4e\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#2a2119\"\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e — Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low. Do not iron directly on the print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0;border-top:1px solid #e0d7ca;padding-top:14px\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/the-archive\/moronobu-the-line-before-colour\" style=\"font-family:Ciutadella,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3a352c;text-decoration:none\"\u003eRead this piece in The Archive →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":48880566665316,"sku":"SA-MORONOBU-S","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":48721033625700,"sku":"SA-MORONOBU-M","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":48721033658468,"sku":"SA-MORONOBU-L","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":48721033691236,"sku":"SA-MORONOBU-XL","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":48721033724004,"sku":"SA-MORONOBU-2XL","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":48721033756772,"sku":"SA-MORONOBU-3XL","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/hishikawa-moronobu-after-a-little-music-1-1.jpg?v=1783890128","url":"https:\/\/shop.metrica.art\/products\/hishikawa-moronobu-after-a-little-music-1","provider":"Métrica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}