Hokusai: Laughing Yamauba Woodblock NR

Japanese Woodblock Print, actual title "Laughing Demon" from the series "One Hundred Ghost Stories" was originally published c.1831-2, this is a later edition published from recarved woodblocks. SIZE

Japanese Woodblock Print, actual title "Laughing Demon" from the series "One Hundred Ghost Stories" was originally published c.1831-2, this is a later edition published from recarved woodblocks. SIZE

Artist: Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849) Title: "Laughing Yamauba" Medium: Woodblock print Format: Vertical Size: (10x7.5in) Series: One Hundred Ghost Stories Province: Japan Paper Type: Washi rice pape

Japanese Woodblock Print, originally published c.1800, this is a Showa era edition published by Adachi from recarved woodblocks SIZE IN INCHES: oban 10.5 x 15 inches COMMENTS: The most famous of Utama

Japanese Woodblock Print, 2000, Mokuhanga-kan Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: 4.25 x 6 COMMENTS: Skillfully executed bokashi shading, extensive gauffrage (embossing) to water areas, highly detailed.

Japanese Woodblock Print, 2000, Mokuhanga-kan Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: 4.25 x 6 COMMENTS: Skillfully executed bokashi shading, extensive gauffrage (embossing) to water areas, highly detailed.

Japanese Woodblock Print, 2000, Mokuhanga-kan Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: 4.25 x 6 COMMENTS: Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading, extensive "gauffrage" (embossing) to water areas, highly detailed.

Japanese Woodblock Print, actual title "Sarayashiki" from the series "One Hundred Ghost Stories" was originally published c.1831-2, this is a later edition published from recarved woodblocks. SIZE IN

Japanese Woodblock Print, full title "The Ghost of Oiwa," from the series "One Hundred Ghost Stories" was originally published c.1831-2, this is a later edition published from recarved woodblocks. SIZ

Japanese Woodblock Print, 1920s, published by Hasegawa SIZE IN INCHES: approx. 4 x 3 inches PROVENANCE: From the Robert O. Muller estate. KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849), who also used the names Shunro

Japanese woodblock print. Artist: After Katsushika Hokusai Subject: Kanagawa, from Thirty-six Views of Mt.Fuji (AKA: The Great Wave). Date: Modern impression from re-carved edition. Size: Measures 10.

Japanese Woodblock Print, 1927 published by Watanabe SIZE IN INCHES: 3.5 x 5.25 inches

Japanese Woodblock Print, 1930s, printed from recarved woodblocks, published by the Nishinomiyao SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 10 x 7.5 inches COMMENTS: For sheer force, no other Hokusai composition can match

Japanese Woodblock Print, original c.1830-2, this is a Showa era print from re-carved blocks published by Shoichiro Watanabe with the publisher's in the lower right corner SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 15.5 x

Japanese Woodblock Print, 1930s, printed from recarved woodblocks, published by the Nishinomiyao SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 10 x 7.5 inches COMMENTS: For sheer force, no other Hokusai composition can match

Japanese Woodblock Print, 1930s, printed from recarved woodblocks, published by the Nishinomiya SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 10 x 7.5 inches COMMENTS: For sheer force, no other Hokusai composition can match

Japanese Woodblock Print, Showa era published by Takamizawa from recut blocks SIZE IN INCHES: chuban, 9 x 12.5 inches KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849), who also used the names Shunro, Sori, Kako, Taito,

Japanese Woodblock Print, c1830s, Takamizawa Publisher, this later printing from re-carved blocks. SIZE IN INCHES: 12 x 8.75 (chuban) COMMENTS: Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading, light "gauffrage"

Japanese Woodblock Print, originally designed by Hokusai and published c.1832 by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), this is a later undated edition c.1900; nice copy of a difficult to find Hokusai print SI

Japanese Woodblock Prints, c1880-90's, original Meiji-era prints, unknown Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: 11 x 9 each COMMENTS: Nicely executed "bokashi" shading, highly detailed carving. Excellent colors.

Japanese Woodblock Print, 1930s, printed from recarved woodblocks, published by the Nishinomiya SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 10 x 7.5 inches COMMENTS: For sheer force, no other Hokusai composition can match

Japanese Woodblock Print, 1930s, printed from recarved woodblocks, published by the Nishinomiya SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 10 x 7.5 inches COMMENTS: For sheer force, no other Hokusai composition can match

Japanese Woodblock Print, 2000, Mokuhanga-kan Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: 4.25 x 6 COMMENTS: Skillfully executed bokashi shading, extensive deep "gauffrage" (embossing) to water areas, highly detailed.

Japanese Woodblock Print, originally c1840 (this c1930s printing, recarved blocks), unknown Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: 12 x 8 PROVENANCE: The William Schwed Family Estate - Lifetime Private Collection