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Portrait of Confucius Black and White Print

Original. Linen backed Sensoji Temple Tokyo. Buddhist poster. Features the Buddha giving off lotus pedals, while floating above a city. Behind him is a pagoda—rare original Asian travel poster. "Asakusa Festival". Sensoji Temple Tokyo This poster does not show a date. Sensoji (浅草寺, Sensōji, also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple) is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa. It is one of Tokyo's most colorful and famous temples. This temple is dedicated to Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy. The Sanja (Sensoji) Festival of Asakusa Shrine is held on the third weekend in May. It became very popular during the Edo period (1603-1868), and today it features the parading of more than a hundred mikoshi (portable shrines) by residents around the crowded streets near Asakusa Shrine. Japanese Railway...

Original wood engraving, 1930-31, 14.6 x 6.7 cm. (5.7 x 2.6 in.)

Original wood engraving, 1925, on smooth cream wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil, sheet 32.2 x 25.4 cm. (16.7 x 10 in.) The Harem was one of the original wood engravings designed by Eric Gill as illustrationsant series of prints, displaying every aspect of the striking yet graceful individual style for which Eric Gill is famed. for the Golden Cockerell Press edition of The Song of Songs, published in 1925. This overtly erotic engraving...

A charming Japanese woodblock print depicting three geishas playing instruments in a Kawacho restaurant. From Kaika sanjuroku kaiseki (Thirty-six famous restaurants and views of civi...

An evocative late 19th century Japanese woodblock by the master artist Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), depicting a Kabuki actor in the dramatic role of a fierce samurai. The composit...

Washerwomen lean over a large tub, engaged in their labour in this fine woodcut by Clare Leighton (1898-1989), a rare signed example. Titled and signed in graphite below the image. N...

A vibrant Japanese woodblock print by the prolific and prominent ukiyo-e artist Kunisada Utagawa (1786-1865) depicting two ladies in richly patterned traditional dress amongst blosso...

A charming Japanese woodblock depicting two geishas in the light of an oil lamp. Unsigned. Presented in a contemporary black frame. On paper.

A charming woodcut by Clare Leighton from her 1935 book Four Hedges, which documents her experience creating a garden over the course of a year. Here, two women pick strawberries. Sm...

A charming woodcut by Clare Leighton from her 1935 book *Four Hedges*, which documents her experience creating a garden over the course of a year. In this print, two men move a walnu...