Original woodblock print - Mulberry paper - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Guo Sheng 賽仁貴郭盛 - From the series 'One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin' - Japan - 1827-30 (Bunsei 10-Tenpō 1)
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Rare Woodblock print Illustrated books! 'Senkeiban zushiki' 占景盤圖式 voll 1-2 (complete) - Art Bonsai - Paper - Suminoe Buzen 墨江 武禅 (1734-1806) - Japan - 1925 (Taisho 14)
'Futakawa' 二川 - 'Pictures of the Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations' (Vertical Tokaido) - ca - Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
'Moon at Kitayama: Toyohara Muneaki' 北山月 豊原統秋 - No 32 from the series "Tsuki no hyakushi" 月百姿 (One - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
A Little Temple Gate - 1933 - Yoshida Hiroshi (1867–1950) - Japan
Banpō zensho (万寶全書) - Encyclopedia of Treasures - Kikumoto Yoshiyasu (菊本賀保) (tätig 1688-1704) und andere - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Onchi Sakon Mitsukazu 恩地左近満一 - From the series 'Eiyū rokkasen' 英雄六家撰 (Six Selected Heroes) - 1853 - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Murasaki 紫 (purple) - Edition 11/100 -2005 - Paul Binnie (b 1967) - Japan
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - 'Asahina Saburô Yoshihide in a Wrestling Match with Strange People from Various Countries' - Japan - 1843-45 (Tenpō 14-Kōka 2)
'Lord Minamoto no Yoritomo Attacking on Fujiwara no Yasuhira' 源頼朝公奥州泰衡征伐之図 - Yoshitora Utagawa (c.1830s-1880s) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) - "Denshin kaishu - Hokusai manga, jūichihen" 伝神開手 北斎漫画十一編 (Hokusai Sketchbooks, vol. 11) - 1860
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Cats, animal, blossom - Nishida Tadashige (b 1942) - "Cat and Sakura (Black Cat)" - Hand-signed by artist and numbered 159/200 - Japan - 2013 (Heisei period)
御神燈 Lamp of the Gods (Goshinto) - Toru Shimizu 清水遠流 b. 1938-? - Japan
Original woodblock print - Paper - Itō Shinsui (1898-1972) - 'Tokei to bijin (II)' 時計と美人 (II) (Beauty and Clock [II]) - Bonbon Clock ボンボン時計 - Japan - 1967 (Shōwa 42)
'A French Lady and a Dutch Gentleman' - From 'Foreign Language: Dutch' いこくことば 蘭語 - Yoshiiku Utagawa (1833-1904) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Tree Scene 137 - Edition 119/200 - 2009 - Hajime Namiki 並木一 (b 1947) - Japan
Seated Bondage Pose with Dragon and Waves Tattoo - From "Mishima Gō gashū Wakamono" 三島剛画集 若者 - Mishima Gō 三島剛 (1924-1988) - Japan
Original kuchi-e 口絵 (frontispiece) woodblock print - Paper - Kuchi-e - Suzuki Kinsen ( 1867-1945 ) - Japan - Meiji 10 (circa, 1877)
Original woodblock print hexaptych - 'Ueno onari' 上野御成 (Procession at Ueno) - From the series "The - Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Woodblock print - Paper - Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883-1957) - "Ueno Toshogu no Yuki" (Snow at Ueno Toshogu Shrine) - Japan - Reiwa period (2019 - present)
New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ôji (Ôji Shôzoku enoki Ômisoka no kitsunebi) - Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858) - Japan - Re-print in late Edo period
'Tenma Greengrocers' Market' 天満市場 (Tenma ichiba) from the series 'One Hundred Views of Osaka' 浪花百景 - - Utagawa Isshusai Kunikazu (ac. ca. 1848-1868) - Japan - Late Edo period
Prince Yamato Takeru donning women's clothes kills the chief of Kumaso tribe - From "Dai Nihon - Adachi Ginko (1853-1902) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Three Erotic Scenes from the "Pillow Book for the Young" 枕童児抜差万遍玉莖 - Shunga 春画 - 1776-1781 - Takehara Shunchosai 竹原春朝斎 (act. 1772-1801) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Actors Segawa Kukinjo V, Ichikawa Komazo V en Nakamura Matsue III - 1823 - Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Etching - dreaming, cats - Mulberry paper - cats, animals - Emi Satō 佐藤恵美 (b 1973) - 'pure eyes' - Signed and numbered by the artist 40/50 - Japan - 2022
Cockscomb flower 鶏頭花 - 1936 - Fukuda Suiko 福田翠光 (1895-1973) - Japan
Original hashira-e 柱絵 (pillar picture) woodblock print - A mother suckling her infant son - 1800s - Kitagawa Utamaro II (?-1831?) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Natsugi 夏妓 (Summer Geisha) – Japan – Heisei period (1989-2019) - Torii Kotondo (Kiyotada V) (1900-1976) - Woodblock print (Ishukankokai Commemorative Reprint) - Japan
'The Faithful Samurai Finally Achieved their Desire' 誠忠義士遂本望図 - Yoshitsuya Utagawa (1822-1866) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Hasegawa Settan (長谷川雪旦 (1778–1843) / Saitō Gesshin 斎藤 月岑 (1804–1878) - "Edo meisho zue" 江戸名所図会 (Guide to famous Edo sites), vol. 17 - 1836
Original woodblock print (2) - banners, koi, windvane - Mulberry paper - banners, koi, windvane - Kunio Kaneko (b 1949) - "Go Go Koinobori (Sho Time)" + Go Go Koinobori (Sho)- Hand-signed and numbered - NO RESERVE PRICE - Japan - 2018
New Year's Day (元旦) - Toru Shimizu 清水遠流 b. 1938-? - Japan
Complete series "Meisho Edo Hyakkei" 名所江戸百景 (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo) (Reprint) - Published - Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Japan
Adam and Eve - Edition 85/100 - 1971 (Shōwa 46) - Kawakami Sumio (1895-1972) - Japan
'The Five Bandits' 五人男 - Toyokuni III Utagawa (1786-1865) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Original woodblock print - The yokozuna 横綱 (champion sumo wrestler) Terukuni Manzō 照國萬藏 - Japan - - Okuyama Gihachirō 奥山儀八郎 (1907–81) - Japan
Original woodblock print illustrated album (12 prints) - 'Newly Published Thirty-six Birds and - Shiba Rinsai 芝琳斎 (1847-?) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Kabuki actor Iwai Kumesaburō II as Lady Oyasu of the Komachi-ya 小町屋姫お安 - 1810-20s - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Original woodblock print - Black Cat - Japanese paper Large - Nishida Tadashige 西田忠重 (b 1942) - 'Senshi bankō (B) gorudo' 千思万考 (B) (Deep Meditation [B] Gold) - Edition 114/120 - Japan - 2005
Reclined Stare with Peony and Waves Tattoo - From "Mishima Gō gashū Wakamono" 三島剛画集 若者 (Mishima Go - Mishima Gō 三島剛 (1924-1988) - Japan
Original woodblock-printed double-page shunga book illustration - Mulberry paper - Utagawa Kunimori II (1821-1907) - From the book 'Adakurabe' 仇競 (Rivalry) - Japan - ca 1862 (Bunkyū 2)
Original woodblock print, published by Unsodo - Paper - Teruhide Kato (1936-2005) - Cherry blossom and full moon - Japan - Reiwa period (2019 - present)
Original yakusha-e 役者絵 (actor picture) woodblock print - Paper - Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825) - Kabuki actor Sawamura Tanosuke II as the courtesan Komurasaki 小むら紫 - Japan - 1810s (Bunka period)
Watanabe Seitei 渡辺省亭 (1851-1918) / - "Bijutsu Sekai" 美術世界 巻九 (The World of Art, vol. 9) - 1891
Yuge 湯気 (vapour) – After Bath - 1960s - Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) - Published by Momose モモセ - Japan
春風 Harukaze - Autumn Wind - Toru Shimizu 清水遠流 b. 1938-? - Japan
'Etiquette for Women' 女礼式之図 - Chikanobu Yoshu (1838-1912) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
'Chiriyū' 池鯉鮒 - 'Pictures of the Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations' (Vertical Tôkaidô) - ca - Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
'Shidarezakura 2' 枝垂れ桜 2 (Weeping Cherry 2) - Edition 461/500 - 2005 - No Reserve Price - Hajime Namiki 並木一 (b 1947) - Japan
'Kabuki actor, Seki Sanjuro' 歌舞伎役者 関三十郎 - Toyokuni I Utagawa (1769-1825) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Original woodblock print triptych - nishiki-e - Paper - meeting in the snow - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Kumawaka-maru visiting the wife and daughter of Shinozuka Iga-no-kami on a snowy day - Japan - 1852 (Kaei 5)
From "Mishima Gō gashū Wakamono" 三島剛画集 若者 (Mishima Go Book of Pictures) - 1972 - Mishima Gō 三島剛 (1924-1988) - Japan
'Shimada' 島田 - 'Pictures of the Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations' (Vertical Tokiado) - ca - Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
'Kabuki Play, Datekurabe Okuni Kabuki' 伊達競阿国歌舞伎 - Toyokuni III Utagawa (1786-1865) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Meido no hikyaku no Umekawa 梅川 (The heroine Umekawa in Meido no hikyaku - 1922 - 北野恒富 Kitano Tsunetomi (1880〜1947) - Japan
Etching, hand-signed and numbered 5/50 by the artist - Paper - Emi Satō (b 1973) - Fuwacchi Cloud Bed ふわち - 雲のBED - Japan - Heisei period (1989-2019)
Original shunga woodblock print - abuna-e - Paper - Ecstasy during thunderstorms - Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832) - Kaeriuchi かへりうち (being beaten at one's own game) - From the book 'Koi no kakehashi' 恋のかけはし - Japan - 1832 (Tenpō 3)
'Ishibe' 石部 - 'Pictures of the Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations' (Vertical Tôkaidô) - ca - Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Nitta Sachûjô Yoshisada 新田左中将義貞 - From the series 'Eiyū rokkasen' 英雄六家撰 (Six Selected Heroes) - 1853 - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Original copperplate (aquatint) - dream world - Mulberry paper - dreamtime, moods, spiritual - Riko Maeshiro 真栄城理子 (b 1992) - 'Emerging I' - Edition 7/15 - Japan - 2022
古画名品集 木版画6枚組 Selected Japanese Old Pictures, 6 prints a set with explanation - 京都版画院 Kyoto Hanga-in - Japan
'Osho Kichizo / Ichikawa Kodanji IV' 和尚吉三 - From 'Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Styles' - Toyokuni III Utagawa (1786-1865) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Complete set of 46 Woodblock prints (reprint) - Published by Yūyūdō 悠々洞 - Paper - Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - 'Fugaku sanjūrokkei' 富岳三十六景 (Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji) - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
'Kabuki play, Yaguradaiko Narita Revenge' 櫓太鼓成田仇討 - Kunisada III Utagawa (1848-1920) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
立春大吉 Risshun daikichi "Great Luck on the First Day of Spring" - Toru Shimizu 清水遠流 b. 1938-? - Japan
Original uchiwa-e 団扇絵 (fan picture) woodblock print - Washi paper - Bijin, Courtesan, Fan, Fan-print, Uchiwa-e - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - From the series "Meigi homare kagami" 名妓桶誉鑑 (Mirror of Praise of Famous Courtesans) - Japan - 1856 (Ansei 3)
Original woodblock print, hand-signed and numbered 88/200 by the artist - Paper - Hajime Namiki 並木一 (b 1947) - Magnolia 2 - Japan - 2018
'Kabuki Play, Chiyo no Haru Tosa-e no Sayaate' 鶴春土佐画鞘当 - 1861 - Toyokuni III Utagawa (1786-1865) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Etching - Mulberry paper - Norikane Hiroto 乗兼広人 (b 1949) - 'Enrei-2' 艶麗-2 (Enchanting-2) - Signed and numbered 175/300 - Japan - 2000
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