Woodblock Prints

Attributed to Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Picture Book of Flowers of Pleasure (Tanoshimi Gusa), 1796

Woodblock-printed illustrated book, 3 volumes, complete
Dated: 1796 (Kansei 8)
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding)

22.5 x 15.4 cm. (8 ⅞ x 6 in.) (each volume)

£ 2,000.00

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Kawamura Bumpo (1779-1821)

Album of Drawings by Bumpo, Third Series (Bumpo gafu [sampan]), 1813

Woodblock-printed illustrated book
One volume, complete
Signed: Bumpo
Dated: 1813 (Bunka 10)
Publishers: Kawachiya Kihei and Yoshidaya Shimbei
Engraver: Inouye Jihei
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), dark green covers, title slip lacking

26 x 18 cm. (10 ¼ x 7 ⅛ in.)

£ 800.00

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Shunkosai Hokushu (active circa 1810-32)

The actors Nakamura Matsue III in the role of Otaka, Ichikawa Ebijuro I as Mokuemon, and Ichikawa Danzo V as Yashichi, 1824, 3rd month

Woodblock print, surimono on deluxe paper, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing

Vertical oban, diptych (each sheet):
39.2 x 26.3 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ⅜ in.)

£ 2,400.00

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

No. 47 Inaue Daikuro Masatada, from the series Heroes of the Great Peace (Taiheiki eiyuden), 1848-50

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga'
Publisher: Yamamoto Heikichi
Censor's seals: Murata Heiemon and Mera Taichiro
Date: circa 1848-50

Vertical oban:
36.2 x 24.4 cm. (14 ¼ x 9 ⅝ in.)

£ 900.00

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Clearing weather at Horikawa (Horikawa seiran) from the series Eight Views of Military Brilliance (Yobu hakkei), 1852

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga'
Publisher: Enshuya Matabei
Censor's: Mera Taichiro and Watanabe Shoemon
Dated: 1852, 7th month

Vertical oban:
37.2 x 25.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.)

£ 700.00

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Moon on the sea at Daimotsu - Benkei (Daimotsu kaijo no tsuki - Benkei), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), January, 1886

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon
Dated: Meiji 19, 1st month (January 1886)

Vertical oban:
35.6 x 24.3 cm. (14 x 9 ⅝ in.)

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Poem by Hitotose, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), 1887

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon
Dated: Meiji 20, 6th month, 23rd day (23rd June 1887)

Vertical oban:
37.1 x 25.2 cm. (14 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ in.)

£ 2,800.00

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

'Looking Inquisitive: The Appearance of a Maid of the Tenpo Era' (Mitaso Tenpo nenkan okosho no fuzoku), from the series 'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners' (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888

Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Dated: 1888 (Meiji 21)

Vertical oban:
37.7 x 25.6 cm. (14 ⅞ x 10 ⅛ in.)

£ 3,000.00

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Ryuryukyo Shinsai (active circa 1799–1823)

Woman reading a letter, circa 1810s

Woodblock print, attributed to Ryuryukyo Shinsai, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing
Privately published, circa 1810s

Shikishiban:
20.6 x 18.4 cm. (8 ⅛ x 7 ¼ in.)

£ 2,500.00

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)

Okazaki neko ishi no kai (The Spirit of the Cat Rock at Okazaki), 1854, 5th month

Woodblock print, triptych
Signed: 'Toyokuni ga' (to each sheet)
Publisher: Riya Sojiro
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date seal: 'Tiger 5' (1854, 5th month)
Blockcutter's mark: 'Hori Komakichi'

Vertical oban, each sheet approx.:
36.2 x 24.8 cm. (14 ¼ x 9 ¾ in.)

£ 1,400.00

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)

The actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Satomi Shurinosuke (R), Onoe Kikugoro III as the Ghosts of both the princess Fusehime and the dog Yatsufusa (C), and Ichikawa Ebizo V as Kanamari Daisuke (L), circa 1836

Woodblock print, triptych

Vertical oban, each sheet approx.:
37.2 x 26.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 ⅜ in.)

£ 1,000.00

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

The Poet Abe no Nakamaro, from the series One Hundred Poems, Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), about 1835–36

Woodblock print

Horizontal oban:
25.2 x 37.5 cm.
9 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.

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Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Moths and Butterflies, from the series An Illustrated Collection of Butterflies for the Kasumi Group (Kasumi-ren guncho gafu), circa 1804-18

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with embossing and metallic pigments
Signed Sho Shunman sei
Privately issued

Shikishiban:
18.9 x 16.7 cm. (7 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.)

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Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Moths and Butterflies, from the series An Illustrated Collection of Butterflies for the Kasumi Group (Kasumi-ren guncho gafu), circa 1804-18

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with embossing and metallic pigments
Signed: Sho Shunman sei
Privately issued

Shikishiban:
19.3 x 17.1 cm. (7 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

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Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850)

The Irises of Yatsuhashi at Mikawa (Mikawa Yatsuhashi, kakitsubata), from the series Famous Products of the Various Provinces, for the Gogawa Group (Gogawa, Shokoku meibutsu), about 1810

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing

Shikishiban:
20.5 x 18.3 cm.
8 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.

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Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850)

Chinese Warrior (Ryuho) slays the White Serpent (Ryuho hakuja o kiru), 1832

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing

Shikishiban:
20.4 x 17.8 cm.
8 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.

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