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A Japanese Woodblock Print by Haku Maki – “Wan-37” Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Pre 1990   item# 951686 (stock# ICHI 3487)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 595.00  This is a very fine, never-framed, woodblock print by the Sosaku-Hanga master, Haku Maki. It is of a single raku winter tea bowl – Chawan – with the fine texture of the chawan showing wonderfully well because of the technique of printing devised by Maki. The print measures 8 “ square and is number 151/151. It is in excellent just printed condition. ...click for details A Very Rare Jun Sekino Print of a Bunraku Puppet Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Woodcuts: Pre 1990   item# 927825 (stock# ICHI 3243)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $1,750.00  This is a quite rare woodblock print by Jun Sekino portraying a Bunraku Puppet. It is a very colorful print of the puppet with fine registration. Ours is an earlier edition of 100 - probably the first edition - and is number 20/100. As you will see, it has been framed at some point in the past - the person who framed it bent the top down about an inch of the top to make it fit the frame. You can also see some toning at the edge of the image where the mat met the image. Properly matted and framed ...click for details A Lithograph - Mother & Child - Foujita - Artists Proof Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Lithographs: Pre 1970   item# 926228 (stock# ICHI 2893)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $1,500.00  A very rare and fine lithograph by Tsuguharo Foujita (1886-1968) depicting a mother and child. The print is on Japon paper and is an undated artists proof print. His pencil signature and the French for Artists Proof are on the bottom. The colors used are a lovely pastel soft color and the portrait is superb. The print measures 21 ½ ” by 14 ...click for details A Print by Kawase Hasui – “Zentsu-Ji Temple” Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Woodcuts: Pre 1960   item# 909571 (stock# ICHI 2601)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $450.00  This is one of the famous prints by the shin-hanga painter Kawase Hasui titled “Zentsu-Ji Temple”. It portrays a magnificent temple at To-Ji, Japan for the followers of the branch of Buddhism called Shingon-shū. The print shows visitors with umbrellas going through the main gate to the temple as it is raining . In the misty background the pagoda of the temple can be seen. ...click for details Woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida -“Toshogu Shrine" Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Woodcuts: Pre 1940   item# 907366 (stock# ICHI 1723)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $495.00  This is a Japanese woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950), entitled “Toshogu Shrine”, 1937. This design is illustrated at plate 233, The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi, Abe Publishing Co., Ltd.,(Tokyo, 1987). We have not examined the print out of the print so do not know if it is pencil signed or whether it carries the jizuri mark indicating that it was printed under the supervision of Yoshida himself. ...click for details A Print by Haku Maki – 78-3 - Flavour Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Pre 1980   item# 897319 (stock# COLL 9037)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $595.00  This is a fine horizontal print by the renowned Japanese print maker Haku Maki (1924-2000). It is entitled 78-3 (Flavour) and is Edition # 25/203. The calligraphy is striking and bold – the small gold dot in the middle of the print provides a fascinating highlight.The print is pencil signed, titled and numbered by the artist and carries the red seal of Maki. It was printed in 1978. The print measures print measures 17 1/4" x 9 3/8" and the image size is 15 1/2" x 7 3/4". It i ...click for details Mezzotint by Kaoru Saito – Woman with Leafy Shawl Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Pre 1980   item# 603326  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $1,295.00  A very lovely mezzo tint print by Kaoru Saito. Executed in shades of black, greys and white , it portrays a woman with a shawl and, in the background, rippling hills, a bird and a new moon. It is numbered # 36/60 and measures 17 3/8" by 15 1/8" – the image is 11 1/8" by 9 3/4". Mint condition – never framed, dated 1978. Saito Kaoru lives in Kanagawa Prefecture, where he was born. He is basically self-taught in the difficult mezzotint medium. Along with Hamaguchi and Haman ...click for details Shin Hanga Print - GOYO – "Woman Applying Makeup" Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Woodcuts: Pre 1990   item# 596150 (stock# ICHI 3542)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $1,895.00  Hashiguchi Goyo (1881-1921) was one to the foremost Japanese print makers of the early 20th century. The print depicts a bijen-ga applying wearing a light summer kimono known as a yukata. The background is a very light whitish ping with ground mica that gives it a lustrous sheen. On the shawl the white flowers and the green background of the shawl are marked with fine gauffrage – best described as embossing that gives those sections a three dimensional aspect. The black lacquer back mirror held b ...click for details A Japanese Color Mezzotint of Lilies – Narikawa - Showa Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Pre 1980   item# 595598  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $195.00  A fine Japanese mezzo tint print of lilies in a woven basket by Shigenu Narikawa, Shigenu (Japan, active, 1960 - 1990). Narikawa's art is well known in both Japan and the United States. One man exhibitions of his mezzotints have been held in Tokyo, Kyoto, Los Angeles, New York and Washington. He has also created original mezzotints for art publishers in both countries. He specialized in still life scenes such as this one. The print measures 17" by 15 1/2" – the image size is 8 7/8 ...click for details A Woodblock Print by KOJIMA - 1980 Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Woodcuts: Pre 1990   item# 482205 (stock# Ichi 364)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $295.00  A lovely print titled "Kimiko" by modern Japanese print maker, Kojima. The print depicts a beautiful lady (Bijin-ga) standing in front of a flowering bush - with a highly stylized branch framing her image. The print dates from 1980 and is an Artist's Proof. It measures 9 7/8" by 9" - the image is 4 3/4" by 3 1/2". Mint condition - never framed or matted. Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2