Catalog (819)

Ohara Koson
Rooster and two chicks fighting for a butterfly
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-23.
Bears Koson seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (109)
Reference: K38.3 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States founding father, John Ja...

Ohara Koson
Deer in mountains
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (49)
Reference: K41.9 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent with a few black dots in upper third. Pencil number on back
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States fou...

Ito Sozan
Swimming Carp
Size: Tanzaku. Approximately 15.0 x 5.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1910s.
Bears Sozan signature and seal.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints.
Condition: Excellent with light creasing and browning near left and right margins. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States founding father, J...

Ohara Koson
Leaping carp
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (54)
Reference: K39.3 and plate 97 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent with slight toning on the back. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States ...

Ohara Koson
Eagle with outspread wings
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (45)
Reference: K13.2 and plate 68 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. Spot in top margin. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United Sta...

Ohara Koson
Pheasant on rock
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (60)
Reference: K21.2 and plate 38 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States founding father, John Jay. Their Bedford ...

Ohara Koson
Six pigeons in flight, an orange sky behind
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (47)
Reference: K36.11 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States founding fat...

Ohara Koson
A couple of pheasants between grasses
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (104)
Reference: K21.5 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States founding father, J...

Ohara Koson
Hare and Moon
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (56)
Reference: K41.16 and plate 102 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. A small, linear indentation below the cloud. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United Stat...

Ohara Koson
Bird in flight against a yellow sky, ivy leaves above
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.25 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-23.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (69).
Reference: K35.12 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States founding father, John Jay...

Kawase Hasui
Asano River in Kanazawa
Souvenir of Travels, First Series
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.25 x 9.5 inches.
Date: 1920. Pre-1923 earthquake.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the black 6 mm seal, indicating a 1920 first edition. Blocks were destroyed in quake.
Condition: Margins trimmed. Otherwise excellent.

Ohara Koson
Cawing Crow
Size: Dai-oban. Approximately 16.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: Early 20th century.
Reference: K5.15 and page 140 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: the Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Publisher: Believed to be the earlier Daikokuya version alluded to in the catalog. Note the differences with respect to our Nishinomiya Yosaku edition (Ohara083).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Pinhol...

Lilian Miller
Father Kim of Korea
Date: 1920.
Numbered: 257
Size: Approximately 8 x 6.25 inches.
Self-published.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Condition: Excellent. Left margin has small nick.

Ohara Koson
Crow on Cherry Branch
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 13.5 x 7.25 inches.
Date: 1900-1910s.
Reference: K5.3 and plate 47 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toned paper edges.
Note: This is the state and seal illustrated in the Koson catalog.

Ohara Koson
Two carp
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-23.
Koson seal lower left.
Publisher: Daikokuya (41).
Reference: K39.1 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Tape has been removed from the back. Those areas as well as a crease at the right edge have been reinforced by a conservator. Slight fading.

Ohara Koson
Peafowl on flowering cherry
Size: ko-tanzaku. Approximately 7.75 x 3.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Koson seal at lower right.
Reference: AK.19 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Compare with our large Ohara125 K38.13 published by Daikokuya.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Back lower corner has spot.

Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Moon from a Harbor (Minato no tsuki)
Date: pre-1916.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15 x 6.75 inches.
Shotei double red square seal and title at upper left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: M-110 in Shotei catalog.
Note: Blocks destroyed in 1923 earthquake.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: The faint mark at the far right corresponds to a mark on the back of the print.

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)(1871-1945)
Packhorse in Snow
Print size: Approximately 3.75 x 2.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Shotei seal at lower left.
Date: Pre-1923 earthquake. Original blocks destroyed.
Reference: Shotei catalog S-129.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print tipped along its top edge to original card.
Condition: Excellent.

Ohara Koson
White Eagle On Pine Branch During a Heavy Storm
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 13.5 x 7.375 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Koson signature and seal at upper right.
Publisher: Daikokuya
Reference: K13.10 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print on heavy paper.
Condition: Some darker areas near edge from former adhesive. Toning. Pencil notes on back. Mottled area at lower l...

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)(1871-1945)
Title: Totsuka
Print size: Approximately 6.825 x 4.825 inches (17.4 x 11.8 cm). Dimensions without borders: 16.2 x 10.9 cm.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Shotei seal at upper right.
Date: Prior to the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, in which the original blocks were destroyed. This is the only known example.
Reference: Authenticity confirmed and slated to be added to the Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.

Arai Yoshimune
Pine Beach By Moonlight
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes series.
Date: 1910s.
An early edition removed from its original matted presentation folder. Size: Chuban. Approximately 9.875 x 7.0 inches.
Publisher: Hasegawa
Condition: Faint matte line from original folder.
- A rarely encountered night scene design.

Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Shotei catalog title: Plum Tree Takes a Boat Ride
Japanese title: Sakigake Bune
Date: Pre-1923.
Size: Approximately 25.9 x 12.8 cm. 10.25 x 5 inches.
Shotei seal at upper right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: S-135 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Two pieces of white tape at top back margin.
- The blocks for this print were destroyed in the Great Kanto E...

Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Riverside at Furukawa
Series: Famous Views of the Eastern Capital
Date: Pre-1923.
Size: 10 x 5 inches.
Shotei seal at lower right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: S-81 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Two small pieces of tape at back margin. Left margin has spot.
- The blocks for this rare print were destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.

Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Bridge in the Snow
Date: Almost certainly pre-earthquake 1910s.
Size: Oban. 14.125 x 9.625 inches.
Shotei seal at lower right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: O-30 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top back margin has paper residue. Creasing at upper left and lower left corners. Fading.
- This print features applied gofun snow. The rarity of this print suggests that it wa...

Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Snow in Uchikawa
Date: Pre-1916.
Size: Mitsugiriban. 14.625 x 6.375 inches.
Shotei seal at right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (#682). S-81 in Shotei catalog.
Reference: Shotei cat. M-116. Ota #60. Watanabe #682. Ota-ku Folk Museum notes date this print 1907-1915.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Fading and toning. Spotting in snow. Chip at lower right edge and corner. Crease upper left.
Note: Sno...

Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Hunting Fireflies in Cool Breeze
Date: Pre-1923.
Size: Oban. 14.25 x 9.75 inches.
Shotei seal at left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: O-41 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Upper left corner rebuilt by conservator. Scuff in sky near tree. Wormholes (see illuminated last photo).
- The blocks for this rare print depicting a pond in Ota-ku were destroyed in the Great Kanto ...

Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Spring at Sensoji
Date: Pre-1916. Pre-earthquake.
Numbered edition: Numbered "48" inside fan seal at lower left corner. Part of the kanji character "8" is off the edge.
Size: 19.625 x 8.5 inches.
Shotei signature and seal at left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: O-36 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Laid down to board. Toning.
- The blocks for this rare, numbered pr...

Ohara Koson
Two Japanese Waxwings on Twig with Red Berries
Date: 1910s-23.
Size: 14.75 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Koson signature and seal.
Reference: K32.3. in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toning at top margin and back.
Note: This example retains its lovely yellows.

Ohara Koson
Willow Tit Sitting on a Vine
Date: 1910s-23.
Size: 14.125 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Koson signature and seal.
Reference: K29.1. in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back lower left corner is toned.

Hiroshige Ando
Seven Song-birds (aka. Gourds and Japanese White-eye)
Size: Approximately 7.5 x 5.25 inches. 19.4 x 13.2 cm.
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 26).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Small spot where back Matsumoto label is attached.
The Matsumoto catalog notes, "Seven mejiro (known as Japanese silver-eye) perching on a melon-vine."

Ohara Koson
Bird and Flowers (given title)
Image size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Matte window size: 6.25 x 4.25 inches.
Etching paper size: 8.0 x 5.875 inches.
Paper frame size: 8.5 x 7.375 inches.
Date: ca Early twentieth century.
Very small Koson signature and seal at lower right.
Features gofun embossing on bird and flowers.
Medium: Etching.
Condition: Toned and soiled paper. Margin corner chip. Attached at margin to paper frame.
Note: We could...

Uehara Konen (1878-1940)
Dock and sailboat at night
Size: 7.875 x 3.875 inches. 19.8 x 10 cm.
ca. 1910.
Published by Kobayashi Bunshichi. The publisher's shop and many works did not survive the 1923 earthquake.
Artist's seal, publisher's seal lower left.
Cartouche with number 333 in Japanese at lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)(1871-1945)
Waterfall in Moonlight
Date: Pre-1923 earthquake. Blocks destroyed.
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Shotei seal at lower right.
Reference: S-127 in Shotei catalog.
"Made in Japan" stamped on back bottom margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along top edge only to original 7.75 x 5.25-inch blank card.
Condition: Excellent.
- A rare and beautiful design.

Ohara Shoson (Koson)
Title: Crow on a Snow Covered Branch
Date: 1910s ~ 1920s
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Size: 11.25 x 5.5 inches.
Reference: Newland, Amy R."Crows, cranes & camellias" p. 196.

A rare creped woodblock print by Koson. Creping was popular in the early 20th century due to superior durability.
Condition: Unframed. Excellent. This print appears to be as fresh as the day it was made. It is an absolute knockout. The scans do not do justice to th...

Yamakawa Shuho (1898 - 1944)
Premonition of Snow, 1927
Size: Oban, approximately 15.0 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Bijutsusha
Condition. Unframed. This print has had tears and toning professionally restored.
An intriguing bijin image with an unusual title.

Cyrus leRoy Baldridge (1889-1977)
Peking Winter, 1925
Edition 194/200
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Size: Oban, approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Dedicated: "For John Happer" John Stewart Happer was a famous author on Japanese woodblock prints.
Condition: Five wormholes. Otherwise very good condition.

Hiroshi Yoshida
Three Little Islands, 1930.
Bears the jizuri seal in the upper left margin, indicating self-printing by the artist. Also signed in pencil.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.50 x 10.25 inches.
Condition: Excellent.

Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)
Shopping at the Chang Men, 1925
(aka. Outside Chang Man Gate, Peking)
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.0 x 11.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent with small surface spot at left edge. On verso, paper remnants at top corners. Title noted in pencil on back.

Kawase Hasui
Rain at Shinobazu Pond
Date: 1929.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15,25 x 10.0 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the Watanabe A seal in the right margin, indicating a first edition.
Condition: Very good. Light toning and fading.

Hotei
Crow on Cherry Branch
Date: 1920s.
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 15.25 x 6.75 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Ohara Koson
Three goldfish and flowering wisteria
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-23.
Bears Koson seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (86).
Reference: K39.14 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent with small red dash above the lowest fish and faint smudge to the left. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor ...

Hiroshi Yoshida
Glittering Sea, from The Inland Sea Series
(Hikaru Umi, Setonaikaishu)
Date: 1926
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.75 inches.
Signed and sealed in the image. Titled and signed in pencil.
Jizuri seal at upper left margin indicating self-printing by the artist.
Condition: Slightly toned. A single point of ink in the sea as issued.

Hiroshi Yoshida
Evening at Chikugo River, Hida
Date: 1927
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.0 x 10.75 inches.
Signed and sealed in the image. Titled and signed in pencil.
Jizuri seal at upper left margin indicating self-printing by the artist.
Edition no. 51/125 penciled at lower right corner.
Made in Japan stamp on verso.
Condition: Excellent. On the verso, the upper right corner margin has been reinforced by a conservator.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Yomei Gate, Nikko, 1930.
Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Tokyo Shobido. Yomei Gate is one of only six Hasui designs published by this publisher.
Condition: Very good with faint matte line near image edge.

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Mt. Fuji from Kurasawa
Size: Approximately 10.25 x 7.25 inches.
Date: pre-1927.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. No. 184 in 1936 Bears the Shotei seal.
Watanabe catalog. C-12 in Shotei catalog.
Condition: Excellent. Paper at top back margin.

Ohara Koson
Monkey in a Tree
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1910-1923.
Publisher: Daikokuya
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: K41.21 and plate 30 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Condition: Excellent with very slight bend at lower left corner. Uncirculated.
Provenance: The Robert O. Muller estate.

Kawase Hasui
Uchiyamashita, Okayama
Selection of Scenes of Japan (Nihon Fukei Senshu)
Date: 1923.
Size: Aiban. Approximately 12 x 9 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: Hotei #112.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight toning.

Toshi Yoshida (1911-1925)
Crabs
Date: 1925.
Size: 11.25 x 6.0 inches.
"Toshi" Japanese signature and seal.
Pencil signed and titled in English.
Condition: Excellent. Small tape remnants at top back.
This is the first woodblock print created by Toshi Yoshida. He was 14 years of age.

Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
Early Spring.
Date: 1930-1931.
Size: Approximately 14.5 x 9.75 inches.
This famous woodblock print was an insert of the Jiji Newspaper Company.
Artist's signature and seal.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: A few spots in the background as shown. Still faintly has the original center folds.

Ohara Shoson (Koson)
Egret in Rain
Size: Tanzaku. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1928.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
First edition bearing the Watanabe D seal (sausage seal) in the right margin as in the catalog example.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Bears Shoson signature and seal.
Reference: S14.3 (cat. #157) in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Con...

Ohara Koson
Snow-capped Mount Fuji
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (6)
Reference: K44.8 and plate 103 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Lower right corner reinforced. Tone line at bottom edge. Some fading.
- A well-known and rarely seen Koson design.

Ohara Koson
Sparrow on Hortensia (Blue Hydrangea)
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1920s.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Publisher: Daikokuya (20)
Reference: K33.13 and plate 52 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good. Some faint foxing (stabilized).

Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)
Grand Canyon (from The United States series).
Date: 1925. First state with jizuri seal, indicating self-printing by the artist.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.0 x 11.0 inches.
Pencil signed and titled in English. Signed and sealed in Japanese within the image.
Condition: Margin has two numbers noted in pencil and two original drying pinholes.

Ohara Koson
Sparrows ad Wisteria
Size: 16.75 x 10.5 inches.
Early 20th century.
Reference: K33.10 and page 142 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku
Koson signature and seal
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent front. A couple of areas of thinner paper where once adhered to backing. One pinpoint-sized hole in lower sky.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
In the Snow, Hida, Nakayama-Shichiri Road
Series: Souvenir of Travels, Third Series
Date: 1924.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Edition: First. Tabi no Miyage Dai Sanshu seal Left margin. Watanabe 6mm seal lower left corner.
Reference: Hotei #123.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Restored with tear and chip repairs to margins, including touch-up at upper left edge of im...

High Bridge at Night Artist: Not signed.
There is a similar Hasegawa Night Scene by Eijiro as well as a painting by James Whistler.
Size: 14.5 x 6.5 inches.
Date: 1910s-20s.
Publisher: Likely Hasegawa.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print on thick paper.
Condition: Excellent with light spotting on back. Note: Lovely visible woodgrain.

Kawase Hasui
Zojo Temple, Shiba. From the series, Twenty Views of Tokyo.
Date: 1925.
Edition: First with the Watanabe B seal (used 1924-1930).
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Reference: Hotei #147
Removed from the original folder.
Medum: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Upper left margin corner reattached by conservator. Toning at back.

Yoshijiro Urushibara
Stonehenge in Moonlight
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.75 x 9.75 inches.
Date: 1910s-20s.
Publisher: "Ken Hoshino & Co. 57-58 Chancery Lane, W.C." at lower margin.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Please also see our Dawn view of this design (Urushibar016).

Yoshijiro Urushibara
Stonehenge at Dawn
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.75 x 9.75 inches.
Date: 1910s-20s.
Publisher: "Ken Hoshino & Co. 57-58 Chancery Lane, W.C." at lower margin.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: Please also see our Moonlight version of this design (Urushibar016).

Ohara Hoson (Koson)
Rooster and Weasel
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.75 x 10.75 inches.
Date: 1929. First and only edition.
Publisher: Kawaguchi and Sakai. Publisher's seal in right margin. Carver (Maeda) and printer (Komatsu) seals in left margin.
Koson's "Hoson" signature and seal at lower right.
Made in Japan stamped on verso.
Reference: H41.3 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock pr...