Japanese Woodblock Prints

JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

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Ito Shinsui
(1898-1972)

Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide

Medium: Woodblock Print
Series: First Collection of Modern Beauties

Publisher: Watanabe
Printed Date: 1931
Limited edition
Stamp verso 6/250
Signed Shinsui

3 small spots of tape residue upper margin, otherwise fine condition

Sheet: 17" x 11"
Image 16 1/4" x 10 1/4"

CDN $3500

Ito Shinsui
(1898-1972)

Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide
back of print

Torii Kotondo
(1900-1976)

Nagajuban (Dressing Gown)

Medium: Woodblock Print

Publisher: Kawaguchi-Sakai
Printed Date: 1929
Limited edition
79/300 in ink on verso
Signed: Kotondo ga

Title: blind stamped in bottom margin

Pristine condition

CDN $3500

Torii Kotondo
(1900-1976)

Nagajuban (Dressing Gown)
back of print

Hiroshi Yoshida
(1876-1950)

Three Little Islands

Medium: Woodblock Print
Format: Oban

Printed Date: 1930
Jizuri seal

Sheet: 10 3/4" x 16"
Image 9 3/4" x 14 3/4"

Never framed
Pristine condition

CDN $1350

Hiroshi Yoshida
(1876-1950)

Misty Day in Nikko

Medium: Woodblock Print
Format: Oban

Printed Date: 1937
Jizuri seal

Sheet: 15 3/4" x 10 3/4"
Image 14 3/4" x 9 3/4"

Never framed
Pristine condition

CDN $1350

Yozo Hamabuchi
(1909-2000)

Black Cherries

Medium: Mezzotint
7/50

Printed Date: 1956
Signed Hamabuchi in pencil

Framed size: 21" x 22"
Image 11 1/2" x 12"

Fine condition, acid-free mat

CDN $2700

Paul Jacoulet)

Les Jades Mandchoukuo

Medium: Woodblock Print

Printed Date: 1940
Seal:Boat
Signed: Paul Jacoulet

Sheet: 6 1/4" x 4 1/4"
Image 5 3/4" x 3 3/4"

CDN $215

Ono Bakufu
(1888-1976)

Fine Spotted Flounder

Medium: Woodblock Print
Format: Oban Tate-E
Series: Familiar Fishes of Japan

Publisher: Nishinomiya
Printed Date: June 1938
Edition: Limited to 300

CDN $800

Ono Bakufu
(1888-1976)

Kochi (Sculpin)

Medium: Woodblock Format: Oban Yoko-E
Series: Familiar Fishes of Japan

Publisher: Nishinomiya
Printer: Mitsumoto Joho
Carver: Fujikawa Zosai
Printed Date:
March 1939
Edition: Limited to 300

CDN $750

Ono Bakufu
(1888-1976)

Goby

Medium: Woodblock Print
Format: Oban Yoko-E
Series: Familiar Fishes of Japan

Publisher: Nishinomiya
Printed Date: December 1937
Edition: Limited to 300
CDN $550

Seicho
(fl. 20th century)

Cat

Woodblock Print

date: c.1950

Seal reads: Seicho

CDN $475

Akiyama Iwao
(1921––

Falling Leaves

Woodblock print

date: 1978

Signed Akiyama Iwao in Kanji
Seal: Iwao
Ltd. Ed. #25/225

Painted on long-fibered japanese paper

Poem by Sontoka Taneda reads:
"I am a bit tipsy, leaves are falling too."

SOLD

Akiyama Iwao
(1921––

Nemurenai (Can't sleep)

Woodblock print

date: 1978

Signed Akiyama Iwao in Kanji
Seal: Iwao
Ltd. Ed. #25/225

Painted on long-fibered japanese paper

Poem by Sontoka Taneda reads:
"Owl and I, we are not together but both of us can not sleep."

CDN $325

Akiyama Iwao
(1921––

Plenty Water

Woodblock print

date: 1978

Signed Akiyama Iwao in Kanji
Seal: Iwao
Ltd. Ed. #25/225

Painted on long-fibered japanese paper

gofun (white pigment) sprinkled on cats

SOLD

Hiroshi Yoshida
(1876-1950)

Kinkaku (The Golden Pavillion)

date: 1933
Signed Hiroshi Yoshida in pencil
Jizuri Seal

Pristine condition
Never framed

16 blocks & 69 impressions

SOLD

Hiroshi Yoshida
(1876-1950)

Cherry Tree at Kawagoe

date: 1935
Signed Hiroshi Yoshida
in pencil and brush
Jizuri Seal

Pristine condition
Never framed

SOLD

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Kitugawa Street

Pristine condition
Pencil signed

Image: 9 1/4" x 6 3/4"

CDN $395

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

From the Ryogoku Bridge

Pristine condition, pencil signed

Image: 6 3/4" x 9 1/2"

CDN $450

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Matsumoto

Pristine condition
Pencil signed

Image:
6 1/2" x 9 1/4"

CDN $395

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Urayasu

Pristine condition
Pencil signed

Image:
146 1/2" x 9 1/2"

CDN $495

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Zebras

Pristine condition
Pencil signed

Image: 10 1/4" x 7 1/2"

CDN $275

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Lion

Pristine condition
Pencil signed

Image: 7 1/2" x 10 1/4"

CDN $275

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Miyoko Hot Springs

Format: Oban Tate-E
Signed: Toshi Yoshida in pencil
Seal reads: Yoshida
Top Kanji indicates the blocks were carved by Toshi himself.

Condition: Mint

Sheet size: 16" x 11"

CDN $395

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Cherry Blossoms by the Gate

Medium: Woodblock Print
Format: Oban
Signed: Toshi Yoshida in pencil

CDN $ 510

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Akiba Shrine

Medium: Woodblock Print
Format: Oban
Signed: Toshi Yoshida in pencil

CDN $525

Asano Takeji
(1900- )

Sarusawa Pond in Kyoto

Medium: Woodblock Print
Format: Oban Tate-E
Printed: c. 1950
Signed: Takeji ga (drawn by)

CDN $195

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Stone Lanterns

Medium: Woodblock Print
Format: Chuban
Signed: Toshi Yoshida in pencil
Seal reads: Yoshida

CDN $390

	Shotei
	*A Village in Early Evening*
	Format: Koban Sheet: 5 1/16 " x 7 9/16 Image: 4 9/16" x 7" Seal reads: Rakutei Condition: Fine (never framed) CDN $165