You’re right, I was an avid collector of prints. I had to stop when we ran out of wall space owing to an earlier passion for maps, of the Phillips School Series type: the physical ones are works of art, though I dare say ET will disagree.
MM I’d only disagree with the sentiment that I’d disagree about the artistry of maps. Having spent decades printing out hundreds of maps for touring purposes I welcome the satnav but they don’t give the sort of information that an atlas does.
Yes, the satnav’s obsession with the shortest possible route led me through endless single track roads and farmyards for the sake of a couple of hundred metres until I got the hang of ignoring it.
mimic hootings 
On the Waterfront
I could have been a warrior
In a Kuniyoshi print
Battling a ghost-demon
Or giant toad
I could have been a sight-seer
In a Hokusai print
And having 50 views
Of Mount Fuji
I could have been amorous
In an Utamaro print
Sticking my veined *******
In a *******
Instead I’m in the rain
In a Hiroshige print
Can’t see the wood
Or the trees.
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Cheers. I’m thinking now I should try a tanka each for different Japanese printmakers.
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I meant to call my effort “On the Waterfront” to emphasise the “I could have been a contender” sentiments.
If dim memory serves me well I think our old blog colleague MeltonMowbray collected Japanese prints.
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Fixed.
I think you’re right about Mowbray. Did he not write one or two good poems on Japanese themes?
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Unfortunately my memory isn’t that good.
I only remembered the Japanese connection because he said he had an original Kuniyoshi who’s one of my favourite artists.
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You’re right, I was an avid collector of prints. I had to stop when we ran out of wall space owing to an earlier passion for maps, of the Phillips School Series type: the physical ones are works of art, though I dare say ET will disagree.
Nice-looking blog.
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Cheers, and welcome.
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MM I’d only disagree with the sentiment that I’d disagree about the artistry of maps. Having spent decades printing out hundreds of maps for touring purposes I welcome the satnav but they don’t give the sort of information that an atlas does.
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Yes, the satnav’s obsession with the shortest possible route led me through endless single track roads and farmyards for the sake of a couple of hundred metres until I got the hang of ignoring it.
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