Dangerous: The Appearance of a Contemporary Geisha of the Meiji Era
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dangerous: The Appearance of a Contemporary Geisha of the Meiji Era Color woodcut, 1888 Plate 28 from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners" (Fuzoku Sanjuniso) Format...
Woodcut
The Story of Tamiya Bataro
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Story of Tamiya Bataro Color woodcut diptych, March 22, 1886 Signed and sealed by the artist (see photo) Yoshitoshi signature, Taiso seal Series: New selection of eastern brocad...
Woodcut
Thirsty: The Appearance of a Town Geisha - a So-Called Wine-Server - in the Anse
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Thirsty: The Appearance of a Town Geisha - a So-Called Wine-Server - in the Ansei Era Color woodcut, 1888 Signed; Seal: Taiso (see photo) Plate 22 from the series "Thirty-two Aspects...
Woodcut
April: Otsuyu of Yanagibashi in Wisteria Arbor at Kameido
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
April: Otsuyu of Yanagibashi in Wisteria Arbor at Kameido Color woodcut, 1880 From the series: "Pride of Tokyo's Twelve Months" (Tokyo jiman juni kagetsu) Signed and sealed lower rig...
Woodcut
The Boy Botaro and his Nurse Otsuji and a Lotus Pond
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
The boy Bôtarô watches his nurse Otsuji haul a bucket of water from the well. From the kabuki play Osanago no adauchi. Most interesting is the lush backdrop of lotus flowers and pump...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
$1,175
H 13.38 in W 8.88 in
"Mine Shaft", Soviet Union: An Early 20th C. Woodcut Engraving by Abramovitz
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a signed woodcut engraving entitled "Mine Shaft" created by Albert Abramovitz in 1935, after a trip to the Soviet Union. It depicts two Russian workers constructing a mine sh...
Woodcut
Untitled
By Kiki Smith
Located in New York, NY
Kiki Smith 'Untitled,' 1995 Woodcut with color additions by hand 31 x 21 inches Edition 43 of 47 Signed In 1995 five well-known American artists - Donald Baechler, Julian Lethbridge...
Woodcut
$375
H 10.75 in W 9.69 in
First Snow at Kitano Shrine — Sosaku Hanga Japanese Woodblock, Kyoto
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Kamei Tobei, 'First Snow of the Year at Kitano (Kitano Hatsu Yuki)', color woodblock print, c. 1930s. Signed Kamei Tobei in black ink, with the artist red seal Eiichi (the artist’s g...
Woodcut
Black Horse
By Tokuriki Tomikichiro
Located in Middletown, NY
circa 1950. Woodblock print in black and gray ink on Japon laid paper, 10 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches (260 x 398 mm), full margins. With the artist's embossed chop mark in red ink in the l...
Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Japanese Kimono Fabric Design — Vintage Color Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anonymous, Japanese Kimono Fabric Design, color woodcut, c. 1930. A superb impression, with fresh colors, fine graduations, and metallic gold motifs, on ...
Woodcut
$3,600
H 9.63 in Dm 14.75 in
'Chion-in Temple Gate' from 'Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms' — Jizuri Seal
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hiroshi Yoshida, 'Chion-in Temple Gate (Sunset)' from the series 'Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms (Sakura hachi dai: Sakura mon)', color woodblock print, 1935. Signed in brush 'Yoshida' and in pencil 'Hiroshi Yoshida'. A superb, early impression, with fresh colors; the full sheet with margins, on cream Japan paper; an area of slight toning in the top right sheet corner, not affecting the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Marked with a jizuri (self-printed) seal, upper left margin. Self-published by the artist. Image size 9 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (444 x 375 mm); sheet size 10 7/8 x 16 inches (276 x 406 mm). Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Provenance: M. Nakazawa, Tokyo. Literature: Japanese Landscapes of the 20th Century (Hotei Publishing calendar), 2001, May. Collections: Honolulu Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ABOUT THE IMAGE Located in Kyoto, Chionin is the main temple of the Jodo sect of Japanese Buddhism, one of the most popular Buddhist sects in Japan, having millions of followers. The Sanmon Gate, Chionin's entrance gate, standing 24 meters tall and 50 meters wide, it is the largest wooden temple gate in Japan and dates back to the early 1600s. Behind the gate, a broad set of stairs leads to the main temple grounds. ABOUT THE ARTIST Painter and printmaker Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Japanese 'shin hanga' (New Print) movement. Yoshida was born as the second son of Ueda Tsukane in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, a schoolteacher from an old samurai family. In 1891 he was adopted by his art teacher Yoshida Kasaburo in Fukuoka and took his surname. In 1893 he went to Kyoto to study painting, and the following year to Tokyo to join Koyama Shotaro's Fudosha private school; he also became a member of the Meiji Fine Arts Society. These institutions taught and advocated Western-style painting, greatly influencing Yoshida’s artistic development. In 1899 Yoshida had his first American exhibition at Detroit Museum of Art (now Detroit Institute of Art), making the first of many visits to the US and Europe. In 1902 he helped reorganize the Meiji Fine Arts Society, renaming it the Taiheiyo-Gakai (Pacific Painting...
Woodcut
$375
H 13.5 in W 27 in
Kabuki Actors in the Play "Mimasu Mimasu Karigane Soga" Antique Japanese Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Austin, TX
Page Size: 13.5 x 27 in. Frame size: 21.5 x 33 in. This woodblock print depicts Kabuki Actors performing the play "Mimasu Mimasu Karigane Soga", from the Theater Nakamura. A dramat...
Woodcut
$1,200
H 14 in W 10 in
Women in Blue Kimono Playing Stringed Shamisen, Antique Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Austin, TX
Page Size: 10 x 14 in. Frame Size: 21 x 16.5 in. This exquisite ukiyo-e woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) captures a quiet, contemplative moment of artistic devotio...
Woodcut
$150
H 14 in W 9.5 in
"Actor Kataoka Nazaemon as Oboshi Yaranosuke Leader of the 47 Ronin" Portrait
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada "Toyokuni the Third" (Japanese 1786 - 1864) Page Size: 14 x 9.5 in. Frame Size: 21 x 16.25 Translation of Calligraphic Japanese Text: 大星由良之助 Ōboshi Yuranosu...
Paper, Woodcut
Female Figure and Skeletal Woodcut
By Paul Koch
Located in Houston, TX
Woodcut of female figure and skeleton by English artist Paul Koch, 1964. Signed lower right. 23/200 Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits ...
Woodcut
$1,000
H 10.75 in W 7.88 in
Plucking a Branch from a Neighbor's Plum Tree
By Suzuki (Hozumi) Harunobu
Located in Middletown, NY
A mischievous tableau with sexual overtones. Tokyo: Shuei-Sha, 1768. Woodblock print in colors printed on laid mulberry paper, 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches (273 x 200 mm), full margins. I...
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Woodcut
$520Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 18.75 in D 0.75 in
"The Fortune Teller" from Japanese Life and Customs - Shin-Hanga Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Fortune Teller" from Japanese Life and Customs - Shin-Hanga Woodblock Print Beautiful second edition woodblock print by prominent Japanese artist Sanzo Wada (b. 1883 d. 1967.) ...
Ink, Washi Paper, Woodblock
The Ghost of Seigen Haunting Sakurahime
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Ghost of Seigen Haunting Sakurahime Color woodcut, May 1889 Signed: Yoshitoshi; seal: taiso, lower right (see photo) Plate 5 from the series "New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts" Publisher: Sasaki A very fine lifetime impression of the second state (bi-colored cartouche) (see photo) The murdered lover of courtesan Sakurahime appears in the smoke from her brazier Format: Oban Condition: Excellent Image size: 14 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches Reference: Beauty and Violence, Plate 6 Stevenson, "Ghosts", Plate 5 TAISO YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892) Taiso Yoshitoshi was born in the city of Edo (now Tokyo) just before Japan’s violent transformation from a medieval to a modern society. In the mid 19th century pressures from the United States and Europe brought an end to Japan’s two hundred years of self-imposed isolation. In 1868 a pivotal period began known as the Meiji Restoration. It was marked by the return of Imperial power, heightened militarism, a new constitution and industrial advancement, as well as social and political reform. In the midst of shifting values, woodblock print artists like Yoshitoshi struggled to create images that would satisfy the public’s changing tastes. During the Edo period (1600-1868) woodblock prints...
Woodcut
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H 13.88 in W 9.13 in
Takeda Daizendayu Harunobu (Nyudo Shingen) Crouching in a Field
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Takeda Daizendayu Harunobu (Nyudo Shingen) Crouching in a Field Color woodcut, 1878 Signed: Oju Yoshitoshi hitsu; Seal: Taiso (See photo) From the series: "A Mirror of Famous General...
Woodcut
Tasty: The Appearance of a Prostitute during the Kaei Era
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Tasty: The Appearance of a Prostitute during the Kaei Era Plate 17 from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners" (Fuzoku Sanjuniso) Format: Oban Publisher: Tsunashima K...
Woodcut
Looking Capable: A Kyoto Waitress in the Meiji Era
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
“Looking capable: the apperance of a Kyoto waitress in the Meiji Era.” (Okigatsuki-so: Meiji nenkan saikyo nakai no fuzoku.) A fixer from a Kyoto geisha house attends to a lantern by...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Mt. Yoshino Midnight Moon (Yoshinoyama Yowa No Tsuki)
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed: Yoshitoshi ga; Seal: Yoshitoshi no in Created: January 1886 Series: 100 Aspects of the Moon Publisher: Akiyama Buemon Provenance: T...
Woodcut
Spirit of Sakurahime Possessing the Abbot Seigen
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
The spirit of the the beauty Sakurahime possessing the priest Seigen. In one version of the popular folk tale, the abbot and the young beauty fall in love, become inseparable, and th...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Death in Battle by Suicide
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
View of the Death in Battle by Suicide of Katsuyori at Mount Temmoku. (Katsuyori ni oite Temmokuzan toguru uchijini zu). Grim scene of the losing side of a battle, with the remaining...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Yoshitsune and Benkei on Gojo Bridge
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
Famous scene of the feminine Yoshitsune as he meets Benkei on Gojo Bridge in Kyoto. We see a bronze-colored moon rising as Benkei seems to have been thwarted by Yoshitsune throwing h...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Itsukushima Moon--A Muro Courtesan
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
A courtesan in Heian period style looks over the prow of her watercraft, looking ahead through the famous torii of Miyajima (Itsukushima) Shrine. She will be dancing in the ceremonies of the annual festival held in Itsukushima in the sixth month of the lunar calendar. Note the ukiyoe style of the beauty and the water, and the Shijo style of the rendering of the torii and the shore. Her enormous traveling hat and veil are placed beside her. From the series "One Hundred Famous Views of the Moon...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Hell Beings Show Little Boy the Magic Mirror
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
Zen-no-jo, a filial child from Shinano Province. Emma, the King of Hell and his minions lean over the young boy and show in a magical mirror his father’s crimes in a former life. The...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
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H 14.41 in W 9.85 in
Oniwaka and the Great Carp from Thirty-six Ghosts Series
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
Oniwaka (the young Benkei) with his knife drawn behind him and mind filled with revenge, intently stalks the monster carp that devoured his mother. From the series "Thirty-six Ghost...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Flute Player Triptych
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
Yoshitoshi’s masterpiece, “The painting ‘Fujiwara Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight’, Exhibited at the National Painting Exhibition in the Autumn of 1882”. We see the 10th centur...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut