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Utagawa Hiroshige III - Yokohama-e Triptych - Steam Train Rail Road - c.1873.

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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.

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Utagawa Yoshikazu - Western Woman And Sewing Machine -

Yokohama-e - c.1860.

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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.

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Utagawa Sadahide - English Merchant Sorting Fabric - Yokohama-e - c.1861.

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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.

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Utagawa Yoshiiku - Englishman And Woman - Yokohama-e - c.1861.

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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

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Utagawa Yoshitora - French Lady And Child - Yokohama-e - 1861.

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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.

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Utagawa Yoshitora - Man And Woman With Musical Instruments -

Yokohama-e - c.1861.

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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.

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Utagawa Yoshitora - Frenchman And Oiran - Yokohama-e - c.1861.

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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.

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Utagawa Kuniaki II - Tiger Kimono - Kabuki-e - c.1860.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniaki II (1835-1888). Kabuki-e (Actor print).
Date: c.1860s. Oban tate-e size: 9 3/4" x 14 1/8" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine
condition. Some very small wormhole repairs only otherwise very fine state. Beautiful use of
pigments and highly detailed carving of a hair-lines.
A great actor portrait of a young man wearing a stunning kimono with a pattern of a tiger biting in a stalk of bamboo. In one hand he is holding a pale blue fan with a peony design, and in the other a shakujou, a traditional pilgrim's staff which is topped with a ringed finial. His hair is pulled back into a thick topknot tied with cord, and he looks to the side with a somewhat mischievous expression.

A wonderful design with nice color and soft shading in the night sky.

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Kunisada Diptych - Tied Woman - Saving A Courtesan - Kabuki-e.

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Original antique Japanese woodblock print Utagawa Toyokuni III a.k.a. Kunisada (1786-1864).
Kabuki-e (Actor print). Date: 1857. Oban tate-e diptych size: 14 3/8" x 20" inches.
Fine impression, color and condition. Very minor marks and flaws.
Classic kabuki scene of the young man Tokijiro on his way to rescue his lover, the Yoshiwara courtesan Urazato. The beauty's employer and his wife tied her up in the snowy courtyard and beat her after discovering her affair with the young man. The poor beauty stands in the snow at right, bound with rope around her torso, as the couple's daughter Midori breaks the ice in a water basin with a dipper to give her mother a drink. Tokijiro stealthily climbs down a pine tree against the courtyard fence at left, his sword dangling from a cord caught between his teeth.

A great dramatic illustration from this famous tale, with terrific detail in the winter setting and fine shading in the night sky.

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Yoshitsuya Triptych Masterpiece - Minamoto Yorimitsu - Gian Serpent - Magician.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese woodblock print Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822-1866). Date: 4/1858.
Musha-e (Warrior print). 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.

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Shunga - Keisai Eisen - c.1839.

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Keisai Eisen - Goose With A Letter - c.1839.

Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1839.
Size: 4 3/4" x 7" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some binding holes.
Minor marks and flaws only.

A design with recurring theme in shunga of a flying goose with a letter in his beak. This is probably a reference to newlyweds; it was customary in Japan to offer shungabooks as educational gifts to new brides before their wedding.

Keisai Eisen - Wagtail - c.1839.

Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1839.
Size: 4 3/4" x 7" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some binding holes.
Minor marks and flaws only. Highly detailed carving with wonderful printed details such as gauffrage.

Lovely depiction of a wagtail on a rock in the water.

Mythological reference: When the deity Izanaki saw a wagtail's rear movements he understood how to copulate.

Keisai Eisen - Crow - c.1839.

Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1839.
Size: 4 3/4" x 7" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some binding holes.
Minor marks and flaws only. Highly detailed carving with wonderful printed details such as gauffrage and metallic pigments.

Appealing design depicting a crow on a broken branch.

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Rare Utagawa Kuniteru - Yokohama-e Triptych -

View Of Tsukiji Teppozu, Tokyo - c.1860s.

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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.

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Utagawa Sadahide - Yokohama-e - French Girl And Dog - c.1860.

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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.

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Toyohara Kunichika - Undaunted Tattooed Fireman - Kajinoki Kinho - c.1868.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900). Kabuki-e (Actor print).
Date: 8/1868. Oban tate-e size: 13 3/4" x 9 1/4" inches. Signed: Tohohara Kunichika hitsu with red
circular toshidama seal in large cartouche on the left. Series: ' Zen aku kijin kagami (Mirror of
Furious Figures of Good and Evil)'. Title: 'Kajinoki Kinho'. Publisher: Tsunoi. Fine impression, color
and near fine condition. Very slightly trimed, very minor marks and flaws only. Wonderful use of shell
mica in black bokashi at top, red bokashi shading to the face and highy detailed carving of individual
hair-lines causing a transparent effect with the ear still visible.
The actor Kajinoki Kinho in the role of a fireman in a climactic scene. Kinho performs a kata (forms) called mie which is striking an attitude, with his crossed eyes and an exaggerated expression on his face for dramatic effect. Look for the detailed tattoo of on his left upper arm above depicting a warrior hitting a horse with a huge carrot. Japanese firemen often had extensive tattoos to show their disregard for pain.

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Rare Utagawa Kunisada - Warrior Print - Omori Hikoshichi - c.1830.

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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.

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Uchiwa-e - Fan Print - Kunisada II - A Samurai And Courtesan - c.1869.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880). Uchiwa-e (Fan print).
Date: c.1869. Size: 11 1/3" x 8 1/3" inches. Fine impression, color and very good condition.
Three very tiny restored bindingholes and very minor soiling.
A very nice uchiwa-e design portraying a samurai standing in the foreground looking back
at a courtesan who just has finished a letter. He's probably her secret lover.

Kunisada II was a talented student and son in law of the great Kunisada signing his early work as Kunimasa III. After the death of Kunisada he took the name Kunisada IV.

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Rare Chikanobu Masterpiece - Noble Women In European Clothes - c.1889.

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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.
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A truly wonderful piece of art !

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Kunisada - Kabuki-e Diptych - Delicate Snow Scene - c.1850.

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Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (aka. Kunisada) (1786-1865).
Date: 1850s. Kabuki-e (Actor print). Oban tate-e size (each): 10 1/4" x 14 1/5" inches.
Series: 'Higashiyama sakura-soshi' (The Story of the Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama).
Fine impression, very good color and condition. Some repaired wormholes, minor wear and soiling,
marks and flaws.
A lovely picture depicting a man who is walking through a snowy landscape.
He just left his wife and children who are waving him goodbye in the background.

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Kiyochika's Masterwork - May Evening At Kudanzaka - c.1880.

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Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915). Date: 1880s.
Oban tate-e size: 9 7/8" x 14 1/6" inches. Title: 'Kudanzaka Satsukiyo' (May Evening at Kudanzaka/
Kudan Hill on an Early Summer Night). Series:' Tokyo Meisho' (Famous Views of Tokyo). Publisher:
Matsuki Heikichi. Fine impression, very good color and condition. Very minor wear and soiling,
marks and flaws.
Kiyochika's masterpiece of the ' Views of Japan' -series and his career portrays the famous place of Kudanzaka during May's evening. On a rainy night at night pedestrians are seen in silhouette against the watery pavement. A rickshaw passes the walkers, the driver bents low against the rain holding a glowing lantern in his hand. Light shines from a tall stone tower at the left. The reflection of the lights in the background adds to the impressive atmosphere.

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A highly coveted design with an important historic and artistic relevance !

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Unknown Artist - Beauties Cutting Irises - Rickshaw On Bridge -
Yokohama-e - c.1880.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Unknown Meiji Artist. Yokohama-e (Westerners).
Date: 1880s. Oban tate-e size: 9 3/8" x 14 1/4" inches. Fine impression, color and condition.
Some very minor marks and flaws otherwise in a magnificent state.
Lovely design of two women cutting irises for flower arranging. One woman kneels on the wooden walkway along the edge of the water, a scissors in hand to cut the delicate purple blooms. Her companion carries a basket of blossoms and buds. The scene above shows a rickshaw carrying a passenger over an arched wooden bridge, with men and women strolling through a grassy park.

An attractive image with a decorative maple leaf border and soft shading in the water.

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Utagawa Toyokuni III - Actor Print - Samurai In A Forest - c.1850.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (aka. Kunisada) (1786-1865).
Kabuki-e (Actor print).Date: 1850s. Oban tate-e size (approx.): 9 3/4" x 14 1/2" inches.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Minor marks and flaws only.
A very handsome design of a kabuki actor playing a samurai. The fog and the hazy silhouettes
of the trees in the background create a mysterious atmosphere !

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Utagawa Kunisada II - Close-Up Portrait - Box Between Teeth - c.1863.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880).
Kabuki-e (Actor print). Date: 1863. Oban tate-e size: 10 1/8" x 14 3/4" inches.
Series: 'Haiyu Makie Sakazuki'. Fine impression, color and near fine condition.
Some minor rubbing and soiling at edges. Some toning at top edge as shown
but overall in a very good state.

Terrific kabuki portrait from a series portraying the image of the actor as reflected in a shallow red lacquer sake cup. Here, a commoner grips a small box tied with knotted string between his teeth. His kimono is made up of a patchwork of fabrics, trimmed with a black collar, and he has a white scarf tied around his neck. Beautifully detailed with burnishing in the black collar and delicate cloth embossing in the scarf.

An attractive and interesting format.

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Utagawa Toyokuni III - Close-Up Portrait - Warrior In A Fur Vest - c.1850.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (aka. Kunisada) (1786-1865).
Kabuki-e (Actor print). Date: 1850s. Oban tate-e size: 9 1/2" x 14 1/8" inches.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Backed otherwise in a flawless state.

Wonderful kabuki portrait of a warrior staring down with a frown, his lips tightly pursed. Over his armor he wears a furry black vest, wonderfully detailed with extensive burnishing, and an olive shirt patterned with swirling clouds. His hair is pulled back into a thick ponytail with shorter cropped hair forming a halo above his head. Instead of a clearly defined blue area along his chin and cheeks to show the shadow of his beard, the area is very softly shaded. The edge of the nose is also defined with an embossed line.

A striking and wonderfully printed image, the figure set off by the deep jewel-tone blue background.

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Utagawa Toyokuni III - Samurai And Distraught Beauty - Kabuki-e - c.1850.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (aka. Kunisada) (1786-1865).
Kabuki-e (Actor print). Date: 1850s. Oban tate-e size: 9 5/8" x 14 1/4" inches.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Backed and some light toning at edges.
Handsome kabuki double portrait of a rather agitated beauty and a samurai. She looks down with a grieving expression, her mouth agape and her sleeves huddled together over her chest. She wears a lovely plum colored kimono adorned with white chrysanthemum blossoms, her hair decorated with yellow floral ornaments. Her companion looks away from her embarassed, his arms firmly folded. Wonderful meticulous line work in the faces and hairstyles, with imprinted detail (gauffrage) in the white kimono collar of the beauty.

A handsome composition.

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Utagawa Toyokuni III - Priest And Child - Early Yokohama-e - c.1856.

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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 !

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Horse Drawn Streetcar - Yokohama-e - c.1860.

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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.

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Utagawa Kuniteru II - Stage Coach - Child And Dog - Yokohama-e - c.1860.

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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.

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - Samurai Meeting - Musha-e - c.1878.

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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 s
trong 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.

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Utagawa Yoshitora - Beauties On Bridge - Yokohama-e - c.1860.

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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.

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Tsutsui Toshimine - Wounded Woman - Yokohama-e - c.1883.

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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.

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Tsutsui Toshimine - Western Mother And Child - Yokohama-e - c.1883.

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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 !

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Unknown Artist - Poor Western Family - Yokohama-e - c.1883.

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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 !

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Tsutsui Toshimine - Wounded Man And Lovely Girl - Yokohama-e - c.1883.

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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 !

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Tsutsui Toshimine - Crying Child - Yokohama-e - c.1883.

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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.

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