Paul Binnie (artist 1967 –)
Backbend (Ebizori - えび反)
09/1997
18.75 in x 26.5 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signature in kanji in the lower lef Bin-ni
Artist's circular seal
Title: ebizori (えび反)
Date: 1997 (Heisei kyu nen)
Numbered 44/50
Titled and signed in penciled
With gold mica ground and karazuri (blind-printing) on the white collar.
Double-oban tate-e
References: Paul Binnie: A Dialogue with the Past - The First 100 Japanese Prints, 2007, p. 47, no. 52.
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Ebizori (えび反) is defined as "holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)."
An ebi (海老) is a shrimp, lobster or crayfish.
self-printed (sōsaku hanga - 創作版画) (genre)