Landscapes

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), 1924

Woodblock 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:
26.1 x 39.3 cm. (10 ¼ x 15 ½ in.)

£ 8,500.00

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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), 1924

Woodblock 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:
25.8 x 38.7 cm. (10 ⅛ x 15 ¼ in.)

£ 8,000.00

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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), 1856

Woodblock print, first edition
Signed: 'Hiroshige hitsu'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date: 1856, 7th month

Vertical oban:
35.9 x 23.8 cm. (14 ⅛ x 9 ⅜ in.)

£ 12,500.00

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

'Spiral Hall, Five Hundred Rakan Temple' (Gohyaku Rakan Sazaido), from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857

Woodblock print, first edition
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date: 1857, 8th month

Vertical oban:
36 x 23.8 cm. (14 ⅛ x 9 ⅜ in.)

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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), 1857

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date: 1857, 9th month

Vertical oban:
37 x 25 cm. (14 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ in.)

£ 5,500.00

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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), 1926

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

£ 5,200.00

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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)

Outside the Te Sheng-Men, Peking, 1921

Woodblock 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 left

Vertical oban:
40.1 x 28.2 cm. (15 ¾ x 11 ⅛ in.)

£ 3,500.00

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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), 1861

Woodblock print, first edition
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal including date: 'aratame, cockerel' (certified, 1861)
Date: 1861

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

£ 4,000.00

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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 ninen saku' [Showa 2] (made, 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.)

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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)

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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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.)

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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.)

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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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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)

Kozu, Osaka, from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1924

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: Taisho 13 (1924)
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'C', consistent with printing 1927-32)

Vertical oban:
38.4 x 25.4 cm. (15 ⅛ x 10 in.)

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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 1831

Woodblock print

Horizontal oban:
25.4 x 37.6 cm.
10 x 14 3/4 in.

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Four Stations: Nihonbashi, Shinagawa, Kawasaki, and Kanagawa, from the series Famous Views of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan eki yonshuku meisho), circa 1830-35

Woodblock print

Horizontal oban:
24.6 x 36.5 cm. (9 ¾ x 14 ⅜ in.)

£ 3,900.00

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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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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

No. 41, Narumi: Shop with Famous Arimatsu Tie-dyed Cloth (Narumi, meisan Arimatsu shibori mise), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tokaido, 1855

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige hitsu'
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido)
Censor seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date seal: Hare 7 (1855, 7th month)

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

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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), 1859

Woodblock 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:
34.9 x 24 cm. (13 ¾ x 9 ½ in.)

£ 7,800.00

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Moon Pine, Ueno (Ueno sannai Tsuki no matsu), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857, 8th month

Woodblock print

Vertical oban:
36 x 24.8 cm. (14 ⅛ x 9 ¾ in.)

£ 2,200.00

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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Toto Ryogokubashi yusuzumi no zu), 1830s

Woodblock print, triptych
Signed: 'Ippitsuan Eisan ga' (to right sheet), and 'Eisen ga' (to centre and left sheets)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo
Date: 1830s

Vertical oban, triptych, each sheet approx.:
38.6 x 26.5 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.)

£ 3,500.00

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Tajima Province: Iwai Valley, Kannon Cave (Tajima, Iwaidani, Iwayakannon), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), 1853, 12th month

Woodblock print

Vertical oban:
36.8 x 24.7 cm. (14 ½ x 9 ¾ in.)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Snowy Morning in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara yuki no asa), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho), 1847-52

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kinkakudo)
Censor's seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
Date: 1847-52

Horizontal oban: 36.7 x 24.2 cm. (14 ½ x 9 ½ in.)

£ 4,000.00

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Mariko: Famous Tea Shop (Mariko, meibutsu chamise), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), circa 1833-34

Woodblock print

Horizontal oban:
25.2 x 36.7 cm. (9 ⅞ x 14 ½ in.)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Ama no Hashidate, from the series Famous Places of Our Country (Honcho meisho), circa 1837

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Artist's seal: 'Ichiryusai'
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotaro (Shogendo)
Censor's seal: 'kiwame' (approved)
Date: circa 1837

Horizontal oban:
23.6 x 36 cm. (9 ¼ x 14 ⅛ in.)

£ 12,000.00

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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)

Street Scene, Soochow, 1924

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Elizabeth Keith' (in red crayon in lower right corner)
Artist's seal: 'EK' in red oval
Date: dated 1924 below seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo

Vertical oban:
40 x 27.6 cm. (15 ¾ x 10 ⅞ in.)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Mimasaka Province, Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), 1853

Woodblock print
Signed 'Hiroshige hitsu'
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date: 1853, 12th month (Ox 12)

Vertical oban:
36.5 x 25.2 cm. (14 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.)

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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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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Shimotsuke Province: Mount Nikko, Urami Waterfall (Shimotsuke, Nikkosan, Urami no taki), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), 1853

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige hitsu'
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke
Censor's seals: Kinugasa Fusajiro and Murata Heiemon
Date: 1853, 8th month (Ox 8)

Vertical oban:
38.2 x 25.5 cm. (15 x 10 in.)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

‘Hyuga Province: Aburatsu Port, Obi Oshima’ (Hyuga, Aburatsu no minato, Obi Oshima), from the series ‘Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces’ (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), 1856, 3rd month

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige hitsu'
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei)
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date: 1856, 3rd month (Dragon 3)

Vertical oban:
37 x 25.5 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

No. 12, Shinmachi, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi), Circa 1835-38

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo)
Date: circa 1835-38
Censorship seal: 'kiwame' (certified)

Horizontal oban:
24.6 x 36.9 cm. (9 ¾ x 14 ½ in.)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

View of the Whirlpools at Awa (Awa Naruto no fukei), from an untitled set of three triptychs, 1857, 4th month

Woodblock print

Oban triptych:
Right-hand sheet: 34.8 x 24.3 cm. (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Middle sheet: 34.8 x 25.2 cm. (13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Left-hand sheet: 34.8 x 24.2 cm. (13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Snow in the Precincts of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido (Kameido Tenmangu keidai yuki), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho), circa 1832-38

Woodblock print

Horizontal oban:
24.7 x 37.9 cm. (9 ¾ x 14 ⅞ in.)

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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)

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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Attributed to Hasegawa Sadanobu (1809-1879)

A complete set of foreign ships titled Banpaku zue [Illustrations of Barbarian Ships], 1850s-60s

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

£ 6,000.00

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