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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)'Chiyogaike Pond, Meguro' (Meguro Chiyogaike), from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1856Woodblock print, first edition
Signed: 'Hiroshige hitsu'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date: 1856, 7th monthVertical oban:Sold
35.9 x 23.8 cm. (14 ⅛ x 9 ⅜ in.) -
Shunkosai Hokushu (active circa 1810-32)The complete set of Hits of a Lifetime of Kyogen (Issei ichidai atari kyogen), 1825Each a woodblock print, embellished with embossing to the fans and metallic pigments
Each signed: 'Shunkosai Hokushu ga' (Pictured by Shunkosai Hokushu)
Each with red artist's seal: 'Hokushu' (hand-impressed)
Various publishers
Date: 1825, third monthEach vertical oban:Sold
each approx. 38.3 x 25.5 cm. (15 x 10 in.) -
Shunkosai Hokushu (active circa 1810-32)Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Yakanbei from the series Contest of Fans of Today (Uchiwa tosei kurabe), 1824Woodblock print, embellished with metallic pigments
Signed: Shunkosai Hokushu ga (Pictured by Shunkosai Hokushu)
Hand-impressed artist's seal: 'Shun'
Publisher: Toshikuraya Shinbei
Date: 1824, 5th monthVertical oban:£ 1,200.00
38.4 x 25.4 cm. (15 ⅛ x 10 in.) -
Shunkosai Hokushu (active circa 1810-32)Actor Ichikawa Ebijuro I as Yokanbei, from the series Contest of Fans of Today (Uchiwa tosei kurabe), 1824Woodblock print, embellished with metallic pigments
Signed: Shunkosai Hokushu ga (Pictured by Shunkosai Hokushu)
Hand-impressed artist's seal: 'Shun'
Publisher: Toshikuraya Shinbei
Date: 1824, 5th monthVertical oban:Sold
39.2 x 26.8 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ½ in.) -
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Hishikawa Sori (active circa 1789-1818)Three boys gathering young greens beside a stream, the meandering waters embossed, 1802Woodblock print, surimono, delicate embossing to the water
Signed: 'Sori ga' (Pictured by Sori)
Date inscription at upper left (壬戌) corresponding to 1802 (Kyowa 2 [享和二年])Horizontal chuban:£ 1,400.00
19 x 25.7 cm. (7 ½ x 10 ⅛ in.) -
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)A young woman watering a flower arrangement displayed in an alcove (tokonoma), 1798Woodblock print, surimono, calendar print (egoyomi/ daisho)
Signed: 'Sori ga' (Pictured by Sori)
Privately issued in 1798 (Kansei 10)
Hanging in the tokonoma is a hanging scroll depicting an ink painting of a horse - alluding to the year of the horse, 1798Horizontal kokonotsugiriban:Sold
13.8 x 18.5 cm. (5 ⅜ x 7 ¼ in.) -
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)Woman in Heian period court dress holding a fan beside pine and plum trees, 1798Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing
Signed: 'Sori ga' (Pictured by Sori)
Privately issued in 1798 (Kansei 10)Horizontal kokonotsugiriban:Sold
13.5 x 18.7 cm. (5 ¼ x 7 ⅜ in.) -
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)Young traveller with a horse, 1798Woodblock print, surimono
Signed: 'Sori ga' (Pictured by Sori)
Privately issued in 1798Horizontal kokonotsugiriban:Sold
14 x 18.7 cm. (5 ½ x 7 ⅜ in.) -
Attributed to Hishikawa Sori (active circa 1789-1818)Calendar print, three women in an interior looking at decorated papers, 1799Woodblock print, surimono, with embossing
Unsigned
Calendar print ['egoyomi'/ 'daisho'], corresponding to year of the goat, 1799 (Kansei 11 [寛政十一年 (己未)]
Red collector's seal of Wakai Kenzaburo at left edge9.7 x 14.1 cm. (3 ⅞ x 5 ½ in.)£ 1,200.00 -
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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)Two Goldfish, 1926Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'E', consistent with printing 1931-41)Vertical oban:Sold
39.1 x 26.6 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ½ in.) -
Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826–1869)'Kokebuchi at Hida in Bungo Province' (Bungo Hida Kokebuchi), from the series 'Shokoku meisho hyakkei' (One Hundred Famous Views of the Provinces), 1861Woodblock print, first edition
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal including date: 'aratame, cockerel' (certified, 1861)
Date: 1861Vertical oban:£ 4,000.00
36.8 x 25.2 cm. (14 ½ x 9 ⅞ in.) -
Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)Nakazume of the Shimanouchi District of Osaka (Naniwa Shimanouchi Nakazume), from the series Pictorial Gathering of Remarkable Women of the Floating World (Ukiyo meijo zue), circa 1821Woodblock print
Signed: 'Gototei Kunisada ga'
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo)
Censor's seal: 'kiwame'
Date: circa 1821Vertical oban:£ 1,800.00
37.6 x 25.3 cm. (14 ¾ x 10 in.) -
Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850)Willow Island (Yanagishima), from A Series of Willows (Yanagi ban tsuzuki), circa 1828Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and blind printing
Signed: 'Go Hokkei'
Privately published, circa 1828
Poems by Ryukokutei Sennen and SennenteiShikishiban:£ 2,500.00
20.3 x 17.8 cm. (8 x 7 in.) -
Kitao Masayoshi (1764-1824)Abbreviated sketches of fish and shellfish (Gyokai ryakuga shiki), 1802Woodblock printed book, one volume (complete), comprising: frontispiece, 30 double-page illustrations of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, a whale and 2 turtles, followed by a one-page colophon
Signed: 'Keisai hitsu'
Publisher: Suharaya Ichibe
Colophon dated: 1802 (Kyowa 2)
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), blue covers printed with pine trees25.8 x 17.8 cm.£ 2,000.00 -
Attributed to Hasegawa Sadanobu (1809-1879)Picture of a (Russian) Steam Boat (Sutonbo-to no zu), from a set of foreign ships titled Banpaku zue [Illustrations of Barbarian Ships], 1850s-60sWoodblock print, embellished with extensive burnishing to the boat
Unsigned, circa 1850s-60s
13.4 x 19 cm. (5 ¼ x 7 ½ in.)£ 700.00 -
Attributed to Hasegawa Sadanobu (1809-1879)Picture of a Dutch Ship (Oranda sen zu), from a set of foreign ships titled Banpaku zue [Illustrations of Barbarian Ships], 1850s-60sWoodblock print, embellished with extensive burnishing to the boat
Unsigned, circa 1850s-60s12.8 x 19 cm. (5 x 7 ½ in.)£ 580.00 -
Attributed to Hasegawa Sadanobu (1809-1879)Picture of a Steam Ship (Joki fune no zu), from a set of foreign ships titled Banpaku zue [Illustrations of Barbarian Ships], 1850s-60sWoodblock print, embellished with extensive burnishing to the boat
Unsigned, circa 1850s-60s13.4 x 19.1 cm. (5 ¼ x 7 ½ in.)£ 700.00 -
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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)Sudden Rain (Shuu) [Near a Bridge], circa 1936Woodblock print
Artist's seal: 'Hiroaki'
Titled as above above the seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: circa 1936
'Made in Japan" stamped on the reverseVertical o-tanzaku:Sold
38.1 x 17.2 cm. (15 x 6 ¾ in.) -
Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)Rain at Asakusa Kannon Temple (Asakusa Kannon-do), 1933Woodblock print
Signed: 'Koitsu'
Artist's seal: 'Shin'
Date: June 1933 (Showa 8, 6th month)
Printer and carver seals: 'Yokoi' and 'Harada'
Publisher: Doi Hangaten, paper with 'Doi' watermark, this impression a post-war edition circa 1950Vertical oban:£ 850.00
39.7 x 26.6 cm. (15 ⅝ x 10 ½ in.) -
Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)Entrance to a Teahouse in Yotsuya, Araki-cho, from the series Views of Tokyo (Tokyo fukei), 1935Woodblock print
Signed: 'Koitsu'
Artist's seal: 'Shin'
Date: January 1935 (Showa 10, 1st month)
Printer and carver seals: 'Yokoi' and 'Harada'
Publisher: Doi Hangaten, paper with 'Doi' watermark, this impression a post-war edition circa 1950Vertical obanSold
39.7 x 26.7 cm. (15 ⅝ x 10 ½ in.) -
Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)Kofukuji Temple in Nara, 1930Woodblock print
Signed: 'Koitsu'
Artist's seal: 'Shin'
Date: June 1937 (Showa 12, 6th month)
Printer and carver seals: 'Ito' and 'Ikeda'
Publisher: Doi Hangaten, paper with 'Doi' watermark, this impression a post-war edition circa 1950Vertical oban:Sold
42.3 x 28.3 cm. (16 ⅝ x 11 ⅛ in.) -
Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769 - 1825)Wisdom (Chi), from the series Fashionable Five Virtues (Furyu jin-gi-rei-chi-shin), circa 1795Woodblock print
Signed: 'Toyokuni ga'
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo)
Censor's seal: 'kiwame' (approved)
Date: circa 1795Vertical oban: 38.7 x 25.4 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 in.)£ 12,000.00 -
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)'Seido and Kanda River from Shohei Bridge' (Shoheibashi Seido Kandagawa), from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date: 1857, 9th monthVertical oban:£ 4,800.00
37 x 25 cm. (14 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ in.) -
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)Ishibe: Megawa Village (Ishibe, Megawa no sato), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), circa 1833-34Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido) (red seal beneath artist's signature 'Hoeido'
Censor's seal: 'Kiwame' (approved)
Date: circa 1833-34Horizontal oban:£ 2,400.00
25.3 x 37.6 cm. (10 x 14 ¾ in.) -
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)Mackerel, Crab, and Morning Glory, from an untitled series known as Large Fish, 1840-42Woodblock print, the fish embellished with mica
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Artist's seal: 'Ichiryusai'
No publisher's seal (later editions have seal of Marujin)
Censor's seal: 'kiwame' (approved)
Date: 1840-42Horizontal oban:£ 2,500.00
25.8 x 37.6 cm. (10 ⅛ x 14 ¾ in.) -
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)Scorpionfish, Isaki, and Ginger, from an untitled series known as Large Fish, circa 1832-33Woodblock print, embellished with mica to the fish
Signed: 'Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijyudo)
Censor's seal: 'Kiwame' (approved)
Date: circa 1832-33Horizontal oban:£ 2,400.00
25.5 x 37.4 cm. (10 x 14 ¾ in.) -
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)Bon Festival Moon (Bon no tsuki), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), 1887Woodblock print
Signed: Yoshitoshi
Sealed: Taiso
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido)
Dated: 1887 (Meiji 20), 1st month, 6th dayVertical oban:£ 1,200.00
37 x 25.2 cm. (14½ x 9⅞ in.) -
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)Hazy-night Moon, Kumasaka (Oboroyo no tsuki, Kumasaka), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), 1887Woodblock print
Signed: Yoshitoshi
Sealed: Taiso
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido)
Dated: 1887 (Meiji 20), 1st month, 6th dayVertical oban:£ 2,500.00
37 x 24.9 cm. (14 ⅝ x 9 ¾ in.) -
Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Shinmon Tatsugoro and Onoe Kikugoro V as Kogane Ikojiro in the play Shinmon Tatsumi no Koganei , 1894Woodblock print, triptych
Titled: 'Keio Suikoden'
Signed: 'Toyohara Kunichika hitsu' (to right sheet)
Publisher: Fukuda Kumajiro
Dated: 1894 (Meiji 27)Oban triptych, each sheet:£ 2,800.00
37.2 x 25.7 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 ⅛ in.) -
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)'Looking Cool: The Appearance of a Geisha in the Fifth or Sixth Year of Meiji' (Suzushiso Meiji goroku nen irai geigi no fuzoku), from the series ‘Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners’ (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Date: 1888 (Meiji 21)Vertical oban:£ 2,200.00
37.3 x 25.4 cm. (14 ¾ x 10 in.) -
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)'Looking Impatient: The Appearance of the Wife of a Fire Chief in the Kaei Era', from the series ‘Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners’ (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Dated: 1888 (Meiji 21)Vertical oban:£ 2,200.00
37.1 x 25.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.) -
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)'Looks Delicious: Mannerisms of a Courtesan from the Kaei Period', from the series ‘Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners’ (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Date: 1888 (Meiji 21)Vertical oban:Sold
37.2 x 25.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.) -
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)'Dark: Habits of a housewife of the Meiji era', from the series ‘Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners’ (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Dated: 1888 (Meiji 21)Vertical oban:£ 2,000.00
37.1 x 25.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.) -
Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)East Gate, Seoul (By Moonlight), 1920Woodblock print
Extremely faint trace of artist’s signature at lower right
Artist's seal: 'E.K.' at lower right
Dated: 1920 at lower right31.8 x 44.9 cm. (12 ½ x 17 ⅝ in.)Sold -
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)Lu Junyi, the Jade Qilin (Gyokukirin Roshungi), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori), Circa 1827–30Woodblock print
Signed: 'Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga'
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei)
Censorship seal: 'kiwame' (approved)
Date: circa 1827-30Vertical oban:£ 5,000.00
38.9 x 26.4 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.) -
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)'The Relaxed Type: The Appearance of a Kyoto Geisha from the Kansei Period', from the series ‘Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners’ (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Dated: 1888 (Meiji 21)Vertical oban:£ 2,000.00
37.2 x 25.5 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.) -
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)'Enjoying: Habits of a teacher of the Kaei era', from the series ‘Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners’ (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Date: 1888 (Meiji 21)Vertical oban:£ 2,000.00
37.4 x 25.4 cm. (14 ¾ x 10 in.) -
Hashiguchi Goyo (1880-1921)Woman with a Towel (Tenugui no onna), 1920 (posthumously printed)Woodblock print, with silver mica ground, the woman's ring and butterfly wings on her robe embellished with metallic pigments and further mica
Signed: 'Goyo ga' (Pictured by Goyo)
Sealed: 'Hashiguchi Goyo'
With artist's family seal to the lower left margin 'Hashiguchi'
Dated: 'Taisho kyunen jugatsu' (October 1920)Vertical dai-oban:£ 6,000.00
45.7 x 30.3 cm. (18 x 11 ⅞ in.) -
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Five small prints and envelope, 1930s-1940sEach a woodblock print, fixed at top edge to original brown paper mount, contained within original envelope stamped 'S. Watanabe, Ginza, Tokyo'
Each print sealed: 'Hasui'Each yatsugiriban:Sold
14.8 x 9.6 cm. (each approx.) -
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Set of five lantern prints, circa 1930Woodblock prints, embossing to each lantern
Each sealed: 'Hasui'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (each with red 'Watanabe' gift seal)
Date: circa 1930
Comprising (descriptive titles):
- Snow at Yanagi Bridge ('Yuki no Yanagibashi')
- Torii gate in the snow ('Setchu no torii')
- The five-story pagoda in snow ('Gojunoto no yuki')
- Plum in the snow ('Setchu no ume')
- Cherry blossoms ('Sakurabana')Each approx.:Sold
19.3 x 12.3 cm. (7 ⅝ x 4 ⅞ in.) -
Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)Mount Fuji from Okitsu, from the series Mount Fuji in the Four Seasons (Shiki no Fuji), circa 1929-32Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroaki'
Artist's seal: 'Shotei'
Publisher: Fusui Gabo, publisher's seal 'Hanken shoyu Fusui Gabo hakko' at lower right margin
Date: circa 1929-3226.6 x 39.2 cm. (10 ½ x 15 ⅜ in.)£ 2,800.00 -
Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku no hanabi), 1927-35Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroaki', red seal lacking
Titled next to signature: 'Ryogoku no hanabi'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: circa 1927-35Vertical mitsugiriban:Sold
38.2 x 17.4 cm. (15 x 6 ⅞ in.) -
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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)Swans and reeds, 1928Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'D', consistent with printing 1929-42)Vertical oban:Sold
38.3 x 25.7 cm. (15 ⅛ x 10 ⅛ in.) -
Natori Shunsen (1886-1960)Actor Onoe Shoroku II as Priest Tsuchigu (Onoe Shoroku, Priest Tsuchigu), from the series New Versions of Figures on the Stage (Shinpan butai no sugata-e), 1951Woodblock print, mica background
Signed: 'Shunsen'
Artist's seal: 'Shunsen'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (red circular seal at bottom right corner)
Date: circa 1951Vertical dai oban:£ 1,200.00
39.9 x 27.7 cm. (15 ¾ x 10 ⅞ in.) -
Natori Shunsen (1886-1960)The actor Ichikawa Jukai III as Kimura Nagato no Kami (Ichikawa Jukai, Kimura Nagato no Kami), from the series New Versions of Figures on the Stage (Shinpan butai no sugata-e), 1952Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shunsen'
Artist's red maple leaf seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (round Watanabe seal above right shoulder)
Date: circa 1952Vertical dai oban:£ 1,200.00
40.5 x 27.4 cm. (16 x 10 ¾ in.) -
Natori Shunsen (1886-1960)The actor Kataoka Nizaemon XIII as Momoi Wakasanosuke (Kataoka Nizaemon, Momoi Wakasanosuke), from the series New Versions of Figures on the Stage (Shinpan butai no sugata-e), 1953Woodblock print, mica background
Signed: 'Shunsen'
Artist's seal: 'Shunsen'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (round red Watanabe seal above left shoulder)
Date: 1953, 11th month (Showa 28)Vertical dai oban:£ 1,300.00
39.5 x 26.9 cm. (15 ½ x 10 ⅝ in.) -
Tsuruya Kokei (b. 1946)Actor Nakamura Utaemon VI in the role of Tonase in the play The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon chushingura), from the series Okubi-e (Bust Portraits, Series IV, Design 7), November 1984Woodblock print on gampi paper, embellished with gofun (white pigment) on the face and hands and metallic pigments
Large red artist's seal: 'Tsuruya Kokei'
Hand-written ink inscription: 'nijukyu' [29] over red seal 'Yonjugo-hin' [item 45] [limited edition number 29/45]
Self-carved and self-printed
Date: November 198439.7 x 27 cm. (15 ⅝ x 10 ⅝ in.)£ 800.00 -
Tsuruya Kokei (b. 1946)Actor Jitsukawa Enjaku III in the role of Kyusaku in the play Shinpan Utazaimon (Nozaki mura), from the series Bust Portraits VII (Design 5), July 1989Woodblock print on gampi paper, embellished with metallic pigments
Large red artist's seal: 'Kokei no in'
Hand-written ink inscription: 'sanjuni' [32] over red seal 'Kyuju no uchi' [limited edition number 32/90]
Self-carved and self-printed
Date: July 198937.8 x 25.5 cm. (14 ⅞ x 10 in.)£ 700.00 -
Tsuruya Kokei (b. 1946)Actor Onoe Baiko VII as Mokuzume in the play Tamamo no Mae Kumoi no Hareginu, from the series Bust Portraits IV (Design 6), October 1984Woodblock print on gampi paper, embellished with gofun (white pigment) on the face and hands
Artist's large red seal: 'Tsuruya Kokei'
Hand-written ink inscription 'sanjuichi' [31] over red seal 'yonjugo-hin' [item 45] [limited edition number 31/45]
Self-carved and self-printed
Date: October 198439.6 x 27.3 cm. (15 ⅝ x 10 ¾ in.)£ 800.00 -
Torii Kotondo (1900-1976)'Snow' (Yuki), 1929Woodblock print
Signed: 'Kotondo ga'
Artist's red seal: 'Kotondo'
Dated: 1929, 10th month ('Showa yonen jugatsu')
Publisher: Sakai and Kawaguchi (embossed seal at lower left margin 'Sakai Kawaguchi go ban' [Sakai Kawaguchi joint publication])
Embossed title 'Yuki' in bottom margin
Reverse with embossed limited-edition seal numbered 54/300Vertical dai-oban:£ 3,800.00
46.7 x 30 cm. (18 ⅜ x 11 ¾ in.) -
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)'Asahi Peak seen from Mount Hakuba' (Hakuba san yori mitaru Asahi dake), from the series 'Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series' (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1924Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'B' seal, consistent with printing 1924-30)
Titled as above in left margin
Dated: 'Taisho jusannen saku' [Taisho 13] (1924)Horizontal oban:£ 8,000.00
25.8 x 38.7 cm. (10 ⅛ x 15 ¼ in.) -
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)'Nakayama-Shichiri Road in Hida Province' (Hida Nakayama-Shichiri), from the series 'Souvenirs of Travel Third Series' (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1924Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Sealed: 'Kawase'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'B' seal, consistent with printing 1924-30)
Dated: 'Taisho jusannen saku' [Taisho 13] (made in 1924)Horizontal oban:£ 8,500.00
26.1 x 39.3 cm. (10 ¼ x 15 ½ in.) -
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)‘Kojaku Cave, Oga Peninsula’ (Oga hanto Kojaku no iwaya), from the series ‘Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series’ (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1926Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, first edition seal (Hotei 'B', consistent with printing 1924-30, the earliest seal used for this design) in lower right margin
Dated: 'Taisho jugonen saku' [Taisho 15] (made, 1926)Vertical oban:£ 5,200.00
38.7 x 26.3 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.) -
Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)Outside the Te Sheng-Men, Peking, 1921Woodblock print
Signed in red pencil: 'Elizabeth Keith'
Artist's circular red seal 'E.K.'
Dated: 1921
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Titled as above in red in the block at lower leftVertical oban:£ 3,500.00
40.1 x 28.2 cm. (15 ¾ x 11 ⅛ in.) -
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)Poem by Kiyowara no Fukayabu, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), circa 1835–36Woodblock print
Signed: 'Saki no Hokusai Manji'
Publisher: Isaya Sanjiro (Eijudo)
Censor's seal: 'kiwame' (approved)
(Publisher and censor seal present at lower right, partially obscured by black bokashi)Horizontal oban:£ 9,800.00
25.3 x 36.3 cm. (10 x 14 ¼ in.) -
Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)Young woman on a veranda (engawa) washing her hair in a basin, circa 1820sWoodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and metallic pigments
Signed: 'Utamasa ga' (lower right, signature rubbed)
Privately issued, circa 1820s12.8 x 16 cm. (5 x 6 ¼ in.)£ 220.00 -
Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)Young boy on a veranda with pestle and mortar, sitting opposite a woman whose silhouette can be seen through the shoji, circa 1820sWoodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and burnishing to the frame of the shoji
Signed: 'Utamasa ga'
Privately issued, circa 1820s11.7 x 16.7 cm. (4 ⅝ x 6 ⅝ in.)£ 450.00 -
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), circa 1831Woodblock printHorizontal oban:Sold
25.4 x 37.6 cm.
10 x 14 3/4 in. -
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)View of the Ferry at Rokugo (Rokugo watashiba no kei), 1847-52Woodblock print
Each sheet signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Yamadaya Shobei
Censor's seals: Mera Ta-ichiro and Watanabe Shoemon
Date: circa 1847-52Vertical oban, triptych:£ 4,600.00
36.5 x 25.1 cm. (14 ⅜ x 9 ⅞ in.) -
Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826–1869)Kirifuri Waterfall, Nikko (Nikko Kirifuri no taki), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in the Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei), 1859Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Date: 1859, 10th month
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Sealed: combined 'aratame' (certified) and date seal 'Goat, 10' (1859, 10th month)Vertical oban:£ 7,800.00
34.9 x 24 cm. (13 ¾ x 9 ½ in.) -
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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Toto Ryogokubashi yusuzumi no zu), 1830sWoodblock print, triptych
Signed: 'Ippitsuan Eisan ga' (to right sheet), and 'Eisen ga' (to centre and left sheets)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo
Date: 1830sVertical oban, triptych, each sheet approx.:£ 3,500.00
38.6 x 26.5 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.) -
Kawamura Kiho (1778-1852)Kiho’s Picture Book (Kiho gafu), 1827Woodblock-printed illustrated book
One volume, complete
Publisher: Yoshida Shinbei (Bunchodo), Kyoto
Date: 1827 (Bunsei 7)
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), original pale blue covers printed with waves in mica25.8 x 17.7 cm. (10 ⅛ x 7 in.)£ 1,800.00 -
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)Picture Album Transmitting the Spirit: The Hokusai Drawing Style ([Denshin Kaishu] Hokusai gashiki), 1818Woodblock-printed illustrated book
One volume, complete, 1st edition
Preface dated: 1818 (Bunsei 1)
Preface signed: Keizan Shoshi
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), brown covers26.7 x 18.1 cm. (10 ½ x 7 ⅛ in.)£ 4,000.00 -
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)Black Sea Bream, Small Sea Bream, Asparagus Shoots and Sansho Pepper, from the untitled series of Large Fish, circa 1832-33Woodblock print
Signed: Ryusai Hiroshige ga
Date: circa 1832-33
Censor's seal: kiwame (approved)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)Horizontal oban:£ 2,200.00
25.4 x 36.5 cm. (10 x 14 ⅜ in.) -
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)Snowy Morning in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara yuki no asa), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho), 1847-52Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kinkakudo)
Censor's seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
Date: 1847-52Horizontal oban: 36.7 x 24.2 cm. (14 ½ x 9 ½ in.)£ 4,000.00 -
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)Ama no Hashidate, from the series Famous Places of Our Country (Honcho meisho), circa 1837Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Artist's seal: 'Ichiryusai'
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotaro (Shogendo)
Censor's seal: 'kiwame' (approved)
Date: circa 1837Horizontal oban:£ 12,000.00
23.6 x 36 cm. (9 ¼ x 14 ⅛ in.) -
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