Prints

A Japanese woodblock print titled "Night Scene Peking" by Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956) 1922, The color woodblock print was made in 1922, signed in pencil lower right, initialed and da...

An early edition Japanese woodblock print "Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) from the series Collected Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen). The series was created in 1933 and this is an early edition with the publisher copyright seal "Hanken shoyu fukyo mosha Watanabe Shozaburo" dated from 1931-1941. Signed and sealed Hasui in plate. Date and titled on the lower margin. For a comparable print, see lot 86 in Sotheby's London Auction Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints...

A wonderfully composed and subtly colored woodblock print by renowned Japanese woodblock artist Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993) titled "Snow Hill #7". The work features a gorgeous wood g...

A very beautiful, serene large Oban size woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Tsuchiya Koitsu titled "Nagoya Castle" from the artist's series "Views of Japan." Nagoya Castle was...

Vintage Regal Horse Sketch Equestrian Print Framed Art Wall Decor - (Set of 2). Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 22" H x 24" W x 1" D.

Here's a rare find from a collector we visited in Japan. A very unusual treasure.... This is a cache of old Chinese and Japanese bamboo paint and calligraphy artist brushes dating ...

A wonderful, gorgeously composed and earth toned colored woodblock print by Japanese artist Ichiro Fukushima. This work features an exterior of a traditional Japanese temple or coun...

Chinese ink rubbing printing depicting Panthaka Arhat, no.4 of the 16 arhat images immortalized in stone at the former stupa at Shengyin Temple. Depicted here sitting on a rock with a book in his left hand and snapping his fingers in his right hand, symbolic of the speed at which he obtained enlightenment, accompanied by a beggar’s bowl and an incense burner, complete with colophons and silk scroll mounting. The Emperor Qianlong ordered the stone stele to be carved in 1764 after the arhat designs painted by the famed artist Guanxiu (832-912). Even though the temple was destroyed in the Taiping rebellion, the steles remain and have been reinstalled at the Hangzhou Stele Forest. Condition: Creases from rolling, otherwise fine condition. Mounting: 58” x 22”. 19th Century. Provenance: Frank “Till” & Peggy Durdin, San Diego, CA L'Asie Exotique, Palm Springs, CA For other rubbings of this stele see: Penn Museum, object number 2010-26-4 The Metropolitan Museum of Art AN#: 59.195.15 Fine Arts Library of Harvard University, record id: W280021_urn-3:FHCL:478850 For another example of this image rendered in jade and lacquer see: “Screen Paintings of Guanxiu’s Sixteen Arhats in the Collection of the Palace Museum” Luo Wehhua translated by Bruce Doar, Orientations, September 2010, p. 104. In this article the image is identified as the sixteenth arhat Abheda, It is explained in this article that Qianlong re-identified the arhats, thus the 16th Arhat attribution for this image. Also in this article the identical colophon by Qianlong above the image is translated as: “These accurate portraits of the Sixteen Arhats were created by the Tang Dynasty painter Guanxiu, as recorded in Xuanhe Huapu (Record of paintings in the Xuanhe Reign), and during the millennium from the Guangming reign period to the present day, the original works were to be found in Zhejiang, where they were housed in the collection of Shengyin Temple in Qiantang (Huangzhou). In spring of the dingchou year (1757) of his reign, the Qianlong emperor undertook a southern tour of inspection and stayed at an imperial lodge on the West Lake. He went to the temple to pay his respects and there he saw the arhats on display and wrote a description of these marvels. The sequence of the arhats and their names had been passed down since ancient times, but they did not correspond to their Sanskrit titles; the sequence of the arhat names conformed instead to the interpretation of the Sanskrit classics by the Zhangjia State Preceptor. The emperor penned the original names and positions in the sequence below each of the figures in accordance with the readings supplied in Tongwen Yuntong (Unified Rhymes), and below each he penned an encomium, which he signed. Then the images were returned to the collection, to be passed down as a perpetual treasure. Now, the fourth great arhat had long gone missing and we did not know where his painting was. But it was merely a trifling matter of matching the images with the names, and now surely we have found him! This I, the emperor, believe.” All 16 of these rubbings can be found in the Rubel Chinese Rubbings Collection at the Fine Arts Library of Harvard University with the following descriptive historical note: “Rubbing from stele depicting No. 4 of 16 arhats (Lohans, Buddhist saints) -- Nan ti mi duo luo qing you, Panthaka Arhat. Original painting attributed to Guanxiu, 832-912. Inscriptions written by Hongli, Emperor Qianlong (Gaozong, 1711-1799) of Qing Dynasty. 7 seals of Qianlong follow the inscriptions. Script style: in xing shu. Shi liu zun zhe -- "The 16 noble ones" are 16 lohans. Lohans are also called "a-lo-han" based on the transliteration of the Sanskrit term "arhat." (Japanese: Rakan; Chinese: Lohan; Tibetan: Gnas-brtan). Arhats or Arahants are saints or sages said to have renounced nirvana (freedom from the cycle of suffering and rebirth), vowed to remain in the world to protect the Dharma and propagate the Law of the Buddha in order to devote themselves more effectively to the relief of human misery, like the Bodhisattvas. These 16 Arhats, personal disciples distinguished by the Buddha, formed part of the 500 claimed by tradition to have attended the First Council in Rajagrha. The names and abodes of these 16 arhats are given in a work entitled "Record on the Duration of the Law, spoken by the Great arhat Nadimitra," which was translated into Chinese by the famous pilgrim Xuanzang (596-664) in 654. 16 lohans are quite often represented, especially in China and Japan, in sculpture and painting, in poses and with attributes. Every lohan can be easily with special icongraphic characteristics. Guanxiu (Jiang Deyin or Deyuan, a Buddhist monk also named Master Chan Yue, 832-912) -- painter during late Tang to Five Dynasties, specialized in painting lohan figures. Legend has it that the first portraits of the 18 Lohans...

This wonderfully designed, abstract work by esteemed Japanese printmaker Tadashi Nakayama. The print is pencil signed, numbered (13/80), dated 1963, stamped on the verso by the artist, and embellished with metallic pigments. It is an uncommon and hard to find work. Nakayama has exhibited internationally in cities such as Rome, Tokyo, Krakow, Milan, and his works can be found in museums around the world including: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia. Cincinnati Museum of Art, Ohio, USA. fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, USA. Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, USA. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA. Western Australian Art Museum, Perth...

Utagawa Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797 to 1858, woodblock prints on paper, Flowers and Bird signed and inscribed in Hieroglyphs and red ink stam...

Mid-19th century woodblock print of Onoe Kikugoro V signed Kagawa Toyoshige Kitsu. The famed Kabuki actor is playing the role of Banzuinin Chobei (or similar), a legendary street her...

Asian Chinese horse print in a red wood frame. Chinese lithograph print study of a horse. Well framed, no glass. Size: 21" x 15". From an esta...

Original Japanese Triptych Color Woodblock Print by Toyohara Chikanobu - Title: New Year's Dishes: Etiquette of a Lady - Publisher: Takekawa Unosuk...

4 Japanese Woodblock Prints (Double-Side) by Toyohara Kunichika (Diptych), and Shosai Ikkei - from Thirty-Six Comics of the Famous Places of Tokyo. Note: These are only two pieces of woodblock prints with 4 images. They are double-sided with two different prints on each side. - The video is the purpose for displaying the double-sided image in the acrylic frame, the actual images may be various. I listed many lots for the same artists, but the image will apply to all the lots. Size: image: 9.5" x 13.5" with Frame: 12.75" x 15.75" About the Artists - Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese: ?? ?? 30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading printmaker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama...

A wonderfully composed and beautifully colored Japanese woodblock print featuring three Edo Era fan-wielding gossiping women, perhaps Geishas, one seemingly holding court standing ab...

Fabulous signed print by Peter Max. Framed, autographed. Signed

Framed Japanese 19th Century Diptych Woodblock Print Toyokuni II Toyokuni II (1786-1864) "Courtesan Tamagiku and master of the Naka Manjiya House" Pu...

A truly wonderful and exceedingly rare abstract limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist/printmaker Junichiro Sekino. This print, which appears to be titled "Tori &a...

Japanese Woodblock Shotei Takahashi (1871-1945) Hiroaki "The Moon and Ishiyama" About the artist Born in Tokyo as Katsutaro Takahashi, Shotei (aka Hiroaki/ Komei) was in his mid-teens when he began to work in the design department of the Imperial Household Agency. He studied Nihonga, or Japanese-style painting, under his uncle Fuko Matsumoto, but also worked as an illustrator for periodicals and textbooks. Beginning in the early Taisho period, Shotei regularly collaborated with the prominent Shin Hanga publisher Shozaburo Watanabe. Shotei used a variety of signatures. Many of his large landscape prints...

Katsukawa Shunsho, 勝川春章 This woodblock was published by Imperial Household Museum in 1947, The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro ? in the Green Room Consulting ...

A wonderfully composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contemporary Japanese printmakers of the 20th century. This print is of a temple guardian of Tofuku-Ji which is one of the Kyoto Gozan or Five Great Zen Temples in Kyoto The print is signed and stamped, titled (Tofuku-Ji, Kyoto (A), dated (1961), and numbered (12/200) by the artist. Would be a great addition to any modern Japanese print...

Pair Early 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints A Pair Early 20th Century Japanese Framed Woodblock Prints Of Old Masterpiec...

This wonderfully designed, abstract work by esteemed Japanese printmaker Tadashi Nakayama. The print is pencil signed, numbered (46/65) and dated 1963 by the artist. A fairly uncommo...

Antique Japanese Woodblock Print “Returning Sails At Yabase” From Series “Eight Views of Omi” Signed by Utagawa Hiroshige C1835. Measures - 5.5"H x 17.5"W x .25"D. This is an a...

Exquisite in design and execution. This work, titled "Stream", is by Japanese master artist/printmaker Toko Shinoda (1913-2021) who is universally recognized for her merging of tradi...

A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, conte...

Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869), Japan, originally 1864, publisher Hiranoya Shinzo, from the series Thirty-six Views of the Pride of Edo, framed and glazed, oban tate-e. Dimensions...

Four Japanese Woodblock Prints (Double-Side) by Toyohara Kunichika (Diptych), and Shosai Ikkei - from Thirty-Six Comics of the Famous Places of Tokyo. Note: These are only two pieces of woodblock prints with 4 images. They are double-sided with two different prints on each side. - The video is the purpose for displaying the double-sided images in the acrylic frame, the actual images will be various. I listed many lots for the same artists, but the video images will apply to all the lots. Size: image: 9.5" x 13.5" with Frame: 12.75" x 15.75" New Modern Frame: Floating Frameless Picture Frame - The two thick and transparent acrylic panels of the floating frameless picture frame are smooth and flat, with rounded edges and no pointed burrs; The solid and quality screws and hardware can ensure it is more stable and firm. - Stylish Decor: these clear double-panel picture frames have a modern style and can well match most decors in your home or office; They are more elegant and tasteful, which will make your house warmer, and give you and your family a sense of comfort. About the Artists - Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese: ?? ?? 30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading printmaker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama...

A wonderfully composed, beautifully, and richly colored triptych woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Toyohara Kunichika featuring four dramatic and quite intense Kabuki theatre ...

Antique 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Print By Utagawa Kunisada C.1858 Edo period 1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month Original Woodblock print of Snow (Yuki) actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as H...

Gaetano Pesce Paravento Risacca Room Divider For Cassina Waves breaking on the shore become a masterpiece designed by Gaetano Pesce. A limited edition item, produced in nine exempla...

Original Japanese Woodblock print, chuban Size "Bird" by Totoya Hokkei  (1780-1850) About the artist Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850) was a Japanese artist best known for his prints in th...

Ando (Utagawa) Hiroshige was the master of the landscape. He thrived in the early part of the 19th century. His works of art are highly sought out. This is a very good addition to co...

Tomio Kinoshita (1923 – 2014) Big Boys, 1960 Woodblock print Image size: 32.75 high by 22 inches wide (83 by 56 cm) Paper size: 35.5 high by 23.75 inches wide (90 by 60.3 cm) Signed: in pencil lower right, Tomio Kinoshita Titled: in pencil at lower left Edition: 30/50 Condition: Very good The woodblock for this large print was carved in 1958, just three years after Kinoshita’s began creating woodblocks. This print was signed and dated in 1960, but not numbered; prints were also pulled from this block in the 1970s, so it must have been one of more popular images. One of his students has written, “As time progressed further, the postwar era saw improvements in nutrition, and children became taller and heavier than in the past, but their lack of physical exercise and severely inferior physical abilities became a social problem; this is ironically depicted in Big Boys.” In 1963, Kinoshita told him that he had just finished pulling a print of this image in response to a request from Unichi Hiratsuka...

Japanese Wood Block Print Artist: Eisho Narazaki (1864-1936) Title: Asakusa Kannon-do no naido (Interior of the Kannon Temple at Asakusa) Year of Creation: 1932 Pencil marked title ...

A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Ichikawa Monnosuke VII as Cou...

A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Onoe Baiko VII as the wet nur...

Antique Japanese Wood Block Print “Woman Doing Her Hair” Signed By Katsushika Hokusai 19thC Measures - 12 3/4" x 10 5/8" x 3/4" This Japanese woodb...

Antique Japanese Woodblock Reprint Of “Suited To Tie-dyed Fabrics Stocked by Matsuzakaya” Advertisement By Kitagawa Utamaro C1920. Measures - 15.5"H x 10.25"W x .25"D. This is...

Collection of 3 Vanity Fair Sport Themed “Spy” Prints A rare collection of original coloured lithograph prints the earliest dating from 1896 to 1904, mounted and glazed in Black fra...

The painter is unknown to me so far Condition Perfect Size: 26.5 x12.5 cm Period 19th century

A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Onoe Kikugoro VII as Kirare Y...

Print size: 225 x 330 mm Sheet size: 270 x 390 mm "Tsuki Hyakushi Masterpiece Collection “『月百姿傑作撰集』 is a compilation of selected masterpieces from ”Tsuki Hyakushi"『月百姿』 a masterpi...

A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Nakamura Tokizo V, as the kep...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright) Number: 40 Chiryu: The Former Site of the Irises at Eightbridge Village (Chiryu, Yatsuhashimura kakitsubata no koseki) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1855 Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo Seals: Aratame and date Signature: Hiroshige hitsu...

A gorgeous and quite radiant print by Japanese artist/printmaker Isamu Sakamoto titled "Morning Light." The work features the dawn ("Reimei") light reflecting off a traditional build...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces Number: 5: Settsu Province: Sumiyoshi, Idemi Beach Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month Number of Prints: 70/70 (inc. Title Page) Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) Block Cutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take) Signature: Hiroshige hitsu Additional marks: Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7 Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame. Reference: For an identical print, see the collection of MFA Boston...

Beautiful vintage framed lithograph of the New York Stock Exchange. This piece is evocative and beautiful. This piece was originally provided...

We have for consideration: Two Japanese Woodblock prints by the Uchida Art Co. Ltd. (Showa Period) from Kyoto, Japan made at and sold by Kyoto Handicraft Center in the 1950's. "Niho...

Antique Japanese Seascape Woodblock Print with Village & Figures by Kunisada, Framed, C1920 Measures - 14.5" x 19.5" x 1" This antique Japanese woodblock print...

Size: 255×365㎜　350g Packing size estimate : 330×440×30mm 2kg Very importantly, this is a reprint of a Lithograph printing, produced from the original woodblock print. One of the mo...

A beautifully designed and colored work by Japanese artist Joichi (Joshi) Saito. The print is pencil signed and numbered (16/20) by the artist. A very eye-catching work overall...

Pair of large Meiji Era Japanese woodblock prints Japanese, Late 19th Century Frames: height 42.5cm, width 78.5cm, depth 2cm Prints: height 35cm, width 78.5cm These excellent w...

Mandarin Taoist Chinese ceremonial scroll portrait painting in custom plexiglass frame. Exuding an air of spiritual significance and artistic mastery, this Mandarin Taoist Chinese ce...

On offer is a Japanese woodblock print entitled "Snow on Willow Bridge" by Ohar Shoson (1877-1945). widely considered as the most unusual and renowned prints in the artist's repertoi...

A volume of prints and paintings by Japanese artist Kono Bairei (1844-1895), well known practitioner of the Ukiyo e school during the Meiji period. He was born and lived in Kyoto, sp...

Print Toyohara Chikanobu Japan Woodcut 1880

Serigraph medium signed and numbered by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 - Paris, 1997). Numbered 187/250. With a glossy sheen to the surface area, this work presents itself as a hexagon...

This wonderfully designed, boldly colored, abstract woodblock print by esteemed Japanese Sosaku Hanga artist/printmaker Tadashi Nakayama titled "Flying Crane (or Crane in Flight)". ...

Japanese Collagraph Print by Tsuguo Yanai (b. 1953, Hagi, Yamaguchi), titled “Broken Heart” in Japanese with the printing number 2/30 under the image on the left and pencil signatur...