Ueno Toshogu
Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) (1871-1945)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1924-1927
DIMENSIONS: 15 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; no problems to note
MEDIA: This print was discussed on WBW Episode 106
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Returning from the Funeral, Korea
Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1922
DIMENSIONS: 15 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches
CONDITION: Excellent: Light backing
LITERATURE: Richard Miles, Elizabeth Keith: The Printed Works, 1991, pl.56
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A Temple Kitchen. Diamond Mountains. North Korea
Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1920
DIMENSIONS: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches
CONDITION: Excellent: Faint residue on reverse from original mount
LITERATURE: Richard Miles, Elizabeth Keith: The Printed Works, 1991, pl.56
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Starlings On A Twig
Ohara Koson (1877–1945)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 20th Century
DIMENSIONS: 14 ½ x 6 5/8 inches
CONDITION: No condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Amy Newland et al., Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945, 2001, p. 72, cat. K.27.1; full-page illustration on p. 128
$1,200.00
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Ducks in Flight
Ohara Shoson (1877–1945)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 20th Century
DIMENSIONS: 10 1/8 X 7 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; faint soiling at right
$400.00
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Kibatan Parrot
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1926
DIMENSIONS: 16 ½ x 11 1/8 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; no problems to note
LITERATURE: Ogura, Yoshida Hiroshi Zenhangashu (The Complete Woodblock Prints of Hiroshi Yoshida), Abe Shuppan, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 71
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A Rainy Night
Helen Hyde (1868-1919)
MEDIUM: Aquatint
DATE: 1906
DIMENSIONS: 14 1/2 x 9 inches
CONDITION: Excellent
LITERATURE: Mason, Tim, Helen Hyde (American Printmakers: A Smithsonian Series), pl.69
$1,500.00
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An April Evening
Helen Hyde (1868-1919)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1910
DIMENSIONS: 9 x 12 inches
CONDITION: Excellent, faint wrinkling; tipped onto a mat
LITERATURE: Mason, Tim, Helen Hyde (American Printmakers: A Smithsonian Series), pl.69
$750.00
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Blossom Time in Tokyo
Helen Hyde (1868-1919)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1914
DIMENSIONS: 19 x 13 inches
CONDITION: Excellent
LITERATURE: Mason, Tim, Helen Hyde (American Printmakers: A Smithsonian Series), pl.115
$2,000.00
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Geisha
Bertha Lum (1869-1954)
MEDIUM: Woodblock (raised line print)
DATE: 1924
DIMENSIONS: 15 7/8 x 12
CONDITION: Excellent, light tape stains on reverse
LITERATURE: Pulin, Carol, Gravalos, Mary Evans O'Keefe, Bertha Lum (American Printmakers: A Smithsonian Series)
$3,500.00
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Snow on the Bridge Matsue
Kazuma Oda (1882-1956)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1924
DIMENSIONS: 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches
CONDITION: Excellent condition, no problems to note
NOTE: Watanabe D-Type seal, early impression
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In the Green Garden
Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1956
DIMENSIONS: 19 x 15 inches
PUBLISHER: Watanabe; publisher’s 6mm seal at the lower right
CONDITION: Excellent, no problems to note
LITERATURE: Tadasu Watanabe, Ito Shinsui: All the Woodblock Prints, 1992, pl.132
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Tokyo Train Station at Present
Yamakawa Shuho (1898-1944)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1942
DIMENSIONS: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches
PUBLISHER: Watanabe F-type seal
CONDITION: Excellent; no problems to note
LITERATURE: The Female Image, pl. 157
$3,000.00
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Festival Reveler
Senpan Maekawa (1888-1960)
MEDIUM: pigment on paper mounted as a kakemono
DATE: 1940s
DIMENSIONS: 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 (image); 50 x 12 inches (mount)
CONDITION: Light creasing, as typical of scrolls
$1,500.00
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Young Girl and Iris
Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993)
MEDIUM: Woodblock print
DATE: 1952
DIMENSIONS: 17 1/4 x 23 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; no problems to note
$2,800.00
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Geisha in Summer
Fujo Ueda (1899-)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: c. early 1950s
DIMENSIONS: 17 1/4 x 16 inches
CONDITION: Excellent, faint tape stains on reverse
$3,500.00
Dal Lake, Kashmir
Charles Bartlett (1869-1940)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1916
DIMENSIONS: 11 1/8 x 15 3/4 inches
CONDITION: Excellent, no problems to note
LITERATURE: Honolulu Academy of Arts, A Printmaker in Paradise: The Art and Life of Charles Bartlett, pl.10
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Jungfrau
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)
DATE: 1925
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DIMENSIONS: 11 x 15 3/4 inches
CONDITION: Pristine, no condition problems to note
NOTE: Trial printing with early script signature at lower-left corner
PROVENANCE: Yoshida Family Collection
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Mountaineer
Umetaro Azechi (1902-1999)
EDITION: 31/50
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1959
DIMENSIONS: 16 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; light rubbing at bottom margin; faint thinning at corners on the reverse
NOTE: Early self-printed impression
$1,500.00
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Sailing Boat, Night
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)
DATE: 1926
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DIMENSIONS: 21 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches
CONDITION: Excellent, no condition problems to note
NOTE: Posthumous edition
LITERATURE: Ogura, Yoshida Hiroshi Zenhangashu (The Complete Woodblock Prints of Hiroshi Yoshida), Abe Shuppan, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 45
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Maiko Kyoto C
Kiyoshi Saito (1907–1997)
EDITION: 3/100
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1960
DIMENSIONS: 18 3/4 x 32 1/2 inches
CONDITION: No condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Kiyoshi Saito Museum: Collection of Works, Kiyoshi Saito Museum, Yanaizu, 2003, pl. 266
Return of Fishing Fleet
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1928
DIMENSIONS: 22 x 16 1/8 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; light soiling to margins
LITERATURE: Ogura, Yoshida Hiroshi Zenhangashu (The Complete Woodblock Prints of Hiroshi Yoshida), Abe Shuppan, Tokyo, 1987, pl.105
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Tadotsu, Sanshu
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
SERIES: Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1936
DIMENSIONS: 15 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches
CONDITION: Excellent, no problems to note
LITERATURE:Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2003, pl. 332
PROVENANCE: Robert O. Muller Estate
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Ono, Mito
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1949
DIMENSIONS: 15 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches
CONDITION: Excellent, no problems to note
LITERATURE: Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2003, pl. 533
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Les Perles, Mandchoukuo
Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960)
EDITION: 73/350
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: 1951
DIMENSIONS: 18 1/2 x 14 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; no problems to note
NOTE: Silver mica highlights
LITERATURE: Miles, Richard, Prints of Paul Jacoulet, pl. 113
$3,000.00
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Nude
Ryonosuke Fukui (1924–1986)
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
DATE: c. 1980
DIMENSIONS: 21 x 18 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; no problems to note
$5,000.00
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Symbol No. 1
Haku Maki (1924-2000)
EDITION: 1/1
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: c.1950s
DIMENSIONS: 18 7/8 x 18 3/4 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; faint wrinkling at margins
NOTE: Exceedingly rare and important, possibly the artist’s first print
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Emanation No. 6
Haku Maki
EDITION: 2/30
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: c. 1950s
DIMENSIONS: 12 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; no problems to note
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Poem 11
Haku Maki (1924-2000)
EDITION: 24/50
MEDIUM: Woodblock Print
DATE: c.1960s
DIMENSIONS: 19 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches
CONDITION: Excellent; faint wrinkling at margins
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c. 1870-80s
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Hokusai Kacho-e E-hon
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
MEDIUM: Japanese mineral pigment on silk
DATE: c. 1870-80s
DIMENSIONS: 9 7/8 x 14 ½ inches
CONDITION: Very good; album cover has light wear; prints have minor soiling and light stains
Note: Impressions from this series are in the collections of the British Museum and the MFA Boston, among others.
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