Catalog: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints (735)

Ohara Koson
Crow eating a persimmon while sitting on a branch
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. pre-1910.
Publisher: Kokkeido.
Artist's signature and seal and publisher's seal at lower left.
Reference: K5.13 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Ohara Koson
White Eagle On Pine Branch During a Heavy Storm
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 13.5 x 7.375 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Koson signature and seal at upper right.
Publisher: Daikokuya
Reference: K13.10 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print on heavy paper.
Condition: Some darker areas near edge from former adhesive. Toning. Pencil notes on back...

Yokouchi Ginnosuke (1870-1942)
Rain and Night Cherry Blossoms in Ueno Park
Date: September 1935
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.25 x 11.5 inches.
Edition: First and only. 91/300. Japanese-language limitation seal on back.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Published by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Age toning. Faint matte line. Pencil note on back.
This rare woodblock print is one of only eight designs by the artist.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Snow at Mukojima
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1931.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Watanabe round 6 mm seal at lower left, indicating a lifetime edition produced between 1946 and 1957.
Reference: Hotei #261.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Pristine. Removed from original folder.
One of Hasui's most loved snow scenes.

Kobayashi Kiyochika
Shrouded Moon Over Takanawa, Ushimachi.
From the series Famous places of Tokyo (Tokyo Meisho).
Date: 1879. This edition 1896.
Signed by the artist in black at lower left.
"Shiba" collector's seal on verso.
Publisher: Fukuda Hatsujiro (successor to Fukuda Kumajiro).
Size: Oban. Approximately 13.25 x 9.25 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good color and condition...

Ohara Koson
Two little egrets on a branch, full moon
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-23.
Bears Koson seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (53).
Reference: K14.12 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States founding father, John Jay...

Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995)
The Friendly Garden Triptych - Pine, Bamboo, and Plum
Date: ca. 1980.
Size: Each panel measures 21.25 x 11.75 inches.
Publisher: The Yoshida Family Studio. Issued by the Franklin Mint.
Signed and sealed by the artist in the image.
Signed in pencil in Japanese in the margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top back margins have original tape residue. Slight toning.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
The Nikko Highway (aka. The Road to Nikko; Nikkokaido)
Date: 1930.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe red 6mm seal at lower left corner, indicating a lifetime edition printed between 1946 and 1957.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Reference: Hotei #211.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Removed from original folder...

Hiroshi Yoshida
Garden in Summer
Series: Four Garden Scenes
Date: 1933.
Paper size: Approximately 15.625 x 10.5 inches.
Image size: Approximately 15.5 x 7 inches.
Signed and sealed in the image...

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.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Dusk at Nakaso
Date: 1954.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Red 6 mm seal at lower right, indicating a first edition.
Hasui signature and seal at lower right.
Size: Oban. 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Reference: Hotei #600.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Faint browning in sky and waves.

Kawase Hasui
Saishoin, Hirosaki
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Date: 1936.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the black 6 mm seal, indicating a lifetime edition printed between 1946-1957.
Condition: Excellent front. On the back, two pieces of tape at margins and light toning.

Kawase Hasui
Moon Over Kiyosumi Garden
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1938.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6 mm round seal lower right corner, indicating a lifetime edition printed between 1946-1957.
Reference: Hotei #424.
Condition: Excellent.

Nishimura Hodo
Hirosaki Castle in the Spring
Date: 1933.
Size: Oban. 15.625 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Stamp in left margin and label on back.
Sealed by the artist at lower left.
Edition: First and only.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Upper portion toned where not covered by former matte.
Note: RARE - The only other example we could locate is in the Honolulu Museum.

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Three Red Carp, water plant above
Size: Yoko o-tanzaku. Approximately 15.25 x 6.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1920s-1930s. "Paris, August 1939" noted in pencil on the verso in French.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: S39.3 and Watanabe W36-571 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent.

Kawase Hasui
Tamon Temple, Hamahagi, Boshu
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1934.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Round 6mm seal in lower right corner, indicating a lifetime edition printed between 1946-1957.
Signed and sealed by Hasui at lower left.
Reference: Hotei #349.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Two original drying pinholes in left margin.
- A rarely seen design.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Hikawa Park, Omiya
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1930.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Round, red 6 mm seal at lower left, indicating a lifetime printing (1946-1957).
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Reference: Hotei #207.
Condition: Excellent. Top back margin corner has paper residue.
"Omiya...was prosperous during the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) as a post-station on the Nakasendo." - Hotei.

Ohara Hoson (Koson)
Rooster and Weasel
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.75 x 10.75 inches.
Date: 1929. First and only edition.
Publisher: Kawaguchi and Sakai. Publisher's seal in right margin...

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.

Ohara Hoson (Koson)
Monkey surrounded by four young, carrying a persimmon
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.75 x 10.75 inches.
Date: 1930s.
Publisher: Kawaguchi and Sakai. Publisher's seal in right margin...

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Praying Mantis and Bees (Wasps)
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.25 x 7.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
No. K.40.9 in "Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Riegle Newland)." Illustrated on page 101.
Condition: Excellent.
Very rarely seen.

Kawase Hasui
Heirinji, Nobidome
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1952.
Hasui signature and seal at lower left corner.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6mm seal in lower left margin, indicating a first edition.
Reference: Hotei No. 574.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Original drying pinhole in corner margin. Back margins have tape residue.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Takanawa Sengakuji Temple
Date: 1930s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.5 x 8.0 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seals on front and back.
Sealed by Koitsu at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-83
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Shiko Munakata (1903 ~ 1975)
Titled in Japanese: Flower(s) of Vienna, the great Leo Sirota ウィーンノハナ　レオシロタ大人
Dated: April 11, 1965.
Leo Sirota (1885-1965) was one of the world's most famous pianists. Munakata was his friend and produced this print shortly after Sirota's death.
Edition: Not known. A color version of this design exists.
Signed: "Shiko" in Japanese; "Munakata" in English.
Sheet size: 16 x 10.75 inches...

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Meguro Fudo Temple, 1931
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Black, round Watanabe 6 mm seal at lower left, indicating a lifetime edition made between 1946 and 1957.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: Hotei #263.
Condition: Two original drying pinholes at left margin. Top margin has a few faint, diagonal marks.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Shiba Zojoji Temple
Date: 1930s. First and only edition.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 11.5 x 7.75 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Takemura seal at lower right. H. Takemura stamp on verso.
Koitsu's "kiyoshi" seal at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-71.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Top back corners have residue.
This very rare print features beautifully embossed snow.

Ohara Koson
Rooster and two chicks fighting for a butterfly
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-23.
Bears Koson seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (109)
Reference: K38.3 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin...

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...

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Shinagawa (Rainy Season at Ryoshimachi)
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1931.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Round, black 6 mm seal at lower right, indicating a lifetime printing (1946-1957).
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: Hotei #218.
Condition: Original drying pinhole in left margin. Slight fading.
"Shinagawa was the 1st station on the Tokaido." - Hotei.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Evening Rain in Kawarago
Date: 1947
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.75 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Edition: First. Watanabe 6mm seal at lower left corner. Used 1946-1957.
Reference: Hotei #504.
Stamped "Original works of art" on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Pencil notation at upper right margin. Partial stamp at lower right margin.

Kasamatsu Shiro (1898 - 1991)
Spring Night, Ginza
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.625 inches.
Date: 1934.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. 1946-57 edition.
Watanabe black 6mm seal at lower left corner.
"Printed in Japan" and "Original Works of Art" stamped on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Pencil note "Shiro" and tape residue at top margin.

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.

Ohara Koson
Owl and Moon
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 inches.
Date: 1930s. This edition post 1950.
Reference: K20.6 and page 97 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: the Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland)
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku
Condition: Excellent. Full original margins. Never framed.

Ohara Koson
Leaping carp
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (54)
Reference: K39.3 and plate 97 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent with slight toning on the back. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States ...

Ohara Koson
Willow Tit Sitting on a Vine
Date: 1910s-23.
Size: 14.125 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Koson signature and seal.
Reference: K29.1. in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back lower left corner is toned.

Ohara Koson
Cormorants at Coast
Size: Dai-oban. Approximately 17.25 x 11.25 inches.
Date: 1930s. This edition ca. 1960.
Reference: K3.3 and page 141 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: the Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland)
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku
Condition: Excellent. Full original margins.

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....

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Crows in Moonlight
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1927. This edition 1946-1957.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6 mm in lower left corner of image.
Shoson signature and seal.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: S5.3 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. A couple of very faint spots in white sky at lower right.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Rain at Omiya
Date: 1930
Size: Oban. 16.75 x 12 inches.
Date: 1930. This edition later.
Publisher: Shobisha (Acquired original blocks from Kawaguchi and Sakai).
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Reference: Hotei #215.
Condition: Crease at top center margin (photo). Light toning. Top back margin has tape. Framer's pencil note in back bottom margin.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Snow at Shiba Park, 1931.
(Shiba Koen no Yuki)
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6 mm seal at lower right, indicating a lifetime edition produced between 1946 and 1957.
Reference: Hotei #244.
Condition: Excellent. Very faint mark near left side of top margin.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Spring in Daigo, Kyoto
Date: 1950.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Black 6 mm seal at lower right, indicating a first edition (1946-57).
Hasui signature and seal at lower left.
Size: Oban. 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Reference: Hotei #537.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: At the perimeter of the verso, a conservator has removed tape and reinforced the paper.

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...

Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Snow at Asakusa Kannon-do
Date: Pre-1936.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.0 x 6.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: M-22 in Shotei catalog.
Provenance: From the collection of Canadian missionary Sybil Courtice, who was in Japan from the early 20th century up until WWII.
Condition: Excellent.

Kawase Hasui
Spring Rain at Arakawa (Literally "May Rain")
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1932.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi. Also bears the Doi watermark.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso. This seal combination indicates printing between 1950-1963.
Excellent color and condition.

Ohara Koson
Six pigeons in flight, an orange sky behind
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (47)
Reference: K36.11 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States founding fat...

Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Okabe
Date: Pre-1936 (ca. 1927).
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.0 x 6.75 inches.
Artist's seal lower left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: M-39 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Kawase Hasui
Rain at Shinobazu Pond
Date: 1929.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. A lifetime edition bearing the Watanabe 6 mm seal faintly on the bench to the right of the Hasui seal.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top back margin has two pieces of tape.

Kawase Hasui
Late Autumn Rain, Nanzen Temple, Kyoto
Date: 1951
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6mm seal at lower right, indicating a first state produced between 1946-1957.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.25 inches.
Reference: Hotei #562.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Back margins have tape residue. Slight fading.

Ohara Koson
Three goldfish and flowering wisteria
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-23.
Bears Koson seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (86).
Reference: K39.14 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent with small red dash above the lowest fish and faint smudge to the left. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor ...

Kawase Hasui
Tanigumi Temple, Mino
Date: 1947.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
A first edition bearing the 6mm seal in the lower right corner.
Reference: Hotei #498. "The Tanigumi temple was first built in 798 and belongs to the Tendai sect of Buddhism. Mino province corresponds to part of present-day Gifu prefecture."
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent color. Light crease at top center. Ori...

Ohara Koson
Sparrows ad Wisteria
Size: 16.75 x 10.5 inches.
Early 20th century.
Reference: K33.10 and page 142 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku
Koson signature and seal
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent front. A couple of areas of thinner paper where once adhered to backing. One pinpoint-sized hole in lower sky.

Ohara Koson
Crow on Cherry Branch
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 13.5 x 7.25 inches.
Date: 1900-1910s.
Reference: K5.3 and plate 47 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toned paper edges.
Note: This is the state and seal illustrated in the Koson catalog.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Twilight at Hira
Date: 1936.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Edition. First. Watanabe D seal at right margin (used 1931-41).
Artist's signature and seal at lower right.
Reference: Koitsu catalog TK-DH-18.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: TK-WN-7 in Koitsu catalog.
Condition: Print is fully adhered to slightly larger board. Two marks above boat. Slight soling in sky. Fr...

Kawase Hasui
Rain at Shinobazu Pond
Date: 1929.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15,25 x 10.0 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the Watanabe A seal in the right margin, indicating a first edition.
Condition: Very good. Light toning and fading.

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Tanuki Among Autumn Grasses
Catalog title: Badger between Autumn Grasses
Size: Approximately 11.125 x 9.75 inches.
Date: 1934. First and only edition.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (T36-199).
Shoson signature and seal lower left.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Reference: S41.1 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Tape residue show...

Sadao Watanabe
Look at the Birds of the Air
From the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:26)
Stencil on momigami paper.
Date: 1968.
Edition: 40/50.
Signed and dated by the artist.
Image size: 21 x 17.75 inches. Paper size: 26 x 23 inches.
Condition: Paper edges wrapped to thin backing. Margin outer edges toned from previous framing.

Ito Yuhan
Evening at Miyajima
Date: 1930s. A pre-war or early postwar edition.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.0 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. Seal at left margin.
Artist's signature at lower right.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Ito Yuhan
Lantern in Pond
Date: 1930s. A pre-war or early postwar edition.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.75 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. Seal at left margin.
Artist's signature at lower right.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Kasamatsu Shiro (1898 - 1991)
The Great Lantern at Asakusa Kannon
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: 1934. First edition. Bears the Watanabe D seal (used 1931-1941).
Size: Oban, approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very Good. Light wear and soft crease at left. Corner margin chip.

Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Hunting Fireflies in Cool Breeze
Date: Pre-1923.
Size: Oban. 14.25 x 9.75 inches.
Shotei seal at left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: O-41 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Upper left corner rebuilt by conservator. Scuff in sky near tree. Wormholes (see illuminated last photo).
- The blocks for this rare print depicting a pond in Ota-ku were destroyed in the Great Kanto ...