Farm scene, issued ca. 1960s
Printed from a single block on thick paper. The block is inked in different colors with shading effects to imitate a stencil print.
Overall size: 9 x 12 in.
Album leaf with sleeve illustration for kimono, produced ca. 1930
Very good impression and color, thick paper, very minor soiling on margins, remains of backing tape
Overall size: 10 x 14 in.
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.
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.
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.
A “modern” print collage design depicting fragments of ancient temple roof tiles; a stylized Shinto shrine compound all overlaying a background scene of samurai warriors, issued ca. 1930s
Excellent impression and color including bronze powder printing—clouds and warrior highlights, very slight creasing to upper corners, not backed.
Overall size: 11 3/8 x 14 in.
Print by Helen Hyde titled "Daikon and the Baby", dated 1903, woodblock print on very thin, fine paper,
size of printed area: 6" high x 3" wide.
¡°This print was prepared in the mid-thirties, a few rare proofs exist¡¡This imposing portrait is the equivalent in technical complexity of Les Perles and L¡¯Etoile de Gobi¡¡The Mandarin¡¯s sleeve is printed in three shades of gray with urushi stripes, and silver metallics. Note the mica of the lenses, made by using crushed pink pearls¡¡¡± Richard Miles, The Prints of Paul Jacoulet. P.113, Robert G. Sawers Publishing, 1982...
Japanese woodblock print by the artist Kazuhiko Sanmonji entitled "Zen Garden of Ryoanji". Printed in gray, brown and yellow ink on paper. Signed and titled in pencil. Dated 1999. Artist proof.
Dimensions: Size of paper: 4 3/4" high x 13 1/2" long. Size of art including signature: 3" high x 12 1/2" long
Japanese limited edition woodblock print by Morihiro Sato (b. 1943) depicting white bellflowers. A student of Joichi Hoshi who was influenced by Hoshi's use of metallic pigments, the artist set the flowers and partial moon (or sun) against a metallic background. Depending upon the lighting conditions (see image taken with flash) the background appears either golden or silver. The print is pencil-titled in kanji "Autumn (Bellflowers)" and numbered 3/55 at the lower left...
Print by Birger Sandzen (Swedish American Artist 1871-1954), titled "The Sentinels", a well known image by this revered artist, done with what is described as Nailhead print making, similar to his woodblock and linoleum prints, though having much more precise definition and detail.
Measures: Sheet size (actual size of sheet minus edge losses) 10 7/8" x 8 5/8", image is 4 3/4" x 7".
Signed on lower right in pencil, his initials BS in the lower right of the print, titled "The Sentinels" on low...
Poem 71-71 is a Maki depiction of 子 Child and is one of those large red kanji on a black background that Daniel Tretiak valled a Big Red. This one measures 12in W by 17.5in H and is no.13 of an edition of 153. It is in excellent condition.
Clifton Karhu (1927-2007)
Tominaga-cho, Gion
Date: 1993.
Edition: 55/75.
Size: 24.25 x 17.75 inches.
Signed, titled, numbered, and dated in pencil by the artist in lower margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight toning in margin due to former matte. Left and right outside margins each have a dot of foxing. Print has never been adhered to a backing.
Poem 69-13 is an old embossed print. Created in 1969, it is in excellent condition. It measures 11 1/8in W x 15in H and is number 61 of an edition of 82.
A Very Fine Haku Maki (1924-2000) Japanese Woodblock Print with Persimmon
This print is a striking reddish orange persimmon with leaves tipped with a special Japanese lacquerand the thin and thick contrasted dark back ground.
Title: 81-10, Persimmon,
Signed Haku Maki, sealed Haku Maki in red seal
Edition: 86/190 on the bottom margin.
It’s in very good condition with full margins and a frame without any lay down with glue.(
it just has been made a frame with a cardboard back with a ...
Large limited-edition Japanese woodblock print by Joshua Rome (b. 1953) titled “Amawaku no Harusame” dated 4/15/1981. The bottom margin is titled, dated, numbered 70/100 and signed in pencil. The artist's red seal is beside the signature. At the bottom margin edge in pencil is "Spring Rain," the artist's name in English, and the original purchase price of $225. Paper: 18 3/8" x 25" (image: 15 3/4” x 21 5/8"). Very good overall condition...
This is a block print on an unusual paper, the subject a mounted Native American banging his drum while on a white horse, signed in the block by the important "dean of Arizona artists", LON MEGARGEE (1883-1960). The striking image might be after a painting by the artist, who, the story goes, was passed one day in the desert by a warrior in a dreamy trance-like reverie state, working his drum in this manner, barely noticing the white man watching him pass...
Japanese Woodblock by Tomio Kinoshita, "Red" 1971, 21/150. Large abstract square head over a square body with hands done in a curved space...
Paul Binnie
Snow at Asakusa (Shitamachi Snow, Moon, and Flower)
Date: 1998
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.5 x 11.5 inches.
Edition no.: 36/100
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Circle in lower foreground is fiber within the paper.
Masao Ido
Zuihou-In III (Rock garden)
Date: 1990.
Size: Approximately 18 x 13 inches.
Edition: 27/180
Signed in pencil and sealed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Faint matte line in margin.
Zuihoin is part of Daitoku-ji Temple in Kyoto.
Ca. 1950s
Original Japanese black lacquer and brocade frame. Postcard size print with borders likely trimmed. Print in good condition, but not examined outside frame.
Print: 3 ¾ in. x 5 ½ in., Frame: 9 in. x 7 ¼ in.
Ca. 1950s
Original Japanese black lacquer and brocade frame. Postcard size print with borders likely trimmed. Print in good condition, but not examined outside frame.
Print: 3 ¾ in. x 5 ½ in., Frame: 9 in. x 7 ¼ in.
Ca. 1950s
Original Japanese black lacquer and brocade frame. Postcard size print with borders likely trimmed. Print in good condition, but not examined outside frame.
Print: 3 ¾ in. x 5 ½ in., Frame: 9 in. x 7 ¼ in.
A print by the Japanese print maker Haku Maki, 1924-2000. He began in a career as a kamikaze pilot during world war 2. The surrender by Japan saved his life. He became a teacher and learned print making. His prints are unusual as they start with a woodblock which is carved then pressed with cement. When the cement is dried, it is carved further. A wet paper is placed on the woodblock and left to dry. The resulting image has a wonderful texture and unique embossed finish...
A Very Rare Korean Young Lady Woodblock Print by Sul-Chon-Korean/Japanese: Korea, Korean calender dated 4287 (1954), Oban, tate-e, 37.5cm x 28cm. Title: series #4: a Portrai of Choson’s young lady.
Artist: Sul-Chon. Signature: Sul-Chon in black seal and incense burner shapped real seal. Printed and publushed: 1954
Condition: an excellent condition with bright color, full margins and cleans without
any stains, crease or any damages at all...
Original Albrecht Dürer woodblock print "The Flight into Egypt", from: The Life of the Virgin (B. 89; M., Holl. 201; S.M.S. 179) woodcut, circa 1504, This impression on laid paper with a Fleur de Lis watermark (Meder 122) it is an original 16th century print after the Italian edition with narrow margins with a 1 cm repaired tear top left otherwise in very good condition B. 11¾ x 8 5/16 in...
Poem S B. This small and unpretentious print was a sleeper. Whoever sold it knew not what he had. Indeed neither did I until well after it came here to Beijing. It is a very rare 1968 Maki print. Not 1967 and not 1969. It has the kanji for Rope in the center and that is placed on a subtle but firmly done kanji for STONE - but the kanji is in there ass backwards. The correct rendering is in image 5. Mysteries abound.I have never seen the sub-title SB in a Maki print. I do not know what it m...
Still life Woodblock print of Vase by Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886-1963.) Artist's Seal: "Tomi." Date: 1955. Publisher: Adachi Hanga. Medium: Woodblock Print. Impression: Very good, printed on long-fiber Japanese paper. Size: W. 32.5cm( 12.75") x H.42cm (16.5").
Tomimoto Kenkichi was best known as one of the most influential Japanese ceramic artists of the 20th Century. In 1955, he was designated as a "Ningen Kokuho" Holder of Intangible Cultural Propertiy, commonly known in the West as a "Nation...
Work 73-5 is a funny, lively snowman--or snow child. It is number 28 of an edition of 103 and measures 9.5in W x 17.5in H.
Haku Maki was a Japanese print master of the late 20th century. His prints at the time this one was published were strong on the use of kanji and abstract designs, as shown here. In this case; the design is abstract, it shows archaic images which we are trying to understand. The print is large, well designed and carried off.
The seller Ashley Brasca of Winnipeg Canada wrote to me about this print:
“It is special because of the texture and physical quality achieved on the surface. This ...
A Very Rare/Fine Japanese Woodblock Print by Tadashi Nakayama (1927 -):
Japan, dated 1961, with original frame.
Ptinted with metallic embellishments, of red and silver squares with black top (?),
signed in pencil T. Nakayama, edition numbered 16/50, on the bottom margin,
with a professional/original frame. This is a very unusual print by this artist.
It’s in very good condition with color and impression, without any noticeable defects but not examined its back.
Measurements; 33” x 2...
A Rare Japanese Album Leaf Prints by Toyokuni Kunisa
Japan, 19th Century
14 full set of Japanese album leaf prints (10 triptych and 4 double leaf prints).A part of one triptych prit might be missed. It is in fine condition without any typical damages, and its measurements are 14" x 9 7/8" for each page.
A Fine Japanese Woodbocl Print by Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960):
Japan, Dai oban Yoko-e, 18 3/4” x 14” incl. margins, first edition.
Title; Three young Korean men, Seoul, Coree
Signature and Seal; signed jacoulet in pencil with a red Mandarin duck seal stamped on
the lower left and another square red seal on the verso, and
there is a solid Siver Mica on the back ground.
There is no edtion #, but this is a first edition print by Paul Jacoulet.
Publisher; printed by Uchikawa Matashiro o...
A Very/Large Woodblock Print by Tsuchiya Rakuzan (1896-1976):
Japan, First Editon, 23 3/4” x 18” incl. margins,
Title; a Pair of pigeons beneath hydrangeas in middle of Summer,
Date; ca 1930s,
Signature; impressed seal “Rakuzan Kyo” and Red seal “A”,
Pubisher; Self-printed,
Water mark; Rakuzan Kacho Gafu on the lower margin,
Conditon; It is in very fine condition but a mat bed marks on the margins only.
*** Reference: Please see www.Rackuzan.net website
A Very Fine/Large Woodblock Print by Tsuchiya Rakuzan (1896-1976):
Japan, First Edition, 22” x 16 3/4” incl. margins
Title; Lily and a Bird feeding her chicks in early Summer,
Date; ca 1930s,
Signature; impressed seal “ Rakuzan Kyo” and Red seal “A”,
Publisher; Self-printed,
Water mark; Rakuzan Kacho Gafu on the lower margin,
Condition; It is in very fine condition but a mat bed marks on the margins only (not images).
*** Reference: Please see www.Rackuzan.net website
A Very Fine/Large Woodblock Print by Tsuchiya Rakuzan (1896-1976):
Japan, First Edition, 22” x 16 3/4” incl. margins
Title; Ears of Barley, dadelions and nest of a skylark feeding her chicks in early summer
Date; ca 1930s
Signature; impressed seal “ Rakuzan Saku” and Red seal “A”
Publisher; Self-printed,
Water mark; Rakuzan Kacho Gafu on the lower margin,
Condition; It is in very good condition but a mat bed marks on the margins only (not images).
*** Reference: Please see Ra...