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All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1960 item #609972 (stock #0072)
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$400.00
Village scene, possibly Nara, issued ca. 1950s, non-limited edition.

Pencil signed in the image beneath red artist’s seal, very good impression and color, untrimmed, full margins, light toning in margins, white tape residue on back of margins, printer’s seal on back of margin.

Overall size: 11 ½ x 17 in., image size: 10 ½ x 15 1/8 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #605812 (stock #0008)
William-Cozart, Inc.
$300.00

No. twelve from the series: “Ukiyo Juni Ka Getsu” (Twelve Months of the Floating World) issued 1890

Signed Gekko with artist’s seal, dated 1890 in a red cartouche on lower left, margins intact, fine impression and color, some wear and light creasing, very light soiling, not backed.

Oban yoko-e: 9 x 13 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #605819 (stock #0010)
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$300.00
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 ½ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #606047 (stock #0026)
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$300.00
Five vignettes of designs by Hiroshige, probably issued the year of his death, 1858

Signed Hiroshige, good impression and color, small glue stains on upper corners, very minor wear, small mark on lower right corner, not backed.

Oban tate-e harimaze-e: 8 7/8 x 13 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1700 item #607963 (stock #0067)
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$300.00
Ink and pigments on paper with gilding, ca. early 1600s

Originally mounted as a fan and later remounted on a fusuma sliding door or folding screen. Probably produced in a Kyoto fan workshop by one of a number of Nara ehon picture book painters that migrated to Kyoto from Nara.

Condition is good considering age and original use as a fan, some surface wear to pigments, slight smudging, losses to gilding, light creases and wrinkles, old backing from door or screen mounting remains

Overall size: 8 x 20 in. (max. length)

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1700 item #607967 (stock #0068)
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$300.00
Ink and pigments on paper with gilding, ca. early 1600s

Originally mounted as a fan and later remounted on a fusuma sliding door or folding screen. Probably produced in a Kyoto fan workshop by one of a number of Nara ehon picture book painters that migrated to Kyoto from Nara.

Condition is good considering age and original use as a fan, some surface wear to pigments, slight smudging, losses to gilding, light creases and wrinkles, old backing from door or screen mounting remains

Overall size: 8 x 20 in. (max. length)

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #605816 (stock #0009)
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$275.00
Kunisada (1786-1864) collaborating with Hiroshige (1797-1858)

From the series: “Kannon Reigen Ki” (Account of the miracles of Kannon) issued 1860. Main image by Kunisada depicting the miracle occurance

Signed Toyokuni (III), publisher’s seal and censor’s seal on left margin, very good impression and color, very minor wear and light stains on the margins.

Oban tate-e: 10 x 14 ½ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #605806 (stock #0006)
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$250.00
Two Kabuki actors in a rather intense moment, issued ca. 1860

Published by Ise-ya Kanekichi, very good impression and color, light rubbing and slight wrinkling to edges, upper corners with small reinforcements, not backed.

Oban tate-e: 9 ¾ x 14 1/8 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #1305821 (stock #0363)
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$165.00
Early 1800s

This portrait of a saint is thickly painted with old losses, particularly to part of the right background. There is an old date label on back. Old worm damage is visible on the back.

Height: 6 in., Width: 4 ¾ in., Thickness: 5/8 in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #605808 (stock #0007)
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$150.00
From the series: “Twelve New Tales from the Miserable Storehouse” issued 1859

Two uncut horizontal chuban prints – numbers eleven and twelve on one oban leaf. The upper print depicts a warrior battling demon ghosts and the lower is a shrine scene.

Upper and lower prints are both signed Yoshitsuya in red cartouches with aratame and date seal to 1859, good impression, color and condition, remnants of recent hinge paper on upper corners, a new narrow line of old backing paper on right margin.

Oban tate-e: 9 ½ x 14 ¼ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #606092 (stock #0029)
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$150.00
Kabuki actor portrait of Ichimura Uzaiemon VIII, issued 1861

Signed Toyokuni Ga (Toyokuni III) on lower right, very good impression and color, repaired hole on upper left margin, light soiling and wear, penciled on verso (incorrectly), “Toyokuni II 1785-1864”

Oban tate-e: 10 x 14 ½ in.

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1930 item #606137 (stock #0047)
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$150.00
Scene from a Noh play, published 1922-1926

Signed Kogyo on lower left, fan-shaped publisher’s seal, fine impression and color, visible woodgrain, lacquer printing on lower stage platform, light mica dust on edge of mountains, very slight wrinkles to lower corners, overall good condition

Oban tate-e: 10 x 14 ¾ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #606046 (stock #0025)
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$125.00
Yoshimori (1830-1884), pupil of Kuniyoshi

Scene depicting a bizarre tale about dolls, issued 1864

Two chuban size images that form one oban tate-e size print

Signed Yoshimori, title and publisher’s seal on right margin, aratame censor’s seal (1864), good impression and color, very minor wear, not backed.

Oban tate-e: 9 ¾ x 14 ½ in.

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1930 item #606156 (stock #0053)
William-Cozart, Inc.
$125.00
Scene from a Noh play from the series “100 Noh Plays” published 1922-1926

Signed Kogyo with publisher’s seal on lower left, very good impression and color, very light soiling on upper edge, minor wear

Oban tate-e: 10 x 14 ¾ in.

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1930 item #606141 (stock #0049)
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$95.00
Portrait of a Noh actor from the series “100 Noh Plays” published 1922-1926

Fan-shaped publisher’s seal on lower left, no signature, fine impression and color, visible woodgrain, very slight diagonal crease from top center to lower right edge, good condition

Oban tate-e: 10 x 14 ¾ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #606042 (stock #0023)
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$90.00
Interior scene of three women in the Winter from the series “Junshoku Sanjuroku Kasen” issued 1881

Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu, dated Meiji 14 (1881), good impression and color, very light and even toning, full margins, minor creases to corners, not backed.

Oban tate-e: 9 7/8 x 14 ½ in. including margins

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #606044 (stock #0024)
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$90.00
Interior scene of a courtesan and attendants from the series “Junshoku Sanjuroku Kasen” issued 1881

Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu, dated Meiji 14 (1881), good impression and color, not backed.

Oban tate-e: 10 x 14 1/8 in. including margins

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1980 item #607166 (stock #0064)
William-Cozart, Inc.
$90.00
Sake Shop, undated, purchased from a Kyoto gallery in 1978

Signed and titled in pencil on lower margin, very good color and condition

Paper size: 10 x 13 in.; image size: 7 ¾ x 10 ½ in.