$70.00
Very good impression and color, original album backing, center fold, minor wrinkling to lower corners Album leaf: 9 ¾ x 14 ½ in.
$50.00
Very good printing (to simulate age and wear), color and condition
Overall size: 8 ¾ x 14 in.
$40.00
Hirafuku Hyakusui was a noted painter and illustrator in Nihon-ga style, and was a professor at Tokyo School of Fine Arts and a member of Imperial Fine Arts Academy.
Publisher’s information on lower left with the number 21, good condition
Shikishiban: 9 ¼ x 9 ¼ in.
$275.00
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.
$40.00
Good impression and condition
Album leaf: 9 ¼ x 12 in.
$300.00
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.
$75.00
Published by Unsodo Co., title and printer’s name on left margin, very good impression and color, margins somewhat trimmed, light soiling, slight creasing in margins and wear to two corners, dated in Arabic numerals for export
Overall size: 9 ½ x 14 ½ in.
$45.00
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.
$45.00
Very good impression and color, light staining in margins, light staining on verso
Overall size: 6 ½ x 8 ½ in.
$80.00
The actor died at age 60. He is shown holding a Buddhist sutra and his “death poem” in is cursive script above his head.
Signed Utagawa Toyosai, dated: 1903, fine impression and color, left margin slightly trimmed, small brown spot above sutra page, original paper backing possibly from time of issue.
Oban tate-e: 9 ½ x 14 in.
$90.00
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.
$250.00
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.
$85.00
Signed Kogyo with artists’s seal on L.L., very good impression and color, two light marks on lower left, light ripple in upper right corner, large red collector’s seal on verso
Oban tate-e: 10 x 14 ¾ in.
$30.00
This is a design for a kimono with a leafing vine surrounding a lacquer calligraphy box with inkstone and brushes in tones of grays and black with only the calligraphy brushes having red and yellow handles. The grain of the woodblock shows through the background of the kimono. Printed on mulberry paper and probably a leaf from a design album. There is a stain above the upper right sleeve, and a repaired 2 inch tear at the top of the leaf. The paper has yellowed slightly.
Oban tate-e: 9 1/8 in. x 12 ½ in., Image size: 6 ¼ in. x 7 ¾ in.
$80.00
Published by Unsodo Co., title and printer’s name on left margin, good impression and color, margins somewhat trimmed, minor wear, very slight wrinkles, dated in Arabic numerals for export
Overall size: 9 ½ x 14 in.
$75.00
Ink on thin paper mounted on an old backing, centerfold, light toning, generally good condition
Shita-e: 10 ½ x 15 in. overall; drawing size: 9 ½ x 12 ½ in.
$400.00
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.
$90.00
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