Catalog (197)

Tomioka Eisen
Rice Planting
Size: Approximately 18.2 x 11.6 cm. 7.25 x 4.5 inches
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 390).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Wave in paper where original publisher's tag is attached to the back.
The Matsumoto catalog states, "They are planting the young-rice in the rain, singing a charming song as they work."
An early and rarely seen design.

Attributed to Kawase Hasui (We're not certain)
Mt. Fuji From Hara (Hara no Fuji)
Date: 1930s.This edition early postwar.
Size: 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
A woodblock print tipped along its top edge to an original card.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)(1871-1945)
Title: Autumn Moon at Tama River
Size: Approximately 7 x 4.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Sealed "Shotei" at left.
Date: Pre-1936.
Reference: Shotei catalog #S-2.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top margin has small tear impinging image by 2mm.

Kawase Hasui
Bird's Eye View of Kiyomizu Temple in Snow
Date: 1930s.
Size: Approximately 5.675 x 3.675 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Artist's oval seal at lower right.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-59.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
This marginless print is from a mid-century collection that included another marginless Hasui print.
Most examples are found with margins, so it may have been trimmed or issued in this state.

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.

Kawase Hasui
Pagoda in Rain (Inoruga no Ame)
Date: 1950s-60s.
Size: 5.75 x 3.75 inches
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Reference: Hotei #Hp-62.
Woodblock print is tipped along its top edge to original cardstock.
Condition: Excellent.

Kawase Hasui
Arashiyama
Date: 1950s ~ 1960s.
Size: 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Bears the artist's oval seal.
Reference: Hotei Hp-41.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Tipped at top to original cardstock.

Kikuchi Yuichi
Figure Walking in Snow
Date: Early 1950s.
Woodblock print is tipped at the top to an original 1950s Japanese holiday card.
Size: Approximately 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
Condition: Excellent.

Tomioka Eisen (1864-1905)
Honmoku
Size: Approximately 18.2 x 11.6 cm. 7.25 x 4.5 inches
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 391).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Ink dot in sky. Wave in paper where original publisher's tag is attached to the back.
The Matsumoto catalog states, "Honmoku, the old village of the present Yokohama. This little hamlet has jumped to the first rank among harbour cities in Japan since it was opened by Commodore Perr...

Kawase Hasui
Hiraizumi Konjikido (Hall of the Golden Hue)
Date: 1930s. This edition 1950s-60s.
Approximately 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Titled at lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Print is attached along its top edge to original blank card.
Condition: Excellent. Note: This design is similar to Hasui's Hp-47 in the catalog. We attribute this unsealed print to Hasui because we've previously sold a sealed example that ...

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.

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.

Ohara Shoson (Koson)
Sparrows and Bamboo in Snow
Size: Approximately 3.75 x 2.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1930s.
Bears the Shoson seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: This rare print is uncatalogued.

Kawase Hasui
Great Pagoda, Nara
Date: 1930s. This edition early postwar.
Print size: 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
A woodblock print tipped along its top edge to an original card.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-60.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Margin has a few spots.

Kawase Hasui
Katada in Ohmi
Date: 1930s.
Size: Approximately 6.25 x 4.25 inches.
Hasui oval seal at lower right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Takahashi Shotei
Red temple in rain; priest over the steps
Date: ca. 1920s-30s.
Size: Approximately 6 x 4 inches.
Woodblock print is attached along its top edge to 7.75 x 5.25 inch original card.
Shotei artist's seal at lower left.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso of print.
Reference: S-7 in Shotei catalog.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Kawase Hasui
Evening at Miyajima
Date: 1950s-60s
Size: Approximately 5.5 x 3.75 inches.
Hasui oval seal and title at lower left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Edge of top margin is browned.

Kawase Hasui
Title: Kawaguchi
Date: 1950s ~ 1960s.
Size: 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Hasui seal lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print tipped along its top edge to original blank card.
Condition: Excellent.