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Yoshitoshi 100 Moon Woodblock: Shinto Rites
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Genuine Japanese woodblock print by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), titled Dawn Moon of the Shinto Rites - Festival on a Hill, 1886, from the series 100 Aspects of the Moon. This design is illustrated at plate 33 in the seminal reference book Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, by John Stevenson (1992).
The image measures approximately 13 by 8 7/8 inches, plus margins. The print is in very good condition, and the colors are
quite fresh. However, it is some discoloration (possibly transfer staining) in the lower right margin. Also, there are remnants of
backing paper on the reverse.
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Yoshitoshi 100 Moon Woodblock: Near Komakata
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Genuine Japanese woodblock print by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), titled By Now You Must Be Near Komakata - a Cuckoo Calls - Takao, 1885, from the series 100 Aspects of the Moon. This design is illustrated at plate 1 in the seminal reference book Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, by John Stevenson (1992).
The image measures approximately 13 by 8 7/8 inches, plus margins. The print is in good condition, and the colors are quite
fresh. However, it is somewhat toned, and there is some additional discoloration in the image, running along the left margin.
Also, there are remnants of backing paper on the reverse.
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Yoshitoshi 100 Moon Woodblock: Cry of the Fox
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Genuine Japanese woodblock print by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), titled The Cry of the Fox, 1886, from the series 100 Aspects of the Moon. This design is illustrated at plate 13 in the seminal reference book Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, by John Stevenson (1992), and is one of the more popular design from the series.
The image measures approximately 13 by 8 7/8 inches, plus margins. The print is in very good condition, with strong wood
graining in the background. However, there has been some even, overall fading, which is most noticeable in the pink series
cartouche.
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Woodblock Diptych by Taiso Yoshitoshi
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Pre 1900 item# 46742 (stock# 100706)
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Genuine, first state Japanese woodblock print by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), depicting The Banquet at the Koshida Palace, 1886, from the series New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures. This print is described at No. 55.18 in Beauty and Violence: Japanese prints by Yoshitoshi, by Eric van den Ing and Robert Schaap (1992), who indicate that the series depicts highlights from various kabuki plays. The authors further indicate that the first state
prints from this series can be discerned by the presence of a three-color cartouche.
The print is a diptych, consisting of two panels that go together to make a single design. Each sheet measures approximately 13
¾ by 9 inches, plus margins. The two sheets are not attached, nor are they backed. The colors on the print are quite fresh, and
there are many deluxe features including lacquer highlights and extensive embossing. However, there is some light soiling and
transfer stains.
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Tomoo Inagaki Woodblock - Couple of Cats
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Pre 1980 item# 46740 (stock# 102427)
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Original Japanese woodblock print by Tomoo Inagaki (1902-1980), of two cats. It is illustrated on page 149 of the Inagaki catalogue, Inagaki Complete (which is entirely in Japanese), although no date is given. The colors are quite fresh and it is in very good condition, with no problems to note. The dimensions are approximately 21 by 15 5/8 inches, plus margins. Although Inagaki died in 1980, his widow died only recently, and we were fortunate to acquire a sizeable group of prints from the estate, including this print.
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Paul Jacoulet Woodblock - Longetivity - Korea
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Pre 1960 item# 46653
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Pencil signed woodblock print titled Longévité Corée-Moppo (Longetivity, Moppo, Korea), 347/350, published November 28, 1948. It is pencil signed and bears the Peach
seal. This design is illustrated at plate 100 of Miles, Richard, The Prints of Paul Jacoulet, 1982. The image measures approximately 15 ½ by 11 ¾ inches, plus full margins. What appears to be a nick in the bottom margin on the right was actually done intentionally at the time of printing to assist in the alignment of the wood blocks, and is indicative of untrimmed margins.
This print is in excellent condition, except for some very minor creasing in the margin and a small area of mica loss in the upper garment (which we could not make visible in a scan). The colors are very fresh and intense, and there is lovely gauffrage work in his hat and mica in the garment. This print came from a collection that had never been matted or framed!
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First Edition Japanese Woodblock by Shinsui
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Pre 1940 item# 46651 (stock# 111156)
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Original first edition, brush signed Japanese woodblock print by Ito Shinsui (1898-1972), titled Desert of Mt. Mihara, 1938, from the series Twelve Sights of Oshima Island. This design was published by Watanabe Color Print Co., and bears a circular publisher's seal in the lower left corner. It is illustrated in the seminal reference book for the artist, Ito Shinsui: All the Woodblock Prints, at plate 83.
According to the publisher, the prints from the Twelve Sights of Oshima Island series, as they were hand signed and sealed by Shinsui, rather than printed in the block. There was only one printing of the 12 designs from the series; 200 copies of each. Apparently, Shozaburo Watanabe used to send Shinsui about 20 to 30 copies of each design to sign, as needed.
The image measures approximately 10 ¼ by 15 ½ inches, plus full margins. The print is in very good condition, with wonderfully fresh colors, although there is some creasing in the top margin, and at the corners.
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Limited Edition Shuzo Ikeda Woodblock
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Pre 1960 item# 46500 (stock# 111089)
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Original, limited edition Japanese woodblock print by Shuzo Ikeda (b. 1922), titled No. 96, 1956. This is a nice, early work by the
artist, reminiscent of the Buddhist figures produced by Kiyoshi Saito. The artist's later works focused more on large eyed children. There is a collector's seal in the lower right corner. This print is in very good condition, except for a light horizontal crease running across the print, about 1 inch down from the top edge of the print, and two pieces of clear tape, one each at the center of the top and bottom margins. The dimensions of the print are approximately 17 ½ by 12 inches, plus full margins.
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Limited Edition Woodblock by Ito Shinsui
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Pre 1940 item# 46490 (stock# 111326)
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Original, limited edition Japanese woodblock print by Ito Shinsui (1898-1972), titled A Charcoal Footwarmer, 1929 from The Second Series of Modern Beauties. It is numbered 211/250 in Japanese on the reverse. It was published by the Watanabe Color Print Co., and bears the publisher's circular cartouche at the left edge of the print, as well as the publisher's limited edition seal on the reverse (both of these are shown in the detail scan. This design is illustrated at plate 64 in Ito Shinsui: All the Woodblock Prints, by Tadasu Watanabe. Shinsui, along with Kotondo and Hashiguchi Goyo, is one of the leading bijin-ga (beautiful women) artists of the shin hanga school.
This print is evenly faded, although there are still remnants of pink pigments in her lips. The margins have been trimmed, and it is toned from the reverse, showing through to the front. A scan of the entire reverse is included. There are some losses to the mica background, and a spot of foxing. The dimensions of the print are approximately 16 by 10 1/4 inches.
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Limited Edition Woodblock by Tsuruya Kokei
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Pre 2000 item# 46305 (stock# 110554)
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Original Japanese woodblock print by Tsuruya Kokei (b. 1945), titled Ichimura Uzaemon XVII as Senoo Juro in Sanemori Monogatari, 1995. It is number 65 from a limited edition of 90, and is Design 7 in this Bust Portraits X Series. The image is illustrated at plate 156 of Tsuruya Kokei: The Complete Woodblock Prints (1978-2000). Tsuruya Kokei was the official portrait artist at the Kabuki-za Theater, Ginza, Tokyo, until his retirement last year. Originally, his prints were sold to theater patrons in the lobby, and later were also available by subscription through the Kokei Kai, a membership-only subscription society formed to make his prints available to those living too far away to visit the Kabuki-za.
This print is in excellent condition, still in its original packaging. According to the Kokei catalogue referred to above, this design is printed on tosa ganpi paper, made in Kochi Prefecture, and printed from blocks made of magnolia obovata wood. The image measures 15 ½ by 10 inches, plus margins. A Japanese “certificate of authenticity”, will also be sent with the print.
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