Antique Print of Japanese Carving in Ivory and Wood by G. Audsley, 1884

Untitled print, Section VIII, plate III. This chromolithograph depicts a series of six ivory carvings. 1. Chohi, 2. Gentoku, 3. Kuanwa, 4. two warriors fighting 5. Ben-Kei with the g...

Untitled print, Section VIII, plate I. This chromolithograph depicts a terracotta group. The chief figure appears to be that of a wealthy pilgrim or nomadic chief. Next to the chief figure a boy carrying a water gourd...

Untitled print, Section VIII, plate VII. This chromolithograph depicts a mother and child, a specimen of Japanese modelling from the hand of Kenzan, who was born in Kioto. Detailed i...

Untitled print, Section VIII, plate VI. This chromolithograph depicts a statuette by modeller and painter Kakiyemon. The statuette represents Usugumo, a celebrated lady of Yoshiwara....

Five festivals While Japan has many national and regional celebrations, five festivals / gosseku were given particular importance. Chikanobu presents them from right to left: the Ne...

Japanese Woodblock Gakutei (1786-1868) by Harunobu Sugawara, original and unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868) 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. Gakutei Yashima’s oeuvre consists primarily of surimono. These deluxe, limited-edition prints blend the rich visual imagery of ukiyo-e with the ethereal art...

Antique Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora 一猛齋芳虎 (1836~1880) depicting a night scene with a courtesan, Framed with glass. Dimensions: with...

Antique 19th Century Japanese Framed Woodblock Print By Keisai Eisen 'A beauty Reading A Letter' Keisai Eisen (1790–1848) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who specialised in bijin-ga ...