Japanese & Asian Prints

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.

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)

This early 19th Century hand painted fan measures 6 1/4 x 15 inches. The back is lined with paper with Japanese writing on it.

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.  

Color woodblock, image size 8 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches

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

Color Woodblock, triptych, image size 13 13/16 x 27 15/16 inches

Color Woodblock, image size 14 x 9 1/2 inches, attributed to Toyokuni Utagawa

Color woodblock, image size 9 1/4 x 11 7/8 inches, c. 1896, stamped signature and artist's chop

Color woodblock, triptych, image size 14 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches, censor seal: 1847-48

Color woodblock, image size 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches

Color woodblock, image size 14 1/4 x 9 13/16 inches, circa 1880

This is a colored woodblock that measures 15 1/4 x 10 inches in a black and gold 23 x 17 inch frame. Artist's seal in the lower left. A dramatic print with good use of bokashi shading in the background. Provenance: The Collector's Guild in New York, according to a label on the back, which also has the history of Kagesue.

This is a colored woodblock print that measures 15 1/4 x 10 inches in a 23 x 17 inch black and gold frame. Artist seal in the lower right. A dynamic and colorful print. Provenance: The Collector's Guild in New York, according to a label on the back, which also has the history of Takatsuna.

This color woodblock print measures 15 1/4 x 10 inches in a black and gold frame. Artist seal in the lower left. Provenance: The Collector's Guild in New York, according to a label on the back, which also has the history of Kanjin-cho Benkei.