Prints

Okiie Hashimoto

Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

Large and early contemporary Japanese print by master print maker Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993). Self printed, the bottom margin is signed, titled in Kanji, dated 1960 and numbered No....

Toyohara Chikanobu

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints

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This Meiji-period color woodblock by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912) depicts three elegant female courtiers in traditional dress taking refreshments. This diptych, from the issued tri...

Toyohara Chikanobu

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints

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This iconic woodblock print by Chikanobu Toyohara (1838-1912), titled 'A Mirror of Japanese Nobility,' depicts Emperor Meiji, his consort, and the heir to the throne. It's reproduced...

Antique 1870s Japanese Prints

Framed block print from Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the moon. Image depicts renowned poet Fujiwara no Sadaie, known as Teika, sleeping in the Shinto shrine at Sumiyoshi and t...

Toyohara Kunichika

Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Prints

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika Title: Konoma no Hoshi Hakone no Shikabue Date: 1880 Publisher: Fukuda Kumajiryo (L) 23.8 x 35.7, (C) 23.8 x 35.7, (R) 23.8 x 35.7 cm Muramasa swo...

Utagawa Toyokuni III

Antique 1850s Japanese Edo Prints

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Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1864) Title: Ghost of Kamada Matahachi and Kikuno Publisher: Isekane Kichi Date: 1855 Measures: (L) 24.9 x 36.8, (R) 24.9 x 36.8 The drama b...

Vintage 1960s Japanese Modern Prints

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Beautifully composed and colored woodblock print by Japanese artist Mitsuhiro Unno. This print, which is a rather unusual size, is signed and dated (1969) by the artist. It is titled...

Tadashi Nakayama

Vintage 1950s Japanese Prints

Wood, Paint, Paper

Rare, large and impressive Tadashi Nakayama Horse Woodblock or woodcut from 1958 found in period frame. Nakayama is best known for creating carefully executed prints and for his hors...

Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints

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Artist: Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1798 - 1861) Series: The Sixty-nine Post Stations of the Kisokaido Road Station: Oiwake Main scene: The deformed Oiwa squeezing blood from a hank of her...

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Prints

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Artist: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892) Title: Tamiya Botaro Munechika - The Spirit of Tengu helping Tamiya Botaro Munechika avenge his father's death from the series 'Twenty-four A...

Tadashi Nakayama

Vintage 1950s Japanese Modern Prints

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This wonderfully designed, abstract work titled "Buffoonery" is by esteemed Japanese print maker Tadashi Nakayama. The print is pencil signed and dated 1958. A very rare and hard to ...

Antique 1860s Japanese Edo Prints

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Artist: Yoshiiku Utagawa (1833-1904) Title: Kabuki play, "Yagura Daiko Otomo Yoshiwara" Publisher: Hirookaya Kosuke Date: 1866 Measures: (L) 24.1 x 35.3, (C) 24.1 x 35.1, (R) 24....

Mitsuaki Sora

Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Offered by Zena Kruzick 1980 graphic black and white Mitsuaki Sora woodblock print, Japan Mitsuaki Sora (b. 1933) Untranslated, 1980 Woodblock print Paper size: 24.75" (62.8 c...

Utagawa Toyokuni III

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints

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Fantastic Edo period diptych print by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) who is widely considered the most prolific designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th century Japan. Nicely...

Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints

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This is a gorgeous print of robed Geisha, intricately designed and beautifully colored by master Edo period Japanese printer Kuniyoshi Utagawa. A rare image. This would be a fanta...

Antique 1860s Japanese Edo Prints

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This is a fragment (far left panel) of renowned Edo Period Japanese print maker Yoshikazu Utagawa's triptych "Foreigners' Parade in Yokohama." The whole piece can be viewed at The...

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Prints

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This vintage poster printed in 1932 melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. Influenced by the Art Deco movement in the west, ...

Kiyoshi Saitō

Vintage 1960s Japanese Modern Prints

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A precisely composed, darkly hued woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contempo...

Hodaka Yoshida

Vintage 1960s Japanese Modern Prints

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A beautifully realized, deeply colored abstract work titled "Cause, Blue" by renowned Japanese modern artist Hodaka Yoshida who was the second son of one of Japan's most celebrated a...

M. Ogier

Antique 18th Century Unknown Elizabethan Prints

Paper, Glass, Wood

Signed M. Ogier (Fecit:by), this set of four hand colored etchings is part of a larger edition of plates. These plates are numbered PL 16, 347, 365 and 386. The subject is probably t...

20th Century Books

Antique book. One volume. Catalogue of Chinese Art Objects including porcelains, potteries, jades, bronze, and cloisonné, enamels, from the collections of Edward R.Bacon with illustr...

Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)

Antique 1850s Japanese Edo Prints

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Stunning and rare, this beautiful and panoramic Japanese woodblock triptych print was produced in the 1850s in a now famed collaboration between renowned artists Utagawa (Ando) Hiros...

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints

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Artist: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892) Title: The Old Hag of the Lonely House. Date: 1872 Dimensions: 36.8 x 24.9 cm Yoshitoshi based his design on this story on an already e...

Utagawa Toyokuni III

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints

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Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1864) Title: Kabuki play, 'Kasane Ogi Chiyo no Matsuwaka' Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke Date: 1857 Dimensions: R (35.5 x 24) C (35.5 x 24.5) L...

Ohara Koson

Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints

This fine Japanese color wood block print, depicting poppies on a dark ground, is by Ohara Shoson, one of the leading artists of the Showa period. Shoson (1877-1945) was a highly rec...

Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Posters

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A fabulous 1920s style set of three posters depicting traditionally dressed Shanghai Ladies. Advertisements for clothing, dating back to 1914, they were originally created by the pai...

Vintage 1960s Chinese Chinese Export Prints

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Original Mao propaganda poster celebrating the Ninth Congress and presenting loyalty to Chairman Mao, 1969. Excellent condition.  

Toyohara Kunichika

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints

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Artist: Kunichika Toyohara (1835-1900) Title: The Picture of Soma no Yoshikado in the Old Temple Publisher: Moriya Jihei Date: 1858 Dimensions: R (36.7 x 25) C (36.8 x 25) L (36....

Utagawa Toyokuni

Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Prints

Natural Fiber, Paper

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769 - 1825) Title: Actors and Women Visiting Inari Shrine to Offer Deep-fried Tofu Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke Date: late 18th century Dimensions: R (38.5...

Han-Kan

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Prints

Linen, Glass, Chrome, Paper

Chinese framed print detail of larger painting. Expertly framed with double mats of linen and simulated bamboo featuring gold leaf edging on both mats. The back is labelled: Print...

Han-Kan

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Prints

Linen, Glass, Chrome, Paper

Chinese framed print detail of larger painting. Expertly framed with double mats of linen and simulated bamboo featuring gold leaf edging on both mats. "Han-Kan Bringing Tribute" New...

Tomio Kinoshita

Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Offered by Zena Kruzick 1962 Graphic Woodblock print "Faces #3" by Tomio Kinoshita, Japan Tomio Kinoshita (1923 - 2011) Kao 3 (Faces #3), 1962 Woodblock print Image size: 14" ...

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Prints

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The famous commercial advertising artist, Hu Boxiang created this advertisement calendar poster for British American Tobacco Company in 1931. Unlike other poster artists, Hu was know...

Junichiro Sekino

Vintage 1950s Japanese Modern Prints

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A very whimsical and elegantly composed portraiture/ print of a young girl with small bird resting playfully on her finger. This print is signed, dated (1956) and numbered (25/100) b...

Shuzo Ikeda

Vintage 1960s Japanese Modern Prints

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A very regal and beautifully stark woodblock print by Japanese artist Shuzo Ikeda. The work is signed, titled ("No. 476"), dated (1961) and numbered (4/50) by the artist. Print is fr...

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Prints

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Artist: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (Yoshitoshi Taiso) Title: Yamato Takeru no Mikoto Series: Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage Publisher: Tsunashima Kamekichi Date: circa 188...

Chikashige Morikawa

Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Prints

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Artist: Chikashige Morikawa (active 1869-1882) Title: Kabuki play based on Tale of the Nabeshima Bakeneko Disturbance Publisher: Yamamura Kinzaburo Date: 1880 Measures: L 35.8 x ...

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Prints

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Artist: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892) Title: Chang E Flees to the Moon Series: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon Publisher: Akiyama Buemon Date: 1885 The roots of Chinese and...

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Prints

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Artist: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892) Title: Michizane Composes a Poem by Moonlight Series: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon Publisher: Akiyama Buemon Date: 1886 Sugawara n...

Kaoru Saito

Vintage 1980s Japanese Modern Prints

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A gorgeous and beautifully textured print by Japanese mezzotint master printer Kaoru Saito. The print is pencil signed, numbered (72/93), dated (1987) and titled by the artist. ...

Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints

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Artist: Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1798-1861) Title: Urawa, Sakanaya Danshichi Series: The Sixty-nine Post Stations of the Kisokaido Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagoro Date: 1852 Kuniy...

Yoshitoshi Mori

Vintage 1970s Japanese Modern Prints

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A relatively large, very vibrantly colored, gorgeously stylized and composed print by Japanese master printmaker Yoshitoshi Mori famed for his kappazuri stencil printing technique. I...

Hiroyuki Tajima

Vintage 1970s Japanese Modern Prints

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A gorgeous, luminous and sumptuously colored woodblock print by Japanese artist Hiroyuki Tajima titled "Rusty Memory." Tajima is famed for his use of rich, dark colors and striking a...

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Prints

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Interesting find from our recent Japanese Acquisitions Travels. A remarkable museum boxed compendium consisting of 100 full and fine color individual plates of textiles-kimono and...

Utagawa Kunisada

Antique 19th Century Prints

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 ...

Kaoru Kawano

20th Century Japanese Modern Prints

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A stately print titled "Kwannon" of the Bodhisattva of compassion by well know Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano. The print is pencil signed, sealed with the artist's stamp, titled an...

Kaoru Kawano

20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

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A whimsical image of a young girl dancing in her kimono by well known Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano. The print is sealed/stamped but likely a posthumous edition. The print has b...

Haku Maki

Vintage 1970s Japanese Modern Prints

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A wonderfully textured and embossed woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Haku Maki. The print is pencil signed, sealed with artist's stamp, numbered (29/103) and titled (73-12...

Tanaka Ryohei

Vintage 1970s Japanese Modern Prints

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An unusually large and uncommon (we can not find this print anywhere else making it apparently quite rare) image/etching by famed Japanese artist Tanaka Ryohei who is known primarily...

Kiyoshi Saitō

Vintage 1950s Japanese Modern Prints

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A richly colored and quietly composed portrait/ woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most impor...

Yoshitoshi Mori

Vintage 1960s Japanese Modern Prints

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A large, earthly toned, dramatically composed print, with just the right touch of humor, is by Japanese master printmaker Yoshitoshi Mori who was famed for his kappazuri stencil prin...

Toyohara Chikanobu

Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Prints

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Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu Series: Honorable Blooms in Different Colors (Meiyo Iro no Sakiwake) Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujiro Published: 1884 Each print in this series depicts...

Junichiro Sekino

20th Century Japanese Modern Prints

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A relatively large, very appealing and enduring image of youth and friendship exemplified by a boy and his dog by master Japanese artist/printer Junichiro Sekino. The print is stampe...

Tomio Kinoshita

Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Offered by Zena Kruzick 1970 Graphic Woodblock Print of Faces by Tomio Kinoshita, Japan. Tomio Kinoshita (1923 - 2011) kao (kataru), face (to speak), 1970 Woodblock print Imag...

Tomio Kinoshita

Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Offered by Zena Kruzick Graphic woodblock print by Tomio Kinoshita, Japan, 1973 Tomio Kinoshita (1923 - 2011) Face, 1973 Woodblock print Image size: 18.5" (47 cm) x 15" (38 cm...

Mitsuaki Sora

Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Offered by Zena Kruzick 1980 graphic black and white Mitsuaki Sora woodblock print, Japan Mitsuaki Sora (b. 1933) Futari (Two People), 1980 Woodblock print Paper size: 24.75" ...

Mitsuaki Sora

Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Offered by Zena Kruzick 1980 graphic black and white Mitsuaki Sora woodblock print, Japan Mitsuaki Sora (b. 1933) Untranslated, 1980 Woodblock print Paper size: 24.75" (62.8 c...

Felice Beato

Antique 19th Century Japanese Prints

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Photographer Felice Beato was one of the world’s first war photographers, shooting the Crimean War and rebellions of India and China. Settling in Japan, his work produced here provid...