Sold2019KUNICHIKA: "Actors" - Two Woodblock PrintsTwo Kunichika (Japan,1835-1900) woodblock hosoban triptychs, depicting actors in Kabuki plays, in matching ebonized frames. [Each: 8 x 5 inches]. In good condition.See Sold Price
Sold2018Seitei Watanabe - Nuthatch atop a Persimmon woodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1910-20's, Shima Art Company Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: hosoban, 7.5 x 15 (plus margins) COMMENTS: Robert O. Muller Estate. Skillful bokashi shading. Vinage print.See Sold Price
Sold2017Katsukawa Shunko Actor Japanese Woodblock PrintArtist: Katsukawa Shunko Actor Nakamura Nakazô I c.1770's Woodblock print 6" x 12" Hosoban format Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve. When you leave a bid in advance of the auction,See Sold Price
Sold2017Torii Kiyonobu I Japanese Woodblock PrintArtist: Torii Kiyonobu I Three actors in a kabuki play Iga-ya c. 1703 (this being a 20th century impression made from recut blocks) hosoban (13 x 6 inches) Medium: Japanese Woodblock Print, demonstratSee Sold Price
Sold2023OHARA KOSON (Japan, 1877-1945), Songbird on a flowering plum., Woodblock print, hosoban, 13.25îOHARA KOSONJapan, 1877-1945Songbird on a flowering plum. Woodblock print, hosoban, 13.25î x 7î. Unframed.See Sold Price
Sold2021Shunsho Woodblock: Kabuki Actor, Waterfall, 18cJapanese Woodblock Print. Artist: Shunsho Katsukawa. Subject: Kabuki actor before waterfall. Date: c1770’s. Size: Hosoban design measures 5.25” x 12.25". Condition: Very good color & imprSee Sold Price
Sold2019Kitagawa Utamaro—Zwei FrauenKitagawa Utamaro—Two women (Edo 1753-1806 ebd.) Woodblock print. Signed on the left side. Hosoban size 29,5 x 13,5 cm. - Soiled, stained on the left side. - Lit. Thieme/Becker 34.See Sold Price
Sold2018Katsukawa Shunsho Woodblock Kabuki actor as SamuraiReserve Reduced! Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho. Subject: Kabuki actor as Samurai warrior. Date: c.1770's. Size: Hosoban design measures: 6" x 12.25". Condition: Good impression, color faded. Some stainingSee Sold Price
Sold2021Chiura Obata: Lake Basin in High Sierra 1st EdJapanese Woodblock Print, 1929/30, 1st edition (with artist signature at lower left, in image), SIZE IN INCHES: 16 x 20 inches COMENTS: The printing of this work pre-dates the standard Takamizawa issuSee Sold Price
Sold2024Hasui Kawase: Tennoji Temple 1927 1st Ed. WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, Tennoji Temple in Osaka (Osaka Tennoji), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" 1927, 1st Edition published by Shozaburo Watanabe, withSee Sold Price
Sold2023Kawase Hasui: Evening Snow, Edo River 1929 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1929, published by Doi SIZE IN INCHES: 15.50 x 10.25 inches COMMENTS: Rare early 1st state printing, publisher's seal reads Doi Teiichi; carved and printed by Endo and MatsusSee Sold Price
Sold2021Konen Uehara: Evening at Dotonbori, Osaka 1928 1st Ed.Japanese Woodblock Print, 1928, 1st edition, published by Shozaburo Watanbe, with publisher's "A" seal (used 1924-1930) in lower right margin SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 10.25 x 15.5 inches COMMENTS: RarelySee Sold Price
Sold2023Kawase Hasui: Snow at Daichi 1st Ed 1925 WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1925, 1st Edition published by Isetatsu SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 10.125 x 14.75 inches COMMENTS: Extremely RARE in any condition. KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) was a Japanese woodbloSee Sold Price
Sold2023Yoshio Okada: Surfer Girl 1974 1st Ed Woodblock LAST COPYJapanese woodblock print, 1974, first and only edition published by Yoshio Okada, dated and numbered 2/100 in pencil in the lower margin, printed by Watanabe SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 17.5 x 13 inches COMSee Sold Price
Sold2021Okada Yoshio: Surfer Girl 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1974, 1st edition, numbered 94/100 , SIZE IN INCHES: 13 x 17.5 inches COMENTS: A sensual design of a Japanese beauty in a red bikini surfing on a wave styled after Hokusai. "See Sold Price
Sold2023Yamamura Toyonari (Koka) Dancing Shanghai 1924 1st Ed. WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1924, 1st edition, sealed in image at upper left, Koka, and dated 1924; artist's rectangular seal, Toyonari, on upper left margin , published by Yamamura Koka Hanga KankokaiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Yoshio Okada: Surfer Girl 1974 1st Ed. WoodblockJapanese woodblock print, 1974, first and only edition published by Yoshio Okada, dated and numbered 10/100 in pencil in the lower margin. SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 17.5 x 13 inches COMMENTS: A rare and sSee Sold Price
Sold2021Kitano Tsunetomi: Heron Maiden 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1925, 1st edition (with artist's red seal in image), unnumbered SIZE IN INCHES: 21.2 x 14.25 inches COMENTS: The heron maiden peers out from her sheltering robes, her face aSee Sold Price
Sold2022Clifton Karhu: Bamboo Forest Woodblock 1st Ed 1989 TriptychJapanese Woodblock Print Triptych, 1989, 1st edition, self published by Clifon Karhu; triptych consists of three separate sheets, numbered 47/100 in pencil SIZE IN INCHES: each panel 11.75 x 28.75 incSee Sold Price
Sold2023Kawase Hasui: Tsuta Spa, Mutsu 1919 1st Ed Pre-EQ WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1919, 1st Edition, pre-earthquake edition with publishers 6mm seal, published by Shozaburo Watanabe SIZE IN INCHES: oban, approx. 10.5 x 15.25 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) was aSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ohno Bakufu: Flying Fish 1938 WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1938, from the series "Familiar Fishes of Nippon, published by Nishinomiya SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 16 x 11 inches COMMENTS: Generally considered Bakufu's masterpiece, "Flying FSee Sold Price
Sold2023Kawase Hasui: Evening Snow Edo River 1932 Azuri YOKOIJapanese Woodblock Print, 1932, early edition of the rarely seen azuri (printed only in shades of blue) variant of this print published by Doi Hangaten with carver/printer "E-seal"; carver: Harada, prSee Sold Price
Sold2023Kawase Hasui: Snow at Ueno Kiyomizudo 1929 WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1929, very early edition published by Sakai and Kawaguchi, with both publisher's names in the bottom margin, the S&K Chrysanthemum and running water seal in the lower left coSee Sold Price
Sold2023Joichi Hoshi: Tree in a Field WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1978, SIZE IN INCHES: 25 x 30 inches COMENTS: Stunning large-scale design executed with gold metallic pigmentsSee Sold Price
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