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SADANOBU HASAGAWA III - 'Geisha Girl in Winter' - Woodblock Print - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
SADANOBU HASAGAWA III (1881-1963) - 'Geisha Girl in Winter' - Vintage woodblock print - single print (not part of a series) - signed in the pr...
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Japanese Edo Mid-20th Century Prints
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Hiroshi Yoshida Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Maruyama Park in Kyoto, Jizuri
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Maruyama Park in Kyoto (Maruyama kôen)" by one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga moveme...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Persimmons Street, circa 1960
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and complexly composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most importa...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Tadashi Nakayama Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Two Horses 1963
Located in Studio City, CA
This wonderfully designed, abstract work by esteemed Japanese printmaker Tadashi Nakayama. The print is pencil signed, numbered (13/80), dated 1963, stamped on the verso by the artist, and embellished with metallic pigments. It is an uncommon and hard to find work.
Nakayama has exhibited internationally in cities such as Rome, Tokyo, Krakow, Milan, and his works can be found in museums around the world including:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia.
Cincinnati Museum of Art, Ohio, USA.
fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, USA.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, USA.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA.
Western Australian Art Museum, Perth...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Hiroshi Yoshida Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Hokuryo with Jizuri Seal, 1937
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Hokuryo" by one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga movement. Yos...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Syoren-In Kyoto
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Glass, Wood, 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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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Ikarugano-Sato Horyu-Ji Nara A
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Hirato Nagasaki A
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed woodblock print by famed Japanese Sosaku Hanga printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Hiroshi Yoshida Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Plum Gateway With Rare Toku Seal
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful woodblock print titled "Plum Gateway" by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博, 1876 – 1950) who is widely considered to be one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not th...
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Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Prints
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Yoshitoshi Mori Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Stencil Print Sorrow
Located in Studio City, CA
A large, beautifully designed and colored, dramatically composed print by Japanese master printmaker Yoshitoshi Mori who was famed for his kappazuri stencil printing technique. In th...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Japanese Woodblock Print Yoshida Hiroshi Three Little Islands
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful Japanese woodblock print by Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950), entitled "Three Little Islands", a work that belongs to The Inland Sea, second series. The horizontal format prin...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Japanese Woodblock Print by Tomikichiro Tokuriki, 1902-1999
Located in Norton, MA
About the artist
The art of Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902~1999) is an important bridge between the two great movements of Japanese art in the early twentieth century; shin hanga and sosaku hanga...
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Japanese Mid-20th Century Prints
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Authentic Japanese Woodblock Print by Kawase Hasui - Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto
Located in Norton, MA
Description
Kawase Hasui - Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, woodblock, 1933, published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co., with the 7mm and Heisei seals, 15.25" x 10.25".
This item is in ex...
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Japanese Mid-20th Century Prints
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Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Yoshida Hiroshi Toshogu Shrine
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese woodblock print by Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950), entitled "Toshogu Shrine", The vertical oban format print was made in Showa 12th year (1937). On the left margin in grey in...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Japanese Woodcut Print Utagawa Kunisada 'Toyokuni III', Kyoto, Japan C.1950
Located in London, GB
A framed woodcut print of a Japanese Lady originally by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III).
one of the most famous Japanese Ukiyo-e artists, Utagawa Kunisad...
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Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Prints
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Early Japanese Woodblock Print Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto by Kawase Hasui
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early edition Japanese woodblock print "Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) from the series Collected Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen). The series was created in 1933 and this is an early edition with the publisher copyright seal "Hanken shoyu fukyo mosha Watanabe Shozaburo" dated from 1931-1941. Signed and sealed Hasui in plate. Date and titled on the lower margin.
For a comparable print, see lot 86 in Sotheby's London Auction Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Woodblock Geisha Print Maiko Kyoto 3
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully and serenely composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock Print Dancer Figure with Fan 'Mai Ogi'
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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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Toko Shinoda Signed Large Limited Edition Japanese Lithograph Print Moon, 1965
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Studio City, CA
Exquisite in design and execution. This work, titled "Moon", is by Japanese master printmaker Toko Shinoda (1913-2021) who is universally known for her merging of traditional Japanese calligraphy with modern abstract expressionism and use of Sumi ink.
This print is hand-signed in pencil, titled, dated (1965), and numbered (3 /10) by the artist. It is from a very limited and small edition thus scarce and rare.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of Shinoda's work or Japanese or Asian art or print collection or an eye-catching stand-alone accent artwork in about any setting. Sure to draw attention.
Shinoda's works can be found in numerous private collections and international museums including:
Albright–Knox Art Gallery, NY
Art Institute of Chicago
British Museum, London UK
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido
Harvard Art Museums
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
Lehigh University Art Galleries
Luxembourg Royal Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), New York
Museum fuer Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin
Museum of fine Arts, Boston
Museum of fine Arts, Gifu
Museum Folkwang, Essen
Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
National Gallery of Victoria
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
National Museum of Singapore
Niigata City Art Museum
Singapore Art...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Bisyamonten, Kyoto
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Paul Jacoulet Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Marionettes Chinoises Chinois 1935
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic original woodblock print by famed French artist Paul Jacoulet titled "Marionettes Chinoises Chinois. (Chinese Puppets. Chinese)" Jacoulet was famed for his techniques inv...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Ito Shinsui Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Garden in Early Summer
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and colored woodblock print by famed Japanese shin-hanga artist/printmaker Ito Shunsui (1898-1972) titled "Garden in Early Summer (Shoka no Niwa)" though it is...
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Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Prints
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Hiroshi Yoshida Signed & Sealed Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Sarusawa Pond
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Sarusawa Pond (Sarusawa ike)" by one of Japan's finest 20th-century artists and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga movement. Yoshi...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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1960 Big Boys, Woodblock Print by Tomio Kinoshita, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
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...
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Okiie Hashimoto Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Snow Hill #7
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and subtly colored woodblock print by renowned Japanese woodblock artist Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993) titled "Snow Hill #7". The work features a gorgeous wood g...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Okuno-Hosomichi
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, conte...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Original Poster – Quarta Exposició del Círcol de Sant Lluch, 1969
Located in Barcelona, ES
Original Exhibition Poster – Quarta Exposició del Círcol de Sant Lluch, Alexandre de Riquer, 1969
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Exhibition: Quarta Exposició del Círcol de Sant Lluch
Artist: Alexandre d...
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Shozo Komatsu Signed Limited Edition Japanese Abstract Expressionism Etching
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic and quite rare Mid-century Modern abstract etching by Japanese artist Shozo Kamatsu.
The work is hand-pencil signed, dated (1964), and numbered (4/10) by the artist ...
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Artisan's Cache of 25 Old Chinese Paint Calligraphy Bamboo Brushes
Located in South Burlington, VT
Here's a rare find from a collector we visited in Japan. A very unusual treasure....
This is a cache of old Chinese and Japanese bamboo paint and calligraphy artist brushes dating ...
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Chinese Showa Mid-20th Century Prints
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Bamboo
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nishino-Kyo Nara B
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Tea House, 1965
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Coral (B), 1958
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, conte...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Katsura Kyoto G
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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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Ando Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese Woodblock Print Mallard Duck
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Woodblock print depicting a mallard duck beneath the reeds surmounted on paper.. Presented in a wood frame with fine beading, matted and glazed.
Black calligraphy inscription upper l...
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Asian Meiji Mid-20th Century Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Kiyoshi Saitō Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print of Temple, 1965
Located in Studio City, CA
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...
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nara, circa 1962
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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Hodaka Yoshida Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print "Cause, Blue"
Located in Studio City, CA
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...
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Asian Chinese Horse Print
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Asian Chinese horse print in a red wood frame.
Chinese lithograph print study of a horse.
Well framed, no glass.
Size: 21" x 15".
From an esta...
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Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed & Sealed Japanese Woodblock Print Winter in Aizu the Skiers
Located in Studio City, CA
This beautifully composed woodblock print featuring two skiers on a snowy pathway as a solidary figure passes in the foreground is by famed Japanese master printmaker/artist Kiyoshi ...
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1969 Graphic Woodblock Print by Tomio Kinoshita, Japan
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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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Hiroshi Yoshida Signed & Sealed Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Yomei Gate
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Yomei Gate (Yomei Mon)" by one of Japan's finest 20th-century artists and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga movement. Yoshida was...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Vintage Lithograph of the New York Stock Exchange
By John Haymson
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage framed lithograph of the New York Stock Exchange. This piece is evocative and beautiful. This piece was originally provided...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Abstract Japanese Woodblock Print, 1956
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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Kiyoshi Saito Katsura Kyoto Lithograph
Located in Winnetka, IL
This lithograph is numbered 142/150 from 1955 and titled Katsura Kyoto (6)
It has a very modern look and is in original midcentury frame.
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Vintage Helen Siegl "Noah's Ark" 1958 Woodcut Print Framed Mid Century Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Helen Siegl (1924 - 2009) "Noah's Ark" 1958 Woodcut Print Framed Mid Century Art. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: (Frame) 21" H x 36" W x 1" D. (Art work) 12" H x 27" W.
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Unknown Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Prints
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Tsuchiya Koitsu Japanese Woodblock Print Sunset at Tomonotsu, Inland Sea, 1940
By Tsuchiya Koitsu
Located in Studio City, CA
A very beautiful, serene and relatively rare woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Tsuchiya Koitsu titled "Sunset at Tomonotsu, Inland Sea" was made...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print of Eagle Hawk
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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Japanese Woodblock Print by Tomikichiro Tokuriki, 1902-1999
Located in Norton, MA
About The Artist:
The art of Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902-1999) is an important bridge between the two great movements of Japanese art in the early twentieth century; shin hanga and sosaku hanga...
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Japanese Mid-20th Century Prints
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Yoshitoshi Mori Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Stencil Print, 1969
Located in Studio City, CA
A large, earthly toned, dramatically composed print, with just the right touch of humor, is by Japanese master printmaker Yoshitoshi Mori who was famed ...
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Buddha
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully and serenely composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Japanese Showa Vintage Mid-20th Century Prints
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Masaoka Konobu Hasegawa Signed Rare Japanese Bunraku Puppet Woodblock Print
Located in Studio City, CA
A somewhat rare and hard-to-find image by Japanese artist Masaoka Konobu Hasegawa (though we have also seen this image also attributed to artist Hanabusa Hideki as well) of a female Bunraku puppet...
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Junichiro Sekino Japanese Woodblock Print Monjuro and Jihei of Bunraku Puppets
Located in Studio City, CA
This exceptional and stunning, limited edition woodblock print is considered by many experts to be one of Sekino's masterpiece works (along with "Eiza and Matsuomaru"). The print of bunraku puppeteer master Kiritake Monjûrô is sealed, signed in pencil and numbered (76/100) by the artist and is also matted and framed. The print is circa 1953.
A scarce and rare print.
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...
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Japanese Wood Block Print Interior of Asakusa Temple by Eisho Narazaki
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese Wood Block Print
Artist: Eisho Narazaki (1864-1936)
Title: Asakusa Kannon-do no naido (Interior of the Kannon Temple at Asakusa)
Year of Creation: 1932
Pencil marked title ...
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Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Prints
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Masaoka Konobu Hasegawa Signed Rare Japanese Bunraku Puppet Woodblock Print
Located in Studio City, CA
A somewhat rare and hard-to-find image by Japanese artist Masaoka Konobu Hasegawa (though we have also seen this image attributed to artist Hanabusa Hideki as well) of a male Bunraku puppet...
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Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kaoru Kawano Signed Large Japanese Woodblock Print Dancing Geisha Figure Eshima
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 artists to combine Western-style elements with the traditional methods of woodblock printmaking. This work is known as "Dancing Figure (Eshima)"
The print is signed (in white ink within the image) and sealed (in red) by Kawano.
This work is a quite rare self-printed lifetime double dai Oban large-size print. The quality and colors are striking. It is likely from a limited edition and perhaps numbered on the lower margin (we can not verify as it was previously framed but we are confident that this is the case).
A very beautiful and rich image. Would make for a great addition to any Japanese art and print collection or Stand-out accent work in about any setting.
Frame dimensions: 30.5" high, 20.5" wide, .5" deep
Viewable art...
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Robert Cariola "See not, Hear not, Speak not" Serigraph Print Mid Century Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Robert Cariola (American, b. 1927) "See not, Hear not, Speak not" Serigraph Framed Print Mid Century Art. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: (Frame):16.5" H x 20.5" W x 1" D. (Art...
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Unknown Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Daitoku-Ji Kyoto D
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, which is titled "Daitoku-ji Kyoto (D)" is from a series of Kyoto temple images that Saito created. The woodblock print features strong, contrasting colors, beautiful wood grain, and a complex design - the cross-shaped walkway pattern which is highlighted by the small precisely placed stones is repeated on the temple wall. The wood grain in the yard, temple walls and sky add another layer of compositional depth.
The print is signed in black ink and stamped/sealed in red within the image It is likely titled, dated (1960), and numbered (from a limited edition of 150) in pencil by the artist in the lower margin but hidden below the mat. Saito's "self-carved, self printed Kiyoshi Saito" personal label with his red chop seal...
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