A Fine Japanese Drawing attributed to Nakazawa Hiromitsu 1874-1964
9 1/2 x 7 3/16 ins. (24.2 x 18.3 cms) This charming drawing shows two school girls in costumes which are an attractive amalgam of Japanese and Western styles, a women to the right with long plaited hair and to the left a woman with long hair holding a flower with a cloth (towel?) across her arm. On her back is what appears to be a straw hat. The drawing comes from an album of sketches by Hiromitsu, Asai Chu and others. Although ...click for details
An Album of Nanga School Paintings by Zen Priest,Hirano Gogaku 1811-1893
Album size 10 1/4 x 7 3/8 ins. (26.7 x 18.7 cms) This unusual album contains six ink drawings, one of which has touches of red & white pigment on the trees. Unusually for Nanga painters the artist has used silk covered with gold leaf, the end papers of the album are also flecked with gold leaf. Gogaku was a Zen priest at the Ganseiji Temple at Hida in Bungo Province. He worked in the style of Tanomura Chikuden but was ...click for details
A Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Dish. Transitional. First Half 17th. Century
Diam. 6 ins. (15.2 cms) This dish, with its design of a pine tree issuing from rocks, is of the type made for the Japanese market and called by the Japanese, Ko-sometsuke. It has placing sand adhering to the foot rim and is in excellent condition with no damage and no repairs. The edge has the characteristic "fritting" (called by the Japanese mushi-gui or insect eaten) of Chinese wares of this period ...click for details
A Chinese Blanc de Chine Porcelain Cup & Hardwood Stand. Early 18th. Century
Ht. of cup 2 1/8 ins. (5.4 cms) Ht. on stand 3 7/8 ins. (10 cms) This attractive cup has a slightly more milky colour than is apparent in the photo. It has the associated carved hard wood stand. Both the cup and stand are undamaged with no repairs. There is a tiny firing fissure on a stem to the left of the top photo.
A Japanese Woodblock Print of a Feline Kabuki Theatre Performance. Taisho Period 1920s.
14 3/8 x 9 1/4 ins. (36.5 x 23.5 cms) This charming image shows a Kabuki theatre performance in which all the roles and the audience are portrayed as cats. It is in good condition except for a tear in the left hand margin. The print has been tacked onto a backing sheet but is only pasted around the edges.
Please note this is an original printing NOT a facsimile or reprint.
A Japanese Woodblock Cut-out Woodblock Print for a Toy Theatre. Taisho Period 1920s.
14 3/8 x 9 1/4 ins. (36.5 x 23.5 cms) This print is one of a series produced for the construction of a toy theatre. It is in very good condition with no damage and no repairs. The backing sheet is tacked on around the edges.
Please note this is an original printing NOT a facsimile or reprint.
A Japanese Woodblock Cut-out Woodblock Print for a Toy Theatre. Taisho Period 1920s.
14 3/8 x 9 1/4 ins. (36.5 x 23.5 cms) This print is one of a series produced for the construction of a toy theatre. It is in very good condition with no damage and no repairs. The backing sheet is tacked on around the edges.
Please note this is an original printing NOT a facsimile or reprint.
A Japanese Woodblock Print by Hiroshige from an Edo Meisho Series 1843. Edo period.
14 1/4 x 8 1/2 ins. (36.3 x 21.6 cms) Hiroshige published several series of Edo Meisho (Views in Edo (Tokyo)). This design is from a series of 1843 and shows a pleasure garden with people picnicking under cherry trees and with ships on Tokyo Bay beyond. Note the samurai with swords in the foreground. The print is in poor condition, the top and bottom margins are trimmed, there are various stains and repairs b ...click for details
A Japanese Woodblock Bijin Print by Kunimaro 1830s. Edo Period
13 1/2 x 9 3/8 ins. (34.3 x 23.8 cms) This design is one of a series showing pretty women through the 12 months of the year, this being May, the 5th. month. The print is in good condition with no damage and no repairs.
Please note this is an original printing NOT a facsimile or reprint.
