Japan, 19th and 20th cent.
OBAN AND OTHER FORMATS
KONO BAIREI 幸野楳嶺 (1844 -1895)
“Chinese Geese or Swan Geese”. Original colour woodblock print from the
Bairei hyakucho gafu – ''Bairei's Album of One Hundred Birds''- 楳嶺百鳥畫譜. Seal: Bairei. Publisher: Kineido. Edition: Meiji 14 (1881).
CHUBON 20,4 x 14,3 CM
HIDEKI HANABUSA 英樹 (1914 - ?)
Lion-dancer from the Shakkyo no-theatre play 石橋 - “The Stone Bridge”. Original colour woodblock print from a ten-part no-series. Signature: Hideki. Seal: Hide. Publisher: Matsumoto Kintaro (松本筋太郎). Edition: about 1950.
OBAN 42 x 28,7 CM
RED BLOSSOMS AND LARGE LEAVES
Watercolour woodblock print
China, 20th cent.
From the studio of Rong Bao Zhai.
25,3 x 19 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 - “Composition of today's Beauties” - 當世美人揃 (sheet no. 3). 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 36,5 x 24,5 CM
WATANABE SEITEI 渡辺省亭 (1851-1918)
Kacho-e – “Pine twigs and wild roses”. Original colour woodblock print. Seal: Seiti. Edition: about 1900.
CHUBAN 21,5 x 14,7 CM
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI 月岡芳年 (1839 – 1892)
Yamashiro Ogurusu no tsuki 山城小栗栖月 - “The Moon of Ogurusu in Yamashiro”. 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:1886.
OBAN 36,8 x 24,9 CM