Catalog (525)

Kawase Hasui
Moon at Itako
Size: Koban. Approximately 7.75 x 5.25 inches.
Date: ca. 1936.
Hasui produced a thematically similar oban-sized greyscale print of the same title in 1936.
Hasui oval seal at lower left.
Condition: Right margin corners have two original pinholes. There is a much smaller pinhole just at the top right corner within the image that can be seen when the print is held to light.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Cormorant Island, Lake Kawaguchi (Kawaguchiko Unoshima)
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Date: ca 1929.
Hiroaki signature and Shotei seal at lower left.
Publisher: Fusui Gabo. Seal at lower right margin.
Reference: Shotei catalog #O-80.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toning and light foxing. The lighter spots near upper corners appear to be old repairs of thinned paper.
This very rare design was o...

Hiroshi Yoshida
Temple in the Wood
Date: 1940.
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.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toned paper. Corner margins have heavy creases.
Dedicated in top margin: "Captain and Mrs Tibbitts, Wishing a Merry X'mas and a Happy New Year - Gozo and Shiori"

Arai Yoshimune
View of Miyajima
Date: ca. 1910.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 23.2 cm 16.2 cm. 9.125 x 6.375 inches.
Artist's signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 377).
Condition: Excellent. Very slight crease near top margin.

Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Night Shower at Izumi Bridge
Date: Pre-1932.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.0 x 6.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: M-16 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: A thin paper spot at bridge post as shown. On the back, there are two thinner portions where tape had been. Tiny 1 cm tear extending from right center margin. Faint crease visible only at back.
- This is Shotei's beauti...

Arai Yoshimune
Fishing Village Under Snow
Date: ca. 1910.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 23.5 cm X 15.8 cm. 9.25 x 6.25 inches.
Artist's signature and seal at lower left.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 376).
Condition: Excellent. Light waviness in paper where the original publisher's tag is applied to the back.

Ito Yuhan
Tsukuda Jima
Date: 1930s.
The verso is stamped "Made in Occupied Japan," dating this edition between 1947-1952.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.0 x 10.75 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. Seal at left margin.
Artist's signature at lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good with inky area at upper right corner and one dot in left sky.

Hiroshi Yoshida
A Little Temple Gate
Date: 1933.
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.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: Abe #181.
Condition: Excellent color. Light foxing on back very faintly visible in sky in places. Lighter area at upper right corner is where a conservator removed adhered paper from t...

Hiroshi Yoshida
In a Temple Yard
Date: 1935.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.00 x 10.625 inches.
Signed and sealed in the image. Titled and signed in pencil.
Jizuri seal at upper left margin indicating self-printing by the artist.
Reference: Abe #197.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent color. A few surface marks at upper right. On the back, a conservator has removed adhered paper at the top and bottom right.

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.

Kawase Hasui
Evening View of a Village
Date: 1930s
Size: Koban. Approximately 7.5 x 5.0 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
"Made in Japan" stamp on verso.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-67.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Drying pinhole at upper right corner margin.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Nippori
Date: 1930s. First and only edition.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 9.75 x 7 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal at lower right. Publisher's stamp at verso.
Koitsu's "Shinsei" seal at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-61.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Condition: Found framed without margins. Slight vertical crease in center. Small foxing spot under tree.

Torii Kotondo
Combing Hair. From the Twelve Aspects of Women Series.
Date: 1933 (ca. 1980s edition)
Paper size: Large at 19 x 13 inches.
Publisher: Ishukankokai ("moneybag" seal).
Carver: Ito. Printer: Kajikawa.
Artist's signature and seal. Publisher's watermark below stamps.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
The color of the margin is uniformly bright on all sides. Please see adjusted lighting in subsequent photos.
Condition: Faint small dot on nose....

Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Priest in Snow on a Mountain Path
Date: Pre-1936.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.0 x 6.75 inches.
Beautifully professionally framed with UV protective glass. Framed size: 22 x 13.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Title and Shotei seal lower left.
Reference: M-60 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

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...

Shoda Koho
Ohashi Bridge at Atako.
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes series (No. 1253).
Size: Chuban. Approximately 9.75 x 7.25 inches.
Date: 1910-38.
Publisher: Hasegawa/Nishinomiya
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Sealed by the artist. "Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Condition: Slight bend at upper right corner.

Kawase Hasui
Pagoda in Snow
Date: 1930s.
Size: 6 x 4 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-58
Condition: Excellent.

Ishiwata Koitsu
Ikegami Honmonji (Niomon) (Nio Gate of Honmonji Temple, Ikegami)
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1932.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
First edition with Watanabe C seal.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: A conservator has repaired margin in two places. Pencil note on back. Crease at upper right corner.
- A rarely see design.