1980年代の中頃から自然科学の書籍が盛んに出版され始め、
Natural history books began to actively published the middle of 1980’s, and natural history engraving which was not well know until then was introduced by Hiroshi Aramata, a writer and natural history researcher. The exhibition Hiroshi Aramata’s collection, “ Natural History Engraving” was held at Glleria Grafica in 1987. I was fortunate to have to opportunity to meet Aramata at the venue, attending opening reception. Aramata happened to be the same age as me, talking about the prints of natural history engraving and listening to the collection history of the graphic books and sharing splendid time together.
The natural history engraving produced by stipple engraving method which traditionally draws only by dots, and I was interested in the precise and minutes prints as an engraver. While staying in London, I frequently dropped by the oldest book shop Henry Sotheran in the world near Piccadilly Circus, and purchased illustrated reference book, but the natural history engraving books which bind hand-colored prints were expensive for a poor foreign student.
Among the natural history engraving of Aramata’s book, “Natural History of illustrated manual”, I like George Cuvier’s masterpiece “Animal Kingdom” a French anthropologist in the 19th century, I would like to see the original graphic someday.
When my nature morte engravings were completed, Aiko Yamano, assistant editor of Galleria Grafica, she visited to Heibonsha where Aramata was doing work, and showed Aramata my work, and he wrote excellent preface with sharp consideration for the portfolio. As this become a momentum, I occasionally visited Heibonsha in Sanbancho, Tokyo, and requested Aramata to see his rare book collection. The large format special books were kept in the room, I was buried with the treasure books, and spent time of the supreme bliss alone. Cuviue’s “Animal Kingdom” which I want to see from before was carefully hand-colored on the incredibly sensitive delicate stipple engraving printing, glowing like a jewel, and beautiful. Later on I asked to Aramata about where these books purchased, he told me that the old book shop in the Uk is sending regularly without ordering, and the invoice is very expensive, but he feel like stopping the collection as it seems not to be. I do not know any one who has deep pocket with such a large scale as Aramata. Yes indeed Henry Sotheran book shop has always been a good economic transit.
The impression of seeing to the graphic of the Aramata collection continued to engrave in my mind, and I thought that I would like to creat a full- scale natural history engraving by myself. I practiced stipple engraving and lettering for nearly a year, and completed three original sciences of engravings in 1990 in Japan for the first time. Let’s post the stipple engraving of Columbian long hand sawyer beetle, hand-colored engraving and nature morte.
Natural history books began to actively published the middle of 1980’s, and natural history engraving which was not well know until then was introduced by Hiroshi Aramata, a writer and natural history researcher. The exhibition Hiroshi Aramata’s collection, “ Natural History Engraving” was held at Glleria Grafica in 1987. I was fortunate to have to opportunity to meet Aramata at the venue, attending opening reception. Aramata happened to be the same age as me, talking about the prints of natural history engraving and listening to the collection history of the graphic books and sharing splendid time together.
The natural history engraving produced by stipple engraving method which traditionally draws only by dots, and I was interested in the precise and minutes prints as an engraver. While staying in London, I frequently dropped by the oldest book shop Henry Sotheran in the world near Piccadilly Circus, and purchased illustrated reference book, but the natural history engraving books which bind hand-colored prints were expensive for a poor foreign student.
Among the natural history engraving of Aramata’s book, “Natural History of illustrated manual”, I like George Cuvier’s masterpiece “Animal Kingdom” a French anthropologist in the 19th century, I would like to see the original graphic someday.
When my nature morte engravings were completed, Aiko Yamano, assistant editor of Galleria Grafica, she visited to Heibonsha where Aramata was doing work, and showed Aramata my work, and he wrote excellent preface with sharp consideration for the portfolio. As this become a momentum, I occasionally visited Heibonsha in Sanbancho, Tokyo, and requested Aramata to see his rare book collection. The large format special books were kept in the room, I was buried with the treasure books, and spent time of the supreme bliss alone. Cuviue’s “Animal Kingdom” which I want to see from before was carefully hand-colored on the incredibly sensitive delicate stipple engraving printing, glowing like a jewel, and beautiful. Later on I asked to Aramata about where these books purchased, he told me that the old book shop in the Uk is sending regularly without ordering, and the invoice is very expensive, but he feel like stopping the collection as it seems not to be. I do not know any one who has deep pocket with such a large scale as Aramata. Yes indeed Henry Sotheran book shop has always been a good economic transit.
The impression of seeing to the graphic of the Aramata collection continued to engrave in my mind, and I thought that I would like to creat a full- scale natural history engraving by myself. I practiced stipple engraving and lettering for nearly a year, and completed three original sciences of engravings in 1990 in Japan for the first time. Let’s post the stipple engraving of Columbian long hand sawyer beetle, hand-colored engraving and nature morte.
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| “Tenagakamikiri” Stipple engraving 1990, printed in black ink on WIRGMAN |
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| Stipple engraving and hand colored |
ナチュレ モーテ Ⅱ 画集のための序文 1988年
荒俣 宏
久保卓治の博物学的エングレーヴィンは、博物館がまだ〈驚異の部屋Wunderkammer〉と呼ばれてた17世紀までの感性を思いださせる。〈ポーズをとる死骸〉である。
たとえば19世紀図鑑黄金期の精密銅版画に描かれた動物たちは、
では、死骸のまでも表現された 〈神の叡智〉とは何か？ その形である。形とは、
久保卓治の作品に冷徹なほどすさまじい博物学的視線を感じるのは
久保卓治が私たちに示してくれるエングレーヴィングは、
ひとつの図像を成立させるために、
そしてもちろん、こうした作業は、
（博物学研究家）
Portfolio “Nature Morte Ⅱ” reference 1988
Hiroshi Aramata
Takuji Kubo's natural engraving reminds me of the sensibility until the 17th century when the museum is still called the marvelous room Wunder-kammer. In a word, it is a dead body that takes a pose.
For example, in the nineteenth century pictorial illustration depicted in a precision copperplate print in the golden period, all animals used to be given animation as if they were alive, despite all specimens as models. However, in the era, Natural History dealt living creatures as dead bodies first. At the time, the factor that would make the living creatures vital was the spirit or the soul, and these problems were thought to belong to the results of God rather than. Therefore, the natural science was good, focused only on the creature as an object except for life, and focused on clearly indicating the surprise that God's wisdom is even in there. That's why people called the museum display room a wonderful room, but it would be a feeling that is also connected with hard figures of Takuji Kubo.
Then, what is the expression of God 's wisdom expressed even by the corpses? It is that form. It can be thought that shape is a thing that minus the function or role from existence. The meaning that the organs such as limbs which are dead and have no longer worked still exist as objects. That is the curse power of the form. Moreover, the shapes of the hands and feet of animals that became useless begin to claim dry beauty as things for the first time.
It is exactly the point that feels a tremendously tremendous natural eyesight on Takuji Kubo's work. Mr. 's illustrations of flora and fauna to be produced will shelve that many other iconographers will especially appreciate. If you insist on living things , there is inevitable occurrence of love of individuality, loveliness to individuals. Everyone who views that image or anything you create will unconsciously love you. However, from the carcass, is lost, only normal like seeds or archetype (prototype) is left. Those who put their eyes on the carcasses will actually unconsciously love them. However, is lost from the carcass and only ordinary such as seeds or archetypes (prototype) are left. In fact, those who keep their eyes on carcasses are truly a passionate of . In natural science, these feelings and works are called .
Takuji Kubo 's engraving, which we show to us, is nothing more than a description of seeds or archetypes that cut off attachment to individuals. The power that he lurks in the graphic line he carves is the bleaching power of death.
Materials chosen by Takuji Kubo - Copper plate - Burin - Ink - Imression machine to make one iconic image also makes the bleaching power of death antagonize the painting power of the paintbrush, and the bleaching power of death is taken as the only expression energy It is.
And, of course, such work is too hard to do, unless it is a person with a desperate soul like Takuji Kubo ー.
(Natural history researcher)
（博物学研究家）
Portfolio “Nature Morte Ⅱ” reference 1988
Hiroshi Aramata
Takuji Kubo's natural engraving reminds me of the sensibility until the 17th century when the museum is still called the marvelous room Wunder-kammer. In a word, it is a dead body that takes a pose.
For example, in the nineteenth century pictorial illustration depicted in a precision copperplate print in the golden period, all animals used to be given animation as if they were alive, despite all specimens as models. However, in the era, Natural History dealt living creatures as dead bodies first. At the time, the factor that would make the living creatures vital was the spirit or the soul, and these problems were thought to belong to the results of God rather than. Therefore, the natural science was good, focused only on the creature as an object except for life, and focused on clearly indicating the surprise that God's wisdom is even in there. That's why people called the museum display room a wonderful room, but it would be a feeling that is also connected with hard figures of Takuji Kubo.
Then, what is the expression of God 's wisdom expressed even by the corpses? It is that form. It can be thought that shape is a thing that minus the function or role from existence. The meaning that the organs such as limbs which are dead and have no longer worked still exist as objects. That is the curse power of the form. Moreover, the shapes of the hands and feet of animals that became useless begin to claim dry beauty as things for the first time.
It is exactly the point that feels a tremendously tremendous natural eyesight on Takuji Kubo's work. Mr. 's illustrations of flora and fauna to be produced will shelve that many other iconographers will especially appreciate. If you insist on living things , there is inevitable occurrence of love of individuality, loveliness to individuals. Everyone who views that image or anything you create will unconsciously love you. However, from the carcass, is lost, only normal like seeds or archetype (prototype) is left. Those who put their eyes on the carcasses will actually unconsciously love them. However, is lost from the carcass and only ordinary such as seeds or archetypes (prototype) are left. In fact, those who keep their eyes on carcasses are truly a passionate of . In natural science, these feelings and works are called .
Takuji Kubo 's engraving, which we show to us, is nothing more than a description of seeds or archetypes that cut off attachment to individuals. The power that he lurks in the graphic line he carves is the bleaching power of death.
Materials chosen by Takuji Kubo - Copper plate - Burin - Ink - Imression machine to make one iconic image also makes the bleaching power of death antagonize the painting power of the paintbrush, and the bleaching power of death is taken as the only expression energy It is.
And, of course, such work is too hard to do, unless it is a person with a desperate soul like Takuji Kubo ー.
(Natural history researcher)
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| “Tarantula Hawk” Trial proof No.3 24th Oct, 1986 |
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| “Flying Lizard” Trial proof No.1 19th Dec, 1986 |
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| “Dead Sparrow” Trial proof No.3 19th May 1988 |
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| “Dried Fish” Trial proof No.5 27th June 1988 |
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| “ Brazilian Dragonfly Ⅰ ” Trial proof No.6 19th Oct, 1988 |
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| “Ground Beetle, Plant Worm” Trial proof No.4 28th Apr, 2001 |
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For your reference
Stipple engraving
スティップルとは点描法のこと。西洋では描画の基本は点で、
Stipple is stipple method. In the West, the basics of drawing is a point, the line has been thought to be formed by continuous presence of points. Accurate drawing is traditionally done by stippling, but it is the best drawing method that can be expressed without feeling. Engraving is produced by point on a copper plate with a special needle, expressing a three-dimensional sense by shading and dense points. William Ryland, who was learning Crayon law in Paris in the middle of the 18th century, returned to the UK and disseminated this technique widely. Although it is rarely done in modern times, it can be sculpted using burin instead of a needle. Depending on the motif, print with color ink, dry and then color with transparent watercolor paint. To express shiny color, the gum arabic solution mixed with water.
Stipple is stipple method. In the West, the basics of drawing is a point, the line has been thought to be formed by continuous presence of points. Accurate drawing is traditionally done by stippling, but it is the best drawing method that can be expressed without feeling. Engraving is produced by point on a copper plate with a special needle, expressing a three-dimensional sense by shading and dense points. William Ryland, who was learning Crayon law in Paris in the middle of the 18th century, returned to the UK and disseminated this technique widely. Although it is rarely done in modern times, it can be sculpted using burin instead of a needle. Depending on the motif, print with color ink, dry and then color with transparent watercolor paint. To express shiny color, the gum arabic solution mixed with water.
Tarantula Hawk
ベッコウバチの一種でクモを専門にする狩バチ。
A hunting bee that specializes tarantula in a kind of spider wasps. The bluish body color, the color of the wing is orange, the big one the body length is more than 6 cm. This bee embraces himself as a child of tarantula, as it hunts like a hawk, it got this name. Firstly pierce the prey with a needle to make it sleep, lay eggs in half death state and hatch their children. Collected in Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro. Borrowed from the medical zoology laboratory.
A hunting bee that specializes tarantula in a kind of spider wasps. The bluish body color, the color of the wing is orange, the big one the body length is more than 6 cm. This bee embraces himself as a child of tarantula, as it hunts like a hawk, it got this name. Firstly pierce the prey with a needle to make it sleep, lay eggs in half death state and hatch their children. Collected in Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro. Borrowed from the medical zoology laboratory.
Flying Lizard
トビトカゲ。広く東南アジアに生息し、日本では八重山諸島、
Tobitokage. It lives in Southeast Asia widely, in Yaeyama Islands and Okinawa in Japan. The bone is stretched and it has an umbrella-like feather and it fly about 10 meters. Collected in Celebes Island, Indonesia. It was formalin pickled specimen, It was extremely harsh environment during creation, because it was formalin pickled specimen. Borrowed from the medical zoology laboratory.
Tobitokage. It lives in Southeast Asia widely, in Yaeyama Islands and Okinawa in Japan. The bone is stretched and it has an umbrella-like feather and it fly about 10 meters. Collected in Celebes Island, Indonesia. It was formalin pickled specimen, It was extremely harsh environment during creation, because it was formalin pickled specimen. Borrowed from the medical zoology laboratory.
Dead Sparrow
スズメの幼鳥。スズメは天敵から身を守るため、
Sparrow's young bird. To protect themself from natural enemies, sparrows create nests in very narrow places such as underground roofs, little gaps and holes. Normally they lay five or six eggs, but the chicks with poor growth among the hatched chicks are dropped from the nest by good chicks with no feathers. This is called a falling nest chick. As chicks grow, the nest becomes narrow and no bird can live. It was a sad motif which the severity of nature is felt as a shame. Discovered in Tokyo, Tama area.
Sparrow's young bird. To protect themself from natural enemies, sparrows create nests in very narrow places such as underground roofs, little gaps and holes. Normally they lay five or six eggs, but the chicks with poor growth among the hatched chicks are dropped from the nest by good chicks with no feathers. This is called a falling nest chick. As chicks grow, the nest becomes narrow and no bird can live. It was a sad motif which the severity of nature is felt as a shame. Discovered in Tokyo, Tama area.
Dried Fish
マツカサウオ。
Matsukasauo. When the fish alive has a black scalp in the beige, it looks like pinecones, also called pinecone fish. Have a light emitter under the eyes. When I arrived at Miyake Island early in the morning by Sutorechiya Maru of Tokai Kisen, went to the Miike beach near the harbor and sat down on the beach and touched something if I extended my hand. Looking back, this dry Mastukasauo was rolling like picking it up on a black pebble. It was a coincidental and chic encounter.
Matsukasauo. When the fish alive has a black scalp in the beige, it looks like pinecones, also called pinecone fish. Have a light emitter under the eyes. When I arrived at Miyake Island early in the morning by Sutorechiya Maru of Tokai Kisen, went to the Miike beach near the harbor and sat down on the beach and touched something if I extended my hand. Looking back, this dry Mastukasauo was rolling like picking it up on a black pebble. It was a coincidental and chic encounter.
Brazilian Dragonfly
ブラジル産イトトンボ。南米諸国には翅を広げた長さが11cm以
Brazilian damselfly. The South American countries inhabit large damselfly with a wing spreading length of 11 cm or more. According to the story of the collector, it seems that there will be a faint sound of feathers as they fly and approach slowly. I found the dragonfly like a wing of glider at an insect specimen shop in Tokyo, and I expressed the wing vein with a delicate line and produced engraving. When I sent this work to the United States in the early 1990's, it sold like “flying”. I asked to the dealer that sold it seems that dragonflies are messengers of happiness in the United States. The design of dragonfly is often used for Tiffany's jewelry and lamp. The second generation of Tiffany & Company, Louis Comfort Tiffany seems to have inspired the design of lamps with inspiration from Katsushika Hokusai's dragonfly cartoon, but it was influenced by Japan that dragonfly became auspicious insects even in the United States because it is.
Brazilian damselfly. The South American countries inhabit large damselfly with a wing spreading length of 11 cm or more. According to the story of the collector, it seems that there will be a faint sound of feathers as they fly and approach slowly. I found the dragonfly like a wing of glider at an insect specimen shop in Tokyo, and I expressed the wing vein with a delicate line and produced engraving. When I sent this work to the United States in the early 1990's, it sold like “flying”. I asked to the dealer that sold it seems that dragonflies are messengers of happiness in the United States. The design of dragonfly is often used for Tiffany's jewelry and lamp. The second generation of Tiffany & Company, Louis Comfort Tiffany seems to have inspired the design of lamps with inspiration from Katsushika Hokusai's dragonfly cartoon, but it was influenced by Japan that dragonfly became auspicious insects even in the United States because it is.
Ground Beetle, Plant Worm
アオオサムシの冬虫夏草。
Summer grass of Cordyceps sinensis. Mushrooms grow during the winter by infesting insect larvae and forming mushroom nuclei in the summer. It gets this name because it looks like grass in the summer when it is an insect in winter. It seems that mushrooms are very difficult to collect because mushrooms are only slightly on the ground. Any insects become summer grasses of Cordyceps, but there is such a tragic beauty that mushrooms were hijacked by mushrooms while the growing insects did not know. Mushrooms seem to be living for about two months after germinating, but since ancient times it has been prized as traditional Chinese medicine. In Yakuzen cuisine to dry out and eat it as soup, how does it taste like？
Summer grass of Cordyceps sinensis. Mushrooms grow during the winter by infesting insect larvae and forming mushroom nuclei in the summer. It gets this name because it looks like grass in the summer when it is an insect in winter. It seems that mushrooms are very difficult to collect because mushrooms are only slightly on the ground. Any insects become summer grasses of Cordyceps, but there is such a tragic beauty that mushrooms were hijacked by mushrooms while the growing insects did not know. Mushrooms seem to be living for about two months after germinating, but since ancient times it has been prized as traditional Chinese medicine. In Yakuzen cuisine to dry out and eat it as soup, how does it taste like？