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A Woodblock Print of Two Women Reading - Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900 item# 955424 (stock# COLL 9099)
click for details		Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 325.00
This is a lovely delicate print of two court ladies sitting and reading a scroll. They sit amongst a landscape of craggy rocks ans and many trees. The coloring is much more delicate than is normally found in Japanese prints - very fine pastel colors. The print measures 7 3/" by 4" and is in excellent condition - it is backed with a ...click for details

A Woodblock Print of Okame by Shibata Zeshin Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900 item# 952244 (stock# COLL 9093)
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This is a delightful print by the master printer, Shibata Zeshin, that portrays Okame preparing some kind of red paste to put into a box in front of her. The print measures 9 ¾” by 6 ½” and is quite toned. We date it to the late Edo to early Meiji period, circa 1850-1870s because of the amount of toning. Despite the toning, it is a fine example of Zeshin’s drawing technique. ...click for details

A Japanese Woodblock Print by Haku Maki – “Wan-37” Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Pre 1990 item# 951686 (stock# ICHI 3487)
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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 Rare Edo Japanese Illustrated Book - HOKUSAI Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900 item# 949824 (stock# ICHI 3411)
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This rare Manga print book (ehon) by the renowned Japanese print maker Hokusai, is titled “Denshin Kaishu Hokusai Manga Shi Hen Zen"(Book Number 4th)” and was published by "Eirakuya Toshiro", circa 1849-1850s. This is an original lifetime edition. The string bound book contains 55 color pages (many are diptychs). Condition is good to very good. Prints have excellent color & impression. Plates show some minor staining, light soiling where pages were handled, etc. Overall the pr ...click for details

A Japanese Woodblock Print - Toyokuni I - Actor - Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1837 VR item# 930779 (stock# ICHI 126)
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Here we have a antoher fine framed print of an actor by one of the early masters of actor prints, Utagawa Toyokuni. The actor is shown in a costume that has a rust red over robe under which is a garment mon like crests on a tan background.The actor stands on the edge of a lake with green hills behind. The actor’s name is that of "Bando Mitsoguro" - we do not know the Kabuki play in which the scene is played. Whatever the play, it must be a dramatic moment as the actor has his eyes cros ...click for details

A Toyokuni I Print of an Actor in a Red Garment – Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1837 VR item# 928701 (stock# ICHI 125)
click for details		Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $750.00
Here we have a fine framed print of an actor by one of the early masters of actor prints, Utagawa Toyokuni. The actor is shown in a costume that has a red over robe under which is a garment with paintings of stylized Japanese cranes. The actor stands under a flowering cherry tree with the blossoms just coming to bloom. We cannot translate the actor’s name or the Kabuki play in which the scene is played. Whatever the play, it must be a dramatic moment as the actor has his eyes crossed in the “mie ...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)
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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 Chinese Woodblock Carving of a Recipe-Ginger Soup Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Wood: Pre 1950 item# 917301 (stock# ICHI 1760)
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This is one of the most unusual pieces we have ever had in our collection. It was purchased from a dealer here in the US who later moved to Indonesia. The piece is a single piece of a rather hard wood (hard to scratch with a razor). On the upper surface is a very intricate set of hand carved characters arranged in nine vertical columns. A thin border of Greek key designs and a stylized floral border at the top surround these columns of characters. ...click for details

Japanese Fairy Tales-Battle of the Monkey and the Crab Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1920 item# 916840 (stock# COLL 9053)
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The book is Illustrated by Sensei Eitaku, translated by David Thompson, published by Hasegawa, crepe paper with silk ties. This is No. 3 of the Japanese Fairy Tale Series, beautifully illustrated with color woodblocks printed by hand The rich world of Japanese fantasy is very apparent in Japanese Fairy Tales, a compilation of twenty-two favorite stories from the land of the rising sun. A fantastic selection of ghouls, goblins and ogres; sea serpents and sea kings; kindly animals and magic bird ...click for details

An Early Japanese Woodblock Print – Bridge at Sunset Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Pre 1950 item# 912219 (stock# ICHI 250)
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This is a nice small ukiyo-e print of a curved bridge crossing a river. The scene is set at early sunset with a rising moon low in the horizon. On the bridge are three walkers carrying lit lanterns. The print measures 5” by 7 ¾” and is in excellent condition with full margins and only minor toning. Fine color and registration. It is signed and sealed - the artist is Hiroaki Takahashi, also known as Shotei. He lived from 1871-1945.

A Print by Kawase Hasui – “Zentsu-Ji Temple” Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Woodcuts: Pre 1960 item# 909571 (stock# ICHI 2601)
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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)
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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 Double Oban Diptych of a Shi Shi by Morikuni – 1770 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1800 item# 902823 (stock# ICHI 3466)
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This is a very fine framed early woodblock print by the Edo Artist, Tachibana Morikuni. It is a diptych formed by joining two oban prints. The vibrant subject of the print is a fierce looking Shi Shi, or karashishi, looking backwards at a rock from which a large peony bush emerges. One of the peonies is in full bloom and the second is in the early bud stage. There is extensive calligraphy at the upper portion of the print – possibly a poem or a fable concerning the shi shi. The print is from a s ...click for details

A Woodblock Diptych of a Kabuki Scene – Kuniyoshi Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Pre 1837 VR item# 899614 (stock# ICHI 392)
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This is a very interesting framed diptych of a scene from some Japanese Kabuki play. (We are assuming it is from the Kabuki theater because both characters have the crossed eyes called “mie” - see final paragraph.) The scene depicted in the two prints is quite unusual – on the left we find a seated beggar priest with his characteristic bas ...click for details

A Print by Haku Maki – 78-3 - Flavour Catalogue: Fine Art: Prints: Pre 1980 item# 897319 (stock# COLL 9037)
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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

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