MEDIUM: Japanese woodblock print (ink on paper) nishikie-e SIZE: OBAN (14 BY 9 inches approximately) YEAR: 1880 SERIES: Mirror of Famous Generals of Imperial Japan PLATE: Emperor Jimmu and the three legged crow perched on his bow THEMES: mythology, legend, leader, bird, omen, virtue, character, leadership. CONDITION: see detailed pictures COMMENTS: This print also in […]
DATE: 1845 (This print is 173 years old) ARTIST: KUNIYOSHI SERIES: Tokaido Gojusan Tsui (A COLLABORATIVE SERIES BY HIROSHIGE, KUNIYOSHI AND KUNISADA) MEDIUM: JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT (ink on paper) nishikie-e CONDITION: SEE DETAILED PICTURES COMMENTS: Samurai on horseback fords a river. This image is on the cover of the book TOKAIDO TEXT AND TALES BY […]
1957 Original Takeji Asano Japanese Woodblock of Tsukudajima Tokyo Signed 1st Ed. Tokyo Meisho no Nai. Tsukudajima Yuki (pronunciation in Japanese). Famous Places of Tokyo (series title). Tsukudajima (artist pencil titled in English on bottom margin). Date (original issuing): 1957. Date (this particular edition): rare 1. Limited edition signed and numbered. Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock […]
MEDIUM: JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT (NISHIKIE-E) ink on paper ARTIST: TAISO YOSHITOSHI (TSUKIOKA) YEAR: 1885 SIZE: OBAN approx. 14 by 9 inches SERIES: ONE HUNDRED ASPECTS OF THE MOON PLATE: INABA MOUNTAIN MOON THEME: NINJA, SAMURAI. KATANA, SWORD, THE MOON, NIGHT, WARRIOR. CONDITION: VERY GOOD / SMALL PINPRICK HOLE AND STAIN. COMMENTS: ONE OF THE BEST […]
ARTIST: Taiso Yoshitoshi (Tsukioka) YEAR OF CREATION: 1885 MEDIUM: WOODBLOCK / WOODCUT (ink on paper) nishikie-e SIZE: 14 by 9 inches approx (Oban) CONDITION: see detailed pictures COMMENTS: Yoshitoshi was the last great master of Ukiyo-e. He took the art to a new level. He started his career from having the Utagawa style, undistinguishable from […]
PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE DESCRIPTION. Original Yoshitoshi (1839 – 1892) Japanese Woodblock Print. Moon of Pure Snow at Asano River. 100 Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi). One Hundred Aspects of the Moon – Considered his masterwork, Yoshitoshi’s series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon features one hundred oban size woodblocks, published between 1885 and […]
Original Rare Shodo Kawarasaki “IRIS” Woodblock Fine Print Japanese. Never framed, no stains very clean. There is a pencil note from the store (in Japan) where the item was bought, but it can be erased easily. The pencil note/ writing cannot be seen once the print is framed. Please consider the Photo’s of the actual […]
Musashi, Moon over the Sumida River, Lady Hanjo, No. Toyohara Chikanobu (1838 – 1912). Published on 10/12/1884 – Meiji Period. A charming Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Oban print by leading artist of the Meiji period Toyohara Chikanobu. (better known as Ysh Chikanobu and Hashimoto Naoyoshi). The prints subject is based on an old noh play, in […]
Original HIROSHIGE Japanese Woodblock Print Tokaido Moonlight Edo Akasaka 1830s. This beautiful original woodblock print’Akasaka’ is number 37 from Hiroshige’s 53 Stations of the Tokaido. It is the only moonlit woodblock in the entire series and shows the village with people and a horse under a full moon and trees. This series-published by Sanoki-was known […]
Oshu, Moon over Mano Village, Customary Silk Fulling, Princess Nadeshiko and Tsuchikuro, No. Toyohara Chikanobu (1838 – 1912). Published on 11/3/1885 – Meiji Period. Ink on Washi Paper. A very intriguing Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Oban print with a rare dramatic subject by leading artist of the Meiji period Toyohara Chikanobu. (better known as Ysh Chikanobu […]