1st edition Japanese shin hanga woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) titled "Yasaka Shrine" dated Showa 10 (1935). The jizure (self-printed) seal is at the upper left margin above the date. The artist's black ink signature and red seal is at the lower right. The print is titled in the lower left margin and pencil-signed in the lower right margin. Paper: 15 3/4" x 10 7/8" (image: 14 5/8" x 9 1/2"). Very good overall condition with full margins and clean back...

1st edition Japanese shin hanga woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) titled "Azalea Garden" dated Showa 10 (1935). The jizure (self-printed) seal is at the upper left margin above the date. The artist's black ink signature and red seal is at the lower right. The print is titled in the lower left margin and pencil-signed in the lower right margin. Paper: 15 1/4" x 10 1/4" (image: 14 5/8" x 9 5/8"). Good, clean overall condition...

1st edition Japanese shin hanga woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) titled "Yoshikawa" dated Showa 10 (1935). The jizure (self-printed) seal is faintly visible at the upper left margin and can be seen clearly in the enlargement. The artist's black ink signature and red seal is at the lower right. The print is titled in the lower left margin and pencil-signed in the lower right margin. Paper: 10 3/4" x 16" (image: 9 1/2" x 14 5/8"). Very good overall condition with full margins...

Lifetime edition Japanese shin hanga chuban sized woodblock print titled in kanji and English "Matsumoto" by Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) dated Showa 15 (1940). Pencil-signed at the lower right margin and with the artist's black ink signature and red seal in the image above. Paper: nearly 8" x 10 3/4" (image: 6 1/2” x 9 1/4”). Very good overall condition with full margins.

Lifetime edition Japanese shin hanga chuban sized woodblock print titled in kanji and English "Supper Wagon" by Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) dated Showa 13 (1938). Pencil-signed at the lower right margin and with the artist's black ink signature and red seal in the image above. Paper: 7 1/2" x 10 3/8" (image: 6 5/8” x 9 3/8”). Very good overall condition with full margins. There are a few tiny foxing spots on the front margin at the upper right and on back at the upper left.

Japanese limited edition sosaku hanga woodblock print by Benji Asada (1899-1984) titled “Snow at Rakuhoku” dated 1935. The print is signed BEN in black ink and Asada in pencil at the lower left. The kanji title and 1935 date are on the back at the lower edge. Numbered 30/45 in red at the bottom margin below the tree trunks. Paper: 10 5/16” x 15 1/2” (image: 9 3/8” x 14 3/8"). Good overall condition with full margins and clean back with no tape or tape stains...

Japanese shin hanga woodblock print titled "Kagurazaka Dori" (Kagurakaza Street after a Night Rain) from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) dated Showa 4 (1929). Post WW II edition. The artist's black ink stamped signature and red seal is at the lower right corner of the image. The print is block titled in English and block signed in the bottom margin. The left margin contains the date and title in Japanese...

Pencil-signed Japanese shin hanga woodblock print by Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) titled "Morinji in Spring" and dated in the left margin 1951. The artist's Yoshida seal is at the lower right with the pencil-signature below. Paper size: 10 7/8" x 16" (image: 9 11/16" x 14 5/8"). Good overall condition. The print is slightly sun struck as evidenced by a mat line in the margins. A tiny faint spot is in the sky to the left of the flying birds...

Rarely encountered oversized Japanese woodblock print of an abstract landscape scene by Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) pencil-titled "Unknown" (Michi no) in the bottom margin. Pencil-signed, dated 1968, and numbered 108/150. Paper size: 17 7/8" x 24" (image: 15 11/16" x 22 1/4"). Good overall condition with no tape or tape stains on the back. The print is slightly toned and soiled. There is foxing on the back that shows through slightly on the front in the background sky areas and margins.

Oversized limited edition sosaku hanga woodblock print by Clifton Karhu (1927-2007) titled "Kamigamo Gate" dated 1973. Pencil-signed, dated, titled, and numbered 70/80 in the bottom margin. The original purchase price of 15,000 yen is in pencil at the lower right margin edge. Paper size: 18 1/4" x 18" (image: 16" x 16"). Very good overall condition. The print is slightly sunstruck and there is mat burn evident in the margin...

Oversized limited edition sosaku hanga woodblock print by Clifton Karhu (1927-2007) titled Kiyomizu II dated 1969. The print colorfully illustrates the architectural details of the Kiyomizu Temple. This artist's proof is pencil-signed, dated, and titled in the bottom margin. Paper size: 28" x 24 1/4" (image: 26 1/2" x 23"). Very good color and overall condition. There are small pieces of archival linen tape and older tape residue on the back margins which show through in some areas to the f...

Japanese shin hanga woodblock print by Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) titled "Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond" dated Showa 7" (1932). Post World War II edition bearing the round 6mm Watanabe publisher's seal in the lower left corner of the image below the artist's red signature seal. Paper size: 15 5/16" x 10 1/4" (image: 14 1/8" x 9 3/8"). Very good, clean overall condition with nice color and full margins. The back is clean and the print does not appear to have been previously framed. There is...

Japanese shin hanga woodblock print titled "Avenue of Cherry Trees" from the series "Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms" by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) dated Showa 10 (1935). First edition impression with "jizure" (self-printed) seal in the upper left margin. The artist's black ink brush signature and red seal is at the lower right with the pencil-signature below. Illustrated in "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi," Abe Publications, color plate #198. Paper measures 10 5/8" x 15 7/8" ...

Japanese shin hanga woodblock print titled "A Little Temple Gate" featuring the gate to Bunnosuke Teahouse by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) dated Showa 8 (1933). First edition impression with "jizure" (self-printed) seal in the upper left margin. The artist's black ink brush signature and red seal is at the lower left and the print is pencil-signed in the lower right margin. Illustrated in "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi," Abe Publications, color plate #181. Paper measures 15 3/4...

Framed Japanese woodblock print, “Evening Snow at Kambara”, No. 16 from “The 53 Stations of the Tokaido” by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858). Dates circa 1833. Frame measures 19.25ʺ × 14.25ʺ. Not inspected out of frame, sight size is 14 x 9 inches.

A framed woodblock print by the artist Clifton Karhu. The print is labeled “Onomichi - Japan” and depicts a large stone temple lantern in front of a traditional building.

Clifton Karhu became one of the most successful contemporary Western artists working in the Japanese woodblock style. Karhu lived permanently in Kyoto, Japan, where he was the head of the Kyoto branch of the renowned Japan Print Society. The print is signed in pencil and numbered 65/80. Professionally framed in To...

First edition Japanese shin hanga woodblock print by Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) titled in kanji and English "Cherry Blossoms by the Gate" and dated in the left margin 1951. The artist's red seal is at the lower right with the pencil-signature below. Paper: 15 5/8" x nearly 10 1/2" (image: 14 1/2" x 9 1/2"). Very good color and overall condition with full margins and a clean back. The print is slightly sunstruck as a line around the margin area shows. There is one short pucker in the middle of t...

First edition Japanese shin hanga woodblock print by Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) titled "Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine" dated in the left margin "Showa 28" (1953). The seal of the publisher Unsodo, and the seals of the carver Nagashima, and printer Shinmi are in the left margin. The artist's black ink signature and red seal are at the lower left corner of the image. The Unsodo (“Un”) watermark is faintly visible at the lower left margin corner. The paper measures 15 7/8” x 10 3/4�...