Hand-printed Woodblock(Tanzaku) Artist: Koho Shoda Antique Japanese Item. Meiji – Taisho Era(1877 – 1924). Size : 8.5 x 35 cm. Koho Shoda (September 25, 1877 – July 1, 1924) was a Japanese painter, printmaker, and kyokash (humorous poetry) master active during the Meiji and Taisho periods. He worked in traditional Japanese painting and printmaking while […]
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It is from our rare print collection. This magnificent portrait is the beautiful courtesan Tsukasa-Dayu from the Shinmachi pleasure district in Osaka. Lovely reprint of Choki’s Edo Period masterwork. It is one you will be proud to display in your home or office and is bound to become a cherished family heirloom. Eishosai Choki’s masterworks […]
Antique Japanese Taisho c1926 Woodblock Print Koson Ohara Snipe Reeds Stream. Daikokuten, from the series The Seven Lucky Gods Along the Sumida River. The paper has discolouration, slight creasing, small splits along the sides and general minor age related wear. It has been glued to a backing paper at two pints at the top, and […]
It is an old spring painting. I think it’s from the Meiji era or the Taisho era from the male hairstyle. The Meiji and Taisho eras are important times when Japan turns into a modern state. So men’s hairstyles are modern, but women still have remnants of the Edo period. I think that it is […]
Slightly trimmed margins, with faint residue on reverse top margin. Includes the first state Bijutsusha seal in lower right margin. One of only eight Kawase Hasui designs published by Bijutsusha. Provenance: From Ex-Navy Officer stationed in Yokohama 1946. In the late 1920’s, the Bijutsusha released the series entitled Ukiyo-e monyo shu (Collection of Ukiyo-e designs), […]