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Art For Sale
Style: Showa
Inside the Flowers (Java Sparrow and Peach Blossoms) — Japanese Woodblock, 1950
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Shoko Uemura, 'Inside the Flowers (Java Sparrow and Peach Blossoms)', color woodcut, c. 1950s, edition 300. Signed in ink with the artist’s red seal beneath. A fine impression, with ...
Category

1950s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Junichiro Sekino Signed Edition 39/58 Japanese Print Girl Cradling Red Cat
Located in Norfolk, GB
Paper Size: 37.4 x 31.6 cm Image Size: 27 x 24 cm Print on paper, signed in pencil to the right, Edition in pencil 39/58. There is an artist water mark in the paper (see image) As S...
Category

20th Century Showa Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

Japanese Tabako/Tool Box with Kiseru -wabi Sabi-Taisho Era-GSY Gallery Select
Located in London, GB
This antique Japanese Tobacco Box, complete with drawers, a kiseru, is a captivating piece of history. The warm hew of the elm is telling a story ...
Category

1910s Showa Art

Materials

Metal

Japanese Suzuribako-Writing Box-Showa Era-Excellect condition-GSY Gallery Select
Located in London, GB
This vintage wooden Writing Box with drawer features beautiful original metal fittings, exuding a charming appeal. Its intricate handing and lid at the top layer add to its beauty, ...
Category

1980s Showa Art

Materials

Metal

Morita Kanya XIII As Genta Kagesue in the play Genta Kando
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Morita Kanya XIII As Genta Kagesue in the play Genta Kando Color woodcut, 1928 Signed and stamped middle right edge Natori stamp lower left image edge Series: Collection of Creative...
Category

1920s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Junichiro Sekino Japanese Signed Limited Edition Print Girl Cradling Cat Red
Located in Norfolk, GB
Paper Size: 37.4 x 31.6 cm Image Size: 27 x 24 cm Print on paper, signed in pencil to the right, Edition in pencil 39/58. There is an artist water mark in the paper (see image) As S...
Category

20th Century Showa Art

Materials

Paper

'Rain at Shinagawa, Ryoshimachi' — lifetime impression
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
A fine, atmospheric impression, with fresh colors; the full sheet, in excellent condition. Signed 'Hasui' with the artist’s seal 'Kawase', lower left. Published by Watanabe Shozaburo...
Category

1930s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Contemplating the Coming Spring (Young Maiko, Apprentice Geisha)
Located in Burbank, CA
A maiko shyly covers her mouth with her sleeve. An apprentice geisha, she wears the maiko’s distinctive red collar and hairstyle. She could be contemplating the public odori dances t...
Category

1920s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Beauty Enjoying Summer Fireworks
Located in Burbank, CA
Title: Fireworks 花火 Series: The Second Collection of Modern Beauties (Gendai bijin shū dai nishū 現代美人集第二輯) Date: 1932 A young woman is shown enjoying the summer fireworks, her face shown in profile as she looks towards the display. She holds a summer fan on her lap, and her kimono features large blue stripes and is tied with a colorful obi that features a morning glory pattern. The summer evening sky is a soft grey rather than a deep black, perhaps reflecting the brightness of the fireworks. Numbered verso, from a limited edition of 250 prints. Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition. Publisher: Watanabe Shôzaburô Literature: See “All the Woodblock Prints of Shinsui Ito...
Category

1920s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Tree Peonies
By Chao Chung
Located in Storrs, CT
Tree Peonies. Watercolor and sumi ink on paper mounted on silk. Image: 29 x 11 1/2. Signed with the artist's red seal. Text: "You can smell the fragrances with the spring breeze touc...
Category

Late 20th Century Showa Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Samurai Walking in Snow — Forty-seven Ronin Memorial Series, 1920
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Arai Kanpo, 'Samurai Walking in the Snow' from 'Gishi Taikan' (Pictures of Loyal Followers), Forty-Seven Ronin Memorial Series, color woodblock print, 1920. Signed Kanpo with the art...
Category

1920s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Japanese Kimono Fabric Design — Color Woodblock Print, c. 1930
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anonymous, Japanese Kimono Fabric Design, color woodcut, c. 1930. A superb impression, with fresh colors, fine graduations, and metallic gold motifs, on ...
Category

Early 1900s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

'The Spirit of the Wine' — Modernist Japanese Printmaking, 1920s
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hokuto Tamamura (1893-1951), 'The Spirit of the Wine' (Shuten Dōji) - from Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu (The Complete Works of Chikamatsu)', color woodblock, 1923-26. Signed 'Hokuto'. A fin...
Category

1920s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

'Weeping Cherry 16 A' — Contemporary Japanese Printmaker
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hajime Namiki, 'Weeping Cherry 16 A', color woodblock print, 2012, edition 200. Signed in pencil with the artist’s red seal. Titled, dated, and numbered ...
Category

2010s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Eagle on Snow Covered Pine — Showa Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson (1877-1945), 'Eagle on Snow Covered Pine', color woodblock print, c. 1905. Signed 'Koson' with the artist’s red seal 'Koson'. A very fine impression, with fresh colors on cream Japan paper; embossing in the snow-laden branches and the falling snow rendered with hand-splashed ‘gofun.' The full sheet in excellent condition; stamped 'MADE IN JAPAN' lower left, verso. Published by Nishinomiya Yosaku; a pre-WWII impression. Image size 13 11/16 x 7 7/16 inches (348 x 189 mm); sheet size 14 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches (368 x 206 mm). Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Literature: 'Crows, Cranes, and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson', Newland, Amy R.: Jan Perree & Robert Schaap, Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2001. pg. 86, pl. 67. ABOUT THE ARTIST Koson Ohara...
Category

Early 1900s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Thirsty: The Appearance of a Town Geisha - a So-Called Wine-Server - in the Anse
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Thirsty: The Appearance of a Town Geisha - a So-Called Wine-Server - in the Ansei Era Color woodcut, 1888 Signed; Seal: Taiso (see photo) Plate 22 from the series "Thirty-two Aspects...
Category

1880s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

'Chion-in Temple Gate' from 'Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms' — Jizuri Seal
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hiroshi Yoshida, 'Chion-in Temple Gate (Sunset)' from the series 'Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms (Sakura hachi dai: Sakura mon)', color woodblock print, 1935. Signed in brush 'Yoshida' and in pencil 'Hiroshi Yoshida'. A superb, early impression, with fresh colors; the full sheet with margins, on cream Japan paper; an area of slight toning in the top right sheet corner, not affecting the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Marked with a jizuri (self-printed) seal, upper left margin. Self-published by the artist. Image size 9 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (444 x 375 mm); sheet size 10 7/8 x 16 inches (276 x 406 mm). Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Provenance: M. Nakazawa, Tokyo. Literature: Japanese Landscapes of the 20th century (Hotei Publishing calendar), 2001, May. Collections: Honolulu Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ABOUT THE IMAGE Located in Kyoto, Chionin is the main temple of the Jodo sect of Japanese Buddhism, one of the most popular Buddhist sects in Japan, having millions of followers. The Sanmon Gate, Chionin's entrance gate, standing 24 meters tall and 50 meters wide, it is the largest wooden temple gate in Japan and dates back to the early 1600s. Behind the gate, a wide set of stairs leads to the main temple grounds. ABOUT THE ARTIST Painter and printmaker Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Japanese 'shin hanga' (New Print) movement. Yoshida was born as the second son of Ueda Tsukane in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, a schoolteacher from an old samurai family. In 1891 he was adopted by his art teacher Yoshida Kasaburo in Fukuoka and took his surname. In 1893 he went to Kyoto to study painting, and the following year to Tokyo to join Koyama Shotaro's Fudosha private school; he also became a member of the Meiji Fine Arts Society. These institutions taught and advocated Western-style painting, greatly influencing Yoshida’s artistic development. In 1899 Yoshida had his first American exhibition at Detroit Museum of Art (now Detroit Institute of Art), making the first of many visits to the US and Europe. In 1902 he helped reorganize the Meiji Fine Arts Society, renaming it the Taiheiyo-Gakai (Pacific Painting...
Category

1930s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province — Lifetime Impression, 1934
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series Collected Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fûkei shû II Kansai hen), woodblock print, 1934. A very fine, atmospheric impression, with fresh colors; the full sheet, in excellent condition. Signed 'Hasui' with the artist’s seal 'Kawase', lower left. Published by Watanabe Shozaburo with the Watanabe ‘D’ seal indicating an early impression printed between 1931 - 1941. Stamped faintly 'Made in Japan' in the bottom center margin, verso. Horizontal ôban; image size 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (238 x 362 mm); sheet size approximately 10 5/16 x 15 1/2 inches ( 262 x 394 mm). Collections: Art Institute of Chicago; Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna); Honolulu Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Museum in Warsaw; University of Wisconsin-Madison. ABOUT THE ARTIST “I do not paint subjective impressions. My work is based on reality...I can not falsify...(but) I can simplify…I make mental impressions of the light and color at the time of sketching. While coloring the sketch, I am already imagining the effects in a woodblock print.” — Kawase Hasui Hasui Kawase...
Category

1930s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

'Carp and Water Chestnut' — Showa lifetime impression
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ohara Koson (1877-1945), 'Carp and Water Chestnut', color woodblock print, 1926. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream Japan paper; the full sheet, in excellent condition. Signed 'Koson' with the artist’s red seal 'Koson'. Published by Watanabe Shozaburo. With the Watanabe 'C' seal in the lower right margin, indicating a lifetime impression printed between 1929-1942. Image size 13 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (343 x 184 mm); sheet size 14 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (368 x 191 mm). Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Literature: 'Crows, Cranes, and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson', Newland, Amy R.: Jan Perree & Robert Schaap, Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2001. S39.1, pl 169. Collections: National Museum of Asian Art (Smithsonian), Smart Museum of Chicago (University of Chicago). In Japanese art, the carp represents good luck and good fortune. ABOUT THE ARTIST Koson Ohara...
Category

1920s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Fishing on the Shore in Summer
Located in Burbank, CA
Net fishing in summer at Jibiki. Charming summer scene of a beach in summer. Men in loincloths are joined by a couple who help them pull in a fishing net as a family walks by. The co...
Category

1920s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

White Fronted Geese Flying above Reeds and Water.
Located in Storrs, CT
White-Fronted Geese Flying above Reeds and Water. c. 1933. Shikishiban: 10 10/16 x 9 1/16 (sheet 10 14/16 x 9 12/16). Signed and sealed Shoson. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Illustrated: Crows, Cranes & Camellias, S11.6, p. 197. Stamped "made in Japan" verso, indicating that it was printed for the United States after 1921. A fine impression with subtle shading and gauffrauge in the 2 large birds' feathers. Based on the body markings, these actually appear to be mallard ducks, not geese. Good olor and condition Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat. Koson Ohara...
Category

Early 20th Century Showa Art

Materials

Color, Woodcut

Hagoromo - Noh
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Matsuno Sofu (1899-1963), 'Hagoromo - Noh', woodblock print, 1937. Signed 'Sofu' with the artist's seal, lower right. A fine impression, with fresh color...
Category

1930s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

'Peking - Paifang Gate' — Mid-Century Watanabe Color Woodcut
By Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge, 'Peking '25', woodblock print, published 1926. Signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'No 124' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh, undiminished colors; the full sheet, in excellent condition. Watanabe 6 mm seal, lower right, indicating an impression printed between 1945 and 1957. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size 9 5/8 x 14 5/16 inches; sheet size 10 7/16 x 15 3/8 inches. ABOUT THE IMAGE A 'paifang', also known as a 'pailou', is a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure. It has been theorized that the paifang gate architecture was influenced by Buddhist torana temple gates. Paifang are designed with traditional Chinese architectural motifs including multi-tiered roofs, prominent supporting posts, and gracefully arched openings. This is an unusual ukiyo-e or 'floating world' woodcut published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Tokyo, in that the subject is of an early 20th-century scene in Peking, China. ABOUT THE ARTIST Cyrus Leroy Baldridge...
Category

1920s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Apprentice Japanese Geisha (Maiko)
Located in Burbank, CA
A young apprentice geisha from Kyoto poses before a gold leaf screen. She is both alluring and slightly distant at the same time, not an easy balance for an artist to convey. This p...
Category

Early 2000s Showa Art

Materials

Giclée

Traditional Japanese Geisha (Kiba II)
Located in Burbank, CA
A beautiful Japanese geisha dressed in a traditional robe shyly claps her hands together. She stands in front of a backdrop of a bamboo screen. This print...
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Early 2000s Showa Art

Materials

Giclée

'A Very Funny Story, Mongols' — Mid-Century Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Paul Jacoulet, 'Une Histoire très Drôle, Mongols', color woodblock print, 1949. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on the artist's handmade, personally watermarked Japan paper, in...
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1940s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Portrait of the Kabuki Actor Sadanji II
Located in Burbank, CA
Strong portrait of the kabuki actor Ichikawa Sadanji II in the role of Hishikawa Gengobei. Beautifully printed near the time of the 1923 earthquake, this work features strong contras...
Category

1920s Showa Art

Materials

Mulberry Paper, Woodcut

Paul Jacoulet Le Marie Seoul, Corée, Woodblock Print, 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Paul Jacoulet ( France, Japan 1902 - 1960 ) Title: La Mariée Seoul, Corée Medium: Woodblock Print Size: 15.5 in. x 12 in. Movemen...
Category

1950s Showa Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Original Painting for a Japanese Magazine Cover or Romance Novel
Located in Burbank, CA
Painting for a Japanese magazine cover, or possibly a romance novel. One can infer from the dramatic juxtaposition that it may have been designed for a s...
Category

1960s Showa Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

'Irises' — Mid-century Japanese Woodblock
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ito Nisaburo, 'Irises', color woodblock, c. 1950s. Signed with the artist’s red seal, lower right. A fine impression from a later printing, with fresh colors, on cream "Uchida" watermarked washi paper; the full sheet in excellent condition. Published by Uchida with the publisher's seal, lower right within the image, and in the lower left margin. Image size 15 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (403 x 270 mm); sheet size 17 3/4 x 11 7/8 inches (451 x 302 mm). Archivally sleeved, unmatted. ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Kyoto, shin-hanga artist Nisaburo Ito (1910-1988) was a student of Tsuchida Bakusen at the Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting. Ito created woodblock prints of flowers...
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1950s Showa Art

Materials

Woodcut

Paul Jacoulet Une Jeune Fille De Fidji. Oceanie, 1935
Located in Austin, TX
Paul Jacoulet ( France, Japan 1902 - 1960 ) Title: Une Jeune Fille De Fidji. Oceanie, 1935 Medium: Woodblock Print Size: 18 in. x 14 in. Movement: Showa ...
Category

1930s Showa Art

Materials

Lithograph

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