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p1932
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Hokusai
- Pictures Of A Journey - c.1835.
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Description:
Antique Japanese
color woodblock by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Date:
c.1835. Size: 11 1/7" x 8 2/3" inches.
Very good impression, color and condition. From the well-known
ehon (book) series: 'Dochu Gafu' (Pictures of a Journey).
Minor toning, a few light spots, marks and flaws.
A delightful image
of travellers crossing the river in a boat.
This series was published after his hugely
successful "36 Views of Fuji". These ascetic designs
capture the vitality of Hokusai's genius wonderfullly. Many of
the images mimic his famous works in "100 Views of
Fuji" and "36 Views of Fuji", sceneries that
Hokusai perhaps felt the need to revisit.
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| p1915
- €750 - US$ Currency
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Tsukioka
Yoshitoshi - Triptych - Court Ladies Under Cherry Blossom -
c.1880.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
(1839-1892). Bijin-e (Beauties). Date: 1880.
Oban triptych size (each panel): 14 3/4" x 10"
inches. Excellent impression, color and and near fine
condition.
Right panel with very slight stain near the fan, minor acid
soiling on figures' hair ornament.
Very slight staining on left edge (border) on left and right
panels.
A marvellous triptych design by the great Yoshitoshi
depicting a court ladies' poem party under cherry
blossom.
Elaborately detailed use of gauffrage (various patterns)and
metallic pigments on different parts of clothing and textiles.
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| p1914
- €1975 - US$ Currency
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Stations Of The Tokaido - Utagawa Hiroshige - Okabe - c.1833.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige
(1797-1858). Landscape print. Date: c.1833.
Oban yoko-e size: 14 1/2" x 9 1/2" inches. Series:
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi
no uchi).
Title: Okabe utsu no yama "Utsu mountain, Otsu"
(Station 22). Signed Hiroshige ga and published by Hoeido/
Senkakudo. Good impression, very good color and condition.
Slight vertical centerfold, slightly trimmed, a tiny repair at
the bottom end
of the centerfold and a minute hole repair on lower right.
This classic image by Hiroshige features a mountain stream
between high green banks, with the narrow passage surrounded
on one side by a stone wall.
The small town Okabe-juke visible in the
background.
More info on the Okabe piece can be found on Wikipedia
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design! (Spring Rain)
A monumental
landscape design !
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| p1889
- €550 - US$ Currency
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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
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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
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| p1883
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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.
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p1882
- €315 - US$ Currency
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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.
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p1852 - €875 - US$ Currency
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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.
Another
impression of this print is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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p1820 - €400 - US$ Currency
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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.
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p1819 - €365 - US$ Currency
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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 - €425 - US$ Currency
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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.
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p1817 - €385 - US$ Currency
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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.
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Utagawa
Hiroshige III
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p1811 - €475 -
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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.
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for more info on the art of Ukiyo-e.
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p1810 - €650 - US$ Currency
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - Lady Masao Attacked By Snakes -
Supernatural
Subject - Eastern Brocade Series - c.1867.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock print
by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1838-1892). Date: 11/1867.
Oban tate-e size: 9 3/4" x 14 1/4" inches. Fine impression,
color and condition.
Series: ' Tales of the Floating World on Eastern Brocade (Azumo
no nishiki ukiyo kōdan)'.
Three very small repaired pinpoint holes, some faint offsetting, minor
marks and flaws. Very nice overall.
A magnificent early Yoshitoshi piece from his series portraying
popular stories of drama and violence. The stories are retold by
Kanagaki Robun in text blocks that take the form of a book with the
pages bent back. In this case, the folded book shaped cartouche at the
top right of the print displays the text of the story. The woman
depicted is Lady Masao from Osasahara. Her body is entwined with
curling snakes with hissing tongues. One of the serpents is wrapped
around her arm as she tries to free herself. Her lips are turning
blue, which indicates her death imminent.
Incredible fine line work in her delicate hair and carefully
detailed variety of snakes. An exceptional supernatural subject
enhanced by a deeply shaded background focusing all attention on the
unfortunate beauty. The great Yoshitoshi depicts the fantastic
violence and drama of these popular narratives with wonderful realism
and his characteristic attention to detail.
One of the finest designs
of Yoshitoshi's 'Eastern Brocade' -series !
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Eastern Brocade
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