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Goose. c. 1881. Chuban: 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 (Framed 20 3/4 x 17). Signed (signature not read). Framed and glazed. $125.
A Mother Takes her Son for A Walk during the Russo-Japanese War. c. 1993. Kakemono: 28 3/8 x 9 7/16. Repairs and staining; fine color. An extremely scarce historical image. Signed Chikanobu. $750.
Yorimasa and the Wild Boar. 1830. Kakuban Surimono. 8 1/4 x 7 1/16. Sheet grubby, some soiling. Gauffrage in the Kimono and the boar's head. Unsigned. $1,500.
Three Carp. 1916. Woodblock. Oban: 8 x 11 3/4 (sheet 10 x 14 1/2). Series of 12 prints: Gekko's Gahou. Subtle bokashi shading. Gauffrage in the fish and water. Signed 'Gekko' above the artist's rectangular seal. $275.
Edo Meisho: Views of Edo.
Title: Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa in Springtime. 1853. Horizontal oban. 8 1/2 x 13 3/8. Series: Famous Views of Edo. Trimmed margins; good colors. Signed: Hiroshige ga. $175.
Famous Places in the Eastern Capital.
Morita Theatre. Series: Toto Meisho (Famous Views of the Eastern Capital). Horizontal oban. 8 3/4 x 13 1/8. Publisher: Sanoki. Timmed; good color and in good condition. Signed: Hiroshige ga. $550.
The Plum Grove at Kameido. Series: Famous Sites in the Eastern Capital. Mid 1830's. Horizontal oban. 8 3/4 x 13 1/2 (image and sheet). Illustrated: Keys, The Male Journey in Japanese Prints, p. 137. Trimmed; good color and condition. Signed Hiroshige ga. $550.
Sixty-odd Famous Places of Japan (Dai Nippon Roku-Ju Yosha Meisho Zue-E).
The Road Below the Rakan Temple in Buzen Province. Series: Sixty-odd Famous Places of Japan ( Dai Nippon Roku-Ju Yosha Meisho Zue-E). Series of 70 prints; this image is #61, Date: 1854. Publisher: Koshihei. Format: Obanyokoe. Trimmed to the border; paper loss through the figure on the right; one small wormhole, top left; otherwise fine color and condition. $550.
Series: 6 Views of the Tama River.
Shokoku (My Country). Series: 6 Views of the Tama River. 14 1/16 x 9 3/8. Vertical oban. Publisher: Noshua Yasubei. Trimmed; toned. Signed: Hiroshige gwa. $125.
Series: Mixed Prints of the Tokaido (Tokaido Harimaze Zuye).
Mixed Prints of the Tokaido (Tokaido Harimaze Zuye). Series of 55 images in 12 sheets. Date: 1852. Publisher: Ibasen. Format: Oban Tateye. The images are: Arai (top right); Shirasuka (top left); Futagawa (center); Yoshida (bottom right); Goyu (bottom left). Good color and condition. Harimaze prints are designed to be cut apart. $1,250.
Series: The 53 Stations of the Tokaido.
Fujikawa. Series: Tokaido Gyousan Tsugi (The 53 Stations of the Tokaido). 1847-1850. Chuban: 6 3/8 x 8 11/16. Publisher: Tsutaya Jusaburo. Trimmed; in good condition with very good color. Signed: Hiroshige gwa. $125.
Mishima (Station 12). Series: Tokaido Gyousan Tsugi (The 53 Stations of the Tokaido). Later printing 1880. Horizontal oban. 7 7/8 x 12 1/2. Toned and trimmed; there are 3 slight stains in the image. Signed: Hiroshige fude. $100.
Yoshiwara: Fuji from the left (Station 15). Series: Tokaido Gyousan Tsugi (The 53 Stations of the Tokaido). Later printing 1880. Horizontal oban. 7 7/8 x 12 1/2. Toned and trimmed. Signed: Hiroshige fude. $125.
Yui (Station 17). Series: Tokaido Gyousan Tsugi (The 53 Stations of the Tokaido). 1847-1850. Chuban: 6 3/8 x 8 11/16 (sheet 6 5/8 x 8 7/8). Publisher: Tsutaya Jusaburo. Some ink transfer; otherwise in fine condition. Untrimmed. Signed: Hiroshige gwa. $175.
Sumida River. 1861. Series: Eight Views of the Sumida River. Vertical oban. 13 1/8 x 9 (sheet 14 x 9 5/8). Publisher: Kikakudo. Good color and impression. Signed: Hiroshige ga. $275.
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Prince Genji in Exile at Suma. Kaei VI/4 (1853). Series: A Fashionable Genji. Oban triptych. Signature: Hiroshige ga, Toyokuni ga. Seals: Ichiryusai, date seals. Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi. Censore: Kinugasa Fusajiro, Murata Heiemon. Engraver: Yokogawa Takejiro. $3,750.
Yu. Tiger (1854). Series: So-Hitsu Gojusan Tsugi: The 53 Stations of the Tokaido by Two Brushes. Vertical oban. Signature: Hiroshige ga, Toyokuni ga. Seals: artist, date, publisher: Maruya Kishiro. Good color and condition. $250.
Kunichika was a ukiyoe print artist who was a pupil first of Chikanobu, then of Kunisada.
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Kabuki Actors: Ichikawa and Iwai. c. 1860. 14 x 9 1/2 (sheet 14 x 8 3/4). Good color and condition. Soiling in the bottom right-hand; slight toning. $175.
Kabuki Actors. c. 1864. Oban diptych (14 1/8 x 18 3/4. Vivid color; 2 repaired tears in the top margin. $300.
Kabuki Actors Iwai and Ichikawa 1864. Oban diptych (14 1/8 x 19 1/4. Good color and condition. $350.
Kabuki Triptych. The actors are, left to right, Kino Kuniya Bunzaemon, Suberoku, Miuyra Akemaki. 1865. Each sheet 9 1/2 x 14 x 9 1/2. Good color, paper losses at sheet edges. Provenance: Ulfert Wilke. $550.
Kataoaka Gado II at Hogo. c. 1850. 14 x 9 1/4 (14 1/2 x 9 5/8). Excellent color and condition. $175.
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After the Bath. 1844. Kakemono-e: 26 1/2 x 8 3/8. Series: Pairing beautiful Women with Kimono Fabrics. Appropriately mounted on black silk. Censor's seal: Yoshimura. Publisher: Aritaya Kiyoemon. Signed Oju Kunisada. $1,250.
Shirabioshi (Temple Dancer). c. 1840. Kakemono-e. 26 1/4 x 8 1/2. Publisher and signature partially trimmed. Signed 'oju Kochoro Kunisada ga,' Mounted on black silk in the manner of a Japanese watercolor. Margins trimmed. $1,250.
Danjuro VII as sumo Kuwatori Shirafuji in ’Sono uwasa sakura no irodoki’ performed at the Nakamura Theatre. Date: 3/1825.Vertical oban: center sheet of a kabuki triptych. Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon. Signed Gototei Kunisada ga. Housed in a grey silk mat and a black-and-gold frame. $350.
The Kabuki Actor: Iwai Kumesaburo as the Geisha Otsuma in a Summer Silk Kimono Standing by a Bench. Kiwame seal (1815-1842). Vertical oban. 14 5/8 x 9 3/4. Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shozo (active c. 1818-1854). Excellent color and condition. Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga. $275.
Park in Edo. Date: 1851-53. Horizontal oban. Series: Toto Meisho (Famous Places of the Eastern Capital). Signature: Kunisada. Trimmed to the border; one puncture, lower right. Fine color. $125.
Shiga Danshichi. c. 1843-45. Vertical oban: center sheet of a musha-e triptych. Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijiro. Censor seal: Watari. Signed Ichijusai Kunimasa ga. Elegantly housed in a grey silk mat and a black-and-gold frame. $325.
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Cat and Mouse Beneath a Crescent Moon. Vertical oban: 14 5/8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 15 7/16 x 10 3/16). Signed "Kyosai ga." Excellent color and condition. $550.
[Monkey Business]. Vertical oban: 15 1/8 x 10 1/8. Signed and sealed "Seiho." Excellent color and condition. $550.
The Actor Otani Hiroyemon II. c. 1780. Hosoban: 12 5/16 x 5 7/8. Signed "Shunshô ga." Good color and condition. $1,250
Restaurant Selling Sweet Rice Dumplings. c. 1820. 15 x 10 1/4 (sheet 15 5/8 x 10 5/8). Good condition and color. Some surface soiling. 1 wormage area above the right foot. $275.
Coming Home from the Teahouse at Night. Book illustration. 7 3/16 x 4 3/8 (image and sheet). Printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Unsigned. $75.
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[Actor playing a geisha]. 1858. Vertical Oban. Series: Edo Zakura Kiyomizu Seigen. Publisher: Ise-kane. Left sheet of a diptych. $75.
Arashi Rikan III in the role of Abe Sadato in the PlayOshu Adachigahara performed at the Kawarazaki. Date: 10/1852. Vertical oban. Half-length actor print. Censor seal: Fuku, Muramatsu. Carver seal ’Hori Chinosuke.’ Publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi. Margins trimmed; red faded; extensive gauffrage. Signed: Toyokini ga. $325.
Ichikawa Ebizo V as Otomo Kuronush. 1852. Vertical oban. Series: Nazorae gogyo zukushi no uchi’ (Comparisons of the Five Elements). Half-length actor print. Publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi. Censor seals: Kinugasa and Murat. A fine impression with bright colors and embossing. Signed: Toyokini ga. $350.
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei in 'Hanashobu otoko kagami'. The play was performed at the Nakamura theatre. Date: 4/1855. Right sheet of a kabuki diptych. Vertical oban. 14 3/8 x 9 3/4 (image and sheet). Censor seals: Kinugasa, Murata. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo. Excellent color. An extremely desireable tatoo image. $125.
Iwai Kumesaburo III (left) and Bando Sajuro I (right). (role names unread; play not identified). c. 1849-51. Vertical oban: right sheet of a kabuki diptych. Publisher: Joshuya Kinzo (1830-1852). Censor seals Kinugasa (?), Murata (?) and Shita-Uri. Signed: Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga. Elegantly housed in a grey silk mat and a black-and-gold frame. $325.
Nakamura Fukusuke I as Sobaya. Date: 2/1857. Vertical oban. Untitled series of actors in role of the play ’Sukeroku sugata no uraume’, performed at the Nakamura theatre. Seal: aratame. Publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi. Signed Toyokuni ga. Elegantly housed in a grey silk mat and a black-and-gold frame. $325.
Nakamura Tsuruzo I as Aburaya Genemon. (play not identified). Date: 6/1862. Center sheet of a triptych. Vertical oban. Publisher: Kikuya Ichibei. Carver's seal: ’hori Kane’ Signed Toykuni ga. Elegantly housed in a grey silk mat and a black-and-gold frame. $325.
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From the left, Sawamura Tossho II and Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Kageyama Shigenojo (?), Yaegaki Monzo in "'Kosode Soga azami no ironui'. Performed at the Ichimura theatre. 1859. Vertical oban diptych (14 1/2 x 20). Three stains in lower margins, 3 small paper losses in left-hand margin. $350.
Series: Actors for the 53 Stations of the Tokaido.
Date: 1852.
Publisher: Tsujioka Bunsuke.
Size: vertical oban.
This is Kunisada's best series of actor bust portraits. Other images from the series are available upon request.
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Asakasa, Sawai. Excellent color, good condition. $225.
Chiryu. Printed with gauffrage in the white part of the robe. Good color, impression and condition, apart from minor soiling, less pronounced than in the image. $250.
Fujikawa. Excellent color and condition. $300.
Futakawa Excellent color, impression and condition. $275.
Hodogaya. Excellent color, impression and condition. $350.
Ishibe.Excellent color, impression and condition. $350.
Ishiyakushi. Fine color. Fair condition -- two small stains in the top, small paper losses, 1 in top and 2 in bottom margins. $125.
Kawasaki Fine color. Fair condition -- wormage and paper losses in the arm, 3 losses in the sky. $125.
Kusatsu. Very good color, impression and condition. $275.
Kyoto. ood color, impression and condition. Some surface soiling. $225.
Mishima. excellent color and impression. Slight soiling and creasing. $225.
Nihombashi. Fair color, poor condition: paper losses, soiling. $150.
Numazu. Excellent color and condition. $350.
Odawara Good color. and condition. $250. Another impression with uneven inking in the sky and a small tear in the lower margin, $200.
Okazaki. Good color and condition. Some printing folds in the face and arms. $200.
Sakanoshita Good color and condition. $225.
Seki. Good color and condition. Slight soiling in the neck. $275.
Shinagawa. Good color. Several small holes in top sky and margin, paper loss on lower margin, printing folds. $225.
Shono. Good color. Several small holes in top margin, paper loss on lower margin, printing folds. $175.
Totsuka. Good color. Image loss to the left of the man's shoulder, one ink stain in the sky, 1 pinhole in the arm,slight soiling. One pinhole in the arm. $175
Tsuchiyama. Good color and condition. Slight soiling. $300.
Yokkachi Excellent color and condition. $250.
Yoshiwara. Excellent color and condition. $300.
[Courtesan, Her Son, and a Curious Client]. c. 1824. Vertical oban. 13 7/8 x 9 1/4. Publisher: Mori-ya Jihei (Mori-Ji) Kinshindo. Traces of fold marks (the print had been folded into quarters). Signed: Utamaro. $950.
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