Haku Maki Set of Four Color Woodblock Prints, Japanese Tea Bowls

Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979) Original Color Woodblock, 1974. Title: “Early Spring.” Image: 9 5/8"h x 7.” Frame: 17 1/4"h x13 5/8"w. Signed in pencil lower right and dated ‘74. Chop mark...

Robert Cottingham (b. 1935) “Rolling Stock #27." Woodbock, 1992. 26 blocks, 40 colors. Image Measures: 10 1/4" H x 13 ½" W. Edition: 100. Robert Cottingham is an American Pop...

This beautiful, limited edition original color woodblock is by the famous Showa Shin Hanga woodblock master Clifton Karhu (1927-2007). It bears the original frame and has a label on the back from a Tokyo gallery. The work is a beautiful impression with rich color. It and the frame are in excellent condition. The print measures 16 x 16 inches. The frame is 23 ½ x 23 ½ inches. It is numbered lower left as AP5 - Artist Proof #5 and is pencil signed and dated ‘74 lower right. An American of Finnish descent, Clifton Karhu was born in Minnesota in 1927. Raised together with his twin brother Raymond, Karhu was the son of painters Arne and Anna Karhu. After his graduation in 1946 he served in the military at an American Navy base in Japan. Returning to America following his military service in 1950, Karhu enrolled at the Minneapolis School of Art but quit two years later to pursue missionary work as a Lutheran minister. Karhu left the missionary work in 1958 and chose to move his new family to Gifu City, a small provincial town northwest of Kyoto, Japan where he set about returning to his art. Karhu soon found local success in 1961; obtaining first prize at the Chubu Taiheijo Bijutsu Kyokai Ten (The Middle Pacific Art Group Exhibition) and fixing his first single, professional exhibition at the Shin...

Okiie Hashimoto Color woodblock, 1952. "Girl with Irises" A beautiful composition by Japanese print artist Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993). This original color woodblock is in excellent...

Original color woodblock print by Werner Drewes. In excellent condition. Unframed. Image measures 9 1/8 x 21 inches. Pencil signed and dated lower right. Edition size in pencil lower left: #3 of 30. (13) R-341 Werner Drewes (1899-1985) Werner Drewes, painter, printmaker, and teacher was born in Canig, Germany in 1899. His father, a Lutheran Minister, hoped he would become and architect but Werner chose the life of an artist. After he served on the front line in France during the war, Werner was admitted to the Bauhaus in 1921 where he studied under Klee, Itten, and Muche. Later, he traveled through Europe to study such old masters as Tintoretto, Velasque, and El Greco. After marrying Margaret Schrobsdorff, they traveled throughout South America, North America, and Asia. In 1930, Werner immigrated to New York City with his family. In New York City, despite the Depression, Werner joined other Bauhaus artists...

Original color woodblock print by Werner Drewes. In excellent condition. Unframed. Image measures: 11 1/8 x 22 7/8 inches. Pencil signed and dated lower right. Numbered in pencil...

This Meiji-period color woodblock by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912) depicts three elegant female courtiers in traditional dress taking refreshments. Th...

A set of four antique Japanese woodblock prints depict various genre scenes with figures, c1920 Measures - Largest 18.74" x 13" Catalogue ...

Original Japanese woodblock print map of Japan. Very large and fascinating map, rebacking with Japanese paper. Published circa 1860.

Varieties of the Japanese Print, with 20 Hand Printed Examples Volume 1 by Toshi Yoshida. Published privately in Tokyo, 1967. Signed and inscribed by artist in english and japanese...

A fine, professionally framed original Japanese woodblock print attributed to the master Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865), also known as Utag...

Original Japanese polychrome woodblock print "snowflowers" by Nishijima Katsuyuki. Signbed by the artist in pencil in the lower right corner. The subject in this artwork is the Honjin (Inn for Daimyô) in Kusatsu on a snowy day. Honkin was the most prestigious accommodation in Shukuba (post town) in the Edo period. Kasatsu-juku Honjin was the landmark of Kusatsu-juku for about 240 years from the early Edo period to the early Meiji period. The books of guest records are written about many famous historical...