JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

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Woodblock Triptych
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samurai triptych Chikanobu Toyohara (1838-1912)

Akechi Samanosuke (d.1582) Rests under a Pine Tree after Swimming across Lake Biwa on Horeseback

Format: Oban Tate-E Triptych

Printed: 1893
Publisher: Hasegawa Tsunejiro
Signed: Yoshu Chikanobu

Sheet size: 14" x 9 1/2" backed
SOLD

 

dai nihon Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)

Woodblock Artists Reporting from the Front

Format: Oban Tate-E Triptych
Printed: 1895
Signed: Oju (special order), Toshikata E (print)
Seal:Toshikata

Japanese Title: Banzai, Banzai, for the Great Japanese Empire! The Assault on Songhwan.

Sheet size: 14" x 9 3/4"
CDN $400
women winter Chikanobu (1838-1912)

A Winter Scene at Court

Format: Oban Tate-E

Printed: c.1890

Signed: Yoshu Chikanobu

Sheet size: 14" x 9 1/4"
backed

CDN $475
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Toyokuni III (1786-1864)

Kabuki Snow Scene

Format: Oban Tate-E Triptych

Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizo

Printed date: 1847-8

Sheet size: 10" x 14 1/2" binding holes

CDN $795

tri three Kunichika (1835-1900)

Kabuki Drama

Format: Oban Tate-E Triptych

Printed: 1861

Signed: Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (drawn by)

Sheet size: 14 3/4" x 10"

CDN $575
 
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Koson
(1877-1945)
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8704sm Koson (1877-1945)

Mallards

Format: Tanzaku

Printed date: 1910-20

Signature: Koson

Seal reads: Koson

Size: 14" x 7 1/2"

SOLD

 

8707sm Koson (1877-1945)

Mallards in Flight

Format: Tanzaku

Printed date: 1910-20

Signature: Koson

Seal reads: Koson

Size: 14 1/2" x 7 1/2"

SOLD

 

 
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Ono Bakufu
(1888 - 1976)

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6710 Ono Bakufu (1888-1976)

Goby


Format: Oban Yoko-E

Series: Familiar Fishes of Japan

Publisher: Nishinomiya

Printed Date: December 1937

Edition: Limited to 300

CDN $550
6712 Ono Bakufu (1888-1976)

Kochi (Sculpin)


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
 
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Kiyoshi Saito
(1907 - 1997)

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8830sm Kiyoshi Saito

Japanese Village

Printed c.1960

Signed: Kiyoshi Saiti

Seal reads: Kiyoshi

CDN $375
8833sm

Kiyoshi Saito

Maiko

Printed c.1960

Signed: Kiyoshi Saiti

Seal reads: Kiyoshi

SOLD

   
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Japanese Prints under $200
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Imao Keinen
(1845-1924)


Clams

Series: Manual of Drawing

Publisher: Yamada Unsudo

Printed:1906

Size: 9 1/2" x 12 3/4"
centerfold as issued

CDN $85

fruit sm

Imao Keinen
(1845-1924)


Uzu (Japanese Lemon)

Series: Manual of Drawing

Publisher: Yamada Unsudo

Printed:1906

Size: 9 1/2" x 12 3/4"
centerfold as issued

CDN $65

   
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Imao Keinen
(1845-1924)


Ume (Plums)

Series: Manual of Drawing

Publisher: Yamada Unsudo

Printed:1906

Size: 9 1/2" x 12 3/4"
centerfold as issued

CDN $85

daikon sm

Imao Keinen
(1845-1924)


Daikon

Series: Manual of Drawing

Publisher: Yamada Unsudo

Printed:1906

Size: 9 1/2" x 12 3/4"
centerfold as issued

CDN $75

   
8699sm Toyokuni III
(1786-1865)


Onagata

Format: Oban Tate-E

Publisher: Ise-Kane

Printed: 1863

Signed: Toyokuni at 78

Size: 14 1/4" x 9 3/4"

CDN $85

8702sm Toyokuni III
(1786-1865)


Kabuki Actor

Format: Oban Tate-E

Publisher: Ise-Kane

Printed: 1863

Signed: Toyokuni at 78

Size: 14 1/4" x 9 3/4"

CDN $85

   
8683sm Toyokuni III
(1786-1865)


The Toad Hat

Format: Oban Tate-E

Publisher: Shogendo

Printed: 1859

CDN $150

sarusawa Asano Takeji
(1900- )


Sarusawa Pond in Kyoto


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

CDN $195
   
8251sm
Kunichika
(1835-1900)
Kabuki actor

Medium: Woodblock Print

Printed Date: 1866

Size: 14 1/2 " x 9 3/4"

CDN $65

8255sm
Kuniyoshi
(1798-1861)
 

Medium: Woodblock Print
Single sheet

Print date:1847-8

Publisher: Ibaya Sensaburo

Size: 13 5/8" x 10"

SOLD

   
8253sm
Kunisada
(1786-1865)
 

Medium: Woodblock Print

Print date:1842

Published: Ise Kane

Size: 14 /3/8" x 9 5/8"

SOLD

8685sm Takeuchi Keishu
(1863-1943)


A Bijin in Autumn

Seal reads: Keishu

Format: Kuchi-E (Frontpiece)

Printed: 1900-1910

CDN $150

   
8723sm Kunichika (1835-1900)

Sawamura Tosho II
as Misao, Mitsuhide's Wife
"Seiyo-Doko" Western Style Barbershop

Format: Oban Tate-E
Printed: 1877
Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujiro
Signed: Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (drawn by)

Series: 24 Modern Portraits

Size: 13 3/4" x 10"

CDN $165
 
   
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Japanese Woodblock Prints
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8885sm Okuyama Gihichiro
(1907-1981))


Ducks

Publisher: Okuyama Hanga Kobo

Signed in pencil

Date: Mid-century

Size:19" x 8 3/4 "

CDN $150
8869sm
Series: Occupations of Japan in the Showa Era. First edition printing on Japanese paper with watermark reading Kyoto Hanga In

Sanzo Wada (1883-1968)

Professional Golfer

Date: May 1956

Publisher: Kyoto Hanga In

Carver: Matsuda

Signature Sanzo by Hand in ink

Size:12 1/4" x 17"

CDN $295

   
8876sm Fumio Fujita
(1933– )


Winter Grove

Published: by the artist

Ltd. Ed. #74/200

Date: 1973

Size: 17 1/4" x 12 1/4"
Image: 14 1/4" x 10 5/8"

CDN $315
8873sm Fumio Fujita
(1933– )


Shells in the Ocean

Date: 1975

Ltd. Ed. #35/200

Signed: F. Fujita in pencil

Size: 17 1/4" x 12 1/4"
Image: 14 1/4" x 10 1/8"

CDN $315
   
8716sm Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Kitayama Moon

Toyohara Sumiaki was a music teacher at the palace. Playing his flute on the moors one night he was surrounded by wolves. Fearing the worst, he played his favourite tune a last time. The wolves lay down to listen, then he slipped away. He lived to be 74.

Format: Oban Tate-E

Printed: 1886

Publisher: Akiyama Buemon
Engraver: Yamamoto
Series: 100 Views of the Moon

Size: 13 7/8" x 0"

CDN $675
8709sm Ogata Gekko
(1859-1920)


Bijin with Blue Umbrella

Format: Oban Tate-E

Series: Activities of Women

Printed: c.1890

Signed: Gekko

Size: 14" x 9"

CDN $220
   
8718sm Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Faith in the Third Day Moon

Format: Oban Tate-E

Printed: 1886

Publisher: Akiyama Buemon

Engraver: Enkatsu

Series: 100 Views of the Moon

Size: 14" x 9 1/8"
slightly trimmed left side

CDN $900
8720sm Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Mount Tobisu Dawn Moon

Format: Oban Tate-E

Printed: 1887

Publisher: Akiyama Buemon

Carver: Yamamoto

Series: 100 Views of the Moon

CDN $975
mori Yoshitoshi Mori

Shoki, The Demon Queller

46/70

Date: 1979

Size: 35 1/2" x 13 1/2"

SOLD
7184smb Yozo Hamaguchi
(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


5880

Seicho
(fl. 20th century)

Cat

Woodblock Print

date: c.1950

Seal reads: Seicho

CDN $295

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7167sm 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 $3200

 

8689sm Tomioka Eisen
(1864-1905)


Actor Backstage

Seal reads: Eisen

Format: Aiban Yoko-E

Printed: c.1900

Size: 9" x 13 1/4"

CDN $350

Rare print

   
8696sm Toshikata Mizuno
(1866-1908)


A Beauty Sketches Outdoors

Printed: 1903
Format: Kuchi-E (frontpiece)

published in the literary magazine Bungei Kurabu vol 9. Illustrated in Woodblock
Kuchi-e Prints by Helen Merritt and Naoko Yamada

Usual 3 folds of Kuchi-E hardy visible

Size: 8 3/4" x 11 3/4"

CDN $250

8693sm Chikanobu
(1838-1912)


Dancing

Date: 1903

Format: Oban Yoko-E
Series: Edo Brocades
Signed: Yoshu Chikanobu
Publisher: Matsui Heikichi

Size: 9 3/4" x 14 1/2"

Deluxe printing with silver and laquer. Fine condition except for mounting remains top corners

CDN $310

   
7181sm Paul Jacoulet

Les Jades Mandchoukuo


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
8378sm

Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Series: Yoshitoshi Manga

Date: c. 1870

CDN $310

 

   
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Toshi Yoshida
(1911 - 1995)
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5688 Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)


Zebras

Pristine condition
Pencil signed

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

CDN $275

5685

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

From the Ryogoku Bridge

Pristine condition, pencil signed

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

CDN $450

5684

Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Kitugawa Street

Pristine condition
Pencil signed

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

CDN $395

5686 Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)


Matsumoto

Pristine condition
Pencil signed

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

CDN $395

5681 Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)


Urayasu

Pristine condition
Pencil signed

Image: 14 1/2" x 9 1/2"

CDN $495

yoshida Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)


Early Spring in Azumino


Format: Aiban
Signed: Toshi Yoshida in pencil

CDN $525
Yoshida Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)


Ginza Early Morning After A Rain


Format: Chuban

Signed: Toshi Yoshida in pencil

Dated 1958 in pencil

CDN $395
yoshida Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)


Stone Lanterns


Format: Chuban

Signed: Toshi Yoshida in pencil

Seal reads: Yoshida

CDN $390
Toshi Yoshida
(1911-1995)

Akiba Shrine

Format: Oban

Signed: Toshi Yoshida in pencil

CDN $525
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


Format: Oban

Signed: Toshi Yoshida in pencil

CDN $ 510
 
   
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Shunga
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shunga4 Shunga

Generally attributed to Tomioka Eisen
(1864-1905)

Date:c.1890's

Size: 13" x 9"

CDN $95
shunga5sm Shunga

Generally attributed to Tomioka Eisen
(1864-1905)

Date:c.1890's

Size: 13" x 9"

CDN $95
   
shunga6sm Shunga

Generally attributed to Tomioka Eisen
(1864-1905)

Date: c. 1890's

Size: 13" x 9"

CDN $95