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Isoda Koryusai Japanese Woodblock Print - Washing Day: Artist: Koryusai, Isoda, fl. c. 1764-1788 Title: Washing Day Date: c. 1770s Medium: Japanese woodblock print Image Size: 27 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches Illustrated: Pins, pl. 39

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Isoda Koryusai Woodblock Print - Preparing a Display: Artist: Koryusai, Isoda, fl. c. 1764-1788 Title: A Man and Woman Preparing a Hina Matsuri Display Date: c. 1770 Medium: Japanese woodblock print Image Size: 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches <

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UTAGAWA school (attr. to)Five actors as samurai in a kabuki play: Title: Five actors as samurai in a kabuki play Artist: UTAGAWA school (attr. to) Date: later 19th c. Medium:Black ink ('sumi') with elements in red color on paper. Size/Format: c. 13" x 27.5") Descrip

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Six 20th C. Japanese Shin Hanga Woodblock Prints: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, Japan, 20th century. Six Shin Hanga color woodblock prints: (1) Kawese Hasui (1883-1957) "Morning at Ao Marsh" (2) Yoshida Horoshi (1876-1950) "Toshogu Shrine" (3)

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Hasui Kawase - Kasuga Shrine at Nara 1933 First ED "C": Japanese Woodblock Print, 1933, Watanabe Publisher, C-seal, First Edition. SIZE IN INCHES: 10.25 x 15.25 COMMENTS: Excellent colors, skillfully executed "bokashi" shading, light "gauffrage" (embossing

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Shotei Takahashi: Tama Cat 1924 "C" seal Woodblock: Japanese Woodblock Print, 1924, lifetime edition with publishers "C" seal (used 1929-1942), published by Shozaburo Watanabeo SIZE IN INCHES: oban, approx. 14 x 10.25 TAKAHASHI SHOTEI (1871-1945) was b

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19TH C. HOKUSAI JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849, Japan), Publisher Iseya Sanjiro: (Eijudô) (Japanese). Poem by Abe no Nakamaro, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki) ,

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Hiroshige - New Years Foxfires woodblock NR: Japanese Woodblock Print, c1850, unknown Publisher, this later Showa era printing from re-carved blocks. SIZE IN INCHES: 9.25 x 14 COMMENTS: Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading, light "gauffrage" (e

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Takashi Murakami (Japanese, born 1962) Champagne Supernova: Blue Offset lithograph printed in c...: Takashi Murakami (Japanese, born 1962) Champagne Supernova: Blue Offset lithograph printed in colours, 2013, on smooth wove, signed and numbered 156/300 in silver ink, published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Lt

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Kiyochika Kobayashi: River of Fireflies 1930s Woodblock: Japanese Woodblock Print, 1930 published by the Shima Art Co. SIZE IN INCHES: chuban, 7.5 x 10.25 inches PROVENANCE: From the Robert O. Muller estate. KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915) was a Japanese uk

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Hokusai Katsushika: New Year's at the Ogiya Brothel Pentaptych: Japanese Woodblock Pentaptych, originally published 1804, this 1917 SIZE IN INCHES: oban pentaptych, each panel is 10 x 15, overall 50 x 15 inches COMMENTS: An extremely rare find! A birdseye view int

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Eijiro Kobayashi: High Bridge by Night c.1930 Woodblock: Japanese Woodblock Print, 1930s, published by the Shima Art Co SIZE IN INCHES: 7.75 x 10.25 inches PROVENANCE: from the estate of Robert O. Muller COMMENTS: This print has been attributed to both Eiji

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Kiyochika Kobayashi: Shrine Visit at Night 1930s Woodblock NR: Japanese Woodblock Print, 1930 published by the Shima Art Co. SIZE IN INCHES: chuban, 7.5 x 10.25 inches PROVENANCE: From the Robert O. Muller estate. KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915) was a Japanese uk

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Kiyochika Kobayashi: Outbreak of 1881 Fire Woodblock NR: Japanese Woodblock Print, Showa era edition from recarved woodblocks SIZE IN INCHES: 9 x 6 inches COMMENTS: Probably the best known print from Kiyochika's series Famous Places of Tokyo KOBAYASHI KIYOC

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Clifton Karhu: 1987 Year of the Rabbit Woodblock: Japanese Woodblock Print, 1987, 1st/only Edition SIZE IN INCHES: 25 x 8 inches CLIFTON KARHU (1927-2007) was born in Duluth, Minnesota and graduated from the Minneapolis School of Art in 1952. He live

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Clifton Karhu: 1988 Year of the Dragon Woodblock: Japanese Woodblock Print, 1985, 1st/only Edition SIZE IN INCHES: 25 x 8 inches COMMENTS: 2024 is also the Year of the Dragon. CLIFTON KARHU (1927-2007) was born in Duluth, Minnesota and graduated from

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(attr. to) Kobayashi TOSHIMITSU (fl. c. 1875-95): The Tortoise of a Thousand Years

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Artist: (attr. to) Kobayashi TOSHIMITSU (fl. c. 1875-95)

Title: The Tortoise of a Thousand Years

Series: Preparatory drawing for a double-page book illustration

Date: c. 1880s

Medium: Black ink and red underdrawing on thin paper

Size/Format: hanshibon (c. 7" x 10")

Description: Three women on a beach gathered around sort of a barrel; one of them is pointing to an old man riding on a tortoise swimming in the stormy sea. The long tail identifies the animal as the “Tortoise of a thousand years” (Japanese: ’Minogame’), one of the four supernatural animals of Chinese mythology and a symbol of longevity; the man most likely being a ‘Sennin” or: Immortal.

Condition: Fine.

Reserve: $700.00

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(attr. to) Kobayashi TOSHIMITSU (fl. c. 1875-95): The Tortoise of a Thousand Years

Name: (attr. to) Kobayashi TOSHIMITSU (fl. c. 1875-95): The Tortoise of a Thousand Years
SKU: 176570428
Price: 800 USD
Availability: InStock