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JAPANSE HOUTSNEDEN - ORIGINEEL

( JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS - ORIGINAL )

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Yokohama-e – Utagawa Yoshimori – Chinese Man – c.1860.

Utagawa Yoshimori  歌川 芳盛

Yokohama-e – Utagawa Yoshimori – Chinese Man – c.1860.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshimori ( 1830~1884 )
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshimori (1830-1884). Yokohama-e
(Prints depicting Westerners). Date: c.1860. Oban tate-e: 14 1/2” x 9 2/3” inches.
Very good impression, color and condition. Thinly backed. One small wormhole but overall
in a very good state.

“A charming yokohama-e design portraying a Chinese man (nankin) holding an umbrella and
smoking a pipe. Shortly before he fed the birds.”

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Yokohama-e – Utagawa Yoshimori – Russian Soldiers – c.1860.

Utagawa Yoshimori  歌川 芳盛

Yokohama-e – Utagawa Yoshimori – Russian Soldiers – c.1860.

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Original antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshimori ( 1830~1884 )
Yokohama-e (Prints depicting Westerners). Date: c.1860. Oban tate-e: 14 1/8” x 9 2/3” inches.
Very good impression, color and near fine condition. Minor marks and flaws only but overall in a
nearly flawless state. Not backed.

“A rare yokohama-e image of Russian soldiers. The soldier in the back is holding a bayonet while
the one in the front threatens to draw his sword.”

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Yokohama-e – Balloon Ascension – Americans – Yoshitora – c.1862.

Utagawa Yoshitora  歌川 芳虎

Important Yokohama-e – America – Balloon Ascension – Yoshitora – c.1865.


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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1840-1880).
Yokohama-e (Images featuring Westerners). Date: 6/1867. Signed: Yoshitora ga (each panel).
Title: ‘America: Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku)’.
Oban tate-e size (each panel): ca.14 1/2” x 9 2/3” inches. Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirτ.
Very good impression, good color and condition. Some minor wear and soiling, slight
horizontal centerfold, minor staining and foxing, some small repairs.

"A superb triptych featuring a rather patriotic “fantasy”-scene by Yoshitora of the American consul and his female guests admiring a large hot-air balloon flying by. One of the passengers is waving his hat as they pass by. In the background two other balloons, that are already in the sky, bear each two American flags. The large flag in the center panel ripples in the wind. One of the balloons has an anchor trailing from it. The women all are dressed in the elegant fashions of that time with large undergarments and ruffled hats. The depicted buidlings clearly are interpretations of the European copperengravings published in Japan at that time rather than real photographs of a city in America. The scene is set in a terrific composition with intricate detail and wonderful use of color and bokashi shading."

Other impressions of this triptych are in the collections of The Harvard Nuseum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Library of Congress and de Young/ The Legion of Honor (Fine Art Museums of San Francisco).

An impressive piece with historical significance !

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Meisho-e – Steam Train With Passenger Cars – Kuniteru II – c.1870.

Utagawa Kuniteru  歌川国輝

Meisho-e – Steam Train With Passenger Cars – Kuniteru II – c.1870.


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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniteru II (1830-1874). 
Meisho-e (Prints depicting places in Tokyo).Date: c.1870s. Signed: Kuniteru ga. 
Title: ‘Prospering Tokyo: Steam engine, horses and carriage and ricksah (Tokyo jokisha basha jinriki hanei zu).
Oban tate-e size (each panel): 14 1/2” x 9 4/5” inches. Very good impression, color and condition. 
Some small repairs, minor wrinkling, marks and flaws only.

“A lovely dynamic triptych featuring all kinds of traffic in Tokyo during the Meiji era. In the foreground a steam locomotive with passenger cars, horses, rickshaws and carriages and with in the background a freight train arrives in the harbour while boats are entering and leaving.”

Another impression of this piece is in the collection of The Risd Museum.

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Wonderful Yokohama-e – The City Of Paris, France – Lighthouse – Yoshitora – c.1862.

Utagawa Yoshitora  歌川 芳虎

Wonderful Yokohama-e – The City Of Paris, France – Lighthouse – Yoshitora – c.1862.


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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1840-1880). 
Yokohama-e (Prints featuring Westerners).Date: 6/1862 (Bunkyϋ 2). Signed: Yoshitora ga (each panel). 
Title: ‘The City of Paris, France (Furansu Parisu no fu). Publisher: Yamadaya Shτjirτ).
Censor’s seal: Dog 6 aratame. Oban tate-e size (each panel): 14 1/2” x 9 3/4” inches. 
Very good impression (with gauffrage), color and condition.A small repair, some minor wrinkling, wear and soiling, marks and flaws only otherwise in a beautiful state.

“A fantastic triptych portraying the Japanese view on French culture, their customs and habits featuring a lighthouse, boats (with half-hoisted sails) and buildings. Yoshitora particularly focused on the typical costumes of the Paris city people.”

Other impressions of this triptych are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and The Legion of Honour.

A very interesting piece with historical importance !

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Important Yokohama-e – America – Balloon Ascension – Yoshitora – c.1865.

Utagawa Yoshitora  歌川 芳虎

Important Yokohama-e – America – Balloon Ascension – Yoshitora – c.1865.


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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1840-1880). 
Yokohama-e (Prints featuring Westerners). Date: c.1865. Signed: Utagawa Yoshitora ga. 
Title: ‘Amerikakoku (America).’ Series: ‘Images of the Western World.’ Publisher: Kagaya Kichibei. 
Engraver: Hori Mino. Oban tate-e size (each panel): 14 1/2” x 9 4/5” inches. 
Very good impression, color and condition. Some minor wrinkling, marks and flaws only otherwise in a beautiful state.

“A rather unique depiction of Americans gathering to attend a balloon ascension. The Japanese visited America in 1860 for the first time. Their first politic mission was headed by three Japanese officials and completed by a retinue of 77 others (including 6 cooks). For President Buchanan, who was on the apex of a political crisis, their visit was a welcome distraction and the visitors took the country by storm. The American newspapers and paparazzi of the day documented every move, while the Japanese also meticulously reported their impressions of America. Due to the repairs of their ship, the Japanese stay was extended and therefore the delegation was treated to quite an excursion, including a balloon ascension in Philadelphia. Clearly, this event made a big impression as can be seen in the detailed rendering of this triptych.”

Other impressions of this triptych are in the collections of The Library of Congress (Washington) and The Legion of Honour.

A very interesting piece with great historical significance !

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Yokohama-e – Russian Musicians – Yoshitora – c.1860.

Utagawa Yoshitora  歌川 芳虎

Yokohama-e – Russian Musicians – Yoshitora – c.1860.

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Description:
 Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. 1850-1870). 
Yokohama-e (Prints portraying Westerners). Date: 10/1860 (Monkey 12).Signed: Yoshitora ga. 
Title: ‘Oroshiya (Russian)’. Series: ‘Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga (Pictures of People from Foreign Lands)’. 
Publisher: Yamadaya Shobei or Shojiro). Oban tate-e size: 14” x 9 4/5” inches.
Very good impression, color and condition. Some very minor thinning spots, marks and flaws.

“An amusing depiction of a Russian couple playing musical instruments with the man 
playing an accordion while the woman holds a horn standing next to him.”

Another impression of this print is in the collection of The Library of Congress.

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Yokohama-e – Russians At The Dinner Table – Yoshikazu – c.1861.

Utagawa  Yoshikazu  歌川芳員

Yokohama-e – Russians At The Dinner Table – Yoshikazu – c.1861.

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Description:
 Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshikazu (act. 1850-1870). 
Yokohama-e (Prints portraying Westerners). Date: 10/1861.Signed: Yoshikazu ga. 
Title: ‘Russian Couple (Orashiajin). From an untitled series of Westerners with their Flags. 
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei. Oban tate-e size: 14 2/3” x 9 2/3” inches.
Good impression, very good color and condition. 
Some very minor wrinkling only otherwise in a wonderful state.

“A detailed and colourful Yokohama-e image featuring a Russian couple at the dinner table.”

Another impression of this print is in the collection of The Harvard Art Museum.

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Superb Yokohama-e – Copperplate Engraving – Dog And Goat – 

American Woman On Horse – Hiroshige II – c.1860.

Utagawa Hiroshige II  二代 広重

Superb Yokohama-e – Copperplate Engraving – Dog And Goat – American Woman On Horse – Hiroshige II – c.1860.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige II (1829-1869). 
Yokohama-e (Prints portraying Westerners). Date: 3/1860. Signed: Τju Hiroshige ga. 
Title: ‘Copper Plate Engraving of a Woman Riding a Horse, a Goat and a Dog.’ 
Oban tate-e size: 14 2/3” x 10” inches (Virtually full size). Very good impression, color and condition. 
Some very minor wrinkling, marks and flaws only otherwise in a beautiful state.

“A superb design featuring some of the many international sale products that were sold in the city of Yokohama such as a hand-colored etching of an American woman on a horse, a Chinese dog and a Western goat. Typical Americans in the portrait prints frequently included a woman sporting a feather hat that resembled a pineapple, a grotesque fashion statement that seemingly was inspired on a U.S. coin.”

Another impression of this print is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A very rare and significant Yokohama-e piece !

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Wonderful Yokohama-e – American Lady On Horse In Snow – Hiroshige II – c.1860.

Utagawa Hiroshige II  二代 広重

Wonderful Yokohama-e – American Lady On Horse In Snow – Hiroshige II – c.1860.

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Description:
 Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige II (1829-1869). 
Yokohama-e (Prints portraying Westerners). Date: 10/1860. Signed: Τju Hiroshige ga. 
Title: ‘Amerika (America). Publisher: Jτshϋya Jϋzτ/ Jϋbei (Kinjϋdτ). Carver: Uemura Yasugorτ (Hori Yasu). 
Oban tate-e size: 14 1/2” x 9 4/5” inches. Very good impression, color and condition. 
Some very minor wrinkling, marks and flaws only otherwise in a beautiful state.

“A fantastic Yokohama-e piece portraying an American lady riding sidesaddle on a horse in a snowy landscape.”

Other impressions of this print are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and The Library of Congress

A very interesting piece !

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Meisho-e – Steam Train – Shimbashi Station – Hiroshige III – c.1870s.

Utagawa Hiroshige III

歌川広重 代目

Meisho-e – Steam Train – Shimbashi Station – Hiroshige III – c.1870s.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842/43-1894). 
Meisho-e (Prints depicting places in Tokyo). Date: c.1870-1875. Signed: Hirsohige ga. 
Title: ‘Shimbashi sutenshon jokisha (Steam Train at Shimbashi Station).’ 
Series: ‘Tokyo meisho zue (Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo).’ 
Oban tate-e size: 13 4/5” x 9 1/4” inches. Good impression, color and very good condition. 
Some tiny wormhole repairs. A little repair in the top right margin, minor marks and flaws.

“An atmospheric scene of Shimbashi station with the conductors and train travellers waiting for the departure of the train.”

Another impression of this print is in the collection of de Young/ Legion of Honor (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).

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Meisho-e – Steam Train – Shiba Station – Kuniteru II – c.1870. Date 1873.

Utagawa Kuniteru  歌川国輝

Meisho-e – Steam Train – Shiba Station – Kuniteru II – c.1870. Date 1873

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Yamada (Utagawa) Kuniteru II (1830-1874). 
Meisho-e (Prints depicting places in Tokyo). Date: c.1870s. Signed: Kuniteru hitsu. 
Title: ‘Scene at Shiba Train Station.’ Oban tate-e size: 13 3/4” x 9 2/5” inches. 
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Some repaired wormholes, minor staining but otherwise in a very good state.

“An attractive design featuring the arrival of a steam train at Shiba Train Station. Kuniteru II has paid much attention to the subtle shading.”

Another impression of this print is in the collection of The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

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Rare Osake Print – English Capital, London – Kamigata-e (Osaka School) – 

Sadanobu – c.1871.

Hasegawa Sadanobu c.1871

Rare Osake Print – English Capital, London – Kamigata-e (Osaka School) – Sadanobu – c.1871.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Hasegawa Sadanobu I (1809-1879). 
Kamigata-e (Osaka prints). Date: c.1871. Signed: Sadanobu ga. 
Title: ‘Igirusu no miyako Rondon-fu (English Capital, London).’ 
Series: ‘Bankoku keihin denbun mosha shu harimaze ga (Collection of Reported Objects and Views From Around the World).’ Oban tate-e size: 14 2/3” x 10” inches. Fine impression, color and condition. Nearly flawless state with vivid fresh colors.

“A charming kamigate-e (Osaka school) piece depicting three characteristic English features (in this image umbrella’s, English soldiers and a government building). Osaka artists were mainly specialized in depicting actors and very rarely designed subjects such as Westerners.”

Another impression of this print is in the collection of The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

This print is from a very rare series !

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Unusual And Rare Kuchi-e – Western Beauty – Japanese Dandies

Toshikata – Meiji Period.

 

Mizuno Toshikata  水野年方

Unusual And Rare Kuchi-e – Western Beauty – Japanese Dandies – Toshikata – Meiji Period.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Mizuno Toshikata (1866~1908). 
Kuchi-e (Frontispiece illustrations). Date: Meiji period (1868-1912). Signed: Osai Toshikata ga. 
Size: 12 1/2” x 8 3/4” inches. Fine impression (with beautiful metallic printing), very good color and condition. Some slight toning and soiling (as is common in these kuchi-e pieces!) and folding marks (now flattened).

“A wonderful woodblock piece representing a Western lady posing for some Japanese dandies in the latest Western fashion.”

Toshikata was an important woodblock designer during the Meiji era. He was a pupil of Yoshitoshi and the master of Kiyokata. Kuchi-e were produced for publication in Japanese novels and literary magazines published at the turn of the 19th century.

Toshikata’s kuchi-e prints are very rare.

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Yokohama-e – American Couple – Kuniaki II – c.1861.

 

Utagawa Kuniaki  歌川国明

Yokohama-e – American Couple – Kuniaki II – c.1861.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniaki (1835~1888). 
Yokohama-e (Prints depicting Westerners). Date: 5/1861. Signed: Utagawa Kuniaki ga. 
Series: Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi: Amerikajin (People of Various Nations: Americans)’. 
Publisher: Tsukiokaya Bunsuke. Censor’s seal: Aratame Cock 5. 
Oban tate-e size: 14 2/5” x 10” inches. Very good impression, color and condition. 
Some slight horizontal folding, wear and soiling, marks and flaws.

“A delightful image portraying a standing American woman and man, who is smoking a cigarette. Although tobacco was already present in the late-16th Century, the cigarette in 1861 was still an oddity. The Japanese habit of smoking long-stemmed pipes was common, in spite of attempts of the Tokugawa regime to restrict it. Kuniaki’s design is one of many that feature couples of various nations. The set of clothes reflect disorientation over details of Western attire: the woman has a stylish period skirt, but an obscure Chinese jacket; the man wears a military jacket, but conflicting woven hat and shoes.”

Other impressions of this piece are in the collections of The Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum and The Library of Congress.

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Yokohama-e – Englishman On Horse – Yoshitora – c.1861.

 

Utagawa Yoshitora  歌川 芳虎

Yokohama-e – Englishman On Horse – Yoshitora – c.1861.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1850~1870). 
Yokohama-e (Prints depicting Westerners). Date: c.1861. Signed: Utagawa Yoshitora ga. 
Series: ‘Gokakoku no uchi: Igirisujin (People of the Five Nations – English)’. 
Publisher: Enhiko (Enshuya Hikobei). Oban tate-e size: 14 2/3” x 9 4/5” inches. 
Good impression, color and very good condition. Slight offsetting, minor marks and flaws. 
Virtually full size.

“A nice design featuring an English naval officer on horseback. 
This particular horse, the Appaloosa horse must have been a special sight to the Japanese public.”

Other impressions of this piece are in the collections of The Library of Congress and The Tokyo Metro Library.

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Yokohama-e – Western Woman In Front Of Mirror – Yoshikazu – c.1860.

 

Utagawa  Yoshikazu  歌川芳員

Yokohama-e – Western Woman In Front Of Mirror – Yoshikazu – c.1860.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshikazu (act. ca. 1850-1870). 
Yokohama-e (Prints depicting Westerners). Date: 10/1860. Signed: Issen Yoshikazu ga. 
Title: ‘Gaikokujin yogaku no zu’ (A Foreigner Studying at Night). 
Series: from an untitled series of foreigners at home. Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudτ).
Censor’s seal: Monkey 10 Aratame. Oban tate-e size: 14 1/2” x 9 2/3” inches. 
Good impression, color and very good condition. Some small burning spots, minor marks and flaws.

“A Western man is sitting in the living room reading a book while his wife is checking the collar of her dress standing in front of a mirror. A burning oil lamp stands underneath her on the study table. 
The man is most probably a captain on a ship as indicated by the compass standing on a shelf above him.”

Other impressions of this piece are in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Tokyo Metro Library.

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Musha-e – The Magic Fox – Archer – Western Influences – Kuniyoshi – c.1849.

Utagawa Yoshiiku  歌川 芳幾

Musha-e – The Magic Fox – Archer – Western Influences – Kuniyoshi – c.1849.


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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). 
Musha-e (Prints depicting warriors). Date: c.1849-50. Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. 
Title: ‘Tenjiku, Kayo fujin Sai-ki ga manako o ite Hanzoku-o nagusamu 
(India, Lady Kayo Shoots an Arrow Into the Eye of Sai to Console King Hansoku)’. 
Series: ‘Sangoku yτko zue (Magic Fox of Three Countries)’. 
Publisher: Iseya Chusuke and Echizenya Hachiemon. 
Censor seals: Fukushima and Muramatsu. 
Oban tate-e size: 14 2/3” x 10” inches. Virtually full size.
Fine impression, good color and condition. Some fading, repairs and backing.

“Lady Kayo has shot an arrow into the eye of Sai, King Hansoku is amused. Sai is tied to a tree (rather like St. Sebastien) with an arrow in his eye, watched by the royal couple; Kayo, in a towering hat and Louis XIV wig, fits another arrow to her bow.”

This design generally is considered to be the best from ‘The Magic Fox of Three Countries’ -series (which consists of a total of 6 magnificent designs)!

References:  
Robinson 1982, S66 no.3; Suzuki 1992, no.159; Mainichi Shinbunsha 1995, no.184; Nagoya 1996, no.77; Amsterdam 1998, no.84.

Other impressions of this print are in the collections of The British Museum and The Museum of Fine Arts.

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Yokohama-e – Foreign Official In Carriage – Yoshikazu – c.1860.

Utagawa  Yoshikazu  歌川芳員

Yokohama-e – Foreign Official In Carriage – Yoshikazu – c.1860.


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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshikazu ( act. c.1850~1870 ).
Yokohama-e (Prints depicting foreigners). 
Date: 11/1860. Signed: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi. 
Title: ‘Gaikoku kanjin orai no zu (Picture of a Travelling Foreign Official)’. 
Oban tate-e size: 14” x 9 1/2” inches. Very good impression, color and condition. 
Some tiny holes (tissue backed), minor wear and soiling, marks and flaws.

“A diverting design of a foreign official driving around town in an open carriage. Another foreigner rides besides them on a horse. They are near the Yokohama harbor.”

Other impressions of this print are in the collections of The Tokyo Metro Library, The Murray Warner Collection of Oriental Art, The Library of Congress and The Ritsumeikan University.

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Yokohama-e – Russian Officer And Wife – Yoshiiku – c.1861.

Utagawa Yoshiiku  歌川 芳幾


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Description:
 Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904). 
Yokohama-e (Prints depicting foreigners). 
Date: c.1861. Signed: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Oban tate-e size: 14 3/4” x 9 4/5” inches. 
Very good (early) impression with the woodgrain clearly visible throughout the design, near fine color and condition. Very small repair and with minor marks and flaws only. Virtually full size with fresh colors.

“A lovely print depicting a Russian officer and his wife. The officer is puffing out his chest proudly showing his medal leaning on his cane while his humble wife is standing behind him.”

Another impression of this print is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Important Yokohama-e Masterpiece – Hunting Dutchmen

Monkey Mountain – Yoshiiku – c.1861.

Utagawa Yoshiiku  歌川 芳幾

Important Yokohama-e Masterpiece – Hunting Dutchmen – Monkey Mountain – Yoshiiku – c.1861.


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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshiiku ( 1833~1904 ). 
Yokohama-e (Prints depicting Westerners). Date: Bunkyu I/1 (1/1861). 
Signed: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Title: ‘Yama-saru’ (Truthful Representation of Monkey Mountain). 
Series: ‘Shashinkyτ (Mirror of True Photographic Views). 
Publisher: Kagiya Shojiro. Censor seal (with date): Aratame. Oban tate-e size: 13 2/3” x 9” inches. 
Fine impression, very good color and condition. Some trimming, some tiny hole repairs, left margin (partly) repaired, thinly backed, minor marks and flaws. The print has been extensively polished to the entire surface to give it the look of an oil painting and still has fresh colors.

“A marvellous design featuring three Dutchmen hunting monkeys.Yoshiiku’s master Kuniyoshi, who died in the same year this print was published, was at the end of his career clearly fascinated and influenced by European art and the detailed renderings (shadow effects) of its copperplate engravings. His legacy included all kinds of study material and documents on Western art which his students and particularly Yoshiiku eagerly adapted. It was his goal to achieve a greater realism by mimicking photography.This design is a masterful example of Yoshiiku’s endeavor”

Yoshiiku, son of a tea house owner, was Yoshitoshi’s primary rival. This already started when they studied under Kuniyoshi and continued in their later careers when they stood on their own feet. Yoshiiku was a popular newspaper illustrator and was specialized in the Yokohama-e genre. Although his career was somewhat overshadowed by his mischief Yoshitoshi this print proofs he was an excellent designer. This ‘Mirror of True Photographic Views’ –series was among Yoshiiku’s best work.

Another impression of this print is in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

A seldomly seen piece !

 

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Yokohama-e – English Couple – Mount Fuji – Woman On Horse – Yoshitora – c.1861.

Utagawa Yoshitora  歌川 芳虎
Yokohama-e – English Couple – Mount Fuji – Woman On Horse – Yoshitora – c.1861.
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Description:
 Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora ( act. ca. 1840~1880 ). 
Yokohama-e (Prints featuring Westerners). Date: January 1861. Signed: Utagawa Yoshitora ga. 
Title: ‘Yoshidabashi no rakugan’ (Descending Geese at Yoshida Bridge). 
From the series: Bushu Yokohama hakkei (Eight Views of Yokohama, Musashi Province). 
Oban tate-e size: 14” x 10 1/3” inches. Very good impression, color and condition. 
Some minute holes, minor marks and flaws.

“A delightful design portraying an Englishman and his wife (sitting sideways on a horse) are looking out over the rice fields near Mount Fuji.”

Another impression of this print is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 

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Civilisation Print – Azuma Bridge – Hiroshige III – c.1890.

Utagawa Hiroshige III

  歌川広重 代目
Civilisation Print – Azuma Bridge – Hiroshige III – c.1890.
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Description:
 Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Hiroshige III ( 1842~1894 ). 
Meisho-e (Prints featuring famous places in Tokyo). Date: c.1890. Signed: Hiroshige ga. 
Title: ‘View of Mukojima Seen From Azuma Bridge’. 
Series: ‘Tokyo meisho shasnin junikei’ (Twelve Pictures of Views of Famous Places of Tokyo). 
Oban tate-e size: 14 1/5” x 9 1/2” inches. Very good impression, color and condition. 
One tiny hole and a slight (bartely visible!) centerfold, minor marks and flaws.

“A nice picture of pedestrians, a ricksah and a cart crossing the iron Azuma bridge (re-constructed in 1887) with the geisha district Mukojima in the background.”

 

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Kunitoshi – Beauties – Train – Famous Places In Tokyo – c.1870.

Utagawa Kunitoshi  歌川 国利
Kunitoshi – Beauties – Train – Famous Places In Tokyo – c.1870.
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Description:
 Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kunitoshi ( 1847~1899 ).
Meisho-e (prints of famous places in Japan). Date: c.1870s. Oban tate-e size: 14 1/8” x 9” inches.
Series: Famous Places of Tokyo. Title: Steam Train at Shinbashi Station.
Fine impression, color and very good condition.
Some minor wrinkling and creasing, marks and flaws but overall in a very good state.

“A charming meisho-e piece of a steam train arriving at the famous Shinbashi station in Tokyo.
The beauties in the foreground are all dressed in Western outfits.”

Utagawa Kunitoshi was a student of Kunisada (1786-1865) and Utagawa Kunitsugu (1800-1861). 
After the death of Kunisada died he studied under Kunisada II (1823-1880). He was specialized in Yokohama-e (prints depicting Westerners), meisho-e and kaika-e (enlightenment prints) and was also a very talented etcher.

 

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Yokohama-e – English Couple With Dog – Woman Holding A Yokohama Print 

Yoshikazu – c.1861.

 

Utagawa  Yoshikazu  歌川芳員Yokohama-e – English Couple With Dog – Woman Holding A Yokohama Print – Yoshikazu – c.1861.
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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshikazu ( act. c.1850~1870 ). 
Yokohama-e (Prints depicting foreigners). Date: c.1861. Signed: Ichikawa Yoshikazu ga. 
Series: ‘An Exact Likeness of the English aka Exact Portrayals (Shoutsushi igirisujin)’. 
Oban tate-e size: 14 1/3” x 9 3/4” inches. Very good impression, good color and condition. 
Some fading, minor soiling and some small repaired thinning spots. No backing.

“A lovely Yokohama-e print representing an English couple. The wife is showing a Yokohama print portraying two foreigners (these portraits usually conveyed considerable individual appeal) while her husband is holding their dog on a leach.”

Reference:  
on p.130 (Fig.20) in Yokohama ukiyo-e, Yonemura, Yokohama Prints From Nineteenth Century Japan.

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Another impression of this print is in The Smithsonian’s Museums of Asian Art.

 

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Yokohama-e – Mother And Children – Yoshikazu – c.1860.

 

Utagawa  Yoshikazu  歌川芳員Yokohama-e – English Couple With Dog – Mother And Children – Yoshikazu – c.1860.
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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshikazu ( act. c.1850~1870 ). 
Yokohama-e (Prints depicting foreigners). Date: 10/1860. Signed: Ichikawa Yoshikazu ga. 
Title: ‘A Foreigner Enjoying Her Children.’ Oban tate-e size: 14 1/3” x 9 3/4” inches. 
Very good impression, good color and condition. Some very small wormhole repairs. No backing.

“This famous Yokohama-e print features a foreign mother and the love for her children. For the Japanese the “unusual” way she is holding her youngest child in the crook of her arm rather than on her back is very amusing.”

Other impressions of this print are in The Murray Warner Collection of Oriental Art and in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Rare Comic Print – Taiso Yoshitoshi – Photography – c.1881.

 

Taiso Yoshitoshi  大蘇 芳年 Rare Comic Print – Taiso Yoshitoshi – Photography – c.1881.
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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892). 
Giga-e (Comic print). Date: 1/1881. Size: 9 2/5” x 7 1/6” inches. 
Series: ‘Tokyo Kaika Kyoga Meisho (Comic Pictures of Famous Places in Enlightened Tokyo)’. 
Title: ‘Photographing the God of the Kanda Myojin Shrine’. Signed: Oju Yoshitoshi kyoga (crazy pictures by Yoshitoshi). Publisher: Tsunashima. Fine impression, color and condition. Minor marks and flaws only.

“A photographer is taking a picture of the God of the Kanda Myojin Shrine and his followers.”

The Tokyo Kaika Kyoga Meisho was a humorous series with caricatures drawn by Yoshitoshi to illustrate striking aspects of modern life in Tokyo.

A scarce piece featuring photography !

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Utagawa Hiroshige III   歌川広重 代目  ( 1842~1894 )

Yokohama-e Triptych – Mansion House Teppocho – c.1860.

Utagawa Hiroshige III ( 1842-1894 ) - Yokohama-e Triptych – Mansion House Teppocho – c.1860.

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Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842-1892). Yokohama-e (Westerners). 
Date: c.1860.Oban triptych (total) size: 27” x 10” inches. Title: Mansion House for Foreigners at Teppocho. 
Signed: Hiroshige ga. Very good impression, color and condition. Some minor creasing, small restorations and small thinning spots. No backing.

 “A charming triptych featuring various foreigners gathering at a mansion house in Teppocho. In front of the building three street performers wearing funny masks provide entertainment to the amusement of passersby and inhabitants of the mansion. In the background the harbour is partly visible.”

Hiroshige III (1842-1894),born Goto Tarakichi, was a pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) and married his master’s daughter Otatsu when she divorced Hiroshige II. He worked in a similar artistic style as his master and was specialized in depicting trains and Westerners. He gave himself the nickname Meiji Hiroshige. In the past he was an unjustly undervalued artist but recent studies of Japanese woodblock art during the Meiji Period has reversed this.

An invaluable historical document !

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Wonderful Rare Triptych With Five Changeable Central Acts – Italian Circus

Baido Masanobu – c.1886.

歌川 政信

Wonderful Rare Triptych With Five Changeable Central Acts – Italian Circus. Baido Masanobu – c.1886.

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Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa (aka. Baido) Masanobu (act.1882-1887). Date: c.1886. 
Civilization print. Oban triptych size: 28 2/3" x 14 2/3" inches. Fine impression, very good color and condition. 
Title: ‘Italian Circus’. Signed: Baido Masanobu hitsu. Panels attached, a couple of very tiny wormholes (mainly borders), very slight staining and wrinkling. Overall in a very nice state!

A strikingly detailed triptych depicting an Italian circus company performing for a Japanese audience. The central sheet has five changeable central acts which feature respectively tigers in a cage jumping through flaming hoops, horseback stunt riders wearing bird wigs, elephants balancing on a stool and doing a head stand, prancing horses and two acrobats, and a clown in a carriage pulled by a horse surrounded by acrobats (two of them with an amputated leg). 
An amusing detail is the monkey sitting on the black horse wearing human clothes.

This particular circus, the Royal Italian Circus, was lead by the famous > Giuseppe Chiarini, who was one of the most important and innovative circus directors of his time in the world.

Little is known about the artist Utagawa Masanobu. He was a late pupil of the Utagawa School and active as a designer for only a short period of time (5 years!) in which he created several attractive designs featuring the circus.

The Edo-Tokyo Museum and the Harvard Art Museum have impressions of this triptych in their collection.
On the following page > Circopedia you can find  more info on this triptych including a translation of the Japanese text in the central panel !

A rare museum piece !

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Famous Yokohama-e – Foreigner And Leopard Beauty – Yoshitoyo – c.1860.

Famous Yokohama-e – Foreigner And Leopard Beauty – Yoshitoyo – c.1860.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Ichiryusai Yoshitoyo (1830-1866). 
Yokohama-e (Prints featuring Westerners).  Date: July, 1860. Signed: Ichiryusai Yoshitoyo ga. 
Title: Farcical Love Story. Oban tate-e size: 13 3/4” x 10” inches.Fine impression, very good color and condition. Some minor wrinkling, some very small repairs and slightly trimmed.

“An excellent rendering featuring a Westerner accompanied by a beauty disguised as a leopard (a metaphor used to express the beauty of the pleasure district).”

Yoshitoyo, a talented pupil of Kuniyoshi, dedicated himself to Yokohama-e and was specialized in depicting exotic animals (such as elephants, tigers, camels and leopards).

Another impression of this print is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

A highly coveted print !

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Yokohama-e – Geisha And Englishman – Yoshitora – c.1861.

Yokohama-e – Geisha And Englishman – Yoshitora – c.1861.

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Description:
 Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1840-1880).
Yokohama-e (Prints featuring Westerners). Date: c.1861. Signed: Utagawa Yoshitora ga. 
Oban tate-e size: 14 1/4” x 10” inches. Very good impression, color and condition. 
Some minor wrinkling, marks and flaws.

“An Englishman is dancing while a geisha is playing the shamisen (three-stringed instrument).”

Yoshitora was the most prolific artist working in the Yokohama-e genre.

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Yokohama-e – French Couple – Drinking Wine – Yoshifuji – c.1861.

Yokohama-e – French Couple – Drinking Wine – Yoshifuji – c.1861.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock by Ipposai Yoshifuji (1828-1887). 
Yokohama-e (Prints featuring Westerners). Date: c.1861. Signed: Ipposai Yoshifuji ga. 
Series: Among the Five Nations. Oban tate-e size: 14 1/2” x 9 3/4” inches.
Very good impression, color and condition. Some minor wrinkling, marks and flaws.

“A charming Yokohama-e image portraying a French couple enjoying themselves drinking wine.”

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Rare Humorous Yokohama-e – Utagawa Yoshikata – 

Two Chinese Men With Dutchman - c.1860.

Rare Humorous Yokohama-e – Utagawa Yoshikata – Two Chinese Men With Dutchman - c.1860.

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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 !

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Rare Comical Yokohama-e – Utagawa Yoshikata – Two Crazy Dutchmen - c.1860.

Rare Comical Yokohama-e – Utagawa Yoshikata – Two Crazy Dutchmen - c.1860.

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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.

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