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For sale is a matted & framed 12″ x 16″ Tsuchiya Rakusan woodblock print titled “Grasshopper and Chinese Hibiscus”. Note the age and discoloration in the corners; this is not visible with the matting and frame. This is one sheet from a series of 36 titled ” Koshisei Gasen “. It has the Seal Code “B” of the 36 Series Seal Distributions. Is embossed in the lower margin and is shown in the photos. The print also has the signature. Raku-zan Kou-shi-sei above the Seal Code “B”. The print is matted and has a wood bamboo style frame with a glass cover. The print is 12″ x 16″ and the framed work is 17″ x 23″ and weighs 5 pounds. Additional detailed photos are available upon request.

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For sale is a matted & framed 12″ x 16″ Tsuchiya Rakusan woodblock print titled “Grasshopper and Chinese Hibiscus”. Note the age and discoloration in the corners; this is not visible with the matting and frame. This is one sheet from a series of 36 titled ” Koshisei Gasen “. It has the Seal Code “B” of the 36 Series Seal Distributions. Is embossed in the lower margin and is shown in the photos. The print also has the signature. Raku-zan Kou-shi-sei above the Seal Code “B”. The print is matted and has a wood bamboo style frame with a glass cover. The print is 12″ x 16″ and the framed work is 17″ x 23″ and weighs 5 pounds. Additional detailed photos are available upon request.

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One print of “Zuigetsu Soka Gafu”. Year of publication: 1932. Print Size 47×34cm(18.6×13.4 inch). Creasing and light spotting to the hold-down paper, and creasing to the corners of the illustrated margins. He then went to Kyoto in 1906 to study under Kijima Sakuraya. Around 1910, he opened a painting school in Kanazawa. Around this time, he began to work on sketching plants and made sketches of plants all over Japan. This item is not new. Please refer to the description-of-item columns and the pictures.

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