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Mucha-e ( Warrior Prints )
p1800 - €1375 - US$
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Yoshitsuya Triptych Masterpiece - Minamoto Yorimitsu - Gian Serpent - Magician.
Description:
Original antique Japanese woodblock print Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822-1866). Musha-e (Warrior print).
Date: 4/1858. Publisher: Tsutaya. Oban tate-e triptych size: 28" x 13 3/8" inches.
Fine impression (with burnishing on the scales of the snake), very good color and condition.
Some trimming, minor marks and flaws.Minamoto Yorimitsu and his men attacking the magician Hakamadare Yasumasa who has conjured a giant phantom serpent.
The black dog runs right at the magician because he doesn't see the serpent. This way Yorimitsu is convinced that the serpent is a phantom. A mesmerizing composition with the giant serpent meandering through all three panels.This incredible woodblock print is Yoshitsuya's acclaimed masterwork rivaling the best of
Kuniyoshi's dramatic triptychs.
p1739 - €1500 - US$
Rare Utagawa Kunisada - Warrior Print - Omori Hikoshichi - c.1830.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Mucha-e (Warrior print). Date: c.1830s.
Oban tate-e size: 14 1/3" x 9 3/4" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition. A few very minute professionally restored wormholes, very slightly trimmed, faint centerfold but otherwise in a magnificent state with very fresh colors. Wonderful printed details such as metallic pigments and embossing.A young 'innocent' woman has persuaded a warrior (Omori Hikoshichi, a samurai from the 14th century) to carry her across a stream on his back. When they are halfway across he looks down and sees the reflection of a hanya demon in the water in front of him. Kunisada has masterfully captured this specific moment; the troubled expression on Hikoshichi's face as he is confronted with this hazardous situation, reaching beneath his robes ready to draw his sword.
There are two variations on the story, the first is straightforward, Hikoshichi draws his sword and kills the demon just in time. The second is not mythical and tells the tale of revenge by the defeated warlord Kusonoki Masashige's daughter who's seeking retribution for her father's suicide. She puts on a hanya mask before imposing revenge.
Kunisada's image has clearly been inspired by the former one.
Impressions of this design have been included to the collections of the British Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
p1675 - €350 US$
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - Samurai Meeting - Musha-e - c.1878.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Musha-e (Warrior print).
Date: 1878. Oban tate-e size: 9 1/8" x 13 1/2" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition.
Series: 'Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan'. Title: 'Kusunoki Masashige Reading to His Troops at Shitennoji Temple'.
One very tiny hole, minor marks and flaws otherwise in a very good state with a strong ink-bleed through to verso.Yoshitoshi designed this important series of 51 prints of military heroes from 1876 to 1882. These exciting pictures of famous warriors created a feeling with the Japanese public. Full of violence and forceful emotions, Yoshitoshi's striking and ingenious compositions challenged a historic subject while using a modern style. His realism and drafting skill captured the valuable heritage of these national heroes at a time when Japan was struggling with the after-effects of the Satsuma Rebellion.
A beautiful design of the great fourteenth-century general Kusunoki Masashige, who fought for the banished Emperor Go-Daigo during the period of Northern and Southern courts in Japan. In this scene at Shitennoji Temple, Masashige sits reading a scroll to his accumulated staff, the men bowing their heads respectfully as they listen. He wears a tall court cap and a red robe under his armor, a quiver of arrows resting against the pillar at his back.
A very nice image, wonderfully detailed with burnishing and soft shading in the evening sky.
Utagawa Yoshitora ( fl. ca. 1850~1880 )
p808 - €265 - US$
Yoshitora - Archer - Oban - Warrior Print - 1861.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Yoshitora (fl. ca. 1850-1880). Mucha-e (Warrior print).
Oban tate-e size: 10" x 14 3/4" inches. Date: 1861. Publisher: Izutsuya. Signature: Yoshitora ga.
Excellent impression, color and fine condition.
A very small thinning spot (In the water near the left shoulder of the man on the rock) otherwise this print is as new !
Title: 'Chinzei Hahiro Tametomo (12th. Century formidable archer) sinking the leading ship with a single arrow.
His henchman Oniyasha on a rock'.A wonderful warrior print !
p1291 - €850 - US$
Triptych Toshihide - Warriors In Snow - c.1890 - Meiji.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Migita Toshihide (1863-1925), Musha-e (Warrior print). Date: c.1890.
Oban triptych size: ca. 14" x 9 1/4" inches (each sheet). Very fine impression (with extensive shomenzuri), color and very good condition. Slightly trimmed on lateral margins, rubbing on verso (backing only). Very minor marks and flaws.
Subject: Warriors of the Minamoto Clan duelling to the death, with swords, on a snow covered riverbank.
Five men in a boat are heading towards them.A superb warrior design !
p806 - €
US$
Kuniyoshi - Suikoden Warrior Masterpiece Famous Under Water Scene - 1827.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Mucha-e (Warrior print).
Oban tate-e size: 15 1/5" x 10 2/5"" inches. (Virtually full size!) Date: c.1827-1830. Very good impression, color and condition.
Colors slightly faded, very minor wrinkling, minor marks and flaws otherwise wonderful state ! Description: Tammeijiro Genshogo, the tattooed warrior, fighting under water with an enemy. From Kuniyoshi's famous series: ' Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori' (The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden, One by One). Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Published by Kagaya Kichiemon.
References:
p.104 (s 2.69) in 'Kuniyoshi, the Warrior Prints' by B.W.Robinson, BM; VAM; Inouye, Pl.108; Or.Art, Spring 1961, p.25; Hillier, 47; UMS, 8; UT, 171; Riccar 1978, 48; Riccar 1979, 26; Bidwell 1980, 10; Kruml, 9.4.
Yoshitoshi, one of Kuniyoshi's most celebrated pupils, clearly was inspired by this print when he designed his acclaimed vertical oban diptych entitled: 'Cho Jun, the White Stripes in the Waves, Wrestling in the River with Ri Ki, the Black Whirlwind' !This famous underwater scene by Kuniyoshi is considered the masterpiece of the Suikoden series !
p593 - €375 - US$
Wonderful Warrior Print - Kuniyoshi 1836 - Three Kingdoms.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), Musha-e (Warrior print). Date: 1836.
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Trimmed otherwise in a flawless state! Oban tate-e size: 10 1/3" x 13 1/3" inches.
Signed: Kuniyoshi ga. Title: ' Tsuzoku Sangokushi yei yu no ichi-nin'. (Heroes of the Popular History of the Three Kingdoms, one by one). Subject: Choko and Choun fighting in a glare on a hillside. Publisher: Joshuya Kinzo.
Title on oblong cartouche with narrow yellow edges; text on rectangular panel with similar edge!'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' is a Chinese historical novel written in the fourteenth century by Luo Guanzhong about the period between the years 184 and 280 CE. During this turbulent period of history, China was composed of three competing kingdoms- the Wei (also known as Cao Wei), the Han (also known as Shu Han or Shu) and the Wu (also known as Eastern Wu).
Reference: (S10.4) p.108/109 in 'Kuniyoshi, the Warrior Prints' by B.W. Robinson.
A very interesting and dynamic design!
Yokohama -e ( Westerner Prints )
p2091 - €650 - US$
Rare Humorous Yokohama-e – Utagawa Yoshikata –
Two Chinese Men With Dutchman -
c.1860.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Yoshikata (act. ca.1840s–60s). Yokohama-e (Westerner Print).
Date: c.1860. Oban tate-e size: 14 1/4” x 9 1/2” inches. Very good impression, color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor wear and soiling. Thin album backing. Yoshikata was a talented pupil of Kuniyoshi.Hilarious and unusual Yokohama-e scene portraying an enthusiastic Dutchman encouraging the acrobatic moves of two Chinese men who at the same time have their ponytails tied together.
A rare theme !
Rare Comical Yokohama-e – Utagawa Yoshikata – Two Crazy Dutchmen - c.1860.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Yoshikata (act. ca.1840s–60s). Yokohama-e (Westerner Print).
Date: c.1860. Oban tate-e size: 14 2/5” x 9 3/4” inches. Very good impression, color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor wear, soiling and staining. Thin album backing. Yoshikata was a talented pupil of Kuniyoshi.Very funny Yokohama-e design featuring two Dutchmen fooling around. One man is sticking out his tongue and laughing at the other man who just slipped while his food is flying in the air.
Yokohama-e was the branch of late ukiyo-e prints devoted to depicting foreigners at the port of Yokohama from the year after its opening in 1859 until the early 1880s. The Golden Age of the Yokohama-e was 1860-61, when Japanese curiostiy about the strangers from abroad was at its peak, ans several hundred different prints were issued. The artists generally were members of the Utagawa School.
Look here for a closer historical look of the depiction of these strangers depicted in Japan at the time !
p1889 - €550 - US$ Toyohara Chikanobu - Well-Known Design - Emperor Meiji - c.1887.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912). Bijin-e (Beauties).
Date: 1887. Oban triptych (total) size: 28" x 14" inches. Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Series: Koki noryo no zu. Signed: Yoshu Chikanobu. Retains original Japanese album backing (panels attached).
Minor wrinkling, marks and flaws.Magnificent triptych with a very nice composition depicting the Emperor Meiji enjoying the cool evening.
p1888 - €775 - US$ Rare Yokohama-e Design - Chinese Ship - Utagawa Yoshitora - c.1860.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora (act.1850-1880). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: 1860s. Oban tate-e size: 14 1/2" x 9 3/4" inches. Very good impression, color and condition.
A very slight horizontal centerfold and some very tiny repairs.Beautiful Yokohama-e image in Nagasaki-e style representing a Chinese ship.
The insert image, in the shape of a medaillon, features a Chinaman.
p1883 - €550 - US$ Utagawa Yoshitora - Italians - Flag - Yokohama-e - c.1860.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora (act.1850-1880). Yokohama-e (Foreigners). Date: 1860s.
Oban tate-e size: 13 7/8" x 9 1/2" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. Very tiny repair upper right corner.
Minor marks and flaws otherwise in a wonderful state.Beautiful Yokohama-e image depicting two Westerners with one of them carrying the Italian flag.
Yoshitora's use of gauffrage on the trouser's of the man in the background is a nice observing detail.
p1882 - €315 - US$ Pupil Of Kuniyoshi - Englishman - Daruma Doll - Yokohama-e - c.1861.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by an unknown pupil of Kuniyoshi. Yokohama-e (Foreigners). Date: 1861.
Oban tate-e size: 14 2/3" x 10" inches. Good impression, color and condition. Backing, some repairs in corners,
slightly toned, minor marks and flaws.A nice depiction of an Englisman sitting on a bench with a walking-stick in his hand.
A striking detail is the daruma doll that lays behind him.
p1852 - €875 - US$ Utagawa Yoshikazu - Russian Couple - Yokohama-e - 1861.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshikazu (act.1848-1863). Yokohama-e (Foreigners). Date: 8/1861.
Oban tate-e size: 14 3/8" x 9 7/8" inches. Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei. Fine impression, color and very good condition.
Some very small thinning spots, minor marks and flaws otherwise in a superb state.A wonderful example of a Yokohama-e print at its finest.
The image shows not only a Russian couple, but also a Russian ship. A striking detail is the print the woman is holding which depicts a foreign couple. It seems like Yoshikazu tells the viewer that his work is so faithful that even foreigners buy them.
p1820 - € Utagawa Hiroshige III - Train - Running Horse - Boats - Yokohama-e - c.1860s.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige III (c.1842-1894). Yokohama-e (Prints depicting Westerners).
Date: c.1860s. Oban tate-e size: 14" x 9" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. Some very small repairs, minor wrinkling, marks and flaws.Wonderful Yokohama-e portrayal of the various ways of transport during the Meiji period.
p1819 - € Pupil Of Hiroshige - Ricksah, Train And Mountain - Yokohama-e - c.1870s.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by an unknown pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige. Yokohama-e (Prints depicting Westerners). Date: c.1870s. Oban tate-e size: 13 2/3" x 9" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. Some very small repairs, minor wrinkling, marks and flaws.Beautiful Yokohama print depicting some passers-by who are looking at a riding train.
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p1818 - € Utagawa Yoshitora - Steam Locomotive - Yokohama-e - c.1860s.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1850-1880). Yokohama-e (Prints depicting Westerners). Date: c.1860s. Oban tate-e size: 14" x 9 1/3" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. Some very small repairs, minor wrinkling, marks and flaws.Striking Yokohama-e design portraying a steam locomotive riding through a tunnel being witnessed by a curious audience.
The print gives an unusual viewpoint with the steam locomotive coming towards the beholder.More on Utagawa Yoshitora.
p1817 - € Utagawa Hiroshige III - Train At Yokohama Station - Yokohama-e - c.1860s.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige III (c.1842-1894). Yokohama-e (Prints depicting Westerners).
Date: c.1870s. Oban yoko-e size: 9" x 13 2/3" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. Very slight vertical centerfold, some very small professional repairs, minor wrinkling, marks and flaws.Delightful Yokohama-e design featuring the Yokohama railway station with the arrival of a train.
Like Hiroshige II, Hiroshige III was a student of the famous Ukiyo-e master Utagawa Hiroshige. Hiroshige III married Hiroshige's daughter after she was divorced from Hiroshige II and called himself Hiroshige III. His work was heavily influenced by his father-in-law but at the same time also characterized by a very interesting insight into the industrial and cultural development of his country after the opening to the outside world. One of his favorite subjects were railway stations.
More on Utagawa Hiroshige III
p1811 - €475 - US$
Utagawa Yoshitora - Chinese Men In Courtyard - Yokohama-e - c.1860.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1840-1880). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: c.1860. Oban tate-e size: 9 1/2" x 14 1/3" inches. Very good impression, color and condition.
Some light soiling at edges. Small stain at lower left. A few very small hole repairs. In a nice overall state.Yokohama-e design featuring three Chinese men chatting in a courtyard. A servant with a long braid trailing down his back gestures with his hands as the fellow at left looks back at him. A pair of geese can be seen at lower right, and the room behind them holds a low red lacquer table with stools placed next to it, a bird cage hanging overhead. Rooftops are dotted among green foliage in the background.
A delightful scene with great detail in the setting and figures.
p1809 - €
Utagawa Hiroshige III - Yokohama-e Triptych - Steam Train Rail Road - c.1873.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print triptych by Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842/43-1894). Yokohama-e (Westerners). Date: c.1873. Oban tate-e size (each panel): 9 2/3" x 14 1/2" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. Some browning, minor staining, marks and flaws.A great Yokohama triptych depicting a steam train entering Yokohama railway station. In the background ships are coming in and departing from Yokohama harbour.
p1808 - €365 - US$
Utagawa Yoshikazu - Western Woman And Sewing Machine -
Yokohama-e - c.1860.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshikazu (act.1848-1863). Yokohama-e (Westerners). Date: c.1860.
Oban tate-e size: 8 7/8" x 13 1/4" inches. Title: 'Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu' (Foreign Woman Engaged in Dressmaking).
Very good impression, color and condition. Some staining and light creasing at edges.Delightful Yokohama-e design portraying a Western woman using a sewing machine with a determined expression while her husband and children are playing in the background. Another woman is ironing outside.
A terrific image featuring the habits of foreigners living in Yokohama.
p1807 - €750 - US$
Utagawa Sadahide - English Merchant Sorting Fabric - Yokohama-e - c.1861.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873). Yokohama-e (Westerners). Date: c.1861.
Oban tate-e size: 10" x 14 1/3" inches. Title: 'Igirsujin Yokohama orimono nishiki-e kuki no zu (Englishman Sorting Fabric For Trade at Yokohama)'. Signature: Gountei Sadahide. Publisher's seal: Mori Ji Kinshindo. Very good impression, color and condition. Some very small repairs, minor marks and flaws.Famous Yokohama-e design featuring an English merchant who is seated in front of a large framed portrait of his absent wife.
This was a common descriptive convention for suggesting both desolation and passion. This is enhanced by the dyed fabric the merchant is holding in his lap which he presumably had purchased for his better half.Another impression of this design is in The British Museum.
p1806 - €
Utagawa Yoshiiku - Englishman And Woman - Yokohama-e - c.1861.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904). Yokohama-e (Westerners). Date: c.1861.
Oban tate-e size: 9 3/4" x 14 2/3" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. Only minor marks and flaws.
In a nearly flawless state.A great Yokohama-e design portraying an English couple. The man is holding an umbrella and a walking-stick
p1805 - €750 - US$
Utagawa Yoshitora - French Lady And Child - Yokohama-e - 1861.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1840-1880). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: January 1861. Oban tate-e size: 9 3/4" x 14 1/2" inches. Very good impression, color and condition.
Three very small repairs, minor marks and flaws.A well-known Yokohama-e design portraying a French lady holding an umbrella with her child standing behind her.
p1804 - €625 - US$
Utagawa Yoshitora - Man And Woman With Musical Instruments -
Yokohama-e - c.1861.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1840-1880). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: c.1861. Oban tate-e size: 9 1/2" x 14 1/3" inches. Very good impression, color and condition.
Thinning area at left border, some very small repairs.Wonderful Yokohama-e design depicting a Western man with an accordion and a Western woman with a trumpet.
p1803 - €
Utagawa Yoshitora - Frenchman And Oiran - Yokohama-e - c.1861.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1840-1880). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: c.1861. Oban tate-e size: 10" x 14 1/3" inches. Good impression, color and condition.
Three very small repairs, minor marks and flaws.Delightful Yokohama-e design portraying a Frenchman encountering a high-class Japanese prostitute.
The woman wears a kimono with a dragon motif.
p1741 - €1300 US$
Rare Utagawa Kuniteru - Yokohama-e Triptych
- View Of Tsukiji Teppozu, Tokyo - c.1860s.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniteru (1808-1876). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: c.1860s. Oban triptych size ( each panel approx. ): 14 1/3" x 9 3/4" inches.
Title: ' View of Tsukiji Teppozu, Tokyo'. Three panels out of six panels. Very good impression, color and condition.
Very slightly soiled and toned, right panel with minor stains.Impressive and rare yokohama-e triptych portraying a view of Tsukiji Teppozu in Tokyo with the many foreign embassies and consulates that were based there. The image gives an insightful look into the daily life during that period and the interaction between the Japanese and the foreigners.
The Japanese text below the image contains specific information on the concerning buildings and their purposes.
A design with great historic importance.
p1738 - €1000 US$
Utagawa Sadahide - Yokohama-e - French Girl And Dog - c.186
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Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: c.1860. Oban tate-e size: 14 1/2" x 10" inches.
Title: 'Furansujin komusume hikiinu sampo no zu (A French Girl Strolling With a Dog)'.
Very good impression, color and near fine condition. Very minor marks and flaws. Untrimmed.A delightful yokohama-e design featuring a French girl strolling with her dog accompanied
by a Javanese servant.
p1686 - €
Rare Chikanobu Masterpiece - Noble Women In European Clothes - c.1889.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Toyohara (aka. Yoshu) Chikanobu (1838-1912).
Date: 1889. Bijin-ga (Beauty print). Oban tate-e size: 9 1/4" x 14" inches.
Series:'Customs of the Capital Displayed by Homonyms of the Word Fuku'. Title: 'You-fuku'.
Excellent impression (with metallic pigments and gauffrage), color and near fine condition.
Thinly backed otherwise in a magnificent state.This exceptional work is considered to be the masterwork of the "Customs"-series and is a very colorful illustration of the rapid transformation of Japan during the Meiji Period. The title of the print 'You-fuku' refers to occidental clothes. The two young Japanese women depicted here are members of the high society and are wearing, just as the little girl who's holding a dog on a leash in front of them, wonderful imported European clothing while standing under cherry blossoms. Except for their delicate faces, they almost entirely emulate the European woman of the time.
A truly wonderful piece of art !
p1678 - €550 US$
Utagawa Toyokuni III - Priest And Child - Early Yokohama-e - c.1856.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (aka. Kunisada) (1786-1865). Yokohama-e (Westerners). Date: 1856. Oban tate-e size: 9 7/8" x 14 3/8" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some minor wrinkling and soiling otherwise in a very good state with a strong ink-bleed through to verso.Attractive kabuki double portrait displaying the young boy Kato Ishidomaru meeting his father, who has emerged as the priest Karukaya Doshin. His father was a daimyo who fled his station and title and became a priest to break away from his jealous wife. His son searched for him, lastly recognizing him by a birthmark, but the man denied his true identity. Here Doshin looks down at his son, his lips tightly pursed in a frown as he examines the boy's face closely. The young boy looks up at him with a
beseeching expression, his eyebrows raised.A charming early Yokohama-e design !
p1677 - €225 US$
Horse Drawn Streetcar - Yokohama-e - c.1860.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by an unknown artist. Yokohama-e (Westerners). Date: c.1860s.
Oban tate-e size: 9 1/2" x 14 1/4" inches. Very good impression, color and near fine condition.
Very minor marks and flaws only. Originally part of a triptych but this panel can also stand on his own.Energetic design of a busy street during the Meiji era, with a horse-drawn streetcar galloping across a bridge at right. Strollers share the road with rickshaws and riders on horseback on both sides of the waterway, with boats moving goods up and down the river.
An alluring spring scene with blossoming cherry trees and vibrant color.
p1676 - €500 US$
Utagawa Kuniteru II - Stage Coach - Child And Dog - Yokohama-e - c.1860.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniteru II (1830-1874). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: c.1860s. Oban tate-e size: 8 1/2" x 13 1/8" inches. Very good impression, color and near fine condition.
Some minor marks and flaws otherwise in a very good state with a strong ink-bleed through to verso.Fascinating scene of a streetcar drawn by a team of gray horses galloping along a busy street. A coachman in a purple jacket and top hat uses a riding crop on the horses as a young boy and a dog race next to the vehicle.
The street is lined with modern stone buildings and blossoming cherry trees.An interesting view of the rapid modernization of Japan during the Meiji era.
More info on Kuniteru II.
p1674 - €400 US$
Utagawa Yoshitora - Beauties On Bridge - Yokohama-e - c.1860.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. c.1840-1880). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: 1860s. Oban tate-e size: 8 3/4" x 13 1/8" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition.
Some minor soiling otherwise in a very good state with a strong ink-bleed through to verso.Delightful scene of beauties who pause as they walk across a new stone bridge to look at the water below.
One woman hangs over the railing as her companion gestures to the rest of the group.
A rickshaw passes by and strollers and laborers walk alongside the street lined with shops.
Cherry trees covered with pink blossoms frame the view.An interesting composition.
p1673 - €350 US$
Tsutsui Toshimine - Wounded Woman - Yokohama-e - c.1883.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Tsutsui Toshimine (1863-1934). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: 1883/84. Oban tate-e size: 9 7/8" x 14 3/8" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition.
Series: 'Brocade Pictures for Moral Education' (Nishiki e shûshindan maki roku).
Backed, some minor rubbing and soiling otherwise in a very good state.A lovely design from a six-volume series of woodblock prints dated from 1883-1884 illustrating moral teachings.
These pictures were most probably used for classroom instruction on moral education, named "shushin" (which means 'self-discipline') a program developed by the Japanese government in reaction to the noticed lapse in public morals, attributed to poor Western influences. Some of the artists attributed to the series are Toshimitsu, Toshimine and Toshikata, many of them pupils of the great Ukiyo-e master Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. These images depict realistically drawn scenes from ancient to modern times, clarifying the highest standards of behavior. These charming prints include Japanese in both traditional and Western-style clothing and a variety of Westerners.A fascinating series, rarely seen.
p1672 - €350 US$
Tsutsui Toshimine - Western Mother And Child - Yokohama-e - c.1883.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Tsutsui Toshimine (1863-1934). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: 1883/84. Oban tate-e size: 8 1/2" x 13 1/4" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition.
Series: 'Brocade Pictures for Moral Education' (Nishiki e shûshindan maki roku).
Title: 'Honesty is Always Rewarded by Men or Gods'. Light paper remnants on reverse, some minor soiling
otherwise in a very good state.A lovely yokohama-e design !
You can find more info on this series in the description of p1673.
p1671 - €350 US$
Unknown Artist - Poor Western Family - Yokohama-e - c.1883.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Unknown Artist. Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: 1883/84. Oban tate-e size: 8 1/2" x 13 1/4" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition.
Series: 'Brocade Pictures for Moral Education' (Nishiki e shûshindan maki roku).
Backed, some minor rubbing and soiling otherwise in a very good state.Delicate yokohama-e design featuring an attractive 'melodramatic' setting !
You can find more info on this series in the description of p1673.
p1670 - €375 US$
Tsutsui Toshimine - Wounded Man And Lovely Girl - Yokohama-e - c.1883.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Tsutsui Toshimine (1863-1934). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: 1883/84. Oban tate-e size: 8 1/2" x 13 1/4" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition.
Series: 'Brocade Pictures for Moral Education' (Nishiki e shûshindan maki roku).
Title: 'Merciful Girls Are Better Than Saints'. Some very minor thinning at edges otherwise in a very good state.A rare yokohama-e design with great historic relevance !
You can find more info on this series in the description of p1673.
p1669 - €350 US$
Tsutsui Toshimine - Crying Child - Yokohama-e - c.1883.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Tsutsui Toshimine (1863-1934). Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: 1883/84. Oban tate-e size: 8 1/2" x 13 1/4" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition.
Series: 'Brocade Pictures for Moral Education' (Nishiki e shûshindan maki roku).
Backed, some minor rubbing and soiling otherwise in a very good state.Very nice yokohama-e image of a disobedient Western child who gets a box on the ear of her father.
You can find more info on this series in the description of p1673.
p1581 - €
Rare Kunitoshi - Yokohama-e - Ladies In Western Attire - c.1860.
Description:
Original Japanese woodblock print Kunitoshi (1847-1899). Yokohama-e (Westerners). Date: c.1860s.
Oban tate-e size: 9 1/4" x 13 7/8" inches. Signed: Kunitoshi. Very good impression, color and condition.
A few light spots, a very slight horizontal fold, overall in a nice state.
Fascinating portrait of two Japanese women dressed in the latest Western fashions. Both wear long dresses with full skirts and overskirts pulled into bustles at the back. The tightly fitted bodices feature long sleeves and high collars, and each woman wears an elaborate hat decorated with feathers. An arrangement of blossoming branches sits in a large blue vase on a low red lacquer table at right. Nicely detailed and attractively colored. A strikingly rare detail is the artist's name which appears in English cursive at lower right instead of in Japanese. Another Western-influenced detail are the shadows on the overskirt of the woman on the left.A handsome and unusual design showcasing the rapid modenization of Japan during the Meiji era.
p1580 - €
Rare Yoshimori - Yokohama-e - United States Sailing Ship - c.1872.
Description:
Original Japanese woodblock print Utagawa Yoshimori (1830-1884). Yokohama-e (Westerners). Date: 10/1872.
Oban tate-e size: 8 1/4" x 13" inches. Signed: Kōsai sha (Yoshimori). Publisher: Ōtaya Takichi.
Title: 'An American Ship in the Open Sea off Arai'. Series: 'Painting and Calligraphy of the Fifty-Three Stations' (Shoga gojūsan eki). Fine impression (with gauffrage), very good color and condition. Backed with paper, horizontal centerfold (now flattened!), some very small wormhole repairs, minor wear and soiling. Generally in a very good condition overall.
Magnificent design of a United States ship making its way through rough seas. The sails billowing and flags and pennants fluttering in the wind. The three masts rise above the frame of the lower image, giving the ship an impressive size and adding a real sense of depth to the scene. White-capped waves crash against the bow as the sea gently rolls, and a soft golden yellow glow spreads along the horizon. The telegraph was soon introduced to Japan and interest in this new technology can be seen the telegraph pole included in the design on the right.One of the most dramatic images from this series, beautifully composed and detailed.
Fine cloth embossing in the background of the calligraphy panel across the top.
p272 - €
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Original Rare Yokohama-e Triptych Westerners.Yoshiiku 1861.
Description:
Original very rare antique Japanese color woodblock Yoshiiku (1833-1904), Triptych, Yokohama-e (Westerners), 1861.
Very good condition. Size: Three panels of 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Title: ' Bankoku danjo jimbutsu zue' (Portraits of male and female of foreign countries) Trimmed into image, a few small repairs, minor wear and soiling. Strong inkbleed through, no backing!Yoshiiku was a ukiyo-e print artist and illustrator, son of a teahouse proprietor in the Yoshiwara. He became a pupil of Kuniyoshi, after the Meiji Restoration. He became popular as a newspaper illustrator. He was involved in a lifetime rivalry with another student of Kuniyoshi, namely Yoshitoshi. There's even the story that Yoshiiku bullied him. This print is recited a Yokohama-e masterpiece a bizarre and hilarious depiction of westerners, mythical figures (Ashinaga with the long legs and Tenaga with the long arms!), an elephant with a midget on his back, two men carrying a pierced man...etc.This is a great piece of art and very much sought after !
p812 - €
Nagasaki-e - Anonymous
Dutchman And Attendant And Dog - 1805.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Anonymous. Nagasaki-e (Nagasaki print).
Date: c.1805. Size: 10 1/2" x 4 1/2" inches. Fair impression and condition. Soiling, browning, toning, backing and some very small repairs. Depicted is a pipe smoking Dutchman accompanied by an attendant and his dog !
Nagasaki-e are Japanese woodblock prints that depict foreigners (Mostly the Dutch!), their ships or their exotic animal presents. The prime time of these prints was from 1800 to 1860 and were made for and bought by Japanese who had hardly ever a chance to see this strange looking foreigners! Nagasaki-e are even more rare than Yokohama-e. ( These later prints show foreigners and their technical achievements from the enclave of Yokohama ).A very charming print !
p811 - €
Nagasaki-e - Anonymous - Steamboat - 1805.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Anonymous. Nagasaki-e (Nagasaki print). Size: 12" x 8 2/3" inches.
Date: c.1805. Very good impression, color and condition. Very slightly soiled, vertical centerfold, minor marks and flaws.
Title: 'Jokisen no zu' (Steamboat). The figurehead is a striking detail !
Nagasaki prints are highly treasured by collectors !A wonderful boat scene !
p1200 - €
Yoshitora - Rare Yokohama-e - Chinese Servant On Horse - c.1861.
Description:
Original Japanese woodblock print "by Yoshitora (active ca.1850-1880). Yokohama-e (Westerner print). Date: c.1861.
Size: 14 1/2" x 9 3/4". Very good impression, color and condition.
Full size, very slightly folded ( hardly traceable ! ) minor marks and flaws. Depiction of a Chinese servant on a horse.
Chinese people were very rarely depicted as a main subject in the Yokohama-e genre.The depiction of the horse is clearly influenced by the Western (European) copperplate engravings.
p1199 - €
Kyoiku Nishike-e - John James Audubon - Bird Naturalist - c.1873.
Description:
Original Japanese woodblock print Anonymous. Kyoiku Nishike-e (Educational Colored Woodblock Prints). Date: c.1873.
Size: 13 3/4" x 9 1/4". Series: "Great Names of the West. Very good impression, color and condition.
Minor marks and flaws only. A comical depiction of the famous bird naturalist John James Audubon.
This print is from a series of 14 designs all depicting famous names (mainly scientists).
These kind of prints are called "Kyoiku Nishiki-e (Educational Colored Woodblock Prints)" or "Youdou Katei Kyoiku-you Kaiga
(Pictures for home education)" and were published by the Ministry of Education to help education in families with small children.
The University of Tsukuba Library holds about 100 sheets of them.
p1198 - €
Yoshitora - Rare Yokohama-e - Chinese Servant And Dog - c.1861.
Description:
Original Japanese woodblock print by Yoshitora (active ca.1850-1880). Yokohama-e (Westerner print). Date: c.1861.
Size: 14" x 10". Series: "Views of Famous Places in Yokohama in Bushu". ('Bushu Yokohama meishô no zu'.
Publisher: Inshuya Hikobei. Very good impression, color and condition. Slightly faded, minor marks and flaws.
Depiction of a Chinese servant accompanied by a hungry dog.Chinese people were very rarely depicted as a main subject in the Yokohama-e genre.
p364 - €
Original Yoshikazu -Westerners -Americans.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Yoshikazu (fl. ca.1850-60's). Very good condition, color and impression. Date: ca.1860.
Total size: 14 1/4" x 9 3/4" inches. Yokohama-e (Westerners) depiction of American tourists on a ferry! Wonderful inkbleed through! Margin trimming, otherwise very good state! Yoshikazu was a ukiyo-e print artist specialized in the Yokohama-e genre and a pupil of Kuniyoshi.A magnificent Yokohama print !
p363 - €
Original Woodblock -Westerners -Train -Boats.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Anonymous. Very good condition, color and impression. Date: ca.1873.
Total size: 14" x 9 1/2" inches. Yokohama-e (Westerners) depiction of a Yokohama train with in the foreground ricksah's and boats in the background! Wonderful inkbleed through! Margin trimming, one 1/8 inch hole, otherwise very good state!A beautiful and interesting Yokohama print !
p284 - €
Original Rare Antique Yokohama-e Oriental Couple 1860.
Description:
Original rare antique Japanese color woodblock Sadahide ( 1807-73). Very good condition. Circa 1860.
Oban tate-e format: 13 3/4" x 9 1/4 " inches. A yokohama-e depicting a Chinese appreciating a Japanese fan!
From the series: ' Seisha ikoku Jinbutsu' ! (' True sketch of foreigners') Trimmed, light wear and soiling, otherwise magnificent state! Signature in red on the right side! Sadahide's original name was Hashimoto. He was a pupil of Kunisada.
Best appreciated and noted are his Yokohama-e - prints from the Western enclave of Yokohama depicting scenes with Westerners. Yokohama prints always show interesting subjects and are very charming in their use of Western painting techniques.These kind of prints are very rare and much sought after !
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