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Style: Edo
Nihon Embankment in Yoshiwara Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Houston, TX
Woodblock print from the Edo period. The print was apart of a series that Hiroshige did titled, "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo". The woodblock print is printed on rice paper.
The p...
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1850s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Kabuki Actor with Pine-Patterned Robe - Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Kabuki Actor with Pine-Patterned Robe - Japanese Woodblock Print
Finely detailed woodblock by Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). A kabuki actor is standing on a wooden deck, we...
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Early 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori - Original Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori - Original Woodblock Print
Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori, from the Series "Beauties of the Floating World Associated with Flowers" by S...
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1760s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Ink, Rice Paper
Kabuki Actor in Blue Kimono - Original Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Kabuki Actor in Blue Kimono - Original Woodblock Print
Original woodblock print depicting a Kabuki actor in a blue kimono by Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). The actor holds u...
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1760s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Festival Procession Of A Daimyo - Original Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Procession Of A Daimyo - Original Woodblock Print
Original woodblock print depicting the procession of a Daimyo. Ten Japanese soldiers are seen as they aid in transporting the Daimy...
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Late 18th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Wood Panel, Rice Paper
"Toy Horse Dance" Japanese Woodblock Triptych with Beauties and Mt Fuji
Located in Soquel, CA
"Toy Horse Dance" Japanese Woodblock Triptych with Beauties and Mt Fuji
Vibrant three-panel woodblock print by Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1828). Court ladies look on as a grou...
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Early 20th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Rice Paper, Ink
Mitate of a Daimyo's Procession Crossing Ryogoku Bridge - Woodblock Print
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Soquel, CA
Mitate of a Daimyo's Procession Crossing Ryogoku Bridge - Woodblock Print
Woodblock print of a procession by Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848). Terrific triptych of a procession of...
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Early 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Rice Paper, Ink
Kiyomizu Temple, Scenes of Famous Places along Tôkaidô Road - Woodblock on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Kiyomizu Temple, Scenes of Famous Places along Tôkaidô Road - Woodblock on Paper
Full Title:
Kyoto: Kiyomizu Temple (Kyô Kiyomizudera), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along...
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1860s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Edo Period Ukiyo-e Color Woodcut of Sanjusangendo at Fukagawa
Located in Soquel, CA
Edo period Utagawa Toyohara color woodcut print on paper of Sanjusangendo at Fukagawa
Wonderful Utagawa School woodcut print of Buddhist temple Sanjusangendo by great Japanese artis...
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1760s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink
Narihira's Journey to the East - Japanese Woodblock on Paper by Kikugawa Eizan
By Kikugawa Eizan
Located in Soquel, CA
Narihira's Journey to the East - Japanese Woodblock on Paper
Original 19th century Japanese woodcut print depicting Narihira's journey to the East by a follower of Utamaru,
Kikugaw...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Rice Paper, Ink
Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print
Bright woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). In this scene, two dancers with swords and fans are facing each other, in the center of a courtyard. There are spectators surrounding them, including nobles in black clothing on a balcony.
Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 16"H x 20"W
Paper size: 9.63"H x 14.5W"
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858, sometimes called Ando Hiroshige) was the second of the two great masters of the Japanese landscape woodblock print...
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1830s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Beauties Mirrored in the Forms of Flowers - Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese Woodblock
Located in Soquel, CA
Beauties Mirrored in the Forms of Flowers - Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese Woodblock
A Japanese beauty dressed and posed resembling flowers by Utagawa Kumiyoshi (Japan, 1797 - 1861 ).
A...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Dressing the Boy Samurai - Kuniyoshi Japanese Woodblock Print Original Wood Cut
Located in Soquel, CA
Dressing the Boy Samurai - Kuniyoshi Japanese Woodblock Print Original Wood Cut
A young Samurai boy is finishing dressing with the help of a younger sister while his mother looks on ...
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1850s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Soquel, CA
3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph
Three panel hand colored woodcut lithograph from Nanso Satomi hakkenden, Tale of the Eight Dogs...
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Early 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Japanese Artisans - Silk Dying -Japanese Woodblock Print
By Tosa Mitsuyoshi
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Artisans - Japanese Woodblock Print J
Japanese woodblock depicting six women, all wearing vibrant kimonos, working on crafts by Tosa Mitsuoki (Japanese, 1617-1691). Japanese,c. 1600. Handcraft depiction (dye works).Section from a painted screen with presentations of handcraft.Kita-in, Saitama.
Stamped lower left.
Presented in a white mat and giltwood frame.
Frame: 19"H x 14"W
Mat: 18.25"H x 13.25"W
Image: 14.5"H x 9.5"W
Tosa Mitsuoki was a Japanese painter, reinvigorating the Yamato style of classical Japanese painting. Yamato-e originated from interest in reproducing early Tang dynasty paintings, and was later reinvented and further refined to fit Japanese cultural perceptions in the late Heian period. Yamato, sometimes referred to as wa or kazu had become synonymous with the Tosa-ha by the Muromachi period as a way for Japanese artist to distinguish their works from those of mainland Chinese paintings, kara-e. Yamato-e incorporated various visual and literary techniques for establishing narrative. Works were not always accompanied with text and may rely on heavily on period specific visual motifs, icons, and symbols to relay a story or theme. Tosa style by the time of Mitsuoki focused heavily on depicting themes of plants and nature, famous places, meisho, the four seasons, shik, bird-and-flower, kacho. Many of these popular symbols and icons from mimicking Chinese practices, treating the original Chinese masterwork as a sort of prototype to improve upon. Popular formats for Mitsuoki's pictures were wall scrolls kakemono, or handscrolls that would be read from right to left with the accompanied story, sliding doors fusuma and folding screen panels byobu that featured up to six panels. Mitsuoki's style incorporated the depth and calligraphy techniques of ink wash brushwork similar to Song dynasty and Yuan dynasty Chinese court paintings...
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1920s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
The Pilgrimage Procession to Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa in the Eastern Capital
By Kuniyasu
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Parade - Woodblock Print
Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyasu (歌川 国安) (Japan, 1794–1832). Japanese women, dressed in blue and red kimonos, are the focal point. A vi...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Various Himochi" Wagashi Festival Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni
Located in Soquel, CA
"Various Himochi" Wagashi Festival Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni
Rare oversized early 19th century 5-tiered woodblock by Utagawa Ichiyosai Toyokuni, (Japan, 1769-1825), a Japanese lord and wife oversee a sekku festival of food, music, and dolls or toys. '"oshi" is the first day of “Mi (Snake)” in the third month of the lunar calendar. This day, known in modern Japan as the Girls' Festival, originated in China as a form of purification ceremony in which water and drinking peach blossom wine were used to drive away evil. Many kinds of hishi-mochi appear in this picture of hina ningyo (dolls associated with Hinamatsuri, or the Girl’s Day) from Omochae.
The custom of eating special dishes at events throughout the year and at milestones in people's lives has existed since ancient times. This paragraph specifically focuses on the annual event called sekku, and life events that involve eating sweets. Joshi is the first day of “Mi (Snake)” in the third month of the lunar calendar. This day, known in modern Japan as the Girls' Festival, originated in China as a form of purification ceremony in which water and drinking peach blossom wine were used to drive away evil. According to the Keiso saijiki, in ancient China, on the third day of the third lunar month, people ate “ryuzetsuhan,” which is the juice of gogyo (Jersey cudweed) mixed with rice flour and nectar. In Japan, there is a record in the Heian period history book Nihon Montoku tenno jitsuroku [839-5] that it was an annual event to make kusamochi using gogyo on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, which may have been influenced by Chinese customs.
The tradition of eating kusamochi on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar continued after that. By the Edo period, however, hishimochi had come to be used as a sweet to serve on the third day of the third month. A picture of a hishimochi is included in the Morisada manko , which we mentioned in Part 1. According to it, hishimochi in the Edo period were often three layers of green-white-green instead of the now common red-white-green. However, it is possible to see from our collection that not all hishimochi were made in this way. Omochae published in 1857, is a good example. Omochae is a type of ukiyoe print...
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1820s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
"First Horse Day, 1896" - Chiyoda Palace - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu
Located in Soquel, CA
"First Horse Day, 1896" - Chiyoda Palace - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu
Colorful and expressive court scne by Toyohara Chikanobu,"Yoshu" (Japanese, 1838-1912).
This is the r...
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1890s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Rice Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Mu-Tamagawa
Located in Middletown, NY
Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on laid Japon paper, 16 x 10 inches (406 x 253 mm), ōban tate-e, full margins. Scattered handling wear and toning, other...
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Late 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Woodcut
Two Actors - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Actors - Japanese Woodblock by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延, 1838–1912), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延).
Colorful and expressive court scene. Two actors...
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1890s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Woodcut, Rice Paper
Toshogu Shrine
Located in Middletown, NY
In image of the Tokugawa family paying homage to Tosho-gu Shrine in Nikko.
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1896
Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade m...
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Late 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Woodcut
Courtiers under a wisteria draped pine tree
Located in Middletown, NY
Tokyo: Yokoyama Ryohachi, 1892
Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, the full ...
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Late 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Woodcut
Pilgrimage to Enoshima
Located in Middletown, NY
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1893
Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, full margi...
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Late 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Woodcut
Japanese Figurative Edo Woodblock Set of Two
Located in Soquel, CA
Alluring two-piece edo woodblock print of Japanese actors by Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835-1900). Titled, dated and signed on verso. Presented...
Category
1880s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Woodcut, Paper
The Battle of Dan-no-ura in Yashima, Nagato Province in the First Year .....
Located in Middletown, NY
The Battle of Dan-no-ura in Yashima, Nagato Province in the First Year of the Bunji Era (1185)
Tokyo c. 1830
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with ink and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 7/16 x 9 15/16 inches (367 x 252 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. In good condition with some handling creases. Colors are fresh and extremely vibrant. The right panel from the triptych by Yoshitora depicting one of Japan's most storied naval battles. An impression of this work may be found in the permanent collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art.
The great naval battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185 was the final climax in a long series of bitter wars between two powerful families in feudal Japan...
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Early 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Woodcut
Japanese Beauties Enjoy a Full Moon
Located in Burbank, CA
"Sun, Moon and Stars". Three beauties enjoy a full moon on the veranda of a teahouse or restuarant. The woman on the left kneels and adjusts her lavishly printed kimono. The beauty in the center has her hair down, and behind her is a screen against which shadows are beautifully silhouetted, which adds an air of mystery. The seated woman on the right is perhaps a geisha, as we see a shamisen lying next to her. Before her is a tray with an assortment of foods. One may surmise that the beauties are being compared to the sun, the moon, and the stars. On the left we glimpse a full moon shining over the peaceful bay, and boats at harbor. Original first edition Japanese color woodblock print triptych...
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1840s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Mulberry Paper
The Lonely House at Asajigahara.
Located in Middletown, NY
A scene from a series of ghost stories and spooky rural legends.
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1896.
Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry pa...
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Late 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut, Handmade Paper
Actor Iwai Shigaku as Somenoi in "Denka chaya adauchi"
By Kuniyoshi
Located in Middletown, NY
Actor Iwai Shigaku as Somenoi in "Denka chaya adauchi" (Revenge at the Denka Teahouse), by Shigeharu, Ryusai (also called Kuniyoshi)
Tokyo: Horie Ichiba Wataki, 1835.
Woodcut on la...
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Early 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Dyeing Paper
Located in Middletown, NY
Japan: circa 1770.
Woodcut on cream laid paper, 7 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (182 x 63 mm), narrow margins. Laid down to non-archival board with scattered soiling and some adhesive staining...
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Late 18th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Woodcut, Laid Paper
Two Women Playing Sugoroku from "Comparison of the Customs of Beauties."
Located in Middletown, NY
A scene from a vanishing Japan.
Two Women Playing Sugoroku from "Comparison of the Customs of Beauties."; The Customs and Manners of Women
Japan: Matsuki Heikichi, 1891.
Woodblock ...
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Late 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Woodcut
Beauty on a Veranda with Fan and Mirror
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed: Harunobu ga
Series: Series: Eight Fashionable Parlor Views (Furyu zashiki hakkei)?
Format Japanese: chuban
Provenance:
Private Collection, Philadelphia
Collection of McCleaf
...
Category
Mid-18th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Drying Paper
Located in Middletown, NY
Woodcut on cream laid paper, 7 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (182 x 63 mm), narrow margins. Laid down to non-archival board with scattered soiling and some adhesive staining.
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijin-ga ("pictures of beautiful women").
While Masanobu's early life is largely undocumented, he is believed to have been born about 1686, possibly in Edo (modern Tokyo). Edo was a small fishing village when Tokugawa Ieyasu chose it as his administrative capital of the Tokugawa shogunate, and by the early 17th century the city had prospered and its population had grown to half a million. Masanobu appears to have been self-taught painter (though he did study poetry under Tachiba Fukaku); he is not known to have belonged to any artistic school. His early work shows the influence of the Torii school of ukiyo-e painting...
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Early 18th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Samurai Warriors Under Cherry Blossoms — 1850s Japanese Kabuki Woodblock
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), 'Kabuki Actors as Two Samurai Warriors in Confrontation Under Cherry Blossoms', woodblock print, 1849-53. Signed in the left panel, lower left, and r...
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1850s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
The Four Seasons: Spring Japanese Woodblock Triptych ink on Paper Tales of Genji
Located in Soquel, CA
The Four Seasons: Spring - Japanese Woodblock Triptych in Ink on Paper
Colorful kabuki scene by Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, active 1818-18...
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Early 19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Colorful Dynamic Edo Period Kabuki Play Yakusha-e Woodblock Print Triptych
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful woodblock print by Japanese artist Toyohara Kunichika. The work features elaborately dressed kabuki actors in the middle of a dynamic scene. Currently hung in a black frame ...
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19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Dressing Room 53 Stations of Tokaido - Woodblock Utagawa Hiroshige and Kunisada
Located in Soquel, CA
Dressing Room 53 Stations of Tokaido - Woodblock Utagawa Hiroshige and Kunisada
Elegant woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858) and Utagawa Kunisada I...
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1850s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
'Courtesan and Young Man at Fuchu' Original Erotic Shunga Woodblock
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an excellent example of the erotic Shunga prints produced by Utagawa 'Ando' Hioshige and his school. Shunga imagery became especially widespread in Japan with the...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
'Lovers of Okazaki' Original Erotic Shunga Woodblock Print by Utagawa Hiroshige
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an excellent example of the erotic Shunga prints produced by Utagawa 'Ando' Hioshige and his school. Shunga imagery became especially widespread in Japan with the...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Elegant Amusements of Eastern Genji - Japanese Triptych Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Amusements of Eastern Genji - Japanese Triptych Woodblock Print on Paper
Dynamic woodblock print with several elegantly dressed figures by Utag...
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1850s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Study of Utagawa Hiroshige's "View of Hara-Juku" 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road
Located in Soquel, CA
Study of Utagawa Hiroshige's "View of Hara-Juku" 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road
Hand painted study of Utagawa Hiroshige's "View of Hara-Juku", (by unknown artist), from "53 Station...
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1920s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Paper, Ink
"Shirasuka Rokuro" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
"Shirasuka Rokuro" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print
Beautiful mid 19th century figural Japanese woodblock print of a samurai named Shirasuka Rokuro by Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) (Japanese, 1786-1864/5). The samurai is holding a spear, standing under a tree with full blossoms. He is wearing an elaborate outfit, including two swords. Artist's signature and chop are in the lower left corner of the piece.
Presented in a wood frame with a cream mat.
Frame size: 21.5"H x 16.5"W
Image size: 13.75"H x 9.5"W
During his lifetime Kunisada Utagawa was considered to be the best print designer by his contemporaries. He was more popular than Hiroshige, Hokusai or Kuniyoshi. And Kunisada was extremely productive. His total output is estimated at more than 20,000 designs, many made by his students.
Kunisada was born near Edo (today Tokyo) as the son of an affluent merchant with a ferry boat license. At the age of fifteen he joined the famous art school of Utagawa Toyokuni and took the name Kunisada.
In 1807 the young artist produced his first illustrated book. And in 1808 his first actor prints were published. His fame grew fast. While other artists like Kuniyoshi Utagawa or Hiroshige had to fight for recognition for years, he was successful from the beginning.
He should become the most commercially successful of all woodblock printmakers ever. His early success may not have had a good influence on his personality. He had a reputation for his conceited personality.
Kunisada designed a wide spectrum of traditional ukiyo-e subjects like kabuki themes, beautiful women, historical events and quite a few shunga...
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1850s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Scribe and Personal Assistant to the Shogun - Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Scribe and Personal Assistant to the Shogun - Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Detailed woodblock print by an unknown artist, In the style of Suzuki Harunobu. There are two women i...
Category
19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Enshoku Sanju-roku Kasen" (Thirty-six Enchanting Flowers) Woodblock on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Enshoku Sanju-roku Kasen" (Thirty-six Enchanting Flowers) Woodblock on paper
Elegant woodblock print by Toyohara Kunuchika (Japanese, 1835-1900). Three women are in talking with each other inside, while a man waits outside holding a bag of some kind. The colors in this piece are rich and saturated, primarily blues, greens, and purple.
Mat size: 16"H x 20"W
Paper size: 14.75"H x 9.88"W
Born in 1835, Toyohara Kunichika grew up in the Kyobashi district of Edo in the midst of merchants and artisans. In 1848, at age 13, he was accepted as an apprentice into the studio of Utagawa Kunisada I...
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1880s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper
From the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners" (Fuzoku sanjuniso)
Lively woodblock of a...
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1880s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Actor Arashi Rikan II as Aburaya Yohei - Figurative Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Actor Arashi Rikan II as Aburaya Yohei - Figurative Woodblock Print on Paper
Woodblock print of kabuki actor by Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanes...
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1830s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
The Samurai Genta Kajiwara - Japanese Woodblock Diptych in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Samurai Genta Kajiwara - Japanese Woodblock Diptych in Ink on Paper
Boldly colored woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active c.1840-1880)...
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1860s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
This print, sometimes titled "Chidori No Tamagawa" "Plovers at Tamagawa", is from the series Mu Tamagawa ("Six Views of Tama River", also known as "Six Jewel Rivers" or "Six Crystal Rivers") by Kubo Shunman...
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Late 18th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Sun Saburo Matsugaya" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sun Saburo Matsugaya" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print
Beautiful mid 19th century figural Japanese woodblock print of a seated man with lilies in the background by Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) (Japanese, 1786-1864/5). Artist's chop is in the lower right corner of the piece. The actor is Magosaburo Matsugaya from the play "Katakiuchi Rumors"
Presented in a new grey-blue mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 21"H x 16"W
Paper size: 14"H x 9.75"W
During his lifetime Kunisada Utagawa...
Category
1850s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Seishi Ai-oi Genji – Set of 12 Shunga works together w/astrological commentary
Located in Middletown, NY
Set of 12 woodblock prints in colors on handmade, laid mulberry paper, 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (170 x 258 mm), printed in Ka-ei 4 (1851). Each print with minor handling wear, otherwise in excellent condition with bright and fresh color, and with details printed in silver ink. The images themselves contain several illusive characters indicating the publisher which are obfuscated by figures, as intended. Presented loose, as issued. A fine set.
The astrological commentary print has a large and meandering blind stamp with a bird and palm frond motif. This print lists various phrases concerning the Twelve Zodiac Animals as historically counted in Japan, and appears to include erotic commentary on the traits of people born under each of the twelve signs.
These Shunga images were issued in books that paralleled (in an erotic fashion...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Spider Chrysanthemums
Located in Storrs, CT
Spider Chrysanthemums. c.1900. White ground Japanese stencil on mulberry paper treated with persimmon juice and smoked. Silk thread insertion reinforcement. 11 7/8 x 14 1/4 (sheet 16...
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Early 1900s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Stencil
Hand Painted Print on Silk of a Mounted Samurai Warrior on Horseback with Bow
Located in Houston, TX
Hand painted print on silk of a mounted samurai warrior armed with a yumi style longbow. The work features a Japanese samurai wearing a kuwagata style helmet riding a black horse wit...
Category
20th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Silk, Acrylic, Woodcut
Bottle Gourds and Maple Leaves on Vertical Panels
Located in Storrs, CT
Bottle Gourds and Maple Leaves on Vertical Panels. c.1900. White and dark ground Japanese paper stencil on mulberry paper treated with persimmon juice. Reinforced with thread insertion. 7 3/4 x 14. (sheet 14 1/2 x 17). Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat, suitable for framing.
Katagami are Japanese stencil patterns that were used for printing kimono patterns...
Category
Early 20th Century Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Stencil
Paul Stanley (autographed)
Located in Koto-Ku, 13
Craftsmen
Illustrator: Ishikawa Masumi
Woodcarver: Sekioka Senrei III
Printer: Ito Tatsuya
Details
Edition: limited edition of 200 (first 100 autographed by the members of the band)...
Category
2010s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Vestiges of Edo in Tsukuda - Outline
Located in Koto-Ku, 13
About Vestiges of Edo in Tsukuda (Tsukuda ni Nokoru Edo no Omokage)
Artist: URBANOWICZ Mateusz
Woodcarver: SEKIOKA Senrei III
Printer: ITO Tatsuya
Year: 2020
Our first original landscape ukiyo-e depicting Tsukuda, a neighborhood next to Tsukishima station in the east of Tokyo. This artwork highlights the striking contrast between the modern architecture and historical elements, that co-exist in harmony in Tsukuda today. The Japanese title Tsukuda ni Nokoru Edo no Omokage translates to “the vestiges of Edo in Tsukuda” - the word omokage (vestige) refers to the river, an aspect of old Edo that has continued to exist to this day, despite the fact that other things may have evolved or disappeared with time.
When we trace back the history of ukiyo-e, we can see that there have been many foreign ukiyo-e artists who created important shin-hanga works in the 20th century, such as Paul Jacoulet, Elizabeth Keith...
Category
2010s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Eddie's Beauty Revealed
Located in Koto-Ku, 13
Craftsmen
Illustrator: Ishikawa Masumi
Woodcarver: Baba Saeko
Printer: Tetsui Hirokazu
Details
Edition: limited edition of 300
Size: 17.32 x 12.2 inches (44 x 31 cm)
Paper: Echizen ...
Category
2010s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Edo Landscape Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Houston, TX
Edo Meisho woodblock print of a famous Japanese coastal dock. This woodblock is most likely apart of the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo." The woodblock print is printed on r...
Category
1850s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Paul Stanley
Located in Koto-Ku, 13
Craftsmen
Illustrator: Ishikawa Masumi
Woodcarver: Sekioka Senrei III
Printer: Ito Tatsuya
Details
Edition: limited edition of 200 (first 100 autographed by the members of the band)...
Category
2010s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Takezawa Toji (Diamond Dogs)
Located in Koto-Ku, 13
Craftsmen
Illustrator: Ishikawa Masumi
Woodcarver: Sekioka Senrei III
Printer: Ito Tatsuya
Details
Edition: limited edition of 200
Size: 18.9 x 13.4 inches (48 x 34 cm)
Paper: Echiz...
Category
2010s Edo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Edo prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Edo prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige), Toyohara Kunichika, CHIKANOBU, and Yoshu. Frequently made by artists working with Woodcut Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Edo prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 2.5 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $12,000, while the average work sells for $900.
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