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Original antique Japanese color woodblock triptych Kunichika (1835-1900). Kabuki-e (Theatre print). 
Date: 1896 (Meiji 29). Total size: 13 3/4" x 27 7/8" inches. Fine impression with burnishing and embossing. 
Fine colors and very good condition. Slightly trimmed, minor faults, slight discoloration on the face left, some
transfer and waterstains on the right sheet. Right sheet with thin album-backing. Signed: Kunichika hitsu.
Publisher: Fukuda Kumajiro. Seal: Toshidama. Title: Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Goro Tokimune and Nakamura
Fukusuke IV as Minatsuru in the play Kusatsuri-biki (dance drama). Highly detailed carving of individual hair-lines ! 

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Original antique Japanese monochrome woodblock album Hokusai (1760-1849). Date:c.1834. Size: 9" x 6" inches.
Very good impressions and condition. Some small red stains, minor wrinkling and soiling, marks and flaws. 
Signed: zen Hokusai litsu rojin ga. Title: 'The Illustrated Canon of Loyalty' (Ehon Chukyo). 
Publisher: Suharaya Shinbei. Published in 1 volume. With 12 double page B&W illustrations, 2 single page B&W illustrations and 1 double page color illustration with flowers and text!

This volume is based on the classic Chinese work Xiaojing, a further exercise by Hokusai in the field of Chinese iconography during this period. The image of a tidal wave overwhelming an entire army is especially ineteresting in its similarity to the rendering of the waves in Chie no Umi. Hokusai evidently felt the need to develop the theme of great waves, attempting new versions again and again, all the time exploring fresh approaches.

Reference: On p.491/492 and p.133 pl. V.51. in ' Hokusai ' by Gian Carlo Calza.

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Original antique Japanese color woodblock book Hokusai (1760-1849). 
Date: Meiji edition (Originally published in 1816). Size: 9" x 6 1/5". With 56 illustrated pages. 
Good impressions and very good condition. Some minor wormholes, marks and flaws. 
Published in 15 volumes. 
Title: ' Denshin Kaishu Hokusai Manga'. Signature: Hokusai Aratame Katsushika Taito. 

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Original rare antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), 
Not signed, Surimono (Commisioned print), Date: c.1810. 
Fine impression, very good colors and good condition. Size: 12" x 7 1/8" inches. 
Subject: Two women and a boy. The boy with the broom has a fox puppet on him  
Nicely executed use of gauffrage on the water, kimono and the blossom ! 
Slightly dirty, trimmed, faint centerfold and two small wormholes!  

A delightful piece !

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Original antique Japanese color woodblock Shuntei ( 1873-1914). Two panels of a triptych. Date: 1899. 
Total size: 13 3/4" x 18" inches. Very good condition, impression and color. Use of gauffrage ! Panels
attached, minor wrinkling, soiling and flaws  Title:' Tsumikusa' (Picking Edible Grass) from the series:
"Tosei fuzoku tsu" (Modern Daily Life). Shuntei was the printmaker of genre scenes showing women and
mothers with their children. A frequent scene are playing children. 

Shuntei shows the new bourgeois class of the Meiji era in traditional Japanese kimono clothing at their leisure time.

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Original antique Japanese color woodblock diptych Kunisada (1786-1864). Very good condition, 
color and impression. Date: 1859. Total size: 14 1/2" x 19 3/4" inches. Signature: Toyokuni ga 
( Lower left corner in red!). Censor seal: Hitsuji sho (Year of the goat, 1st Month). 
Kabuki depiction of two men smoking opium !  The man on the left looking up in a dazed state
of mind with their opium gear in a box between them !  No backing, very strong ink bleed through. 
Minor soiling and wrinkling. Panels joined and folded, otherwise very good state ! 
Extensive "burnishing" to the black parts! Use of gauffrage ('Blind print') on blue cupboard in the 
background and on the kimono of the man on the right ! Detailed carving of individual hair-lines ! 
Kunisada was a leading Ukiyo-e painter, print artist, illustrator. 

An intriguing kabuki scene !

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Original antique Japanese color woodblock Chikanobu ( 1838-1912). Very good condition. 
Date: 1886. Oban tate-e format: 14" x 9 1/4 " inches.Title: "Kintaro and monkeys". 
From the series:"Eastern Pictures of Day and Night". Trimmed into image, otherwise in wonderful state !
Beautiful embossing ! (On waterfall and clouds!)Chikanobu was born in Niigata Prefecture as Hashimoto
Tadayoshi, and trained in Kano School painting. He later studied with the Utagawa masters Kuniyoshi 
and Kunisada, and finally with Toyohara Kunichika. He received his artist's name from Kunichika. 

A magnificent mythical depiction ! 

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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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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 !

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Original rare antique Japanese color woodblock Toyokuni III (a.k.a.Utagawa Kunisada) (1786-1864). 
Very good condition. Circa 1850. Oban tate-e format: 13 7/8" x 9 7/8" inches. Beautiful depiction 
of a Kabuki actor in a threatening pose playing a samurai!  A few very small pinholes, otherwise magnificent state! Signature of Kunisada in red on the left side of the image! Kunisada was a leading Ukiyo-e painter, print artist, illustrator. At 15 he became a pupil of Toyokuni under the name Kunisada; in 1807, he produced his first book illustrations, in 1808 his first actor prints; from 1933 he studied the style of Itchõ under Hanabusa Ikkei, taking the name Kõchõrõ; in 1844 he took over the studio name of Toyokuni. Kunisada was Toyokuni's third notable pupil and one of the leading artists of his day. 
The general decline of grace and quality in 19th-century figure work is epitomized in his prints, but occasionally in his surimono and his early prints of girls or actors he achieves distinction, and in his rare landscapes are some of the most striking works of the period. 
This is a beautifully detailed woodblock print! 

A rare and extraordinary piece of art !

Originele Japanse kleuren houtsnede, circa 1950, zeer goede conditie, goede inktdoordrukking op 
dikke washi. Shin hanga stijl! Prachtig reliëf over de gehele prent, mooi zacht kleurgebruik door het 
gebruik van matkleurige inkt.Westerse invloed! Decorafbeelding van een ingang naar een Japanse 
woning bij nacht! Rode uitgever's stempel linksonder in de hoek ! Licht bevestigd aan het originele 
presentatie papier Afmetingen: 33,5 cm x 26,3 cm. 

Originele Japanse kleuren houtsnede, circa 1950, zeer goede conditie, sterke inktdoordrukking op
dikke washi. Shin hanga stijl! Mooi zacht kleurgebruik door het gebruik van matkleurige inkt. 
Westerse invloed ! Decorafbeelding van een binnnenplaats bij een Japanse woning ! Rode uitgever's
stempel in de rechter bovenhoek ! Afbeelding met een interessant gestileerd perspectief ! 
Licht bevestigd aan het originele presentatie papier !  Afmetingen: 33,5 cm x 26,3 cm. 

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Beautiful rare original antique Japanese color woodblock of Coastal battle, Yokohama style, 19th century,
Meiji Era period. Anonymous. Very good condition. Size: Oban yoko-e:  9 3/4 inch x 14 inches.Depiction of
a coastal battle with a man on a horse who commands his men ! At the end of the 19th century Yokohama 
was the most important harbour in Japan, where also various foreign delegations were settled.
Yokohama build up a new breeding ground for the portrayal of Westerners, for their habits and for the 
western technical acquisitions.

The rise of the new Yokohama print took place under the influence of Edo and the last of the Ukiyo-e masters and would finally drive out the Nagasaki print ! The woodblock print is attached to a very thin Japanese Washi backing paper therefore ink bleeding can still be seen through the back of the print. Nice texture and beautiful vivid and vibrant colors which are in layers on the print ! 

A rare and very attractive piece of art !

Originele antieke Japanse kleuren houtsnede, omstreeks 1880.
Zeer goede conditie, sterke inktdoordrukking.Prachtige gedetailleerde voorstelling van samurai’s die voor een wegwijzer staan! Afmetingen: 35,6cm x 23,7cm.

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