Depicts a beautiful silhouetted night scene on Ohashi Bridge, lantern-lit by the vendor and travelers on the bridge. In the distance there is the silhouette of a lone boat on the water, and a far off lantern-lit village skyline. Shoda Koho was a Japanese artist associated with the shin-hanga (New Prints) art movement in Japan […]
For sale is a Japanese woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida, titled The Sphinx At Night. Size is 10 3/4″ by 16″. This print self-published in 1925, signed and titled in pencil by the artist, with Jizuri seal left top. Good condition, no tears, creases, fading or repairs, very slight discoloration in margins, back side is […]
TITLE; SHUTEN-DOJI AT MT. OE HAVING A PARTY. Shuten-dji is a mythical ONI or demon leader of JAPAN, who according to legend was killed by the hero MINAMOTO RAIKO. Although decapitated, the demon’s detached head still took a bite at the hero, who avoided death by wearing multiple helmets stacked on his head. Shuten-dji had […]