Sold2024Not Read: Bijin and Lantern c.1920 Woodblock NRWoodblock Print, c.1920s design showing a Japanese beauty adjusting a paper lantern on a veranda SIZE IN INCHES: 3.75 x 7 inches DELUXE PRINTING with silver mica ink forming the lines in the woman's kSee Sold Price
Sold2023Not Read: Bijin and Fan c.1920 Woodblock NRWoodblock Print, c.1920s design showing a Japanese beauty adjusting a paper lantern on a veranda SIZE IN INCHES: 3.75 x 7 inches DELUXE PRINTING with silver mica ink forming the lines in the woman's kSee Sold Price
Sold2023Hiroshige Ando - Woman Walking with Lantern c.1930 MULLER NRJapanese Woodblock Print, c.1920-30's, Hasegawa/Nishinomiya Publisher, "Night Scenes" series (21 designs). SIZE IN INCHES: 8 x 10.5 PROVENANCE: The Robert O. Muller Estate COMMENTS: Skillful "bokashi"See Sold Price
Sold2023Koson Ohara - Descending Geese, Moon c1920 woodblock NRJapanese woodblock print. ARTIST: Koson Ohara SUBJECT: Descending Geese and Moon DATE: c1910/20's. PUBLISHER: Daikokuya Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: 7.5 x 14.25 CONDITION: Excellent colors and impressioSee Sold Price
Sold2022Koson Ohara - Two Knots on Shore c1920 woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock print. ARTIST: Koson Ohara SUBJECT: Two Knots on Shore DATE: c1920, original print. PUBLISHER: Daikoku-ya Publisher SIZE IN INCHES: 7.25 x 14 CONDITION: Excellent colors and impressSee Sold Price
Sold2022Koson Ohara - Descending Geese, Moon c1920 woodblock NRJapanese woodblock print. ARTIST: Koson Ohara SUBJECT: Descending Geese, Moon DATE: c1910/23 PUBLISHER: Diakokuya Publisher (Tokyo, 1818-1923 Earthquake) SIZE IN INCHES: 7.5 x 14.25 CONDITION: Fine coSee Sold Price
Sold2024Koyo Omura: Stag and Stone Lantern Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, c.1940s, published by Kyoto Hanga-In SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 10.5 x 15.5 inches COMMENTS: This is a nicely preserved copy of this design with saturated color and excellent regiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Hiroshige Ando: Thunder Gate Lantern Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, Showa era edition printed from recarved woodblocks SIZE IN INCHES: oban 10.75 x 16 inches COMMENTS: This woodblock print depicts the Great Lantern at Kinryuzan Temple at AsakSee Sold Price
Sold2022Hiroshige Ando: Woman & Girl with Lantern Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, 1920s published by Hasegawa SIZE IN INCHES: approx. 2.75 x 5.5 inches PROVENANCE: From the Robert O. Muller estate. HIROSHIGE was born in old Edo (present-day Tokyo) in 1797,See Sold Price
Sold2023Ogata Gekko - White Rabbit c1920 woodblock MULLER NRJapanese Woodblock Print, c1920s, Kawaguchi Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: 10 x 9.75 (narrow margins as published) COMMENTS: Skillfully executed bokashi shading, extensive "gauffrage" (embossing) as hair,See Sold Price
Sold2022Hokusai Katsushika: Lantern Ghost Woodblock NRJapanese 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. SIZSee Sold Price
Sold2023Koson Ohara - Monkeys Wrestling c1920 woodblock MULLER NRJapanese Woodblock Print, c1920, Daikokuya Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: 7.5 x 14.5 COMMENTS: Skillful bokashi shading, "gauffrage" (embossing), over-splashed "gofun" highlights, highly detailed. RobertSee Sold Price
Sold2024Hasui Kawase: Snow on Torii Gate Lantern 1930s Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, 1930, published by Shozaburo Watanabet SIZE IN INCHES: 5.25 x 7.75 inches COMMENTS: Rarely seen. KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) was a Japanese woodblock print maker in the early 20See Sold Price
Sold2024Hasui Kawase: Snow on Pagoda Lantern 1930s Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, 1930, published by Shozaburo Watanabet SIZE IN INCHES: 5.25 x 7.75 inches COMMENTS: Rarely seen. KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) was a Japanese woodblock print maker in the early 20See Sold Price
Sold2023Unknown - Umbrella with Bijin Silhoutte woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock print ARTIST: Unknown SUBJECT: Umbrella with Bijin Silhoutte DATE: c1980/90s. PUBLISHER: Unknown Publisher. SIZE IN INCHES: 4.5 x 6.75 CONDITION: Excellent colors, impression. and cSee Sold Price
2022Not Read: Kingfisher Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, 1890s SIZE IN INCHES: chuban, 6.75 x 9 inches COMMENTS: Printed on creped paperSee Sold Price
Sold2024Not Read: Cockscomb Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, c.1950s, publisher unknown SIZE IN INCHES: shikishi, 9.5 x 11 inchesSee Sold Price
Sold2024Not Read: Pagoda Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print c.1950 SIZE IN INCHES: chuban, 7 x 9.5 inches COMMENTS: An interesting partially abstracted design that was clearly carved from a watercolor painting, that retains the feel ofSee Sold Price
Sold2024Kasamatsu Shiro: Children with Lanterns 1930s Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, 1930s, first and only edition, from the series Kasamatsu Silhouettes, published by Shozaburo Watanabe SIZE IN INCHES: 5 x 10.25 SHIRO KASAMATSU was born in the Asakusa sectioSee Sold Price
Sold2021Narita Morikane - Paper Lantern 1931 woodblock Rare NRJapanese Woodblock print. Artist: Narita Morikane. Subject: Paper Lantern, Twenty-four Figures of Charming Women Series. Date: 1931. Publisher: Shinbisha. Size: 11 x 16.75 inches. Condition: Fine coloSee Sold Price
Sold2023Tadamasa Ueno - Demon + Bijin 1950 Woodblocks PAIR NRJapanese Woodblockprints, c.1950, Dairesha Publisher (Carver Nagashima, printer Shinmi), "Demon of Mt Togakushi" and "Bijin and Fireflies." SIZE IN INCHES: 15.5 x 10.5 each COMMENTS: Skillfully printeSee Sold Price
Sold2024Not Read: Fishing Village Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, c.1950s SIZE IN INCHES: shikishi, 9.5 x 11 inches COMMENTS: Interesting composition and style showing a fishing village nestled between the mountains and sea.See Sold Price
Sold2024Not Read: Mt Fuji Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, c.1950s, publisher unknown SIZE IN INCHES: shikishi, 9.5 x 11 inches COMMENTS: The origins of Mt Fuji's name is uncertain. It first appears as Fuji no Yama in Hitachi no kuniSee Sold Price
Sold2023Not Read: Persimmon 1950s Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, c.1950s, publisher unknown SIZE IN INCHES: shikishiban, 9.5 x 10.75 inchesSee Sold Price
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