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Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1253246
(stock #Hasui 182)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Kawase Hasui
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province, 1934. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the D seal, indicating a first edition. Size: Oban, Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches. Condition: Excellent with nearly invisible tone line near left margin. A magnificent rare print.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese print depicting the founder of the Shingon or "True Word" school of Buddhism, Kūkai (774-835). He was a famous calligrapher and engineer who invented the kana, syllabic Japanese scripts used in the Japanese writing system. In his hands he holds a vajra, a ritualistic weapon representing firmness of spirit and spiritual power, and prayer beads...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Beautiful, original woodblock print by ukiyo-e woodblock artist Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Toyokuni III (1786–1864). It is #22 in a series called Sono sugata Yukari no usushi-e, or "Stories of Reincarnated Beings". In the center of the print there is a young child, hunched forward as he eagerly listens to stories from an adult woman in a pink kimono with blue and grey sleeves, with a sheathed sword across her lap. A bowl of treats and a black lamp with flowers sits between them...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1257104
(stock #Ohara 066)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Ohara Koson
Scops owl and tree sparrow on a branch, another tree sparrow in flight below Size: Dai-oban. Approximately 16.5 x 10.25 inches. Date: Early 20th century. Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. Reference: #K20.7, page 187 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Amy Reigle Newland) Condition: Tonal differences from framing apparent along the top and bottom. This powerful owl is very rarely seen.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920
item #1258603
(stock #Ohara 067)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Ohara Koson
Goshawk on snowy branch Size: o-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches. Date: Early 20th century. Publisher: Daikokuya. Reference: Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Amy Reigle Newland),#K13.12. page 184. Condition: Stable crease just under top margin. Otherwise excellent. Another rarely seen Koitsu design.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960
item #1263953
Oversized Japanese "sosaku hanga" woodblock print by Jun'ichiro Sekino (1914-1988) titled "Boy and His Cat." dated 1957. The artist's white ink signature and red seal are at the lower right corner of the image. The edition number 51/100 and the date are in pencil at the left side of the bottom margin. The right side of the bottom margin holds "Jun Sekino" in black ink. Image size: 24 1/2" x 12 3/8" plus full margins. The framed size is about 36 1/2" x 24 3/4." Very good overall condition...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1950
item #1266935
(stock #Hasui 194)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Kawase Hasui
Woman walking in snow with dog Date: Early postwar. Image size. Approximately 5.75 x 3.75 inches. The woodblock print is tipped at the top to an original early postwar Christmas card. Condition: Print is excellent. Card is slightly worn. Oversized limited-edition Japanese "sosaku hanga" woodblock print by Tamami Shima (1937-1999) titled "April Forest." The bottom margin is pencil-signed, titled in kanji, dated 1962, and numbered 67/100. Paper: 22"V x 15 7/8"H (image: 19 7/8"V x 13 3/4"H). Very good overall condition. April Forest is written in pen verso (see enlargement 5). From a Scottsdale, AZ estate. Originally purchased from M. M. Shinno & Associates in Los Angeles.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese triptych woodblock print, meaning it is comprised of three separate sheets, depicting Akechi Mitsuhide in the final battle of Yamazaki in 1582. He is shown seated upon his horse, which has been shot dead with arrows, clutching his sword and gazing over the river at the approaching enemy forces in the distance. Four of his own soldiers are seen scattered around, either dead or dying, soaked in blood, suffering traumatic injury...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920
item #1278189
Zentner Collection
SOLD Large Japanese woodblock print by renowned artist Hideo Hagiwara (1913-2007).
Studied at the Tokyo school of Fine Arts, where he graduated at the Oil Painting Section in 1938. While still there he attended Un'ichi Hiratsuka's extracurricular woodblock printing course, and in the same year he became quality controller at the Takamizawa Woodblock Print Company. He was conscripted into the army in 1943. In 1945 he had lost his house, his atelier and nearly all his early works...
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
SOLD Japanese woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) titled "Fujiyama from Miho", signed in pencil, with stamp and printed title.
Size: 10.5" height, 15.75" width
Japanese limited-edition abstract sosaku hanga woodblock print by Hideo Hagiwara (1913-2007) titled "Bird." The print is pencil-signed, dated '58, and numbered 5/30 on the bottom margin. This print is an example of a reverse printed image on fine, transparent, slightly crinkled paper that is characteristic of his early work. There is an old inventory number (586A) at lower edge verso. Image size: 10 3/4"V x 14 3/4"H (paper: 13"V x 17"H). Very good overall condition...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960
item #1285783
Rare limited-edition abstract Japanese sosaku hanga woodblock print by Jun'ichiro Sekino (1914-1988) believed to be dated circa late 1950s. The bottom margin is pencil-signed and numbered 2/50. A white ink Jun Sekino signature is at the lower right. Paper: 12 1/8"V x 24 7/8"H (image: 9 3/8"V x 22 1/8"H). There is a mat burn line and some soiling evident in the margins. There are remnants of brown tape at the top verso. An original price tag is on the back...
Spoils of Time
Sold Woodblock print of Nikko Kegon-no-taki (Kegon falls in Nikko) by Kawase Hasui from the series ukiyo-e monyo shu (Collection of ukiyo-e designs). The water depicted in the falls is textured. signed Hasui, sealed Kawase, publisher's mark Bijutsusha ("Rumi") and titled in the right margin. Image area, height about 14 5/16 inches (36.35 cm) by width about 9 3/8 inches (23.81 cm)...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1950
item #1287987
(stock #Hasui 205)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Kawase Hasui
Shirozaki, Tajima, 1924. Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the Watanabe C (sausage) seal indicating printing between 1929-1942. Signed in purple and sealed in red by the artist. Condition: Excellent.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1980
item #1295717
Zentner Collection
SOLD A large framed woodblock print by artist Ouchi Makoto (1926-1989). Ukiyo-e style images of fierce warriors and a demon appear in the two front paper blocks, and have kanji that has been cut from the tops. A beautiful maiden appears in the third block, while a large wave appears in the last, a nod to the famous woodblock artist Hokusai...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1980
item #1297062
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese framed woodblock print by sōsaku hanga artist Haku Maki (1924-2000). This print is titled "Hantou - 75", number 32 in its series and signed with a red cartouche. Depicted is a glossy, embossed vase with silver embossed flower buds. Size: (entire frame)14" height, 11.25" width (artwork only) 9" height, 6.25" width
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