SERIES: TWELVE VIEWS OF MT FUJI. SIZE: 8 INCHES BY 10 INCHES (20 CM X 25 CM). MEDIUM: JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT. NISHIKI-E (INK ON PAPER). AGE: AROUND 100 YEARS OLD. COMMENTS: RARELY SEEN SERIES AND EDITION. SOFT SUBLE COLORS, NICE ANTIQUE LO.
Antique original Japanese woodblock triptych print by Baido Kunisada (Utagawa Kunisada IV), published in Meiji 21 (1888) by Katada Chojiro, Asakusa district, Tokyo. This richly colored triptych depicts a ceremonial courtesan procession (oiran dochu) in Shin-Yoshiwara, Edo’s famous licensed pleasure quarter, under full-bloom cherry blossoms. Notably, two women in Western-style dress appear on the left, […]
ARTIST: Yamamoto Sekkei (SEKKA YAMAMOTO). AGE: APPROX 100 years old. MEDIUM: WOODBLOCK PRINT (INK ON PAPER) NISHIKI-E. SIZE: 16 inches by 10.5 inches (41 cm X 27 cm). GENRE: JAPANESE PATTERN DESIGNS. CONDITION: (see detailed pictures) Some have stains, foxing. DESCRIPTION: deluxe printing techniques, metallic pigments, splashed gofun, etc. Were used in the making of […]