Kawase Hasui
Houses by Water at Night
Date: 1951.
Size: Approximately 2.25 x 1.5 inches. Card size: 3.5 x 2.25 inches.
Hasui seal at right.
Woodblock print is attached along its top edge only to original blank card.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent.
- A rare and truly tiny design.

(After) Toshikata Mizuno (1866-1908)
Geisha and Cherry
Dated Sunday 8th, May 1938.
Size: 7.875 x 5 inches (20 x 12.6 cm).
A cover of a menu of the N.Y.K. Line passenger ship, Katori Maru.
Publisher: Likely Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo), who produced another of our ship menu woodblock prints.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print. The traditional means of woodblock print creation was employed for all steps through inking of the carved blocks...

(After) Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
Woman in Kimono
Dated Thursday, 6th January, 1938.
Size: 7.5 x 5.375 inches (19 x 13.6 cm).
A cover of a menu of the N.Y.K. Line passenger ship, Katori Maru.
Publisher: Likely Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo), who produced another of our ship menu woodblock prints.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print. The traditional means of woodblock print creation was employed for all steps through inking of the carved blocks...

Hiroshi Yoshida
Kameido
Series: Twelve Scenes of Tokyo.
Date: 1927.
Size: Oban. 15.5 x 10.75 inches.
Brush signed and sealed in the image.
Jizuri seal at upper left margin indicating a first edition self-printed by the artist.
A rare early example for the Japanese market, hence no pencil signature in English.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Publisher: Hiroshi Yoshida
Reference: Abe catalog #62.
Condition: Excellent color...

Ohara Koson
Two Common Snipes Near Waterfront
Size: Ko-tanzaku. Approximately 8.0 x 3.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1910.
Koson signature and seal at upper right.
Publisher: Matsumoto (no. 108).
Reference: AK.13 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Compare with Daikokuya K24.5.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. A couple of small dash marks in sky.

Yoshimoto Gesso
Figure at Temple
Date: 1930s.
Print size: Tanzaku. Approximately 13.25 x 3.125 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku (Stamp on verso)
Artist's seal at lower right.
Reference: No. 1591.
Woodblock print is attached along its top edge only to original card.
Original kento registration mark at upper right edge.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

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'Oborozuki Nekono Soshi' (lit. 'Tale of cat under the hazy moon') is popular mystery book with the personified cats in the Edo period, originally woodblock-printed by Kuniyoshi Utagawa. Reference: https://dl.ndl.go.jp/en/pid/10303446/1/42. 7.3 x 10.6 x 2 cm (2.87 x 4.17 x 0.78in). About 87 pages...

1982' Yoshida Hodaka 吉田穂高 Woodblock Print "White Mud Wall" 白土の塀 Edition: 17/50

The overall measurement including the frame is 32.5 inches (82.5 cm) long by 18.9 inches (48 cm) wide. The print is 27 inches (68.5 cm) in length by 14 inches (35.5 cm) wide. It is 6.13 lb.

It print has some foxing. The wood frame has scuffed, chips, wears, scratches, stains, and cracks. The frame's back paper is teared (as seen in the photos)...

Kawase Hasui
Mount Fuji, Narusawa
Date: 1936.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Red 6mm Watanabe seal in lower left corner, indicating a lifetime edition printed between 1946-1957.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.75 inches.
Reference: Hotei #395.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Pristine. Removed from original folder...

Kikuchi Yuichi
Great Buddha at Kamakura
Date: 1950s.
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard.
Size: Approximately 5.5 x 3.5 inches (13.8 x 9 cm).
Artist's seal at lower left.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Asakusa Kannondo Temple
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Date: 1930s.
Koitsu seal at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-132.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Kawase Hasui
Pine Beach at Miho (Miho no Matsubara) Date: ca 1990.
Paper size. 8.875 x 6.75 inches.
Image size: 7 x 4.5 inches.
Publisher: S. Watanabe.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Ferry at Takeya, Mukojima
Date: Pre-1917.
Numbered edition: Numbered "44" in Japanese inside fan cartouche at lower right corner.
Size: 13.625 x 6.875 inches.
Shotei seal at right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: M-153 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Marks...

Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-93)
Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group
Depicting Kajigahama Rikiemon (left) and Tsurugataki Goemon (right)
Date: Early 1780s.
Size: 15 x 9.875 inches.
Signed "Shunsho ga" at right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Provenance: From the collection of American artist Mark Tobey.
Condition: Marks, fading, corner chip, tiny wear holes visible when held to light.

The size of Collection Book: 10 1/2" W x 14 3/4" H x 1/2" Thick. Book weighs 2 Lbs,
This is really Rare Japanese Meiji Master Art Works collection book.
Contents written in Japanese.
The Collection Book came with slip case. Book has Japanese Woodblock
Print with water wave design in soft blue and black design done in Japanese
Washi paper outside as well as inside and back side cover. It is signed by Usho...

Additional Photos #1 for Japanese Meiji Master Art Collection Book w/woodblock prints

Additional Photos #2 for Japanese Meiji Master Art Collection Book with woodblock prints

Kawase Hasui
Clearing After a Snowfall on Mt. Fuji (Tagonoura). (Fuji no Yukibare, Tagonoura)
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1932. This edition 1950-62.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi.
Doi watermark in upper left margin corner.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: Hotei #266.
Condition: Slight fading.