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Solitude Woodblock Portfolio by Naoko Matsuba
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Pre 1980 item# 740545 (stock# 141082)
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Portfolio of 11 original woodblock prints by Naoko Matsubara (b. 1937), together in a presentation box with an attached print, and an Essay from “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau. This set was published by the Aquarius Press in 1971, and is numbered 144/200. The individual prints measure approximately 15½ by 14¼ inches, and are in excellent condition. There is some minor soiling, rubbing and wear to the presentation box.
The print on the cover is titled Walden Pond, and the other prints are titled Solitude, Decaying Beauty, Rain, Winter Serenity, Winter Pond, Autumn Color, Wind, Pine, Spring Visitor, Thoreau and Drop of Life.
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Erotic Japanese Woodblock Print c. 1800
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Pre 1800 item# 740435 (stock# 151297)
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Original Japanese woodblock print, c. 1800, depicting an amorous couple. The print is slightly faded, with some faint soiling and rubbing. The entire sheet measures 10 x 14 3/4 inches. As is the case with many prints of this genre, it is not signed.
This print is from the genre generally called “shunga”, also known as “images of spring”. The imagery of shunga prints varies from graphic rendezvous between courtesans and clients to subtle glimpses of tender embraces between characters based on Japanese literature. Shunga were intended to be enjoyed as entertainment for both men and women and have had various uses, including as sexual manuals and even instructions on hygiene.
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Erotic Japanese Woodblock Print by Harunobu
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Pre 1800 item# 740431 (stock# 170615)
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Original 18th century Japanese woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770), depicting an interruption of an amorous liaison. The impression and color of this print are excellent. There is a faint centerfold, some light toning at the front top edge and on the reverse, and some minor wrinkling at upper left edge of the print. The entire sheet measures 7 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches.
This print is from the genre generally called “shunga”, also known as “images of spring”. The imagery of shunga prints varies from graphic rendezvous between courtesans and clients to subtle glimpses of tender embraces between characters based on Japanese literature. Shunga were intended to be enjoyed as entertainment for both men and women and have had various uses, including as sexual manuals and even instructions on hygiene.
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Rare Koson Woodblock - Northern Lapwing
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Pre 1920 item# 558467 (stock# 151372)
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Original Japanese woodblock print by Ohara Koson (1877-1945), titled " Northern Lapwing on the Branch of a Willow Tree (one leg raised)", c. 1910. This design is illustrated at plate K22.5 of "Crows, Cranes and Camellias”, the seminal reference for Koson’s work.
The image measures approximately 13 x 7 1/8 inches. It is in very good condition, aside from some trimming. It is from an album of kacho-e (bird and flower prints), which appears to have been put together in Japan before 1920.
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Rare Koson Woodblock - Flowering Chrysanthemum
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Pre 1920 item# 558465 (stock# 151364)
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Original Japanese woodblock print by Ohara Koson (1877-1945), titled "Flowering Chrysanthemum", c. 1910. This design is illustrated at plate K43.8 of "Crows, Cranes and Camellias”, the seminal reference for Koson’s work.
The image measures approximately 13 x 7 1/8 inches. It is in very good condition, aside from some trimming. It is from an album of kacho-e (bird and flower prints), which appears to have been put together in Japan before 1920.
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Hiroshige Woodblock from Sixty Odd Provinces Series
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Pre 1900 item# 548015 (stock# 151908)
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Original Japanese woodblock print by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858), titled "Mt. Hiyori and Toba Bay in Shima Province", 1853. This design is the eighth plate from the series "Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty Odd Provinces”, published by Koshimuraya Heisuke.
The image measures approximately 13 1/2 x 9 inches, plus margins. It is in very good condition, with wonderfully fresh colors, although there is some slight rubbing in the bottom margin.
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Hiroshige Woodblock from Sixty Odd Provinces Series
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Pre 1900 item# 548008 (stock# 151922)
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Original Japanese woodblock print by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858), titled "Ishiyama Temple and Lake Biwa in Omi Province", 1853. This design is the 22nd plate from the series "Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty Odd Provinces”, published by Koshimuraya Heisuke.
The image measures approximately 13 1/2 x 9 inches, plus margins. It is in very good condition, with wonderfully fresh colors, although there is some slight in the bottom margin and a spot in the left margin
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Yamagishi Japanese Woodblock - Lake Towada
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Pre 1930 item# 547978 (stock# 151846)
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Original Japanese woodblock print by Kazue Yamagishi (1883 - c. 1966), titled "Lake Towada", c.1929. Yamagishi's watermark is located at the lower left. Yamagishi is known for his skill as a woodblock carver, but was also quite skilled as an artist.
The image measures 11 x 14 1/4 inches, plus full margins. It is in very good condition, with only some faint spots at the top corners and left margin to note. Please visit our main website, www.floatingworld.com for additional works by Yamagishi.
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First State Yoshitoshi Woodblock - 36 Ghosts
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Pre 1900 item# 547947 (stock# 152077)
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Original, first state Japanese woodblock print by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), 1890, titled Gamo Sadahide's Servant, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inohana", from the Thirty-six Ghosts Series. It can properly be identified as a first state printing by the three color series cartouche in the upper right corner of the image.
The image measures approximately 14 x 9 1/8 inches, plus margins. It is in very good condition, with oxidized pigments and black lacquered highlights. There is a typical album backing.
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First State Yoshitoshi Woodblock - 36 Ghosts
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Pre 1900 item# 547944 (stock# 152072)
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Original, first state Japanese woodblock print by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), 1889, titled " Onikawa Observing the Great Carp in the Pool", from the Thirty-six Ghosts Series. This is the only design in the series in which the first state has a two color cartouche; however, the first state designs have crossing wave lines beneath where the two rocks meet (in later impressions, the lines do not cross).
The image measures approximately 13 1/8 x 9 inches, plus margins. It is in very good condition, with oxidized pigments. There is a typical album backing.
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