Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892).
Subject: Musha-e (Warrior print); “Yoshitoshi Musha Burui” (Yoshitoshi’s Courageous Warriors): kurou [9th son] hangan Minamoto Yoshitsune and Musashibou Benkei under a cherry tree )#15 in this series of 33.
Signature: “Yoshitoshi hitsu” (from the brush of Yoshitoshi).
Artist’s Seal: Taiso.
Engraver: Horikou Muneoka.
Publisher: Tsunajima Kanekichi.
Date: 1886.
Format: oban tate-e, H.13 x W...
Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892).
Subject: “Kyoudou Risshiki” (Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition), Toyotomi Hideyoshi seated on a tiger skin listening to a priest speaking on behalf of the Mouri clan. Text by Housai.
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Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892).
Subject: “Kyoudou Risshiki” (Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition)*,
The Young Wife, Ukita, Guarding her husband, Lord Tomita Nobutaka Anozu no Shiru who is mounted on horseback.
Signature: “taiso Yoshitoshi”.
Artist’s Seal: Taiso.
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi.
Date: Meiji 35* (1902), 8th month (August,) 5th day.
Format: oban tate-e, H.12.5 x W.8.25".
Condition: Very good colors and impression, album backing retained, no holes or tears, o...
Suzaku Gate Moon - Hakuga Sammi
(Suzakumon no tsuki - Hakuga Sammi).
Printed: 1st day. 2nd month. 1886
Engraver: Yamamoto
Signature: Yoshitoshi.
Seal: Yoshitoshi no in.
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon
Condition: Very Good colors & impression, full margins, "karazuri" embossing on cartouche & Hakuga's hakama (pantaloons).
H. 13 x W. 8.75".
Minamoto no Hiromasa (918-980,) was also known as Hakuga Sammi...
Gravemarker Moon
(Sotouba no tsuki).
Printed: 3.1886
Engraver: Yamamoto
Signature & Seal: Yositoshi
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon.
Condition: Very Good colors and impression, full margins. "karazuri" embossing on Ono no Komachi's robes.
Format: Oban tate-e: H.13 x W. 8.75".
Ono no Komachi was a famous beauty and poetess of the 9th century...
The Moon of Yamaki Mansion - Kagekado
(Yamaki Yakata no Tsuki - Kagekado).
Printed: 3.1886.
Engraver: Enkatsu.
Signature: Yoshitoshi.
Seal: Taiso.
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon.
Format: Oban tate-e. H.12.75 x W. 8.75".
Condition: Good Impression and colors. Some soiling, including an ink spot (from original printing?) on the lower portion of print. Slight margin trimming. "Karazuri" embossing on Kagekado's clothing and cartouche...
Chikubushima Moon - Tsunemasa
(Chikubushima no Tsuki - Tsunemasa).
Printed: 3.1886.
Engraver: Yamamoto.
Signature: Yoshitoshi.
Seal: Taiso.
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon.
Format: Oban tate-e. H. 12.75 x W. 8.75".
Condition: Very Good impression and colors. Retains albimbacking...
Japanese woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, from "36 Ghosts" series.
Yoshitoshi Tsukioka's Very Scarce (only about a dozen known copies) Book with Six Full Oban Size Prints, The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement (First Edition). This is the best known existing copy of this book. Because the prints are in a book, they have been exposed to almost no light, so the colors are more vivid than anything you will ever see. Because there is no color loss, this is a unique opportunity to see what antique Japanese woodblock prints must have looked like when...
From the Birds and Flowers series: “Sho-utsushi shiju-hattaka” issued 1858.
Signed Sugakudo, with two seals beneath the signature, censor’s seal and publisher’s seal, left margin; good impression, evenly toned, thin corners, light staining, two upper corners with glue remains from attachment, not backed.
Oban tate-e: 10 x 14 ¼ in.
Two young women caring for silkworm cocoons
Signed Kunitoshi Ga in a red cartouche with date: 1881 and publisher’s information in yellow cartouche, good impression, excellent color, very light soiling, upper corners thin with remnants of paper attachments, not backed, margins trimmed right and bottom.
Oban tate-e: 9 ½ x 14 in.
Shini-e (memorial portrait) of three individuals, including their names and dates of death, issued ca. 1860.
Very good impression and color, light soiling and wear, small loss to upper-right corner, upper corners reinforced, two very small holes in right side, not backed.
Oban tate-e: 9 ½ x 13 ½ in.
Kunisada (1786-1864) collaborating with Hiroshige (1797-1858)
From the series: “Kannon Reigen Ki” (Account of the miracles of Kannon) issued 1859.The larger image by Kunisada depicts a miracle performed by Kannon. The upper image by Hiroshige is a temple scene.
Signed Kunisada and Hiroshige on respective images, aratame seal and publisher’s seal on left margin, very good impression and color, very light wear and minor thinning at edges, not backed.
Oban tate-e: 9 7/8 x 14...
Scene for “Tokyo Daily Newspaper” with “Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shinbun” inscribed in the banner at top, issued ca. 1890
Yoshiiku was noted for his prints included in the popular illustrated newspapers at the time.
Signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku on lower left with artist’s seal ca. 1890, very good impression and strong color, vertical center crease, various areas of moderate soiling, slight backing tape residue on upper left corner, not backed.
Oban tate-e: 9 ¼ x 14 in.
Album leaf illustrating “antique” textile designs for Tang Dynasty China and later, printed ca. 1900
The characters beside each design describe the motif and type of fabric.
Very good impression and color, vertical center crease, minor wear, remnants of old backing.
Overall Size: 9 ¾ x 14 in.
Diptych—two chuban prints originally joined in an album depicting a scene from the Osaka Kabuki stage, issued ca. 1865
Yoshitaki was one of the best known designers of Osaka actor prints from the 1860s to 1880s.
Both signed Yoshitaki Ga in red cartouches, very good impression, color and overall condition, old album backing paper intact.
Each print size: 9 ¾ x 7 in.
Scene from a Noh play, issued ca. 1920
Signed Kogyo with artist’s seal, fan-shaped publisher’s seal, very good impression, color and condition, remnants of attachment paper on back of four corners.
Oban yoko-e: 10 x 14 ½ in.
Scene from a Noh play, issued ca. 1920
Signed Kogyo with red artist’s seal, fan shaped publisher’s seal, very good impression and color, small areas of faint soiling.
Oban yoko-e: 10 x 14 ¾ in.
