Catalog (816)

Shiko Munakata (1903 ~ 1975)
Title: Onhina.
Date of this edition: 1998.
Size: Approximately 13.25 x 12.25 inches.
Published by Munakata Studio. Issued in Yaskawa calendar.
Medium: Japanese lithograph.
Condition: Excellent. Slight ripple. Full margins on all sides (not shown).

Shiko Munakata (1903 ~ 1975)
Title: Zakkei Sanbou.
Size: Approximately 13.50 x 12.25 inches.
Publisher: Published by Munakata Studio. Issued in Yaskawa calendar.
Date of this edition: 1998.
Note: We believe that the title translates as temple in the weeds.
Medium: Japanese lithograph.
Condition: Excellent. Slight ripple. Full margins on all sides (not shown).

Shiko Munakata (1903 ~ 1975)
New York, Riverside.
Date of this edition: 1983.
Size: Approximately 15.25 x 12.0 inches.
Published by Munakata Studio. Issued in Yaskawa calendar.
Medium: Japanese lithograph.
Condition: Excellent. Full margins on all sides (not shown).

Shiko Munakata (1903 ~ 1975)
Title: Taishi. Originally published in 1955. This edition 1985.
Size: Approximately 18.5 x 8.0 inches
Published by Munakata Studio. Issued in Yaskawa calendar.
Medium: Japanese lithograph.
Condition: Excellent. Slight wrinkle at corner. Full margins on all sides (not shown).

Ohno Bakufu
Rice Reaping
Date: ca. 1950.
Size: Oban. 15 x 10.5 inches
Publisher: Kyoto Hanga-In
Carver: Matsuda. Printer: Ichimura
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top margin has thin tape mark.

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Sekiyado
Size: Mitsugiriban. 11.75 x 5.625 inches.
Date: pre-1932.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Sealed and titled in the image.
Reference: Shotei catalog M-33. Watanabe #222, Ota-ku #206
Medium: Crepe (chirimen) Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top back has two pieces of tape from previous mounting. One spot of foxing in sky between birds.
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Ohara Koson
Eagle on the Branch of a Tree
Size: Approximately 14 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1910-23.
Koson signature and seal at lower left.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Reference: K13.8 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
"Made in Japan" stamped at bottom lower left verso.
Condition: Mild/moderate toning as seen at top and bottom
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Ohara Koson
Bull-headed Shrike Looking at a Spider
Size: 13.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1910-23.
Koson signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Reference: K25.l in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Verso slightly toned.
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Ohara Koson
Eagle on Snowy Tree Bough
Size: : 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1930s.
Koson signature and seal at lower left.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku.
Nishiomiya publisher's seal in left margin.
Reference: K13.4 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good/Excellent.
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Ohara Koson
Eagle on Tree
Size: Approximately 14 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1910-23.
Koson signature and seal at lower left.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Reference: K13.20 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
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Ohara Koson
Eagle on Leafless Branch
Size: 6.625 x 4.75 inches.
Date: ca 1910.
Koson signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Matsumoto. Matsumoto #442 tag on back.
Reference: Small print similar to catalog K13.3 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good/Excellent.
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Ohara Koson
Bats Against a Full Moon
Size: 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1910-23.
Koson signature and seal at lower left.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Reference: K41.3 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good. Small foxing spots in upper right margin were neutralized by a conservator.
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Ohara Koson
Eagle Watching Small Bird
Size: 7.75 x 3.75 inches.
Date: ca 1910.
Koson seal at lower right.
Publisher: Matsumoto.
Reference: AK.11 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good/Excellent.
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Chinese Orange Silk Ground Elephant Panel
"Taiping Youxiang" - Peace motif of an elephant carrying a vase.
Date/Period: Late Qing Dynasty
Medium: Silk and gold threads.
Size: 23.5 x 21.5 inches.
Condition: Fabric damage at upper left. See photo. Attached to board.

Hiroshige Ando
Rural View by Moonlight
Size: Approximately 6.625 x 5 inches.
Date: ca 1910.
Seal is read "Hiroshige".
Publisher: Matsumoto Print Works. No. 428 publisher's tag on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: We find these Matsumoto-published Hiroshige scenes to be particularly good, but we don't list all of them. Please contact us if you are interested in seeing others.

Kitagawa Utamaro (1750s-1806)
Picking Mulberry Leaves
Scene No. 2 from Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-kusa)
Date: c. 1799. This edition has no text in the clouds so may a be later printing.
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon.
Size: 14.325 x 9.5 inches (36.5 x 24 cm).
Condition: Many issues. Wear holes and foxing. Horizontal creases. Hinge tape at top.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.

Yoshimoto Gesso
Bird and Snowy Camellia
Date: 1930s.
Print size: Approximately 9.75 x 5 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku.
Catalog #1448.
Gesso signature lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Back top edge has paper residue. Note: The blue bird shakes loose gofun applied snow in this wonderful shin hanga image.

Hiroshi Yoshida
The Acropolis at Night (Moon Light in Acropolis).
Date: 1928. First and only edition.
Image size: 5 x 3.25 inches (12.8 x 8.2 cm).
Paper size: 10.125 x 7.125 inches (25.8 x 18.3 cm). Pencil signed in margin. Signed "Yoshida" in the image along with red "Hiroshi". This design was never issued with a jizuri seal.
Reference: Abe catalog #116.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Paper is faintly foxed.