Rare limited edition Japanese mezzotint by Katsunori Hamanishi (b. 1949) titled “Swing” featuring red ropes twisted around and tied between tree branches set against a velvety black background. The print is titled, signed, dated '90, and numbered 44/50 all in pencil in the bottom margin. Paper: 26 3/16" x 19 3/4” (image: 19 1/2” x 15 1/4"). The print was never framed and is in excellent original condition with a clean back...

Rare Artist's Proof by Japanese Woodblock Print Artist, Gen Yamaguchi (1896 - 1976): Poetry of Early Autumn (1948). Illustrated in Yamaguchi, pl. 61. This is the artist's proof of this image, created for the artist's approval before the set of fifty prints were created. Yamaguchi achieved an international reputation when he was awarded first prize at the International Print Biennale in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1957, and a grand prix at Lugano, Switzerland in 1958...

Japanese limited edition sosaku hanga “kappa-ban” (stencil print) by Yoshitoshi Mori (1898-1992) titled “Onna Joruri” featuring a female performer singing traditional narrative music to the accompaniment of a shamisen. Pencil-signed “Y. Mori” at the lower left, with the artist’s red seal above and the date of '73 beside the signature. Numbered 56/70 at the lower right. The lower edge of the paper also contains the title and the original purchase price of 70,000 yen...

Japanese limited edition copperplate etching and aquatint on thick laid paper titled “Spring Breeze” by Kuroda Shigeki (b. 1953). The print features a speeding group of bicyclists holding purple and white umbrellas set against a teal sky with splashes of color. Pencil-signed, titled, and numbered 19/75 in the lower margin. Undated, but likely from the 1990s. Paper: 13" x 19 3/4" (image: 7 5/8" x 17 5/8")...

Limited edition Japanese mezzotint by Katsunori Hamanishi (b. 1949) titled “Game – Work No. 17” featuring ropes twisted around two pairs of metal pipes set against a velvety black background. The print is titled, signed, and numbered 8/100 all in pencil in the bottom margin. A number “67” is in pencil in the bottom left margin and “HM-17” is in pencil at the lower right margin corner. Undated, but other images from the “Game” series are dated to the 1980s...

Print depicting three children chasing fireflies. Designed by Kiyohara Hitoshi (1896-1956). Beautiful print with embossed (karazuri) figures and details. Good condition, no tears or restorations, water stain in the upper left corner. Does not appear to have been cut. 394x264mm.

Japanese limited edition copperplate etching and aquatint titled “Winter Morning” by Tanaka Ryohei (1933-2019). Pencil-signed, dated '75, and numbered 35/100 in the lower margin. Paper: 14 1/2" x 11 3/4" (image: 11 5/8" x 9 3/8"). Good overall condition. The etching was previously framed but the back is clean and without tape or tape stains. The image is lightly sunstruck and there is a faint mat line visible in part of the margin...

Japanese limited edition copperplate etching titled “May Breeze” by Tanaka Ryohei (1933-2019). Pencil-signed, dated '91, and numbered 91/150 in the lower margin. The title in kanji is at the bottom left margin. Paper: 10 1/4" x 11" (image: 7 1/8" x 7 1/4"). Very good overall condition with clean back. The print does not appear to have been previously framed, but the image is very faintly sunstruck from a prior mat.

KIMONO DESIGN SAMPLES

6 pieces set of the specimens with test printings of kimono patterns. Washi paper. 1930-40s, Japan...

Shigeru Kimura (Japanese, born 1929)
Railroad
Date: 1963
Image size: 10.5 x 5.75 inches. Paper size: 14.75 x 10 inches.
Titled, signed, and dated in pencil.
Medium: Etching.
Condition: Slight toning. Marks in margin and on back.

Japanese framed print of thatched farm houses and fields by artist Tanaka Ryohei, born in 1933 in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture. He has appeared in numerous art exhibits all over the world and his collections may be viewed in many museums such as the Cincinnati Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, and the Shanghai, China Museum. The medium used for this print is copperplate etching. Signed in pencil and dated ’82...

An extreme photograph of a Macaw by Horitani Shoichi mounted as a panel signed and numbered on back. According to Shoichi “I am captivated by the fascinating surfaces of animal bodies. They resemble beautiful landscapes, continuously altering with environmental conditions. The unique and irregular patterns on their bodies, the muscular contours, the skeleton, the scars, and the insects that gather around them, all reveal not just beauty but the tremendous life force of the natural world.” Th...

Japanese framed print of thatched rooftops and a persimmon tree by artist Tanaka Ryohei, born in 1933 in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture. He has appeared in numerous art exhibits all over the world and his collections may be viewed in many museums such as the Cincinnati Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, and the Shanghai, China Museum. The medium used for this print is copperplate etching.
Signed in pencil and dated '75 but left margin in Japanese states "March 20th, 1982 Ryo...

KIMONO DESIGN SAMPLES

4 pieces set of the specimens with test printings of kimono patterns. Washi paper. 1930-40s, Japan. 83 x 117 cm (32.67 x 46.06in) each.


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Four sheets of chiyo-gami which is washi (handmade paper) with block printed Japanese traditional patterns. Chiyo-gami is originated in Kyoto and developed in Edo later. It is used for paper dolls and paper crafts etc. The first half of the 20th century. In condition. All sheets are in plastic bags for protection. W:53cm, L:38cm

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This book is out of print and highly sought after by collectors of Japanese ceramics and Japanese photography. First edition of the art book "On the verge of Shadow" from 2020.

It would be difficult to find other two artists as individualistic and controversial while at once so deeply Japanese in their work. With his loud, monumental projects Nobuyoshi Araki has set trends and pushed back boundaries in world photography. Shiro Tsujimura, perceived as a r...

A small Japanese leporello album with lacquer covers, containing 46 hand-colored and mounted photographs (albumen prints). Mostly from Japan including topographic views, scenes with geishas, temples and landscapes, four photos are showing views of Shanghai, China. Dimension: total: c. 19.8 x 15.4 x 4.3 cm, photos: c. 8.6 x 12.6 cm. Condition: the album with traces of age, the mounts with light foxing, some added notes in ink. The photos faded and with wear.

Kawase Hasui
Mitsutoge (Fuji in Mist)
Date: 1945. ("Sendai Japan, Christmas 1945")
Size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches.
Medium: Lithograph.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: An uncatalogued koban-sized woodblock version of this print exists.