Japan, 19th - 20th cent.
OBAN AND OTHER FORMATS
OHARA KOSON 小原古邨 (1877 - 1945)
Fukei-hanga. “Return of the Boats in the Evening”. Original colour woodblock print. Signature: Koson. Seal: Koson. Publisher: Watanabe? (no publisher mark!). Edition: about 1930. Stamp on verso reading “Made in Japan”.
OBAN 25,5 x 37,6 CM
From the colletion of Robert O. Muller
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI 月岡芳年 (1839 – 1892)
Nankai no tsuki 南海月 - “The Moon Rising above the Southern Sea”.
Original colour woodblock print from the series Tsuki hyakushi 月百姿 - “One Hundred Aspects of the Moon”. Signature: Yoshitoshi. Seal: Taiso. Publisher: Akiyama Buemon. Engraver: Enkatsu. Edition: 1888.
OBAN 37 x 25,1 CM
SHODA KOHO 庄田耕峯 (1871 - 1946 ?)
“Moon Rising above the Lake”. Original colour woodblock print from a series with 21 nightly scenes. Sepia-version (a blue-version exists also). Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku (Hasegawa). Edition: about 1930. The verso with small stamp reading ''Made in Japan''. The marginal notes reading 版権所有 西宮與作 Hanken shoyu Nishinomiya Yosaku - ''All rights by Nishinomiya Yosaku''.
CHUBAN 26 x 19,2 CM
UTAGAWA KUNICHIKA 歌川國周 (1835 - 1900)
Courtesan walking on the nightly Nakanocho street in Yoshiwara. Original colour woodblock print from the five-parte series Tosei bijin soroi 當世美人揃 - “Composition of today's Beauties” (sheet no. 1). Signature: Kunichika ga. Seal: Toshidama. Publisher: Mancho ...noya? (万丁。のや). Censor seal: Aratame, and date. Engraver: hori Ota Tashichi. Edition: 1865, 1st month.
OBAN 36,3 x 24,3 CM
KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA 小林清親 (1847 – 1915)
Jigoku no daihanjo honekawa dojin 地獄の大繁昌骨皮道人 - “Throng of the dead souls longing for salvation from hell”. Original colour woodblock print from the caricature-series Nihon banzai hyakusen hyashusho 日本万歳 百撰百笑 - “Hurrah for Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs”. Signature: Kiyochika. Seal: Kiyochika. Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi. Edition: 1984.
OBAN 36,7 x 25 CM
KATO TERUHIDE 加藤晃秀 (born 1936)
Shidare-sakura - “Cherry Blossom in Gion”. Original colour woodblock print from the series “Romances from Kyoto”. Signature: Teruhide Kato, hand-signed with pencil. Publisher: Unsodo. Edition: about 1990.
NAGABAN 43,9 x 22,5 CM