Sold2022Iwao Akiyama: Two Owls "There is Wind" 1989 1st Ed Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, 1989, pencil signed, titled and numbered 6/200 by Iwao Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: 18 x 11.5 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small village in Oita prefecture. At thSee Sold Price
Sold2023Iwao Akiyama: Two Owls "There is Wind" 1989 1st Ed Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, 1989, pencil signed, titled and numbered 116/200 by Iwao Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 10.75 x 16.25 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small village in Oita prefeSee Sold Price
Sold2022Iwao Akiyama: Owl 1983 1st Ed Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, 1989, pencil signed, titled and numbered 47/100 by Iwao Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: 12 x 23.5 inches COMMENTS: Akiyama's calligraphy poem roughly translated: "(While) drinking saSee Sold Price
Sold2024Iwao Akiyama: Owl 1977 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1977, 1st Edition, pencil signed, titled and numbered 97/100 by Iwao Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: 12 x 16.5 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small village in Oita preSee Sold Price
Sold2023Iwao Akiyama: Twin Owls 1981 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1981, 1st Edition, pencil signed, numbered 158/200 and dated SIZE IN INCHES: aiban, 12 x 10 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small village in Oita prefecture. AtSee Sold Price
Sold2023Iwao Akiyama: Siblings 1988 1st Ed Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, 1978, pencil signed, dated and titled by Iwao AkiyamaSIZE IN INCHES: oban, 11 x 15 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small village in Oita prefecture. At the ageSee Sold Price
Sold2023Iwao Akiyama: Owl and Crow 1981 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1981, 1st edition, pencil signed, titled and numbered 80/150 by Iwao Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: large oban, 12 x 18 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small village iSee Sold Price
Sold2024Masaki Yoshida: Ura Owl 2019 1st Ed. Woodblock NRJapanese Woodblock Print, 2019, published by Masaki Yoshida SIZE IN INCHES: 6 x 4 inches COMMENTS: In Japan the owl enjoys a highly venerated status as a symbol of wisdom and fortune. The Japanese namSee Sold Price
Sold2023Iwao Akiyama: Brothers 1988 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1988, 1st edition, pencil signed, titled and numbered 10/200 by Iwao Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: oban, 10.75 x 15 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small village in OSee Sold Price
Sold2021Iwao Akiyama: Black Cat 1981 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1981, 1st edition, pencil signed, titled and numbered 111/150 by Iwao Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: 11.75 x 17.75 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small village in OitSee Sold Price
Sold2023Iwao Akiyama: Assassin Black Cat 1994 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1994, 1st Edition, pencil signed, numbered 10/80 and dated SIZE IN INCHES: aiban, 9.5 x 12.5 inches COMMENTS: Iwao Akiyama's prints of cats are easily his most popular subjecSee Sold Price
Sold2024Iwao Akiyama: Cat In a Hurry 1994 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1994, 1st Edition, pencil signed, titled and numbered 11/80 by Iwao Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: 12 x 16.5 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small village in Oita prefSee Sold Price
Sold2022Akiyama Iwao: Cat's Love 1984 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1984, 1st edition, pencil signed, dated and numbered AP (Artist's Proof), self-published by Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: 13.5 x 17 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a smSee Sold Price
Sold2024Iwao Akiyama: Haru no Hiru (Spring Afternoon) 1994 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1977, 1st Edition, pencil signed, titled and numbered 1/80 by Iwao Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: 10 x 7 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small village in Oita prefectuSee Sold Price
Sold2022Akiyama Iwao: Playing with Butterfly 1994 1st Ed WoodblockJapanese Woodblock Print, 1994, 1st edition, pencil signed, dated and numbered 91/160, self-published by Akiyama SIZE IN INCHES: 17.75 x 12 inches IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) was born in a small villageSee Sold Price
Sold2024Junichi Mibugawa: The Wind that Blows Woodblock 1st Ed. NRJapanese Woodblock Print, undated, numbered 25/200, 1st edition SIZE IN INCHES: chuban, 8.25 x 11 inches JUNICHI MIBUGAWA (b.1973) was born in Fukuoka Prefecture. In 1997 he joined a woodblock print pSee Sold Price
Sold2023MotoI Oi: Owl 1st Ed. 1970 Color Etching NRJapanese-American Color Etching, 1970, 1st edition pencil signed, titled and numbered 573/100 SIZE IN INCHES: 12 x 16 inches MOTOI OI (1910-2004) was born Japan in 1910. His professional artistic careSee Sold Price
Sold2023Norikane Hiroto: Two Cats Winter 2020 1st Ed. Mezzotint NRJapanese Mezzotint Print, 2020, first edition, pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered 32/100 in lower margin. SIZE IN INCHES: 8.5 x 12.75 inches COMMENTS: Mezzotint is among the most physically demSee Sold Price
Sold2023Nishimura Hodo - Two Rabbits at Night 1938 1st Ed RARE NRJapanese Woodblock print ARTIST: Nishimura Hodo SUBJECT: Two Rabbits at Night DATE: 1938, First Edition, Robert O. Muller Estate source. PUBLISHER: Takemura Hideo Publisher (Yokohama, 1926-39). SIZE ISee 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
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
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
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