Yoshimoto Banana 吉本ばなな - A4 Riso Print (Signed and Numbered)
Yoshimoto Banana 吉本ばなな
Author
小説家 (1964年7月24日– )
彼女が「バナナ」とうペンネームを選んだのはバナナの花が好きというだけではなく、誰も男性であるのか女性であるのかは推測できないという理由でした。
Yoshimoto Banana is the pen name of writer Yoshimoto Mahoko. She was born in Tokyo and grew up in a liberal family. During her time studying literature at Nihon University’s Art College, she adopted the pseudonym “Banana” because of her love for banana flowers and for the fact that it was androgynous, a technique that many women authors continue to employ today as a means of combatting sexism and prejudice.
While working as a waitress, she began her writing career. Her debut work, Kitchen, was released in 1988 and became so successful that it has had over 60 printings in Japan alone. Since then, there have been two film adaptations. Yoshimoto won the 6th Kaien Newcomers’ Literary Prize for the novel and was nominated for the prestigious Mishima Yukio Prize.
Yoshimoto explains that her main themes involve “the exhaustion of young Japanese in contemporary Japan” and “the way in which terrible experiences shape a person’s life.”
Today, Yoshimoto’s works have been translated and published in over 30 countries, making her one of the most well-known Japanese novelist overseas, second only to Murakami Haruki. She has been especially successful in Italy, where a major publishing house has translated almost all of her most famous works.
What is a riso print?
These prints use risograph technology, a method of printing developed in Japan in the mid-1980s. It can be described as a mix between screenprinting and photocopying. The risograph process produces prints with extremely vibrant, crisp inks, and sometimes these inks overlap during the printing process to create interesting and unique details. These soy-based inks also have a lower environmental impact.
Product details
Printed in Tokyo, Japan by Hand Saw Press print studio. Each print is A4 size (210 x 297 mm / 8.27 x 11.69 in) and printed on Natural White 186gsm Takeo Araveal paper. Acid-free and FSC Approved.
Each print is signed with a traditional Japanese ‘hanko’ artist stamp and hand-numbered from a limited edition of 20. Prints are packaged in cello bags with rigid cardboard inserts and shipped in flat mailers.
Please note that frames are not included.
Delivery times & prices
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