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Charles W. Bartlett
Ushibuse (aka. Sleeping Buddah)
Date: 1916
Size: Oban. approximately 14.75 x 9.75.
Signed in red by Bartlett. Monogrammed and well-sealed.
Very good condition. On the verso, so thinning of paper in sky and top and bottom margin. A few small light brown spots.
Ushibuse (aka. Sleeping Buddah)
Date: 1916
Size: Oban. approximately 14.75 x 9.75.
Signed in red by Bartlett. Monogrammed and well-sealed.
Very good condition. On the verso, so thinning of paper in sky and top and bottom margin. A few small light brown spots.
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item #1457385
(stock #Obata001)
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Chiura Obata
Rainbow Falls, Inyo National Forest
Series: World Landscape Series - America.
Date: 1930.
Size: 17.5 by 13 inches.
Publisher: Takamizawa Color-Print Studio, Tokyo.
Medium: Woodblock print.
Condition: A conservator has reconstructed missing paper of the upper right corner margin. Other margin edge tears and losses repaired. Toned paper.
Rainbow Falls, Inyo National Forest
Series: World Landscape Series - America.
Date: 1930.
Size: 17.5 by 13 inches.
Publisher: Takamizawa Color-Print Studio, Tokyo.
Medium: Woodblock print.
Condition: A conservator has reconstructed missing paper of the upper right corner margin. Other margin edge tears and losses repaired. Toned paper.
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item #1491574
(stock #Unidentif203)
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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.
(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.
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Clifton Karhu (1927-2007)
Tominaga-cho, Gion
Date: 1993.
Edition: 55/75.
Size: 24.25 x 17.75 inches.
Signed, titled, numbered, and dated in pencil by the artist in lower margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight toning in margin due to former matte. Left and right outside margins each have a dot of foxing. Print has never been adhered to a backing.
Tominaga-cho, Gion
Date: 1993.
Edition: 55/75.
Size: 24.25 x 17.75 inches.
Signed, titled, numbered, and dated in pencil by the artist in lower margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight toning in margin due to former matte. Left and right outside margins each have a dot of foxing. Print has never been adhered to a backing.
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item #1158843
(stock #Baldridg001)
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Cyrus leRoy Baldridge (1889-1977)
Peking Winter, 1925
Edition 194/200
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Size: Oban, approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Dedicated: "For John Happer" John Stewart Happer was a famous author on Japanese woodblock prints.
Condition: Five wormholes. Otherwise very good condition.
Peking Winter, 1925
Edition 194/200
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Size: Oban, approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Dedicated: "For John Happer" John Stewart Happer was a famous author on Japanese woodblock prints.
Condition: Five wormholes. Otherwise very good condition.
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item #1463942
(stock #Kotozuka022)
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Eiichi Kotozuka
Night Scene of Kiyamachi Street
Date: 1950s
Size: 17.75 x 11.5 inches. Full margins shown in additional photos.
Publisher: Uchida Woodblock Printing Co., Ltd.
Artist's seal and publisher's seal at lower right.
Full margins (Shown in enlargement 2).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Removed from original folder. Lower margin slightly wavy.
Night Scene of Kiyamachi Street
Date: 1950s
Size: 17.75 x 11.5 inches. Full margins shown in additional photos.
Publisher: Uchida Woodblock Printing Co., Ltd.
Artist's seal and publisher's seal at lower right.
Full margins (Shown in enlargement 2).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Removed from original folder. Lower margin slightly wavy.
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item #1463598
(stock #Eijiro023)
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Eijiro Kobayashi
Evening Cool on Sumida River.
Series: Hasegawa Night Scenes.
Date: 1910s-1938. Early edition.
Eijiro seal at lower right.
Size: Approximately 9.75 x 7.125 inches.
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro.
Reference: No. 1244 in Hasegawa catalog.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Evening Cool on Sumida River.
Series: Hasegawa Night Scenes.
Date: 1910s-1938. Early edition.
Eijiro seal at lower right.
Size: Approximately 9.75 x 7.125 inches.
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro.
Reference: No. 1244 in Hasegawa catalog.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
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item #1388910
(stock #Eijiro011)
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Eijiro Kobayashi
Evening Cool on Sumida River. Sepia version.
Series: Hasegawa Night Scenes.
Date: 1938-1960.
Eijiro seal at lower right.
Size: Approximately 9.75 x 7.25 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. No. 1244 in Hasegawa catalog.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Evening Cool on Sumida River. Sepia version.
Series: Hasegawa Night Scenes.
Date: 1938-1960.
Eijiro seal at lower right.
Size: Approximately 9.75 x 7.25 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. No. 1244 in Hasegawa catalog.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
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item #1454492
(stock #Eijiro021)
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Attributed to Eijiro Kobayashi
High Bridge at Night (Inspired by James Whistler's "Nocturne")
Date: This edition 1938-60.
Size: Approximately 10 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Marginless as originally issued.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. A few small surface scuffs.
After "Nocturne in Blue and Gold; Old Battersea Bridge" by James Whistler
High Bridge at Night (Inspired by James Whistler's "Nocturne")
Date: This edition 1938-60.
Size: Approximately 10 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Marginless as originally issued.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. A few small surface scuffs.
After "Nocturne in Blue and Gold; Old Battersea Bridge" by James Whistler
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item #1468458
(stock #Keith007)
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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)
Chinese Matriarch, Soochow
Date: 1934.
Sheet size: 17.625 x 13.625 inches. Image size: 13.25 x 11.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
Medium: Colored etching.
Provenance: Henry McBride collection.
Condition: Upper right corner margin crease. Tape at top back margin.
Notes: Richard Miles opined that this is one of Keith's greatest images and noted that the etching was produced...
Chinese Matriarch, Soochow
Date: 1934.
Sheet size: 17.625 x 13.625 inches. Image size: 13.25 x 11.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
Medium: Colored etching.
Provenance: Henry McBride collection.
Condition: Upper right corner margin crease. Tape at top back margin.
Notes: Richard Miles opined that this is one of Keith's greatest images and noted that the etching was produced...
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item #1162115
(stock #Keith 001)
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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)
Lama Priest, Peking
Date: 1922.
Signed in red pencil by the artist. Monogrammed and dated.
Size: Oban. 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Condition: Very good. Pencil notes on back with tape pieces at back top corners.
Lama Priest, Peking
Date: 1922.
Signed in red pencil by the artist. Monogrammed and dated.
Size: Oban. 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Condition: Very good. Pencil notes on back with tape pieces at back top corners.
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item #1247859
(stock #Keith 003)
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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)
Little Pavilion, Peking, 1935.
(aka. Little Pavilion, Coal Hill, Peking)
Size: Approximately 14.75 x 9.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent with a couple of very faint creases. Title noted in pencil on back.
Little Pavilion, Peking, 1935.
(aka. Little Pavilion, Coal Hill, Peking)
Size: Approximately 14.75 x 9.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent with a couple of very faint creases. Title noted in pencil on back.
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item #1247851
(stock #Keith002)
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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)
Shopping at the Chang Men, 1925
(aka. Outside Chang Man Gate, Peking)
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.0 x 11.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent with small surface spot at left edge. On verso, paper remnants at top corners. Title noted in pencil on back.
Shopping at the Chang Men, 1925
(aka. Outside Chang Man Gate, Peking)
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.0 x 11.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent with small surface spot at left edge. On verso, paper remnants at top corners. Title noted in pencil on back.
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item #1490537
(stock #Unidentif197)
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Enryakuji Temple, Hiyeizan (Hieizan), Kyoto.
Artist not identified.
Dated November 12th, 1935.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print as the cover of a dinner menu of the Nippon Yusen Line passenger ship, Chichibu Maru.
Condition: Image is dented and scratched in places, particularly the upper left.
Note: These menus were printed using woodblocks carved by an artist. Mechanization was added to the process.
Artist not identified.
Dated November 12th, 1935.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print as the cover of a dinner menu of the Nippon Yusen Line passenger ship, Chichibu Maru.
Condition: Image is dented and scratched in places, particularly the upper left.
Note: These menus were printed using woodblocks carved by an artist. Mechanization was added to the process.
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item #1399433
(stock #Urushibar017)
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Frank Brangwyn and Yoshijiro Urushibara
In the Docks
Series: "Ten Woodcuts" No. 8.
Paper size: Approximately 11 x 9.5 inches.
Image size: Approximately 8.5 x 7.0 inches.
Date: 1924
Edition: No. 80 of 270 (250 +20 artist's proofs).
Yoshijiro produced this woodblock print from a watercolor by Brangwyn as part of their famous collaboration.
Publisher: John Lane: The Bodley Head Limited, London.
Sealed by Urushibara.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print....
In the Docks
Series: "Ten Woodcuts" No. 8.
Paper size: Approximately 11 x 9.5 inches.
Image size: Approximately 8.5 x 7.0 inches.
Date: 1924
Edition: No. 80 of 270 (250 +20 artist's proofs).
Yoshijiro produced this woodblock print from a watercolor by Brangwyn as part of their famous collaboration.
Publisher: John Lane: The Bodley Head Limited, London.
Sealed by Urushibara.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print....
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item #1395435
(stock #Brangwyn001)
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Frank Brangwyn and Yoshijiro Urushibara
Venice, Golden Morning
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25. x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1924
Edition: First and only.
Yoshijiro produced this woodblock print from a watercolor by Brangwyn as part of their famous collaboration.
Signed in pencil by both Brangwyn and Urushibara. Initialed by Brangwyn within image.
Reference: UB27 in Chapman and Horner.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Venice, Golden Morning
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25. x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1924
Edition: First and only.
Yoshijiro produced this woodblock print from a watercolor by Brangwyn as part of their famous collaboration.
Signed in pencil by both Brangwyn and Urushibara. Initialed by Brangwyn within image.
Reference: UB27 in Chapman and Horner.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
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item #1491569
(stock #Fukuta022)
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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.
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.
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item #1321646
(stock #Hasui232)
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Unsigned. Attributed to Kawase Hasui.
Boat On A Snowy Lake
Size: 5.75 x 3.5 inches.
1930s to 1950s.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent.
Boat On A Snowy Lake
Size: 5.75 x 3.5 inches.
1930s to 1950s.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent.