Artist Shunsai Toshimasa(1866-1913)
Subject Sumo Wreslter
Printed 1894 (Meiji 27)
Impression Very Good
Colours Very Good
Condition Very Good…slight horizontal creases
Format Oban tate-e
Width 25.5 cm
Height 36.0cm
Price $595
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Artist Kunichika Toyohara 1835-1900
Signature Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
Seal toshidama
Printed 1884
Impression good
Colours very good
Condition good ~ fair... left and middle prints slightly soiled, right print heavily soiled, horizontal creases throughout.
Was $480
Now $240
Save 50%Kunichika was a pupil of Chikanobu and of Kunisada. He was given the artist name Kunichika which is a combination of the names of his two masters. His favorite subjects were Kabuki actors and historical scenes. Kunichika is considered to be one of the last masters of the traditional Ukiyo-e style. |
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Artist Ikkei Shosai ca. 1870 active
Subject Shiba Bridge - Thirty-six Places in Tokyo
Dated 1872
Signature Shosei Ikkei
Publisher Man-mago
Description "Tokyo Meisho Sanjuroku Gi Sen" (36 Fun Plays of the Famous Places of Tokyo). "Siba no Hashi" (Shiba Bridge). Accidents happen when a beauty walks.
Price $225 Ikkei Shosai was a pupil of Hiroshige III. Hi work is best described as comic scenes of Edo (Tokyo) life in the early Meiji era. Shosai Ikkei made several landscape series and views of early Tokyo.
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Title Owari District - Kokon Tokyo Meisho
Artist Hiroshige III Utagawa 1842-1894 Short Biography
Signature 'Hiroshige'.
Dated 1883.
Impression Good.
Colours Very good.
Condition Good ... Paper toned, Soiled around the margins.
Description From the series "Kokon Tokyo Meisho" ("The Famous Places of Tokyo; The Past and The Present"), Large textile shops in Owari-Cho. The one in the right is Ebisu-ya.
Width 23.5 cm
Height 18.0 cm
Price $419 Hiroshige III Utagawa, 1842-1894
Hiroshige III was - like Hiroshige II - a pupil of the great master Ando Hiroshige. After Hiroshige II was divorced from the daughter of Hiroshige I, he married her and called himself Hiroshige III and used the surname Ando. The work of Hiroshige III gives a highly interesting insight into the development of Japan after the opening to the outside world.
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Title Kyoto Honnoji Gassen
Artist Yoshitoshi Taiso 1839-1892
Signature Yoshitoshi.
Dated 1872.
Impression Good ... Embossed.
Colours Very good ... Burnishing.
Condition Good ... Paper toned. Slightly soiled. Slightly creased. Worm holes. Backed.
Description "Kyoto Honnoji Gassen". Three fighting samurai.
Format 3 Oban tate-e
Width 73.0 cm
Height 36.5 cm
Price $975Yoshitoshi Taiso, 1839-1892
Yoshitoshi is considered to be one of the greatest artists of the Meiji era. He started his career as a pupil of Kuniyoshi. Yoshitoshi produced a number of famous print series during his lifetime - the most famous ones being the '100 Aspects of the Moon', series about beautiful women and his ghost series. Until his early fourties, the artist's life was a struggle for financial survival. Only in his late years he found public recognition and commercial success. Yoshitoshi suffered from depression and mental illness and died at the age of 53 from a cerebral hermorrhage.
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Title Assassin - kabuki
Artist Yoshitaki Utagawa 1841-1899
Signature Yoshitaki.
Dated Ca. 1870-80s.
Impression Excellent - very good ... embossed.
Colours Very good ... Orange colours partially oxidised.
Condition Very good ... Lightly soiled, sheets pasted together, the middle sheet slightly wavy, album backing. The left edge of the left sheet trimmed.
Description Kabuki scene. ketani Mondo (Middle: played by Nakamura Fukusuke) visits Oyuki-no-kata (Right: Jitsukawa Masatomo) holding a room lamp and a sword which he hides on his back.
Format 3 Chuban
Width 52.5 cm Height 24.5 cm
Price $569Yoshitaki Utagawa, 1841-1899
His original name was Nakai Yoshitaki. Yoshitaki was a pupil of Yoshiume. He became a member of the so-called Kamigata-e school. From about 1860 to 1880 he was a leading member of the Osaka school - famous for actor prints.
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Title Picking Mushrooms - Thirty-six Selected Beauties
Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908
Signature Toshikata.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1893.
Publisher Akiyama Buemon.
Impression Good ... The left cartouche embossed.
Colours Very good ... Burnishing, silver coloured metallic pigment.
Condition Good ... Lightly soiled, the lower area creased, worm track in the upper left corner (1 cm), album backing.
Description From the series, "Sanju RokKa Sen" (Thirty-six Selected Beauties). "Shiitake Gari". Picking "Shii-take" mushrooms.
Format Oban tate-e
Width 23.0 cm
Height 34.7 cm
SOLD $475
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Title Black Gate at Ueno - Kokon Tokyo Meisho
Artist Hiroshige II Utagawa 1829-1869
Signature Hiroshige.
Dated Ca. 1860s.
Impression Good.
Colours Very good.
Condition Very good ... Paper toning, several foxing and light stains, the side margins soiled, surface abrasion on the right margin.
Description From the series, "Kokon Tokyo Meisho" (The Famous Places of Tokyo; The Past and The Present), The black painted wooden gate, Kuromon-guchi, to Ueno park.
Width 23.5 cm
Height 18.0 cm
Price $419Hiroshige II Utagawa, 1829-1869
Hiroshige II was a pupil and adopted son of the great master Ando Hiroshige. Hiroshige II later married his master's daughter and took the name of his master. His works - mainly landscapes - are much in the style of Ando Hiroshige.
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Artist Yoshitsuya Koko 1822 - 1866
Subject From the series Fifty-Four Famous Battles of Hideyoshi's Warriors - Hisago Gundan. Print #33
Publisher Tsutaya
Date 1864
Condition Generally fine state....Retains Japanese album backing paper. Minor marks and flaws.
Colour Fine
Impression Fine early 1st edition printing
Format Oban Tate-e
Width 25.0 cm
Height 35.5 cm
Price $579
Hideyoshi was born in Owari province into a lowly servant family. As a young man he joined the Oda clan as a retainer. He was noticed for his resourcefulness and rose to high rank within the clan in spite of his peasant origins. He rapidly became one of Oda Nobunaga's most important generals and adopted the name Hideyoshi. He lead a brave force of unbeatable Samurai for his adopted clan. His bravery and dedication to the clan were legendary, and tales of Hideyoshi's heroic exploits have long been a part of Japanese folklore.
Yoshitsuya was a pupil of Kuniyoshi. He worked as a printmaker and an illustrator. Best known are his prints with warriors and with subjects from Japanese legends and history. He also made Japanese tattoo designs (irezumi).
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Artist Yoshitsuya Koko 1822 - 1866
Subject From the series Fifty-Four Famous Battles of Hideyoshi's Warriors - Hisago Gundan. Print #34
Publisher Tsutaya
Date 1864
Condition Generally fine state....Retains Japanese album backing paper. Minor marks and flaws.
Colour Fine
Impression Fine early 1st edition printing
Format Oban Tate-e
Width 25.0 cm
Height 35.5 cm
Price $579
Hideyoshi was born in Owari province into a lowly servant family. As a young man he joined the Oda clan as a retainer. He was noticed for his resourcefulness and rose to high rank within the clan in spite of his peasant origins. He rapidly became one of Oda Nobunaga's most important generals and adopted the name Hideyoshi. He lead a brave force of unbeatable Samurai for his adopted clan. His bravery and dedication to the clan were legendary, and tales of Hideyoshi's heroic exploits have long been a part of Japanese folklore.
Yoshitsuya was a pupil of Kuniyoshi. He worked as a printmaker and an illustrator. Best known are his prints with warriors and with subjects from Japanese legends and history. He also made Japanese tattoo designs (irezumi). |
Artist Yoshitsuya Koko 1822 - 1866
Subject From the series Fifty-Four Famous Battles of Hideyoshi's Warriors - Hisago Gundan. Print #35
Publisher Tsutaya
Date 1864
Condition Generally fine state....Retains Japanese album backing paper. Minor marks and flaws.
Colour Fine
Impression Fine early 1st edition printing
Format Oban Tate-e
Width 25.0 cm
Height 35.5 cm
Price $579
Hideyoshi was born in Owari province into a lowly servant family. As a young man he joined the Oda clan as a retainer. He was noticed for his resourcefulness and rose to high rank within the clan in spite of his peasant origins. He rapidly became one of Oda Nobunaga's most important generals and adopted the name Hideyoshi. He lead a brave force of unbeatable Samurai for his adopted clan. His bravery and dedication to the clan were legendary, and tales of Hideyoshi's heroic exploits have long been a part of Japanese folklore.
Yoshitsuya was a pupil of Kuniyoshi. He worked as a printmaker and an illustrator. Best known are his prints with warriors and with subjects from Japanese legends and history. He also made Japanese tattoo designs (irezumi).
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Artist Yoshitsuya Koko 1822 - 1866
Subject From the series Fifty-Four Famous Battles of Hideyoshi's Warriors - Hisago Gundan. Print #36
Publisher Tsutaya
Date 1864
Condition Generally fine state....Retains Japanese album backing paper. Minor marks and flaws.
Colour Fine
Impression Fine early 1st edition printing
Format Oban Tate-e
Width 25.0 cm
Height 35.5 cm
Price $579 Hideyoshi was born in Owari province into a lowly servant family. As a young man he joined the Oda clan as a retainer. He was noticed for his resourcefulness and rose to high rank within the clan in spite of his peasant origins. He rapidly became one of Oda Nobunaga's most important generals and adopted the name Hideyoshi. He lead a brave force of unbeatable Samurai for his adopted clan. His bravery and dedication to the clan were legendary, and tales of Hideyoshi's heroic exploits have long been a part of Japanese folklore.
Yoshitsuya was a pupil of Kuniyoshi. He worked as a printmaker and an illustrator. Best known are his prints with warriors and with subjects from Japanese legends and history. He also made Japanese tattoo designs (irezumi).
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Artist Yoshitsuya Koko 1822 - 1866
Subject From the series Fifty-Four Famous Battles of Hideyoshi's Warriors - Hisago Gundan. Print #14
Publisher Tsutaya
Date 1864
Condition Generally fine state....Retains Japanese album backing paper. Minor marks and flaws.
Colour Fine
Impression Fine early 1st edition printing
Format Oban Tate-e
Width 25.0 cm
Height 35.5 cm
Price $579
Hideyoshi was born in Owari province into a lowly servant family. As a young man he joined the Oda clan as a retainer. He was noticed for his resourcefulness and rose to high rank within the clan in spite of his peasant origins. He rapidly became one of Oda Nobunaga's most important generals and adopted the name Hideyoshi. He lead a brave force of unbeatable Samurai for his adopted clan. His bravery and dedication to the clan were legendary, and tales of Hideyoshi's heroic exploits have long been a part of Japanese folklore.
Yoshitsuya was a pupil of Kuniyoshi. He worked as a printmaker and an illustrator. Best known are his prints with warriors and with subjects from Japanese legends and history. He also made Japanese tattoo designs (irezumi).
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Artist Keinen Imao 1845-1923
Subject From the famous set of Japanese Birds Keinen Kacho Gafu.
Publisher Nishimura Sozaemon, of Kyoto; Publisher/Distributor Tanaka Jihei, of Kyoto; on verso, Carver Tanaka Jirokichi
Printer Miki Jinzaburo
Date Meiji 24; 1891
Condition Full size. Album binding holes in left margin. Minor marks and flaws. Generally very good state.
Colour Fine
Format Oban tate-e 37 x 25cm approx
Impression Fine (1st Edition)
Price $359Keinen's original name was Imao Isaburo. He taught at the Kyoto school of painting. In 1891 he published a set of four volumes of bird and flower albums. They were published by Nishimura Soemon, carved by Tanaka Jirobichi and printed by Miki Jinzaburo.
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Artist Keinen Imao 1845-1923
Subject From the famous set of Japanese Birds Keinen Kacho Gafu.
Publisher Nishimura Sozaemon, of Kyoto; Publisher/Distributor Tanaka Jihei, of Kyoto; on verso, Carver Tanaka Jirokichi
Printer Miki Jinzaburo
Date Meiji 24; 1891
Condition Full size. Album binding holes in left margin. Minor marks and flaws. Generally very good state.
Colour Fine
Format Oban tate-e 37 x 25cm approx
Impression Fine (1st Edition)
Price $359Keinen's original name was Imao Isaburo. He taught at the Kyoto school of painting. In 1891 he published a set of four volumes of bird and flower albums. They were published by Nishimura Soemon, carved by Tanaka Jirobichi and printed by Miki Jinzaburo.
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Artist Keinen Imao 1845-1923
Subject From the famous set of Japanese Birds Keinen Kacho Gafu.
Publisher Nishimura Sozaemon, of Kyoto; Publisher/Distributor Tanaka Jihei, of Kyoto; on verso, Carver Tanaka Jirokichi
Printer Miki Jinzaburo
Date Meiji 24; 1891
Condition Full size. Album binding holes in left margin. Minor marks and flaws. Generally very good state.
Colour Fine
Format Oban tate-e 37 x 25cm approx
Impression Fine (1st Edition)
Price $359Keinen's original name was Imao Isaburo. He taught at the Kyoto school of painting. In 1891 he published a set of four volumes of bird and flower albums. They were published by Nishimura Soemon, carved by Tanaka Jirobichi and printed by Miki Jinzaburo.
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Artist Keinen Imao 1845-1923
Subject From the famous set of Japanese Birds Keinen Kacho Gafu.
Publisher Nishimura Sozaemon, of Kyoto; Publisher/Distributor Tanaka Jihei, of Kyoto; on verso, Carver Tanaka Jirokichi
Printer Miki Jinzaburo
Date Meiji 24; 1891
Condition Full size. Album binding holes in left margin. Minor marks and flaws. Generally very good state.
Colour Fine
Format Oban tate-e 37 x 25cm approx
Impression Fine (1st Edition)
Price $359Keinen's original name was Imao Isaburo. He taught at the Kyoto school of painting. In 1891 he published a set of four volumes of bird and flower albums. They were published by Nishimura Soemon, carved by Tanaka Jirobichi and printed by Miki Jinzaburo.
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Artist Keinen Imao 1845-1923
Subject From the famous set of Japanese Birds Keinen Kacho Gafu.
Publisher Nishimura Sozaemon, of Kyoto; Publisher/Distributor Tanaka Jihei, of Kyoto; on verso, Carver Tanaka Jirokichi
Printer Miki Jinzaburo
Date Meiji 24; 1891
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