Japanese & Asian Prints

Color Mezzotint,1985,edition of 250,print club of Cleveland publication,8X6",pencil signed

Mezzotint, 1990, ed.5/50, image size 11 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches, pencil signed

Color Woodblock print, circa 1845, image size 14 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches

Color Mezzotint, image size: 7 5/16 x 14 1/2 inches, ed. 63/75, pencil signed and titled

Color woodblock, image size 14 1/4 x 9 13/16 inches.

Color woodblock, image size 14 x 9 9/16 inches.

This is an original lithograph by Japanese artist Kazumaro Oda.  This view of a row of houses comes from his Views of Tokyo series that he created and printed in 1916.  This is signed and dated lower right border and has the Japanese chop in the lower right of the image.  The image measures 17X11 1/4 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is a lovely Utamaro color woodblock print measuring 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. This image was recarved in the early 20th century. Signed center left, framed.

Color woodblock, sight size 13 1/4 x 9 inches, 1844, artist stamp and seal l.l., framed.

This delicate woodblock print by Keishu Takeuchi was created in 1911. Sight size is 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. It is matted and framed. The Bungei Kurabu publishers seal in on the l.l. with the artists seal on the u.r. Takeuchi was a student of the famous Meiji artist, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. Takeuchi worked as an illustrator making mainly kuchi-e frontispiece illustrations for magazines and novels. (M)

Color woodblock, sight size 14 x 9 5/8 inches, signatures and seals l.r. and u.r.

Woodblock, image size 9 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches, 1905, artist' stamp l.r.

Color woodblock print. Print measures 21 x 14 3/4 on 23 1/4 x 17 inch wove type paper. Pencil numbered 154 in an edition of 200 in the lower left. Pencil signed in English: "F. Ueda" and "Ueda Fujo" in Japanese. C. 1962. Red block signature in the lower left.

Color Mezzotint, edition 53/100, image size 6 3/4 x 9 13/16 inches, pencil signed

This is a pair of 20th century Japanese woodblock prints, both printed on a crape type crinkled handmade paper.

Both sheets measure 14 3/4 X 11 1/4 inches.  It has the Japanese Chop in the lower right but the artist remains a mystery to us.