Hasui Kawase
Namikiri in Shima
Date: 1942
Size: Oban. 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Red 6mm publisher's seal indicates a lifetime edition (1946-57).
Reference: Hotei 463, Narazaki 376.
“376”, the Narazaki number, noted in pencil on bottom front margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Pencil notations at back margin. Small piece of tape at back...

Hasui Kawase
Frosty Morning in Nagaoka, Izu (Mt. Fuji)
Date: 1939
Size: Oban. 15.75 x 10.825 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
First edition. Watanabe C seal (1929-42).
Reference: Hotei 429, Narazaki 303.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Back top margin has two pieces of tape as shown. “141” noted in pencil on front bottom margin. Pencil notations at back bottom margin.
Provenance: From a California collector.

Hasui Kawase
Moonlit Night at Miyajima (Night State)
Date: 1947
Size: Oban. 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
First edition with round, black 6mm seal (1946-57).
Reference: Hotei 497, Narazaki 479.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition. Excellent. “Hasui” noted in pencil on front bottom margin...

Artist: Not knowm
Depicting Shiba Zojo Temple in Snow
Date: ca. 1920s to mid-century
Size: Chuban. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
A chirimen (creped) Japanese woodblock print.
Round seal at the lower right corner of the image.
Condition: Fading color. Paper remnant at back corner.

Kawase Hasui
Miyajima at Night
Date: 1930s.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Hasui oval seal at lower right.
Size: Koban. Approximately 5.825 x 3.825 inches.
From same group and 1930s vintage as our Hasui750, which has the Watanabe oval seal "Printed by S...

Kawase Hasui
Kenchoji Temple, Kamakura in Rain
Date: 1930s.
Size: Koban. Approximately 5.625 x 3.825 inches.
Hasui oval seal at lower left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Hasui oval seal at lower left.
Watanabe oval seal "Printed by S. Watanabe Tokyo" on 7.625 x 5.25 original card.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along its top edge only to card.
Condition: Print is excellent. Card is toned.

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Insect Seller on a Summer Evening
Size: Mitsugiriban. 15 x 6.25 inches.
Date: 1924-27.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Sealed and titled by the artist.
Reference: Shotei catalog M-29.
Condition: Excellent.

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
The Big Gate at Yotsuya (Yotsuya Ohkido)
Size: Mitsugiriban. 15 x 6.5 inches.
Date: 1924-27.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Sealed and titled by the artist.
Reference: Shotei catalog M-20.
Condition: Excellent.

The size of Hanga, 10 3/4” x 15 1/2”, 273 mm x 395 mm.
The Subject of Hanga: Bijinga. Artist: Utamaro
The condition of Hanga: Excellent.
Material of Paper: Washi.
The front of Hanga lower right has Utamaro painted, with seal of Fujiwara...

The size of Hanga, 10” x 15 3/4”, 255 mm x 390 mm.
The title of Hanga: Ōtani Oniji III in the Role of the Servant Edobei,
Materrial of Paper: Washi. Condition of Hanga: Excellent.
Kabuki Theater Scene, nishiki-e colour print, 1794 done by
Sharaku Toshusai. The front of Hanga lower right has Toshusai Sharaku painted,
with seal of Kiwame which passed the inspection seal of Edo
Government and printer’s seal. This is one of most famous Sharaku’s
woodblock print...

Utagawa Kunisada (TOYOKUNI III) 1786-1865
Edo secne of shamisen player at party
Date: 1930s.
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal at lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858)
Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Size: Chuban. 10.25 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1857. This re-carved edition is late twentieth century.
Publisher: Uchida.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Jade Rabbit - Sun Wukong
No. 73 from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon"
Date: 1886. This re-carved edition from late twentieth century.
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.25 x 10 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Publisher: Uchida.
Condition: Excellent.
- Sun Wukong is the Monkey King from "Journey to the West", a Chinese epic novel. He dances with the Jade Rabbit, who is said to live in the moon...

Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858)
Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Size: Oban. 14 x 9.25 inches.
Date: 1856. This posthumous edition is early 20th century.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Nishimura Hodo
Rabbits in Grass
Date: 1930s.
Size: 5.25 x 3.375 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal at lower right.
Signed Hodo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: A few faint foxing spots in sky.

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 sosaku hanga woodblock print depicting a solitary seated cat typically titled "Cat" (aka "Steady Gaze") by Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) dating circa 1950s. Unlimited edition. Paper: 16" x 10 7/8" (image: 14 1/8" x 8 7/8). Very good overall condition with full margins and clean back. The print is lightly faded and the paper is a little wavy. Minor soiling is evident on the margins and the margins are slightly thinned on back...