AUSPICIOUS BRASS SPOONS

6 pieces set of early 20th century traditional Korean brass spoons. Relatively rare spoons with the engravings of auspicious words. Generously slight different size of each due to aged handmade pieces. Length 20-22.5cm (7.87-8.85in)...

Ando Hiroshige (after)
"A Fairy Moon and a Lonely Shore"
This scene depicts salt gathering at Suma Beach.
Date: ca 1910.
Size: 7.125 x 4.75 inches (18 x 12 cm).
Publisher: Matsumoto Print Works. Tag on back (#39).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Mark on island and a couple foxing spots on back.

1940's Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Plaque with Snow Scene Signed 余文襄 明泉古屋

It is 7.7 inches (19.7 cm) in length by 4.9 inches (12.6 cm) wide. It is 0.25 Lb.

It has flea bite chips at the edge, dark spots and surface wears (as seen in the photos).

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Uehara Konen (1878-1940)
Pagoda and Moon
Size: 5.0 x 3.25 inches. 12.8 x 8.4 cm.
ca. 1910.
Published by Kobayashi Bunshichi. The publisher's shop and many works did not survive the 1923 earthquake.
Artist's seal lower right.
Publisher's seal right.
Cartouche with number 262 in Japanese at right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition. Ink dot in tree.

Ohara Koson
An Eagle on a Tree
Size: Approximately 17 cm x 12 cm. 6.625 x 4.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1910.
Koson signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Matsumoto (no. 442). Tag at back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
An early and rarely seen design not listed in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland). The design is similar to K13.3 (Eagle on leafless tree) in the above catalog.

Ohara Koson
Wild Geese Over the Sea
Size: Approximately 17 cm x 12 cm. 6.625 x 4.625 inches.
Date: ca. 1910.
Koson signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Matsumoto (no. 441). Tag on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Two dashes in left sky.
An early and rarely seen design similar to K11.21 "Two white-fronted geese flying above water" in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).

SHOTENGAI 1952

Early postwar Japanese oil painting on canvas, 'Town of Wakamatsu', May, 1952, by Ueno Haruka (1896-1978), 53 x 45.5 x 2 cm (20.86 x 17.91 x 0.78in), probably as a rare scene of vibrant retro local market street of Wakamatsu in Kita-Kyushu region well-known for the biggest domestic coal shipping port at that time...

Arai Yoshimune
Carp in a Pond
Date: ca. 1910.
Size: Approximately 8.75 x 6.125 inches.
Artist's signature and seal at upper right.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 387). Tag on back.
Condition: Bottom margin discolored. A couple of very faint foxing marks in image.
Note: Very rare. We could find no other example of this design.

Koga Iijima (1829-1900)
Leaping Trout
Date: Late nineteenth century.
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi / Daikokuya.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Size: Shikishiban. Approximately 9.25 x 9 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back toned. Front very good with a few faint marks in sky an left edge toning.
Note: The fish in this wonderful design is highlighted with mica.

Watanabe Seitei (1851-1918)
Winter Landscape
Date: Early twentieth century.
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi / Daikokuya.
Sealed by the artist.
Size: Shikishiban. Approximately 9.25 x 9 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
The print has backing paper attached at the left and right edges only.
Condition: Very good with left edge vertical crease corresponding to the location where backing paper is attached.

Japanese shin hanga woodblock print titled "Omuro" by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) dated in the left margin Showa 15 (1940). Post WWII later edition. The artist's black ink stamped signature and red seal is at the lower left. The print is block titled and signed in the lower margin. Illustrated in "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi," Abe Publications, color plate #240. Paper measures 10 3/4" x 16" (image size: 9 3/42" x 14 3/4"). Very good clean overall condition with full margins...

Almost Art Deco in appearance created by natural wood-fired glaze markings. Signed on the bottom. Ca. 1980. 9" tall x 4 1/2" diameter. Excellent condition. Ask for shipping quote.

Original woodblock print BLUE THICKET by Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979), unlimited edition, printed in 1974. Excellent crisp print in perfect condition, silver metallic highlights, listed as plate 318 in JOICHI HOSHI CATALOGUE OF ALL TREE WOODBLOCK PRINTS published by Kato Gallery in 1988. Red “tree” seal of the artist in lower right corner, signed by the artist in pencil (see detail). Narrow strip of mounting paper along the upper edge on the back...

Shodo Kawarazaki (1889-1973)
Iris
Date: 1950s. Later edition.
Size: Oban. 15.75 x 10.75 inches.
Artist's seal lower left.
Publisher: Unsodo. Publisher, carver, and printer seals at left margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Shodo Kawarazaki (1889-1973)
Wisteria
Date: 1950s. Later edition.
Size: Oban. 15.5 x 10.75 inches.
Artist's seal lower right.
Publisher: Unsodo. Publisher, carver, and printer seals at left margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Shodo Kawarazaki (1889-1973)
Fukayama Tsuji
Date: 1950s. Later edition.
Size: Oban. 16 x 10.75 inches.
Artist's seal upper left.
Publisher: Unsodo. Publisher, carver, and printer seals at left margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Shodo Kawarazaki (1889-1973)
Bamboo
Date: 1950s. Later edition.
Size: Oban. 15.75 x 10.75 inches.
Artist's seal lower left.
Publisher: Unsodo. Publisher, carver, and printer seals at left margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

STAMP ALBUMS OF A KOREAN BOY

Set of two albums of used and unused stamps in mainly 1970s including mostly Korean and some other countries as the collection of a Korean middle-school boy, late 20th century, Large: 16 pp, 25.5 x 19.5 x 2.2 cm (10.03 x 7.67 x 0.86in), Small: 8 pp, 18.5 x 12.7 x 1.2 cm (7.28 x 4.99 x 0.47in)...