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Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nakamura Tomijuro
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Nakamura Tomijuro V as Todoro...
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1990s Showa East Asian Prints
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Ukiyoe print by Utagawa Kunisada
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Ukiyoe print by Utagawa Kunisada 3 pcs set
Utagawa Kunisada ( 1786- 1865) also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III .
Fine condition with natural patinatio...
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Mid-19th Century Antique East Asian Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Abstract Japanese Woodblock Print, 1956
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly wonderful and exceedingly rare abstract limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist/printmaker Junichiro Sekino.
This print, which appears to be titled "Tori & ...
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1950s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Triptych of Rock Gardens and Japanese Gate Woodblocks
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Triptych of Rock Gardens and Japanese Gates Woodblocks by Masao Maeda
These three Scenes depict his respect for Rock Gardens with carefully raked Scenes and Japanese Gates.
Masao Maeda Japanese Artist (1904-1974)
Born in Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Maeda wanted to be an artist from childhood. In 1923, Maeda met Hiratsuka Un'ichi, a leader of the Sosaku-hanga "creative prints" movement. In 1925, he relocated to Tokyo and joined the Kawabata Painting School. Along with Umetaro Azechi (Japanese Artist), he became a student of Hiratsuka Prefecture, Japan. Maeda's works included many Landscapes of Japanese Rock Gardens and Gates Scenes.
All three small Woodblocks...
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20th Century Showa East Asian Prints
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Parchment Paper
Antique Japanese Woodblock Print of a Samurai, 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
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...
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19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Prints
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Art Glass, Hardwood, Paper
Woodblock Print, Katsukawa Shunshō, 勝川春章 Imperial Household Museum 1947
Located in Norton, MA
Katsukawa Shunsho, 勝川春章
This woodblock was published by Imperial Household Museum in 1947,
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro ? in the Green Room Consulting ...
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1940s Vintage East Asian Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Rooftop View
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and richly colored, limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Junichiro Sekino.
This relatively large print, which is of a rooftop view of a temple shrine in Japan (perhaps Nagasaki as he did a similar print in 1975 but perhaps Kyoto or Tokyo) is hand pencil signed, sealed / stamped in red, numbered (18/128), and dated (1972). The image is likely from Sekino's coveted rooftop series that he did featuring various rooftop patterns from around the world including Japan and Italy. An exquisite and rare / hard-to-find work.
Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th-century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago, the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, the British Museum, and the Portland Art Museum among many other Fine museums throughout the world.
Would be a fantastic addition to any modern Japanese print...
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1970s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nakamura Tokizo V
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Nakamura Tokizo V, as the kep...
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1990s Showa East Asian Prints
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Woodblock Print Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo by Hiroshige Hirokage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865)
Series: Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo
Number: 21 "Cherry-blossom Viewing at the Middle Hall and the Double Hall in Ueno"
Mediu...
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1850s Edo Antique East Asian Prints
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Woodblock Print Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo by Hiroshige Hirokage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865)
Series: Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo
Number: 40 "Towboats on the Yotsugi-dori Canal"
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1859
Form...
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1850s Edo Antique East Asian Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Katsura Kyoto G
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contemporary Japanese printmakers of the 20th century. This print, titled "Katsura Kyoto...
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1960s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Set of Eight Japanese Meiji Era Woodblock Prints
Located in London, GB
A set of eight Japanese Meiji era woodblock prints
Japanese, Late 19th century
Measures: Frames: small: height 50cm, width 37cm, depth 1.5cm - prints 35 x 24
Large: height 52cm, w...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Prints
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Japanese Woodblock Print Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces by Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Series: Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
Number: 5: Settsu Province: Sumiyoshi, Idemi Beach
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month
Number of Prints: 70/70 (inc. Title Page)
Format: Vertical Oban
Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only.
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei)
Block Cutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Additional marks: Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7
Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame.
Reference: For an identical print, see the collection of MFA Boston...
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1850s Edo Antique East Asian Prints
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Colorful Signed Japanese Showa Period Abstract Modern Woodblock Print
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and boldly colored Japanese woodblock print.
The print appears to be signed along the top margin (or these are publisher marks).
From an impressive collect...
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20th Century Showa East Asian Prints
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Japanese Woodblock Print the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright)
Number: 6 Totsuka: View of Fuji from the Mountain Road
(Totsuka, Sando yori Fuji ...
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1850s Edo Antique East Asian Prints
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Early 20th Century, Japanese Woodblock Print of a Courtesan, Kitagawa Utamaro
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Japanese woodblock print after Kitagawa Utamaro
C.1920
Depicting a courtesan drinking from a sake bowl
...
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Early 20th Century East Asian Prints
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Toko Shinoda Signed Large Limited Edition Japanese Lithograph Transparent Shadow
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Studio City, CA
Exquisite in design and execution. This work, titled "Transparent Shadow", is by Japanese master artist/printmaker Toko Shinoda (1913-2021) who is universally recognized for her merg...
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20th Century Showa East Asian Prints
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Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese Woodblock Print Wakaume of the Tamaya Edo-cho itchome
By Kitagawa Utamaro 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring a high-ranking noblewoman and her young attendant. The work is by Kitagawa Utamaro and is titled "Wakaum...
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20th Century Edo East Asian Prints
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Paper
Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nakamura Shikan
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Nakamura Shikan VII as Widow ...
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1990s Showa East Asian Prints
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Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Jitsukawa Enjaku
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Jitsukawa Enjaku III as Farme...
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1980s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Paper
Kaoru Kawano Signed Lifetime Edition Japanese Woodblock Print the Big Owl
By Kaoru Kawano
Located in Studio City, CA
An engaging and quite coveted work by famed Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano who was known for his whimsical portrayals of women, children, and animals. Stylistically, he was one of the first Japanese artists to combine Western-style elements with the traditional methods of woodblock printmaking. This work is known as "The Big Owl" Kawano's owl images are some of his most popular works, this one in particular.
This print is hand signed in pencil and sealed (in red) by Kawano within the image.
This work is a quite rare self-printed lifetime print. Prints made and signed by Kawano are becoming harder to find.
A very beautiful and rich image. Would make for a great addition to any Japanese art and print collection or eye-catching stand-out accent work in about any setting.
Frame dimensions: 21.25" high, 16.25" wide, .5" deep
Viewable art: 14.5" x 9.5".
Please note that the work is framed but there is no glass covering...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage East Asian Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print Flowers & New York
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly wonderful and highly coveted limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist/printmaker Junichiro Sekino.
This large print, titled "Flowers and New York (or convers...
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Mid-20th Century Showa East Asian Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print of Eagle Hawk
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A bold abstract limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist/printmaker Junichiro Sekino featuring a fierce bird likely an eagle or hawk. The wood grain of the printing ...
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Mid-20th Century Showa East Asian Prints
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Torii Kotondo Signed and Sealed Pre-War Japanese Woodblock Print Rain Ame 1929
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and strongly composed woodblock print by renowned Japanese painter/artist Torii Kotondo. This work, titled Rain (Ame), is a highly coveted pr...
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1920s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Ichikawa Monnosuke
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Ichikawa Monnosuke VII as Cou...
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1980s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Tokoyuni III Kunisada Japanese Woodblock Print Wrestling Sumo for Charity
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and richly colored woodblock print by renowned Japanese artist Tokoyuni III (AKA Utagawa Kunisada 1786-1864 and here referred to as "Ichiyusai") titled "Japanese Wrestling...
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20th Century Showa East Asian Prints
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Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Onoe Baiko VII
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Onoe Baiko VII as the wet nur...
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1990s Showa East Asian Prints
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Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Onoe Kikugoro VII
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Onoe Kikugoro VII as Kirare Y...
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1990s Showa East Asian Prints
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Yukio Katsuda Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Serigraph Print No. 154 Saga Toriimoto
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful and engaging work by Japanese Kyoto printmaker artist Yukio Katsuda (1941-) titled "No. 154 Saga Toriimoto"
The serigraph print is h...
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1980s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Wood, Paper
Torii Kotondo Signed Pre-War Japanese Woodblock Print Steam Bath Yuge Vapor 1929
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and strongly composed woodblock print by renowned Japanese painter/artist Torii Kotondo. This work, titled Steam (Steam Bath)/ Vapor (Yuge), ...
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1920s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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1981 Graphic Woodblock Print by Tomio Kinoshita, Japan
By Tomio Kinoshita
Located in Point Richmond, CA
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)
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage East Asian Prints
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2 Japanese Woodblock Prints 'Double-Side' by Toyohara Kunichika and Shosai Ikkei
Located in Norton, MA
2 Japanese Woodblock Prints (Double-Side) by Toyohara Kunichika, and Shosai Ikkei - from Thirty-Six Comics of the Famous Places of Tokyo.
Note: This is one piece of woodblock print....
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Kaoru Kawano Signed Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Two Girls
By Kaoru Kawano
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and charming work by famed Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano who was known for his whimsical portrayals of women, children, and animals. Stylistically, he was one of the first...
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1950s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nara, circa 1962
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contemporary Japane...
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1960s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Early 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Print of Courtesans, Kitagawa Utamaro
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Japanese woodblock print depicting courtesans, After Kitagawa Utamaro
C.1920
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese,...
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20th Century East Asian Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Toriemoto Kyoto B
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully and darkly composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contempo...
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1960s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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4 Japanese Woodblock Prints 'Double-Side', Toyohara Kunichika & Shosai Ikkei#2.3
Located in Norton, MA
Four Japanese Woodblock Prints (Double-Side) by Toyohara Kunichika (Diptych), and Shosai Ikkei - from Thirty-Six Comics of the Famous Places of Tokyo.
Note: These are only two pie...
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Mid-19th Century Antique East Asian Prints
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Signed Woodblock Print by Kawanabe Kyōsai of Mount Fuji and Coastal Island
By Kawanabe Kyosai
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
This Kawanabe Kyōsai, Mount Fuji and Coastal Island woodblock watercolor is signed by Kyōsai using the signature meaning "enlightenment", indicating that this work was produced after...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Prints
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Natural Fiber, Paper, Paint, Organic Material
Japanese Complete ‘Noh Play’ Production, Houshou School 22 Books and Box, 1853
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions Travels.
A remarkable artistic Noh Play survivor.
One of a kind Japanese Complete "Noh Play" Production as written in 22 Woodblock books from the Utai Bon Houshou school, complete with original signed wooden storage box tomobako and dated Kaei 6 (1853).
This antique Japanese book...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Prints
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Wood, Paper
Muramasa Kudo Signed Limited Edition Japanese Serigraph Print Lilies in Stream
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and engaging large limited edition serigraph print by Japanese artist/print master Muramasa Kudo (1948-) titled "Lilies in Stream".
The w...
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1980s Modern Vintage East Asian Prints
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Japanese Meiji Toyohana Chikanobu Woodblock Print Triptych from Plum Garden Set
By Toyohara Chikanobu
Located in New York, NY
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...
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1880s Meiji Antique East Asian Prints
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Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock Print Girl with Candle Light Flame
By Kaoru Kawano
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful work by famed Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano who was known for his whimsical portrayals of women, children, and animals. Stylistically, he was one of the first Japanese art...
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1950s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Framed Japanese 19th Century Diptych Woodblock Print Toyokuni II
Located in London, GB
Framed Japanese 19th Century Diptych Woodblock Print Toyokuni II
Toyokuni II (1786-1864)
"Courtesan Tamagiku and master of the Naka Manjiya House"
Pu...
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19th Century Antique East Asian Prints
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Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Japanese Print Sazaidō Hall at Five Hundred Rakan Temple
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) titled "The Sazaido Hall at the Five Hundre...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Japanese Print Yosaku Feeling Ill, 1948
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly wonderful and exceedingly rare early limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist/printmaker Junichiro Sekino.
This print, titled "Yosaku Feeling Ill", is one of Sekino's earliest known works. A very dramatic image done in black and white, this work features the artist himself in a self-portraiture as he comforts his young son (who evidently does not feel well) in an almost playful and knowing manner.
The print is double signed - once in white ink within the image and also hand pencil signed and numbered (9/30) by Sekino in the lower margin. The image features a focused and rather direct composition emphasized by the use of just the two colors. It is an exquisite and very rare/hard-to-find work. Quite engaging. A must for collectors of Sekino's work.
Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th-century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago, the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, the British Museum, and the Portland Art Museum among many other Fine museums throughout the world.
Would be a fantastic addition to any modern Japanese print...
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1940s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Paper
6 Japanese Woodblock Prints 'Double-Side' by Toyohara Kunichika & Shosai Ikkei
Located in Norton, MA
6 Japanese Woodblock Prints (Double-Side) by Toyohara Kunichika (Triptych), and Shosai Ikkei - from Thirty-Six Comics of the Famous Places of Tokyo.
Note: These are only three piece...
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Mid-18th Century Antique East Asian Prints
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4 Japanese Woodblock Prints 'Double-Side' by Toyohara Kunichika & Shosai Ikkei
Located in Norton, MA
4 Japanese Woodblock Prints (Double-Side) by Toyohara Kunichika (Diptych), and Shosai Ikkei - from Thirty-Six Comics of the Famous Places of Tokyo.
Note: These are only two pieces o...
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Japanese Woodblock Print by Shûtei Tanaka '秋亭'
Located in Norton, MA
The painting presents a very old and traditional Japanese belt with hidden space to store small things such as pills, rings, and jewelry.
Tanaka Shutei(1810 ~ 1858)
Tanka was a ...
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1969 Graphic Woodblock Print by Tomio Kinoshita, Japan
By Tomio Kinoshita
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Faces (4 Faces), 1969
Tomio Kinoshita (1923-2014), Japan
Woodblock print
Paper, pigment, sumi ink
Image: 27 high by 18.25 inches wide (68.5 by 46.4 cm)
Paper size: 28 high by 19...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage East Asian Prints
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4 Japanese Woodblock Prints 'Double-Side', Toyohara Kunichika & Shosai Ikkei #2
Located in Norton, MA
4 Japanese Woodblock Prints (Double-Side) by Toyohara Kunichika (Diptych), and Shosai Ikkei - from Thirty-Six Comics of the Famous Places of Tokyo.
Note: These are only two pieces o...
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Mid-19th Century Antique East Asian Prints
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4 Japanese Woodblock Prints 'Double-Side', Toyohara Kunichika & Shosai Ikkei#2.2
Located in Norton, MA
Four Japanese Woodblock Prints (Double-Side) by Toyohara Kunichika (Diptych), and Shosai Ikkei - from Thirty-Six Comics of the Famous Places of Tokyo.
Note: These are only two pie...
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Mid-19th Century Antique East Asian Prints
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Framed Japanese 19th Century Woodblock Print of Kabuki Actors Toyokuni III
Located in London, GB
Japanese 19th Century Woodblock Print of Kabuki Actors Toyokuni III
Original Woodcut by Toyokuni III (1786 - 1864)
Of the Kabuki actors Bando Hikosab...
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Japanese Woodblock Print by Hokusai Katsushika, 葛飾北齋 '1760~1849'
Located in Norton, MA
Original Japanese Woodblock print by Hokusai Katsushika, ???? '1760-1849'
About the artist
Japanese artist, Hokusai Katsushika, was born in Edo as Tamekazu Nakajima. Adopted by...
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Japanese Woodblock Gakutei by Harunobu Sugawara-2
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese Woodblock Gakutei (1786-1868) by Harunobu Sugawara, original and unframed.
About the artist
Born in Edo as Harunobu Sugawara, Gakutei Yashima studied printmaking under Shuei and Hokkei. He moved to Osaka in the 1830s, where he designed landscape studies of his new home with a delicate and decorative style likely influenced by Hokusai. In addition to printmaking, he wrote Kyoka (comic poems), often illustrating these verses in his prints. While a talented woodblock artist, Gakutei was also known throughout Japan as a writer. He translated and illustrated the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West...
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Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Woodblock Print J002, Japan, 1797-1858
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Norton, MA
Utagawa Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797 to 1858, woodblock prints on paper, Flowers and Bird signed and inscribed in Hieroglyphs and red ink stam...
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Early 19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Prints
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Yukio Katsuda Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Serigraph Print No. 152 Thatched Roof
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful and engaging work by Japanese Kyoto printmaker artist Yukio Katsuda (1941-) titled "Thatched Roof No. 152"
The serigraph print is ha...
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1980s Showa Vintage East Asian Prints
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Wood, Paper
Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Japanese Woodblock Print Yoroi Ferry at Koami-Cho
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) tilted "Yoroi Ferry at Koami-cho (Yoroi no ...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Prints
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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重 Woodblock from"The 53 Stations of the Tokaido" 1832
Located in Norton, MA
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重 Woodblock from"The 53 Stations of the Tokaido" 1832
Artist:
Hiroshige Utagawa was born in Edo as Tokutaro Ando and grew up in a minor samurai family. His father belonged to the firefighting force assigned to Edo Castle. It is here that Hiroshige was given his first exposure to art: legend has it that a fellow fireman tutored him in the Kano School of Painting, though Hiroshige’s first official teacher was Rinsai. Though Hiroshige tried to join Toyokuni Utagawa's studio, he was turned away. In 1811, young Hiroshige entered an apprenticeship with the celebrated Toyohiro Utagawa. After only a year, he was bestowed with the artist name Hiroshige. He soon gave up his role in the fire department to focus entirely on painting and print design. During this time he studied painting, intrigued by the Shijo school. Hiroshige’s artistic genius went largely unnoticed until 1832.
In Hiroshige's groundbreaking series of woodblock prints, The 53 Stations of the Tokaido (1832-1833), he captured the journey along the Tokaido road, the highway connecting Edo to Kyoto, the imperial capital. With the Tokugawa Shogunate relaxing centuries of age-old restrictions on travel, urban populations embraced travel art and Hiroshige Utagawa became one of the most prominent and successful ukiyo-e artists. He also produced kacho-e (bird-and-flower pictures) to enormous success. In 1858, at the age of 61, he passed away as a result of the Edo cholera epidemic.
Utagawa Hiroshige’s woodblock prints...
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