Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Antique Woodblock Print, Actor Series, Japan, circa 1847

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

Ryusai Shigeharu (????/???? 1802–1853) - 'Matsumoto Kinsho II' (Japanese Kabuki Actor) - Antique woodblock print - single print (not part of a ...

JUDI BURGESS - '♏ SCORPIO ♏' - 7/19 - fine art color print on paper - signed/titled/dated at the bottom of the print - contained in a double bevel edged matte under glass - vintage m...

CLAUDE YVEL (b.1930) - Number 26/46 - Mid Century hyper realist print on paper - signed and dated lower right - France - circa 1966. Good vintage condit...

Antique hand colored engraving - early morning street urchins by the River Thames in London - solid oak frame - old English paper label verso - vintage acidic matte board behind glas...

PELLETIER - 45/150 - Antique sepia engraving on paper featuring children at a water well - numbered in pencil lower left - signed and dated in pencil l...

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...

A fine, professionally framed original Japanese woodblock print attributed to the master Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865), also known as Utag...

Pair of 19th century Japanese woodblocks by Utagawa Kuniyoshi in custom frames. Each set in a custom matted ebony and gilt decorated custom frame finely matter. The pair signed and dated on reversed. -Three Courtman drinking sake and admiring the full moon, 1788-1861 -A lady admiring the chrysanthemum flower 1785-1864. Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798 - 1861 The vogue for full-body tattoos of interlaced characters, animals and fish, the full arms and backs that writhe with complex figures and designs can be directly traced not only in their drawing but in their conception to the Japanese woodblock artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi. It was he, whilst trying to establish a flagging career in the 1820’s in Edo (Tokyo) Japan, that conceived of decorating heroic, supernatural warriors with florid designs to emphasise their toughness and in some part to elaborate on their narrative. Kuniyoshi was born Yoshisaburo and like Kunisada was apprenticed to the great woodblock artist Toyokuni I at his Utagawa School 1811. Kuniyoshi showed prodigious talent but unlike his colleague Kunisada failed to find commissions and it was not until the late1820’s that he discovered his own style and overnight success with the release of his series of warrior prints...

A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) tilted "Yoroi Ferry at Koami-cho (Yoroi no ...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-58) Number: 39 Distant View of Kinryuzan Temple and Azuma Bridge Publisher: Uoya Eikichi Format: Vertical Oban Number of Prints: 120/120 (inc. title page and a replacement print by Hiroshige II) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Signature: Hiroshige ga Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 8 No blockcutter's mark Reference: For a similar print, see the collection of Art Institution Chicago Accession Number 1938.536 and 1965.1062; MFA Boston...

After Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) Japanese woodblock on paper depicting Toba Bay and Mont Hijori in Shima, housed in a white painted wood frame. Dimensions: Image: 10....