Catalog (819)

Paul Jacoulet
Les Jades, Mandchoukuo
1940s~1950s.
Image size: 6.0 x 4.25 inches.
Card size: 7 x 4.75 inches.
Self-published, one of a series of surimono.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along the top edge only to an unused holiday card.
Condition: Very light crease at upper right. Paper of card has toning and bends.

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Cold Winter Wind
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 12.5 x 6 inches.
Date: pre-1936 (Mid-1920s).
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. No. 204 in 1936 Watanabe catalog. M-4 in Shotei catalog.
Note: This is a chirimen (creped) version. The creping process was popular in the early 20th century. Creping reduces dimensions and makes prints more durable.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: The back is lightly toned.

Arai Yoshimune
Arashi-Yama, Kyoto
Dated: Jan 6, 1914.
Size: Approximately 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 8.8 cm)
Not signed.
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print in postcard form.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: The postcard mentions a one-year old Helen Donaggho, whose obituary at 90 years old can be found online.

Kiyoshi Saito
Village in Aizu in Summer (aka Village Scene with Brown Hill)
Size: 17.125 by 11.625 inches.
Date: 1940-50.
Signed and sealed in the image at lower left.
Printer: Ikegami. Seal at back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back margins have tape.

Ohara Koson
An Eagle on a Tree
Size: Approximately 17 cm x 12 cm. 6.625 x 4.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1910.
Koson signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Matsumoto (no. 442). Tag at back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
An early and rarely seen design not listed in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland). The design is similar to K13.3 (Eagle on leafless tree) in the above catalog.

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Eagle in Flight Against a Snowy Sky
Size: Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1933. Post-1957 edition.
Koson signature and seal at lower left.
Publisher: Watanabe. 7mm seal at lower left.
Reference: K13.2 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Likely collector’s red seal in left margin.
Condition: Paper loss in margins. Otherwise very good.

Ohara Koson
Eagle With Outspread Wings
Size: Approximately 14 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1910-23.
Koson seal at right.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Reference: K13.2 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Mild toning as shown at top and right.

Ohara Koson
Hawk Chasing an Insect
Size: Approximately 16 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1910-23.
Koson signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Reference: K13.l9 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
Goshawk on a Snow Covered Pine Branch
Size: 17.5 x 11.25 inches.
Date: ca 1930s-40s.
Koson signature at left. Not sealed by the artist and likely commissioned by shin hanga collector Robert O. Muller.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku.
Nishiomiya publisher's seal in left margin.
Reference: K13.16 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
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Kaoru Kawano
Girl with Fan
Date: 1950s-60s
Size: Approximately 16.75 x 11.25 inches.
Sealed by the artist at lower left and on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top margin edge has tape residue.
Note: The fan shimmers with mica highlights.

Fukutaro Tanouchi
Udon
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Date: 1930-40s.
Signed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight toning at left edge.
A rare and wonderful shin hanga design.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Book: Geisha Girl (62 pages) by Aisaburo Akiyama (including two Hasui woodblock prints).
Date: June 1933 (July 1933 edition).
Book size: Approximately 8.25 x 5.5 inches.
Hasui signature and seal at lower right.
Cover woodblock print: Geisha Girl, 6 x 3.25 inches.
Frontispiece woodblock print: She Looks Out the Window, 6.75 by 3.75 inches.
Condition: Both woodblock prints excellent. Frontispiece attached only along the top edge.
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Flying Geese and Moon
Date: 1930s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.25 x 7.375 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal at lower right. Title unread.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toning visible at front left. Paper residue on back.
Note: Found together with our very rare Koitsu819.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Maiko Beach
Date: 1930s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.25 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal at lower right.
Sealed by Koitsu at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-84
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toning at back is only slightly visible at front. A couple of marks in sky to upper right of ship.
Listed as "very rare" in the Koitsu catalog.

Hiroshige Ando
A Pair of Poppies and Quails
Size: Approximately 8 x 3.75 inches.
Date: ca 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto Print Works. No. 364 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.

Hiroshige Ando
Sudden Shower Over Shin Ohashi Bridge
Size: Approximately 5.625 x 3.5 inches.
Date: ca 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto Print Works. No. 417 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.

Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870 - 1949)
Tago Bay (Tagonoura)
Date: 1936. 1970s-90s edition
Size: Chuban. 11.75 x 7.75 inches.
Publisher: Doi.
Koitsu catalog no. TK-DH-2
Condition: Two small spots in top margin. Faint mark near center tree.

Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870 - 1949)
Nikko Futarasan
Date: 1936. 1970s-90s edition
Size: Chuban. 11.75 x 8 inches.
Publisher: Doi.
Koitsu catalog no. TK-DH-35
Condition: Two small spots in top margin and one on back.