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Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920
item #1283760
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese woodblock print by renowned woodblock artist Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) , depicting a young giant Mushashibo Benkei, nicknamed Onikawa, crouched over a pool of water, waiting to attack the giant carp he discovered had eaten his mother. From the '36 Ghosts' series.
Size: 14" height, 9.25" width
Zentner Collection
$1,500.00 Japanese framed woodblock print of a nude woman sitting on blue robes, combing her hair. Signed Yoshitoshi Mori (1898-1992), dated 1977. Number 50/80 of its series. Red seal in corner.
Size: (entire frame) 25.75" height, 19.25" width (print only) 20" height, 13.75" width
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1990
item #1075505
Oversized, humorous Japanese limited edition woodblock print by Clifton Karhu (1927-2007) depicting the smiling, cross-eyed artist standing under a torn umbrella in the rain holding a broken shoe. This print illustrates the Zen saying “Hibi kore kojitsu” (Every day is a good day). The print is pencil-signed, titled “Every Day,” dated ’88, and numbered 57/100 in the lower margin. Paper size: 25 1/8”V x 9 1/8”H (image about 23 1/2” x 7 7/8”)...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1291768
(stock #Unidentif172)
Era Woodblock Prints
$160 Eagle Perched on a Cliff
Artist: Not Known. Date: ca 1930s. "Made in Japan" stamped on verso. Size: Approximately 8.5 x 3.75 inches Provenance: The Robert O. Muller Estate. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent. Original white kento mark at the lower right corner. Japanese sosaku hanga woodblock print depicting a pavilion on Peony Point (Botan-dai), Pyongyang, Korea and is No. 28 from the series "One Hundred Views of New Japan" by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (1895-1997). The artist's red ink Hiratsuka Un'ichi seal is at the lower right. The black ink title and artist's red "Un" seal is at the upper left. Known to date to 1940. Paper size: 9 7/8" x 12 5/8" (image: 8 7/8" x 11 7/8"). This print was never framed and is in very good overall condition...
Petrie-Rogers Gallery
$750.00 “Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka Tameike” from the series “One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo” by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) dated 9/1857. The print depicts the forward guards of a daimyo procession with the houses of Akasaka district in the background. The print measures 13 5/8”V x 9 3/8”H (image: 13 ¼”V x 8 5/8”H). Signed within a red cartouche at the left. The title and subtitle cartouches are at the upper right...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1980
item #1256298
Zentner Collection
$900.00 Woodblock print by artist Ted Colyer, born 1947 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He graduated Fine Arts at Mt. Allison University and studied in Japan to perfect his woodblock techniques, where he remained for 17 years before returning to Canada. He became a professional artist in 1975 while residing in Japan. This woodblock, titled "Interior" dates from his first year as a professional artist and depicts a room with a central fire pit and tea kettle hanging above it...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1487166
(stock #gy6807)
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Inquire for Price 1936's Japanese Kawase Hasui Woodblock Print "Mt. Fuji Narusawa Late Autumn" with 7.1 mm Watanabe Seal
It is 15.5 inches (39.37 cm) tall by 10.6 inches (26.92 cm) wide. One of its top edge is glued to the paper backing. It also has fading and discoloration (as seen in the photos). Our Guarantee: We stand behind all of the items that we sell...
Petrie-Rogers Gallery
$150.00 Illustration of a scene from the Noh theater titled “Ohara Goko” by Kogyo Tsukioka (1869-1927) from the series "One Hundred Noh Dramas" published by Daikoku-ya in 1923. Very good impression quality with silver and gold metallic highlights and extensive embossing on the blue robe. Standard vertical oban print measuring about 14 7/8"V x 10"H. Very good overall condition. There is a slight wrinkle in the paper at the upper right corner.
Petrie-Rogers Gallery
$250.00 Japanese woodblock print depicting a beauty lighting a floor lamp titled “Kakinomoto no Hitomaro” (image no. 3) from the series “One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets” (Hyakunin-isshu Emyo) by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) published by Sanoya Kihei in 1844. The image is signed “Kunisada changing his name to Toyokuni II” with the red Toshidama seal below. The two cartouches in the shape of playing cards at the upper left hold a picture of a poet and his poem...
Petrie-Rogers Gallery
$275.00 Japanese Edo period woodblock print by Toyokuni III (also known as Kunisada) depicting the actor Iwai Hanshirô VII in the role of Koman from the series "Actors at the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido." This image is Station 48: "Seki" published by Sumiyoshiya Masagoro in 1852/3. Very good color and impression quality, with fine delineation of the hair not apparent in the images...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1980
item #1250645
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese print entitled "Last Supper" by Sadao Watanbe. Sadao Watanabe (1913-1996) was part of the Mingi (folk art) movement in Japan which involved the use of natural materials. Watanabe's early boyhood job as a textile dyer has influence his work greatly. He used organic mineral pigments with a soybean milk binder (katazome) on hand crumpled paper (momigami). Watanabe's upbringing as a Christian is the main influence of his subject matter...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970
item #1474317
(stock #Unidentif169)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Artist: Unidentified
Title: Miyajima Print size: Approximately 5.75 x 3.75 inches. Date: 1950s-60s Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Top margin edge slightly toned.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970
item #1481846
(stock #Unidentif178)
Title: Mountain Temple and Snow
Artist: Not known. Print size: Approximately 5.675 x 3.5 inches. Date: 1950s-60s Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Print is tipped along its top edge to original blank card. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent.
Zentner Collection
$550.00 Japanese woodblock print of a traditional store front with a red noren and large sign characters over a tile roof. Signed in pencil by Katsuyuki Nishijima (born 1945) and number 453 in series of 500. Has the oval red seal indicating early works. Unframed.
Age: Late 20th century Dimensions: Paper size: 13 3/8" high x 18 3/8" wide
Zentner Collection
$2,000.00 Woodblock print of a maiko. She sits in profile, dressed in a flowing kimono decorated with a colorful fan motif. Here ornate obi is embellished with details in gold leaf. In the background is a design of waves in blue and white on a dark gray ground...
Zentner Collection
$900.00 Untitled woodblock print of a mountain village and two figures by Jun-ichirô Sekino (1914-1988). A monochromatic rural scene depicting a row of buildings against a backdrop of trees. In the foreground is a man with net and a boy carrying two buckets on a pole across his shoulders. A lovely example of Sekino's interest in patterns (especially rooftops) combined with his appreciation for people in their familiar surroundings.
Jun-ichirô Sekino traveled widely, not just throughout ...
Zentner Collection
$550.00 Japanese woodblock print of an alley between houses in old Japan. A small shinto shrine stands outside a wooden kura door. Executed in shades of grays and blues. A sense of depth is created by the light at the other end of the alley. Signed in pencil by Katsuyuki Nishijima (born 1945) and number 23 in series of 500. Has oval red seal indicating early works. Unframed.
Age: Late 20th century Dimensions: Paper size: 13 1/2" high x 18 1/8" wide |