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Chobunsai Eishi. 1756-1829.

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[A Spring Stroll. Date seal: kiwame (1738-1848). Oban: 14 x 9 3/8. Publisher: Yeijudo (Nishinomiya Yohachi). Printed on the full sheet. Some staining in the margins; color fading; one wormage spot over the umbrella. A charming image of bijn strolling under cherry blossoms. $675.

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Ando Hiroshige. 1797-1858.

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Manchurian Crane Feeding Her Fledgling Chicks in their Nest in a Pine Trees. Red Sun Beyond. c. 1848-51. Kakemono-e: 27 5/8 X 9 5/8 (sheet 28 X 9 3/4). Publisher: Marujin (?). Signed and sealed. Excellent condition apart from minor fading ad surface soiling. This image is among Hiroshige's scarcest kacho prints. $3,000.

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Goshawk (Okata), Pine and Rising Sun. Date seal: 1852. Oban tata-e diptych (kakemono-e). 28 x 9 1/4 (sight size); 33 1/4 x 13 3/4 (framed). Some fading; 6 wormage spots, one stain in the moon, several fold lines at the top. Kakemono-e prints of this subject appear rarely. $1,750.

For another example, see Toyokuni III.

The image of a hawk on a pine branch, with the New Year sun rising behind, was a traditional subject of the Kano school. Hiroshige designed several of these kakemono-e which were inexpensive substitutes for the paintings that usually hung in the tokonoma, the alcove that is found in traditional Japanese houses.

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Toyoharu Kunichika. 1835-1900.

Kunichika was a ukiyoe painrt 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. $200.

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Kabuki Actors. c. 1864. Oban diptych (14 1/8 x 18 3/4. Vivid color; 2 repaired tears in the top margin. $400.

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Kabuki Actors Iwai and Ichikawa 1864. Oban diptych (14 1/8 x 19 1/4. Good color and condition. $500.

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Kabuki Triptych. The actors are, loft 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. $950.

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Kunimasa. Active 1834-1852.

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Kataoaka Gado II at Hogo. c. 1850. 14 x 9 1/4 (14 1/2 x 9 5/8). Excellent color and condition. $300.

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Gototei Kunisada.

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After the Bath. c. 1825. Kakemono-e. 26 1/2 x 8 3/8. Mounted on black silk in the manner of a Japanese watercolor. Trimmed. $1,250.

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The Bell. c. 1825. Kakemono-e. 26 1/4 x 8 1/2. Mounted on black silk, in the style of oriental watercolors. Trimmed. $1,250. Srule10.gif - 377 Bytes

Kawanabe Kyosai. 1864-1942.

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Cat and Rat Beneath a Crescent Moon. Vertical oban. Signed "Kyosai ga." Excellent color and condition. $950.

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Takeuchi Seiho. 1864-1942.

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[Monkey Business]. Vertical oban. Signed and sealed "Seiho." Excellent color and condition. $950.

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Okuhara Seiko. 1837-1918.

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Two Moorhen (or Common Gallinule, Gallinula chlorpus) at a Reed-bank in MistShikishiban: 9 x 9 3/4 (image and sheet). Signed and sealed "Seiko". Illustrated: "Kacho-e by Seiko Compared with Watanabe Seitei's Illustrated Books on Birds and Flowers," Andon 76 (2004):41. $275.

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Tree Sparrow (passer montanus) Just Starting from a Branch. Shikishiban: 9 5/8 x 10 1/8 (image and sheet). Publisher: Daikokuya (Matsuki Heikichi, 1818-1923). Signed Seiko. Illustrated: "Kacho-e by Seiko Compared with Watanabe Seitei's Illustrated Books on Birds and Flowers," Andon 76 (2004):49. $275.

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Varied Tit (parus varius) [Looking Towards the Left]. Shikishiban: 9 x 9 3/4 (sheet 9 5/8 x 10 3/16). Publisher: Daikokuya (Matsuki Heikichi, 1818-1923). Signed Seiko. Illustrated: "Kacho-e by Seiko Compared with Watanabe Seitei's Illustrated Books on Birds and Flowers," Andon 76 (2004). Cover illustration. Fine color and impression with full margins. $275.

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Katsukawa Shunshô (1726 – 1793).

Shunshô first studied painting, and then turned to woodblocks. His early prints, influenced by Harunobu, depict bijin; but from the 1760's he concentrated on portraits of actors. His most important contribution to the genre was his widely influential 'nise-e' ("likeness painting") or 'nigao' ("likenesses"), which were stylized but accurate facial likenesses of actors. These introduced a greater measure of realism and individuation into ukiyo-e actor portraits.

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The Actor Otani Hiroyemon II. c. 1780. Hosoban: 12 5/16 x 5 7/8. Signed "Shunshô ga." Good color and condition; imperfect color in the ground. $1,750

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Katsukawa Shunsen. 1762-c. 1830.

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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. $750.

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Yamaguchi Soken (after). 1759-1818.

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Peacock. c.1900. 14 1/2 x 6 3/8. Signed 'Soken". A charming image printed with subtle colors and shading, with gauffrauge in the bird's tail. Excellent color and condition. $125.

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Utagawa Toyokuni III. 1786-1864.

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Hawk, Pine and Rising Sun. Woodblock print. Kiwame seal: c. 1842. Oban tata-e diptych (kakemono-e). 28 1/2 x 9 3/4. Publisher: Yezabiya Tatsukure. Publisher's seal trimmed. Excellent condition and color. Kakemono-e prints of this subject appear rarely. $1,500.

For another example, see Hiroshige.

The image of a hawk on a pine branch, with the New Year sun rising behind, was a traditional subject of the Kano school. Hiroshige designed several of these kakemono-e which were inexpensive substitutes for the paintings that usually hung in the tokonoma, the alcove that is found in traditional Japanese houses.

Actor and Courtesan Prints

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Bando Goncoro and another Actor with Bamboo. c. 1853. Vertical oban: 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 (sheet 14 5/8 x 10.) Excellent color and condition. $175.

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Danjuro Shikuro 1855. 14 3/8 x 9 3/4 (image and sheet). Paper losses in top right and left margins margins, 1 small hole beneath the hands holding the sword hilt. Excellent color. $125.

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Genji Monogatari, Chapter 24. 1852. 9 1/4 x 13 1/2 (9 7/8 x 14 5/16). Center fold, some soiling in top margin; good color and impression. A charming image of a bijn and her two children conversing with Prince Genji. $175.

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Kabuki Scene. 1860. Oban diptych (14 1/2 x 20). Three stains in lower margins, 3 paper losses in left-hand margin. $550.

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Woche Shimokazu Reading a Scroll. 1853. Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke. 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 (image and sheet). Excellent color and condition. $250.

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. $325.

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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. $350.

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Fujikawa. Excellent color and condition. $4o0.

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Futakawa Excellent color, impression and condition. $375.

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Hodogaya. Excellent color, impression and condition. $450.

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Ishibe.Excellent color, impression and condition. $450.

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Ishiyakushi. Fine color. Fair condition -- two small stains in the top, small paper losses, 1 in top and 2 in bottom margins. $225.

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Kawasaki Fine color. Fair condition -- wormage and paper losses in the arm, 3 losses in the sky. $225.

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Kusatsu. Very good color, impression and condition. $375.

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Kyoto. ood color, impression and condition. Some surface soiling. $325.

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Mishima. excellent color and impression. Slight soiling and creasing. $325.

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Nihombashi. Fair color, poor condition: paper losses, soiling. $150.

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Numazu. Excellent color and condition. $450.

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Odawara Good color. and condition.$350. Another impression with uneven inking in the sky and a small tear in the lower margin, $300.

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Okazaki. Good color and condition. Some printing folds in the face and arms. $300.

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Sakanoshita Good color and condition. $325.

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Seki. Good color and condition. Slight soiling in the neck. $375.

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Shinagawa. Good color. Several small holes in top sky and margin, paper loss on lower margin, printing folds. $225.

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Shono. Good color. Several small holes in top margin, paper loss on lower maring, printing folds. $275.

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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. $275

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Tsuchiyama. Good color and condition. Slight soiling. $400.

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Yokkachi Good color and condition. $350.

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Yoshiwara. Excellent color and condition. $400.

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Utamaro II. died c. 1931.

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[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. $1,250.

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Ukiyoe. Text only.

Twentieth-century Ukiyoe.

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