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Style: Showa
Period: 20th Century
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 Prints and Multiples
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Etching
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 Prints and Multiples
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...
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20th Century Showa Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
'Rain at Shinagawa, Ryoshimachi' — lifetime impression
By Kawase Hasui
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...
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1930s Showa Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Contemplating the Coming Spring (Young Maiko, Apprentice Geisha)
By Ito Shinsui
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...
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1920s Showa Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Beauty Enjoying Summer Fireworks
By Ito Shinsui
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
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 Prints and Multiples
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 ...
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Early 1900s Showa Prints and Multiples
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...
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1920s Showa Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Eagle on Snow Covered Pine — Showa Woodblock Print
By Ohara Koson
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 Prints and Multiples
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...
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1930s Showa Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province — Lifetime Impression, 1934
By Kawase Hasui
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
'Carp and Water Chestnut' — Showa lifetime impression
By Ohara Koson
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 Prints and Multiples
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
White Fronted Geese Flying above Reeds and Water.
By Ohara Koson
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 Prints and Multiples
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 Prints and Multiples
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
'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...
Category
1940s Showa Prints and Multiples
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 Prints and Multiples
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
'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 Prints and Multiples
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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When it was published in 1929, authorities considered this work overly provocative and banned it after seventy of its hundred copies had sold—the remaining thirty impressions were destroyed.
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Torii Kotondo (1900 – 1976), or Torii Kiyotada V, was born Saitō Akira in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. Torii Kiyotada IV, the seventh head of the Torii school of ukiyo-e artists, adopted Kotondo at age 15 and trained him in the school's specialty, producing yakusha-e, portraits of kabuki actors. Kotondo studied painting under the yamato-e painter Kobori Tomone from 1914 and under Kiyokata Kaburagi from 1918.
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By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hiroshi Yoshida, 'Taj Mahal - Night', color woodblock print, 1931. Signed in brush 'Yoshida' and in pencil 'Hiroshi Yoshida', and titled in pencil, with the artist's jizuri (self-printed) seal in the upper left margin. A superb, early impression, with fresh colors; the full sheet with full margins, on cream Japan paper; areas of slight toning to the sheet edges, verso, otherwise in excellent condition. 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.
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 were teaching and advocating Western-style painting, which greatly influenced 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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Mount Fuji Seen from Tagonoura, Evening — lifetime impression
By Kawase Hasui
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Kawase Hasui, Tagonoura no yuu II (Mount Fuji Seen from Tagonoura, Evening), color woodblock print, 1940. A fine impression, with fresh colors; on cream wove Japan paper, the full sh...
Category
1940s Showa Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
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