Catalog (786)

Shoda Koho
Moonlit Sea with Clouds - Sepia version
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes series.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 9.875 x 7.125 inches.
Date: 1910-1938.
Koho seal at lower left.
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro/Nishinomiya Yosaku
An early marginless edition as originally issued.
"Made in Japan" stamped on bottom left verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back has adhesive residue. A few spots in upper sky.
Note: Examples of thi...

Ohara Shoson (Koson)
Egret on Snow-covered Branch
Size: Tanzaku. Approximately 14.875 x 6.75 inches.
Date: 1930s.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Shoson signature and seal lower right.
Print features gauffrage embossing on bird (third photo).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: S14.2 (cat. #156) in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Two pieces of tape at top back. Light toning of image a...

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Crows on a Cold Night
Date: Pre-1936.
Size: Approximately 7.125 x 4.875 inches.
Shotei seal lower left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: S-19. Watanabe #173
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Tiny lower left margin corner bend.

Kawase Hasui
Evening Snow at Terajima Village
Date: 1950-60s.
Size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches.
Woodblock print is attached along its top edge only to original blank card.
Card size: Approximately 7 x 4.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Not sealed by the artist. We've had a later sealed example.
Condition: Excellent.

Tomoe (after Hasui)
Rainy Street Scene
(This smaller unsealed print is clearly based on "City in the Rain" by Kawase Hasui).
Date: 1950s-60s.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along its top edge only to original blank card (7 x 4.625 inches).
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Lake Chuzenji in Nikko
Size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Date: 1930s.
Koitsu's Shinsei seal at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-121.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Faint mark in snow near title.

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: Excellent.
A rare and wonderful shin hanga design.

City in the Rain (after Hasui)
(A rare alternative perspective on "City in the Rain" by Kawase Hasui).
Artist: Not known.
Date: 1930s.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent with very slight bend at upper right corner.

Ito Jakuchu
Flying Bird and Flower
Date: 1930s or earlier.
Size: 4.25 x 3 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Margin corner thinning or chips.

Shodo Kawarazaki (1889-1973)
Magnolia (Mokuren)
Date: 1950s. Later edition.
Size: Oban. 16.0 x 11 inches.
Artist's seal lower right.
Publisher: Unsodo. Publisher, carver, and printer seals at left margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Kawase Hasui
House by Water at Night
Date: 1951.
Size: Approximately 2.25 x 1.5 inches. Card size: 3.5 x 2.25 inches.
Hasui seal at right.
Woodblock print is attached along its top edge only to original blank card.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent.
- A rare and truly tiny design.

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.