Shin-hanga

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Shiba Park, Tokyo, 1953

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.)

£ 5,000.00

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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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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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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Dahlias (Dariya), 1940

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'G', consistent with printing 1934-41)

Vertical oban:
40.2 x 27.4 cm. (15 ⅞ x 10 ¾ in.)

£ 1,500.00

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Carp and water plants, 1926

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, Hotei seal 'B' (consistent with printing 1924-30), the earliest type of Watanabe seal for this design

Vertical oban:
39 x 26.1 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ¼ in.)

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Kasamatsu Shiro (1898–1991)

Gokokuji Temple Bell Tower (Clear Weather after Snow) (Gokokuji Shoro (yuki bare)), March 1933

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shiro'
With artist's red seal
Dated: Showa 8 (1933), March
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'D' seal, consistent with printing 1929-42)

Vertical oban:
39 x 26.4 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ⅜ in.)

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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)

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)

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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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Two swimming geese, 1928

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, Hotei seal 'D' (consistent with printing 1929-42)

Horizontal oban:
25.8 x 38.6 cm. (10 ⅛ x 15 ¼ in.)

£ 500.00

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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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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Snow at Hie Shrine (Shato no yuki [Hie jinja]), 1932

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: Showa 6 (1932), New Year's Day
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'A', consistent with printing 1945-57 (lifetime, post-war printing))

Vertical oban:
37.8 x 26.2 cm. (14 ⅞ x 10 ¼ in.)

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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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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.)

£ 1,950.00

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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)

Returning from the Funeral, Korea, 1922

Woodblock print
Signed in pencil: 'Elizabeth Keith'
Artist's seal: 'E.K.'
Date: 1922

Vertical oban:
40 x 26.5 cm. (15 ¾ x 10 ⅜ in.)

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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)

Wisteria Bridge, China, 1925

Woodblock print
Signed in pencil: 'Elizabeth Keith' at lower right
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: 1925

Vertical oban:
41.3 x 27.5 cm. (16 ¼ x 10 ⅞ in.)

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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)

Blue and White (Ai to Shiro), 1925

Woodblock print
Signed in pencil: 'Elizabeth Keith'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: 1925

40.3 x 29.7 cm. (15 ⅞ x 11 ¾ in.)

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Two goldfish, 1926

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'B', consistent with printing 1924-30, the earliest type of Watanabe seal for this print)

Vertical oban:
39.1 x 26 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ¼ in.)

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Charles W. Bartlett (1860-1940)

The Golden Temple Amritsar, 1925

Woodblock print
Signed in black ink: ‘Charles W. Bartlett’
Printed monogram ‘CWB’ in red in block at lower left
Copyright seal in red at lower left
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: 1925

Horizontal oban:
27.8 x 40.4 cm. (11 x 15 ⅞ in.)

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Two flycatchers feeding on nandina berries in snow, 1929

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Date: 1929
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'C", consistent with printing 1927-32)

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

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Charles W. Bartlett (1860-1940)

Negishi. 1916, from the series 2nd Series. Japan, 1916

Woodblock print
Signed in red-brown pencil: ‘Charles W Bartlett’
Printed monogram in keyblock: ‘CWB’
Printed title as above in keyblock
Copyright seal in red at lower left
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo; seal in lower left margin
Date: 1916

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

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Charles W. Bartlett (1860-1940)

Jaunpur, India, 1920

Woodblock print, ‘early morning’ variant
Signed in graphite: ‘Charles W.Bartlett’
Printed monogram: ‘CWB’
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: 1920

Vertical oban:
39.5 x 27.5 cm. (15 ½ x 10 ⅞ in.)

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Charles W. Bartlett (1860-1940)

Prayers at Sunset (also called Udaipur. India), 1919

Woodblock print, 1919
Signed in graphite: ‘Charles W.Bartlett’
Printed monogram: ‘CWB’
Printed title as above in block at lower left
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo

28.9 x 41 cm. (11 ⅜ x 16 ⅛ in.)

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Charles W. Bartlett (1860-1940)

Taj-Mahal from the Desert, 1919

Woodblock print, ‘blue-grey/brown’ variant
Signed in pencil: ‘Charles W.Bartlett’ (pencil rubbed leaving signature impression only)
Printed monogram: ‘CWB’
Printed title in block as above in image
Copyright seal in red at lower left
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: 1919

Horizontal oban:
27.9 x 39.6 cm. (11 x 15 ⅝ in.)

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Charles W. Bartlett (1860-1940)

Prayers at Sunset (also called Udaipur. India), 1919

Woodblock print, 1919
Signed in graphite: ‘Charles W.Bartlett’
Printed monogram: ‘CWB’ in block at lower left
Printed title as above in block at lower left
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo

28.6 x 40.9 cm. (11 ¼ x 16 ⅛ in.)

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Snow at Shiba Park, Tokyo (Shiba koen no yuki), 1931, January

Woodblock print

Horizontal oban:
26 x 39.3 cm
10 1/4 x 15 1/2 in

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Evening Rain at Kawarago (Kawarago no yau), 1947

Woodblock print

Vertical oban:
38.3 x 26.2 cm
15 1/8 x 10 1/4 in

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Ishikawa Toraji (1875-1964)

Bored (Tsurezure), from the series Ten Types of Female Nudes (Rajo jusshu), Circa 1934-35

Woodblock print with silver mica ground

Horizontal obaiban:
37.2 x 48.3 cm. (14 ⅝ x 19 in.)

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Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950)

Kurumazaka Parrot (Kurumazaka omu), from the series at a Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen), 1925

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Yoshida' in black ink, followed by red artist's seal 'Hiroshi'
Self-published 'Jizuri' seal at bottom right margin
Dated in lower margin: 1925 ('Taisho jugonen saku')

Vertical large oban: 41 x 27.6 cm. (16 ⅛ x 10 ⅞ in.)

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