Toyonobu Utagawa Furniture

A 19th century impression of a woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III. The preint depicts the Kabuki actor Sawamura Tossho as Watanabe no Wataru and ...

Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769~1852), original and unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese: ????; 1769 in Edo – 24...

Japanese Meiji period framed set of three woodblock prints from the 'Plum Garden' series, made by Toyohana Chikanobu (1838-1912). An example of this print is at the Kanagawa Prefecture Museum in Yokohama. The set dates from circa 1880. The first signature on the lower left corner is the publishers' name and address (Takegawa Unokichi), the second one in the upper right corner is the date 1889 and the third one in the lower right corner is 'Japanese Plum...

Tomio Kinoshita (1923 – 2014) Face (Black), 1965 Woodblock print Image size: 25 high by 18 inches wide (63.5 by 45.7 cm) Paper size: 26.25 high by 19 inches wide (66.7 by 48.2 cm) Unsigned Condition: some wrinkling in the margins This print is from a woodblock that was carved in 1965; Kinoshita would often experiment with colors and sometimes not sign the test prints. A green and black version of this image can be found in volume one of the two-volume 44 Modern Japanese Print Artists by Gaston Petit...

Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshiika 落合芳幾 (1833-1904), unframed. About the Artist: Yoshiiku was a popular ukiyo-e printmaker during the Meiji period. It is thought that he was the son of a tea house proprietor, hence his particular skill success in the portrayal of various beauties from teahouses and restaurants. Yet, he was an artist comfortable across subject matter and is recognized for his fierce portrayal of famous historical warriors. Yoshiiku was a student of Kuniyoshi and a contemporary rival of the famed Yoshitoshi. He signed his name Utagawa Yoshiiku...

Tomio Kinoshita (1923 – 2014) Big Boys, 1960 Woodblock print Image size: 32.75 high by 22 inches wide (83 by 56 cm) Paper size: 35.5 high by 23.75 inches wide (90 by 60.3 cm) Signed: in pencil lower right, Tomio Kinoshita Titled: in pencil at lower left Edition: 30/50 Condition: Very good The woodblock for this large print was carved in 1958, just three years after Kinoshita’s began creating woodblocks. This print was signed and dated in 1960, but not numbered; prints were also pulled from this block in the 1970s, so it must have been one of more popular images. One of his students has written, “As time progressed further, the postwar era saw improvements in nutrition, and children became taller and heavier than in the past, but their lack of physical exercise and severely inferior physical abilities became a social problem; this is ironically depicted in Big Boys.” In 1963, Kinoshita told him that he had just finished pulling a print of this image in response to a request from Unichi Hiratsuka...

Japanese Woodblock Triptych Scene Of A Kabuki Theatrical Performance Toyohara Kunichika (1835 - 1900) Framed, each woodblock print: 23 ...

UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III 1786-1865) - 'Nezumi Kozo' (Japanese 'Robin Hood') - Rare antique woodblock print - Ichikawa Kodanji IV acting as Nezumi Ko...

Tomio Kinoshita (1923 - 2014) Masks (No. 4), 1981 Woodblock print Image Size: 22 high by 31 inches wide (56 by 79 cm) Paper Size: 22.75 high by 31.5 inches wide (57.8 by 80 cm) ...

A vibrant antique Japanese wood block print of a samurai. The block print with broad sage green mat with ebonized Asian style frame with UV Glass. M...

An antique Japanese Shunga woodblock print in gilt frame depicting a man and a woman making love. Created in Japan, this woodblock print called...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japan, 1798-1861), a set of nine Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) from the series 'Taiheiki Eiyuden', or 'Heroes of the Great Peace' published between 1846-1847...