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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 1821

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 1821

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Gototei Kunisada ga'
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo)
Censor's seal: 'kiwame'
Date: circa 1821

Vertical oban:
37.6 x 25.3 cm. (14 ¾ x 10 in.)

£ 1,800.00

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

The Daughter of Dainagon Yukinari, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women (Kenjo reppu den), circa 1842–43

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga'
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburo (Dansendo)
Censor's seal: 'Muramatsu'
Date: circa 1842-43

Vertical oban:
36.6 x 24.6 cm. (14 ⅜ x 9 ¾ in.)

£ 2,600.00

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Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850)

Willow Island (Yanagishima), from A Series of Willows (Yanagi ban tsuzuki), circa 1828

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and blind printing
Signed: 'Go Hokkei'
Privately published, circa 1828
Poems by Ryukokutei Sennen and Sennentei

Shikishiban:
20.3 x 17.8 cm. (8 x 7 in.)

£ 2,500.00

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Kitao Masayoshi (1764-1824)

Abbreviated sketches of fish and shellfish (Gyokai ryakuga shiki), 1802

Woodblock 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 trees

25.8 x 17.8 cm.

£ 2,000.00

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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 1820s

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and burnishing to the frame of the shoji
Signed: 'Utamasa ga'
Privately issued, circa 1820s

11.7 x 16.7 cm. (4 ⅝ x 6 ⅝ in.)

£ 450.00

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Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)

First pail of water drawn at the New Year, circa 1820s

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing
Signed: 'Utamasa ga'
Privately issued, circa 1820s

12.1 x 16.8 cm. (4 ¾ x 6 ⅝ in.)

£ 350.00

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Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)

Stencilled paper chopstick case with chopsticks lying beside, circa 1820s

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and metallic pigments
Signed at lower right: 'Utamasa shoga' (Pictured and inscribed by Utamasa)
Privately issued, circa 1820s

16.5 x 22 cm. (6 ½ x 8 ⅝ in.)

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Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)

Young woman on a veranda (engawa) washing her hair in a basin, circa 1820s

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and metallic pigments
Signed: 'Utamasa ga' (lower right, signature rubbed)
Privately issued, circa 1820s

12.8 x 16 cm. (5 x 6 ¼ in.)

£ 220.00

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

‘The Demon Ibaraki disguised as an old woman fleeing with a severed arm’ (Roba kiwan o mochisaru zu), from the series ‘New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts’ (Shinkei sanjuroku kaisen), 1889

Woodblock print, 1st edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed and sealed: 'Yoshitoshi'
Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi
Dated: 'Meiji 22, 4th month, 12th day' (12th April 1889)

Vertical oban:
36.9 x 25.2 cm. (14 ½ x 9 ⅞ in.)

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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-60s

Woodblock 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

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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-60s

Woodblock print, embellished with extensive burnishing to the boat
Unsigned, circa 1850s-60s

12.8 x 19 cm. (5 x 7 ½ in.)

£ 580.00

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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-60s

Woodblock print, embellished with extensive burnishing to the boat
Unsigned, circa 1850s-60s

13.4 x 19.1 cm. (5 ¼ x 7 ½ in.)

£ 700.00

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Attributed to Hasegawa Sadanobu (1809-1879)

Korean Ship, from a set of foreign ships titled Banpaku zue [Illustrations of Barbarian Ships], 1850s-60s

Woodblock print, embellished with extensive burnishing to the boat
Unsigned, circa 1850s-60s

13 x 18.4 cm.

£ 500.00

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Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)

Morning Mist at the Taj Mahal, No. 5 (Taji Maharu no asagiri, daigo), from the Taj Mahal series, 1932

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshi Yoshida' in Roman script in pencil, 'Yoshida' in ink, and with artist's seal 'Hiroshi' at lower right
'Jizuri' seal [printed by the artist]
Date: 1932 (Showa 7)

Horizontal dai-oban:
40.2 x 55.6 cm. (15 ⅞ x 21 ⅞ in.)

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Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)

Calm Waters in the North Sea: Mount Rishiri (Hokkai hasei, Rishiri-san), 1938

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshi Yoshida' (in Roman script in pencil), 'Yoshida' (in Japanese in ink)
Artist's seal: 'Hiroshi'
Sealed: 'Jizuri' (printed by the artist)
Date: Showa 13 (1938)

Horizontal oban:
27.3 x 40.5 cm. (10 ¾ x 16 in.)

£ 1,400.00

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Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)

Chion-in Temple Gate (Romon), from the series Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms (Sakura hachidai), 1935

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshi Yoshida' (in Roman script in pencil), 'Yoshida' (in Japanese in ink)
Artist's seal: 'Hiroshi'
Sealed: 'Jizuri' (printed by the artist)
Date: Showa 10 (1935)

Horizontal oban:
26.7 x 40.7 cm. (10 ½ x 16 in.)

£ 800.00

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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)

Kongo in Okina - Noh, 1936

Woodblock print
Signed in pencil: 'Elizabeth Keith'
Date: 1936

Horizontal dai-oban:
33.3 x 46.9 cm. (13 ⅛ x 18 ½ in.)

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Moon on the Arakawa River in Akabane (Arakawa no tsuki [Akabane]), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukei), 1929

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: Showa 4 (1929)
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal A, consistent with printing 1945-57: lifetime, post-war printing)

Vertical oban:
39.4 x 26.2 cm. (15 ½ x 10 ¼ in.)

£ 1,900.00

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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)

Dance Festival (Bon Odori), 1927-36

Woodblock print
Sealed: 'Shotei'
Titled as above next to artist's seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: circa 1927-36

Vertical o-tanzaku:
38.2 x 16.8 cm. (15 x 6 ⅝ in.)

£ 1,100.00

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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)

Sudden Rain (Shuu) [Near a Bridge], circa 1936

Woodblock print
Artist's seal: 'Hiroaki'
Titled as above above the seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: circa 1936
'Made in Japan" stamped on the reverse

Vertical o-tanzaku:
38.1 x 17.2 cm. (15 x 6 ¾ in.)

£ 800.00

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Kasamatsu Shiro (1898–1991)

Hazy Evening on the Shore of Shinobazu Pond (Kasumu yube–Shinobazu ikehata), 1932

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Kasamatsu shiro' in left margin
Artist's seal: 'Shiro'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'E', consistent with printing 1931-41)

Vertical oban:
38.9 x 25.7 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ⅛ in.)

£ 950.00

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Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)

Rain at Asakusa Kannon Temple (Asakusa Kannon-do), 1933

Woodblock 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 1950

Vertical oban:
39.7 x 26.6 cm. (15 ⅝ x 10 ½ in.)

£ 850.00

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Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)

Entrance to a Teahouse in Yotsuya, Araki-cho, from the series Views of Tokyo (Tokyo fukei), 1935

Woodblock 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 1950

Vertical oban
39.7 x 26.7 cm. (15 ⅝ x 10 ½ in.)

£ 700.00

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Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)

Kofukuji Temple in Nara, 1930

Woodblock 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 1950

Vertical oban:
42.3 x 28.3 cm. (16 ⅝ x 11 ⅛ in.)

£ 700.00

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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)

Sacred Bridge, Nikko in Snow (Nikko Shinkyo no yuki), circa 1924-35

Woodblock print, embellished with sprinkled gofun for the falling snow
Titled as above at upper right
Artist's seal: 'Shotei'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: circa 1924-35

Vertical chuban:
25.7 x 17.9 cm. (10 ⅛ x 7 in.)

£ 500.00

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Mitsui Atsuo (1929-2000)

The actor Azuma Tokuho, 1957

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Atsuo saku' (made by Atsuo), lower left within the design
Inscription in right margin: 'Ga, hori, suri, Mitsui Atsuo' (picture, carving, and printing by Mitsui Atsuo), followed by red artist's seal
The dancer identified in the design: 'Azuma Tokuho'
Numbered: 'dai kyuju nana ban' (97)

Vertical oban:
39.5 x 27.3 cm. (15 ½ x 10 ¾ in.)

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Suzuki Harunobu (1725–1770)

The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals in the Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki kasen), circa 1768

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Harunobu ga'
Collector seals: Hayashi and Vever

Vertical chuban:
27.9 x 21 cm. (11 x 8 ¼ in.)
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Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790)

A courtesan and her client under a mosquito net, circa 1770

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Koryusai ga'
Collector's seal: Vever

Vertical chuban:
25.8 x 18.7 cm. (10 ⅛ x 7 ⅜ in.)
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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 1835–36

Woodblock 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:
25.3 x 36.3 cm. (10 x 14 ¼ in.)

£ 9,800.00

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Shiba Park, Tokyo, 1953

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, for the Pacific Transport Lines, Inc., 1953

Horizontal oban:
25.9 x 38.5 cm. (10 ¼ x 15 ⅛ in.)

£ 2,800.00

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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)

East Gate, Seoul (By Moonlight), 1920

Woodblock print
Extremely faint trace of artist’s signature at lower right
Artist's seal: 'E.K.' at lower right
Dated: 1920 at lower right

31.8 x 44.9 cm. (12 ½ x 17 ⅝ in.)

£ 2,000.00

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Tenno-ji Temple in Osaka (Osaka Tenno-ji), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1927

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: Showa 2 (1927)
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal C, consistent with printing 1927-32)

Vertical oban:
38.7 x 26.3 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.)

£ 16,000.00

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Dawn at Beppu (Beppu no asa), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1928

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: Showa 3 (1928)
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'B' seal - earliest type of Watanabe seal for this design, consistent with printing 1924-30)

Vertical oban:
38.7 x 26 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ¼ in.)

£ 3,000.00

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Evening Moon at Itako (Itako no yuzuki), circa 1950

Watercolour on paper
Signed: 'Hasui'
Sealed: 'Hangado'
Date: circa 1950

47.8 x 36.2 cm. (18 ⅞ x 14 ¼ in.)
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Spring at Matsuyama Castle (Matsuyamajo no haru), 1950s

Watercolour on paper
Signed: 'Hasui'
Sealed: 'Hangado'
Date: 1950s

49.3 x 37.7 cm. (19 ⅜ x 14 ⅞ in.)
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

View of the Ferry at Rokugo (Rokugo watashiba no kei), 1847-52

Woodblock print
Each sheet signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Yamadaya Shobei
Censor's seals: Mera Ta-ichiro and Watanabe Shoemon
Date: circa 1847-52

Vertical oban, triptych:
36.5 x 25.1 cm. (14 ⅜ x 9 ⅞ in.)

£ 4,600.00

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Heron in snow, circa 1930

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hoson'
Artist's seal: 'Hoson'
Publisher: Kawaguchi (seal lower right margin)
Sealed: 'Komatsu' (printer) and 'Maeda' (carver) lower left margin

Vertical oban:
40 x 27 cm. (15 ¾ x 10 ⅝ in.)

£ 1,600.00

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Herons in a stream in moonlight, 1926

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, Hotei 'E' seal (consistent with printing between 1931-41)

Vertical oban:
38.4 x 26 cm. (15 ⅛ x 10 ¼ in.)

£ 1,400.00

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Cockatoo and Pomegranate, circa 1927

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'C', consistent with printing 1927-32)

Vertical oban:
38.5 x 26.2 cm. (15 ⅛ x 10 ¼ in.)

£ 1,800.00

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Cherry Blossoms at the Shirakawa Castle Ruins (Shirakawajoshi no Sakura), 1946

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: Showa 21 (1946)
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'A' seal, consistent with printing 1945-57)

Horizontal oban:
39.2 x 26.3 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ⅜ in.)

£ 1,800.00

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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)

Thunderstorm at Tateishi (Tateishi no raiu), 1925

Woodblock print
Sealed: 'Shotei'
Titled as above in Japanese at lower right
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo

Mitsugiri-ban:
37.8 x 17.3 cm. (14 ⅞ x 6 ¾ in.)

£ 1,000.00

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