“Contest Between Plum Blossoms & Beauties”. The publisher seal is for Otaya Sakichi, who published a number of Eisen series in the mid-1820s. Approximately 22 1/5″ high and 18 1/2″ wide. Good antique condition some soiling, handwriting on the back of the print, creasing and loss. Not examined out of frame. This item is in […]
Japanese Antique Woodblock Print. 242/450 Prints Published by. He studied Japanese-style painting under Yamakawa Shuho. He worked as an illustrator for newspapers, serialized novels and magazines. Material = Paper Condition = Normal (slightly yellowed/browned with age). Size = 42 x 49cm. If more expensive, we will charge you later. Please let us know your TELEPHONE […]
Toshikata was trained as a painter and printmaker in Tokyo in the 1880s. He became a well-known Ukiyo-e printmaker and newspaper illustrator in the 1890s, designing war prints and battle scenes based on the Sino-Japanese War and later as a designer of “bijin” (beautiful women) and genre prints. He produced the “Modern Beauties” series in […]
Series: Seiro Moyo Awase (Courtesans Modeling the New Years Fashions). Dimensions: 14 1/2″ x 9 3/4″. Condition: very good color, black ink stain, folds, old repairs on 4 corners, thin spots old paper repair top. This print depicts the courtesan Senzan of Ogiya with her two young attendants (kamuro) Isoji and Hanaji. We guarantee the […]
This is a original Japanese Woodblock print by Ito Shinsui published by Watanabe from the 1930’s. Great image of a girl applying lipstick in front of mirror, from Shinsui series “New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties”. This a rare print limited to about 200 pieces. Condition- professionally cleaned and restored , color fading , mat […]