Catalog (818)

Kawase Hasui
Temple in Snow
Date: 1945. ("Sendai Japan, Christmas 1945")
Size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches.
Medium: Lithograph.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: An uncatalogued koban-sized woodblock version of this print exists.

Kawase Hasui
Boats at Night
Date: 1930s.
Print size: 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso bottom margin.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-21
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along top edge only to 7.75 x 5.25-inch original card.
Condition: Excellent.

Ueno Shinobazu Pond
Artist not known. (View is similar to a larger one by Kasamatsu).
Date: 1930s.
Size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Ide Gakusui
Chrysanthemums
Size: Approximately 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Date: 1950s-60s.
Gakusui signature and seal lower right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Woodblock print is attached along the top edge only to original 7 x 4.625-inch blank card.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Ide Gakusui
Berries
Size: Approximately 5.625 x 3.625 inches.
Date: 1950s-60s.
Gakusui signature and seal lower left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Nishimura Hodo
Rabbits in Grass
Date: 1930s.
Size: 5.25 x 3.375 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal at lower right.
Signed Hodo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back has a spot of foxing.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Hakone Nagao Pass
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Date: 1930s.
Koitsu seal at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-133.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Shoda Koho
Ueno Park
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes series.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.75 x 8.0 inches.
Date: 1910-38. This edition 1938-1960.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. #1248 in Hasegawa catalog.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Sealed by the artist at lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Four Small Woodblock Prints
Titles: Kiyomizu Temple, Arashiyama, Kawaguchi Lake, and Kintai Bridge in Iwaki
Date: 1940s-50s.
Size: Approximately 3.5 x 2.25 inches.
Publisher: Shobido Tanaka.
Koitsu catalog nos. TK-SB-50, TK-SB-51, TK-SB-52, TK-SB-53.
These woodblock prints are tipped at the top edge to the covers of blank bridge tallies.
Condition: Excellent.

(After) Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934)
Treasure Ship (Takarabune)
Dated Wednesday, March 2, 1938.
Size: 7.5 x 5.375 inches (19 x 13.6 cm).
A cover of a menu of the N.Y.K. Line passenger ship, Katori Maru.
Publisher: Likely Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo), who produced another of our ship menu woodblock prints.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print. The traditional means of woodblock print creation was employed for all steps through inking of the carved ...

(After) Imanaka Soyu (1886-1959)
Pheasant
Dated August 13th, 1936.
Size: 7.5 x 5.375 inches (19 x 13.6 cm).
A cover of a menu of the Nippon Yusen Line passenger ship, Chichibu Maru.
Publisher: Likely Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo), who produced another of our ship menu woodblock prints.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print after a Soyu painting. The traditional means of woodblock print creation was employed for all steps through inking of the carve...

Sabra Field (American, born 1935)
Going Home
Date: ca 1980 (as noted on separate board)
Paper size: 13 x 8.5 inches.
Image size: 9.5 x 5 inches.
Medium: Woodcut print.
Condition: Light scuff on mountain.

Shoda Koho
Ueno Park
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes shin-hanga series.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.25 x 7.75 inches.
Date: 1910-38. A rare, early edition on card-like paper.
Publisher: Hasegawa. #1248 in Hasegawa catalog.
"Made in Japan" stamp and #427 tag on verso.
Not sealed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Hiroshige Ando
Fuchu, Nichomachi (Titled in image)
Size: Approximately 8.5 x 3.5 inches.
Date: ca 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto Print Works. No. 40 publisher's tag on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Bend lower right corner. Chip upper left corner.

(After) Aoki Seiko
Waxwings (Red Berries and Birds)
Date: Friday, July 5th, 1929.
Accordion format. Opened out size: 10.375 x 7.625 inches (23.4 x 19.2 cm).
Note: Cover of a menu for the Kashima Maru on the N.Y.K. Line
Medium: Japanese shin-hanga woodblock print. The traditional means of woodblock print creation was employed for all steps through inking of the carved blocks. Then, the block was used in a mechanical printing process.
Condition: Toning, marks, and ...

(After) Kawase Hasui
Morning at Niju Bridge (Nijubashi no Asa)
Date: Monday, August 17, 1936.
Size: 7.5 x 5.375 inches (19 x 13.6 centimeters).
Note: This rare print was the cover of a dinner menu for the Yasukuni Maru, a cruise ship on the N.Y.K. Line (Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha). It is identified as a Hasui in the Japanese publication, "The Nippon From Japan - Menu Design of the Cruise Ship Era (2017)(日本が運んだニッポンー客船時代のメニューデザイ...

Artist: Unsigned
Ueno Lotus Pond in Tokyo
Date: ca. 1920s-30s.
Size: Approximately 5.25 x 3.25 inches)
Medium: Japanese shin-hanga woodblock print attached along its top edge only to an used holiday card with correspondence.
Condition: Print is excellent. Tiny dot in sky. Card correspondence has marks.

Arai Yoshimune
Pleasure Boat
Date: ca. 1910s.
Size: Approximately 5.5 x 3.625 inches (14 x 9.4 cm)
Not signed (acquired with our artist-sealed Yoshimune053).
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along its top edge only to an unused holiday card.
Condition: Print is toned in sky. Card is toned and has bend at right.