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THIS PAGE OFFERS A SELECTION OF RARE FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL SHIN AND SOSAKA HANGA WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY A NUMBER OF ARTISTS WHOSE WORK IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND. IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO LOAD AS THERE IS A LARGE RANGE. IT IS WORTH THE WAIT. IN SOME WAYS THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PAGE ON THE SITE OFFERING SOME OF THE MOST UNIQUE, EXCEPTIONAL, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND AND VERY RARE TWENTIETH CENTURY WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY SOME OF THE MOST OBSCURE, DEDICATED AND TALENTED ARTISTS OF THE PERIOD. SELECTION OF GENUINE FIRST EDITION WOODBLOCKS ARTISTS ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. BAKUFU, OHNO ENDO, KYOZO FUJISAWA, TOMOICHI HIROMITSU, NAKAZAWA KAGIYA KAISEKI KANO, KOGA KAWANO, KAORU KAWAI, KENJI MAMORU, HIYOSHI OKADA, KOICHI SEKIGUCHI, SHUNGO SHOSON, OHARA TOMONOSUKE, TAKAGI YOSHIDA, TOSHI BAKUFU, OHNO was born in Tokyo in 1888 and Lived until 1976. He made great inroads into the Shin Hanga style and much of his work was published by Kyoto Hanga In. His work is among the Rarest of Shin Hanga Artists and examples from the 1950s are difficult to find and offer an excellent investment opportunity. #P2201 THE WATER WHEEL BY MOONLIGHT ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION SIZE: 39cm x 26.5cm (15.5 inches x 10.5 inches) DATE: 1950s SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES: Published by Kyoto Hanga-in. CONDITION: Very Good, Never been framed. See photo. AUTHENTIFICATION: Artist's Seal in Lower Left of Scene. Publisher's Seal in Right Margin. PRICE Aust$330 Including GST EXPORT Aust$300. #P2329 TRADITIONAL COURT WAGON FOR LADIES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION SIZE: 42cm x 29.5cm (16.5 inches x 11.6 inches) DATE: 1950s SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES: Published by Kyoto Hanga-in. CONDITION: Very Good, Never been framed. See photo. AUTHENTIFICATION: Artist's Signature and Seal in Lower Right of Scene. Publisher's Seal in Right Margin. PRICE Aust$198 Including GST EXPORT Aust$180. #P2329 TRADITIONAL COURT WAGON FOR GENTLEMEN ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION SIZE: 42cm x 29.5cm (16.5 inches x 11.6 inches) DATE: 1950s SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES: Published by Kyoto Hanga-in. CONDITION: Very Good, Never been framed. See photo. AUTHENTIFICATION: Artist's Signature and Seal in Lower Right of Scene. Publisher's Seal in Right Margin. PRICE Aust$198 Including GST EXPORT Aust$180. ENDO, KYOZO was born in Tokyo in 1897 and Lived until 1970. He graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1921 and he was one of those Great Artists of the time who worked for the Love of the Artform more than Anything Else. His Work Never Gained any Great Recognition until after his death except for Being Displayed in the Official Exhibitions of Teiten and Bunten. During his Life he Obtained a Teaching Post at the Women's College of Fine Arts but Considering the Advanced Creativity of His Work and His Unwillingness to Compromise his Original Talents he was Very Undervalued at the Time. Few of his Works Have Survived and it is Very Rare in Today's Market. #P1852 THE ALPS OF JAPAN
 ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION SIZE: 39cm x 28cm (15.5 inches x 11 inches) DATE: 1928 SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES: Amazing, Fine Silver Mica Highlights in Reflection of the Alps in the Surface of the Lake. CONDITION: Excellent, Never been framed. See photo. AUTHENTIFICATION: Artist's Seal in Lower Right of Scene. Title, Okura Carver and Yamagishi Kazue Seals, and Artist's Characters Seal on Reverse Side. PRICE Aust$275 Including GST EXPORT Aust$250. #P1582 WALKING IN FALLEN LEAVES By FUJISAWA, TOMOICHI  SIZE: 39cm x 26.5cm (15.4 inches x 10.5 inches) DATE: Dated Showa 30, 1955 in Left Margin CONDITION: Very Good for Age, Never been framed. See photo. AUTHENTIFICATION: Red Tomiochi Seal in Lower Right of Scene. Red Aadachi Publishers Seal in Bottom of Right Margin, Title and Date in Left Margin. A VERY RARE WOODBLOCK PRICE Aust$330 Including GST EXPORT Aust$300. HIROMITSU, NAKAZAWA was Born in Tokyo and Lived from 1874 to 1964 . He studied Western painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts for four years prior to 1900 under the tutorship if Kuroda Seiki and during the difficult years of the early 20 th Century was chosen as one of the artists to create a scene from the Complete Works of Chikamatsu which was published in the 1920s. He did not gain any great appreciation or recognition until after the Second World War when his style and skill was accepted by a wide audience and he won a number of awards in Japan. #P1392 KANGOU HOUJI ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK PRINT Artist's Signature and Seal in Bottom Left of Scene Created 1925 SIZE: 36.5cm x 24.5cm (14.3 inches x 9.7 inches) Printed on Fine Washi Excellent Condition for Age. PRICE: Aust$220 including GST EXPORT Aust$200
#P1885 AKASHI  A Scene from the Tale of the Genje Artist's Seal in Bottom Right of Scene Created 1912 SIZE: 17.5cm x 10.5cm (7 inches x 4 inches) Printed on Fine Washi Very Good Condition for Age with 3 Tiny Worm Holes. PRICE: Aust$77 including GST EXPORT Aust$70
#P1875 HOKKOKU GEKO  A Scene from Heike Monogatari Created Circa 1915 Artist's Seal in Top Right of Scene SIZE: 22cm x 15cm (8.7 inches x 6 inches) Printed on Medium/Fine Washi with Original Cover Sheet Excellent Condition. PRICE: Aust$99 including GST EXPORT Aust$90
#P1808 THE DAIBUTSU (HUGE BUDDHA) IN NARA  From the Series Nippon Taikan - Survey of Japan Created 1922 Artist's Seal in Bottom Right of Scene and Signature in Top Right of Scene SIZE: 29cm x 23cm (11.5 inches x 9 inches) Printed on Medium Washi Excellent Condition. PRICE: Aust$165 including GST EXPORT Aust$150
#P1951 ZASU NAGASHI  From Heike Monogatari Created Circa 1915 Artist's Seal in Bottom Left of Scene SIZE: 22cm x 14.5cm (8.7 inches x 5.7 inches) Printed on Fine Washi Excellent Condition. PRICE: Aust$88 including GST EXPORT Aust$80
#P2092 IWASHIMA MIYUKI  ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK PRINT Iwashima Miyuki Created Circa 1915 Artist's Seal in Bottom Left of Scene SIZE: 22cm x 14.5cm (8.7 inches x 5.7 inches) Printed on Fine Washi Excellent Condition. PRICE: Aust$77 including GST EXPORT Aust$70 KAGIYA worked in the 1930s and little is known about his life. His work focused on life in Japan in the 1930s. #P2331 FEEDING PIGEONS IN NARA EXCELLENT CONDITION NEVER BEEN FRAMED SIZE: 42cm x 32.5cm (16.5 inches x 12.8 inches) PRICE: Aust$165 Including GST EXPORT Aust$150 KAISEKI Lived from 1882 until 1966 and He Was Among the Fore Runners of Sosaka Hanga Artists from the 1920s onwards with a Unique Style and Creative Skill. His Scenes are rare and Highly Desirable to Collectors. #P2441 OI-GAWA BRIDGE AND MOUNT FUJI  EXCELLENT, VERY RARE SCENE FROM THE SERIES Twenty-five views of Mount Fuji in Four Seasons. GOOD CONDITION Backed with light washi and margins trimmed. SIZE: 35.5cm x 27cm (13.8 inches x 10.6 inches) BARGAIN PRICE: Aust$220 Including GST EXPORT Aust$200 KANO, KOGA was born in Wakayama Province in 1897 and lived until 1953. Being a Woodblock Artist in Japan in the Early Years on the 20th Century was a difficult and very low income occupation and the Great Artists of the time worked for the Love of the Artform more than Anything Else. Even though he had Graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1919 Kano Never Gained any Great Recognition until the Few Years before his death. His Work Shows an Advanced Creativity for the Era and is Very Rare in Today's Market as he was not One of the Mainstream School and Never Abandoned his Artistic Integrity or Compromised his Originality. #P1778 ONJUKU  SIZE: 39cm x 28cm (15.5 inches x 11 inches) DATE: 1928 CONDITION: Excellent, Never been framed. See photo. AUTHENTIFICATION: Artist's Signature and Seal in Lower Right of Scene. Title, Shin Yamatoe Mokuhanga Kankokai Publisher's Seal, Yamagishi Kazue Carver's Seal, and Artist's Characters on Reverse Side. PRICE Aust$220 Including GST EXPORT Aust$200. KAWANO, KAORU lived from 1916 until 1965. He studied at Kawabata Art School and his first recorded exhibition of woodblock prints was at Nihon Hanga Kyokai in 1944. His career was interrupted by war and he was taken prisoner in Siberia for a number of years before resuming his art and exhibtiting again in 1949 and again at Kokogakai in 1952. In 1958 he moved to Tokyo and his work was highly praised in a number of international competitions and solo exhibitions in New York, Seattle, Tokyo and a number of other major centres. His work is rare and unique with righ and highly textured form often depicting children. As is often the case his major fame came after his death and his scenes are very rare and highly collectible.
#P2175 YOUNG GIRL AND TREE
DATE: Original Recorded Print from the mid 1950s. OTHER ATTRIBUTES: Artist's Red Seal in Lower Right of Scene. Self Published. Excellent, Deep, Textured, Woodblock Impression. Green Foliage sparkles. Probably through inclusion of mica in the ink.  CONDITION: Excellent. SIZE: 39cm x 27cm (15.4 inches x 10.6 inches) PRICE: SOLD THANK YOU. WE ARE SEARCHING FOR MORE EXAMPLES OF THIS ARTIST'S WORK KAWAI, KENJI Lived from 1908 to 1995 and was Born in Kyoto. He Graduated from the Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting and Produced a Limited Number of Woodblocks all Displaying a Modernistic Style which was Unique for the Time and most published by Unsodo. #P2232 JUKKOKUTOUGE NO FUJI ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION DATED 1949 (SHOWA 24)By KENJI KAWAI  Title and Date in Left Margin Shinmi Printer's Seal, Nagashima Carver's Seal and Unsodo Publisher's Seal with Copyright and First Edition Statement in right margin SIZE:40cm x 26.5cm (15.7 inches x 10.5 inches) Artist's Signature and Seal in Bottom Right of Scene. EXCELLENT CONDITION NEVER BEEN FRAMED PRICE: Aust$330 Including GST ExportAust$300 #P1203 BIWA LAKE IN SHIGA PROVINCE ORIGINAL FIRST EDITIONBy KENJI KAWAI  SIZE:26cm x 19.5cm (10.2 inches x 7.7 inches) Artist's Signature and Seal in Bottom Right of Scene. EXCELLENT CONDITION NEVER BEEN FRAMED PRICE: Aust$154 Including GST ExportAust$140 #P1308 MAKINO IN SHIGA PROVINCE By KENJI KAWAI  ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION SIZE:26cm x 19.5cm (10.2 inches x 7.7 inches)Artist's Signature and Seal in Bottom Right of Scene. EXCELLENT CONDITION NEVER BEEN FRAMED PRICE: Aust$154 Including GST ExportAust$140 MAMORU, HIYOSHI was Born in Tokyo and Graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts where he Studied with Okada Saborosuke. #P2242 SNOW IN THE VILLAGE ORIGINAL FIRST EDITIONBy HIYOSHI MAMORU  PUBLISHED BY KYOTO HANGA-IN IN THE 1950s SIZE:41cm x 27cm (16.1 inches x 10.6 inches) Artist's Seals in Bottom Left of Scene. Hanga-in Seals in Bottom of Right Margin and Shinagawa Seal Below Signature. THE HARDEST TO FIND SCENE FROM HIS FAMOUS 1950s SERIES OF KOREAN SCENES EXCELLENT CONDITION NEVER BEEN FRAMED PRICE: Aust$275 Including GST Export Aust$250 #P2377 EARLY KOREAN VILLAGE SCENE By HIYOSHI MAMORU  ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED BY KYOTO HANGA-IN IN THE 1940s SIZE:41cm x 27cm (16.1 inches x 10.6 inches) Artist's Seals in Bottom Right of Scene. Hanga-in Seals in Bottom of Right Margin and Shinagawa Seal Below Signature. HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE FROM HIS EARLY SERIES OF KOREAN SCENES VERY GOOD CONDITION NEVER BEEN FRAMED Remains of old tipping material at very outside two edges of top margin. PRICE: Aust$275 Including GST ExportAust$250 OKADA, KOICHI was Born in 1907 and Created a Series of 12 Woodblocks with Scenes of Mount Fuji all Published by Unsodo in the 1950s. #P2477 RARE ORIGINAL 1952 JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT NIGHT VIEW OF BEPPU By KOICHI OKADA  Title, Date Showa 27 which is 1952, Unsodo Publishers Seal, Shinmi Printers and Nagashima Carvers Seals Can be Seen in the Left Margin. The inclusion of the Date Authenticates this as an Original First Edition as Unsodo never dated any but the First Edition. 40cm x 26.5cm (15.8 inches x 10.5 inches) Aust$605 Including GST ExportAust$550 Please see some late edition Koichi Okada scenes further down the page. SEKIGUCHI, SHUNGO was Born in Japan in 1911 and Lived until 2002.He Contributed to the Famous 1932 series of prints, “One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo” and In 1935, after being awarded a scholarship from the French Government, he moved to Paris and Began Studying at L’Ecole des Beaux Art. He has Received a Number of Awards in France and in Japan and Examples of his Excellent Woodblocks of Paris Scenes can be Found in the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. #P1905 RARE ORIGINAL 1951 JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION.PONT MARI, PARIS By SHUNGO SEKIGUCHI  Dated 1951 in Japanese and English in the Bottom Left Corner of the Scene and Shows the Nakagawa Carver's Seal and Onodera Printer's Seal in the Left Hand Margin SIZE: 40cm x 26.5cm (1ft 3.7 inches x 10.4 inches) EXCELLENT CONDITION NEVER BEEN FRAMED Aust$330 Including GST ExportAust$300 #P1585 KEGON FALLS By TAKAGI TOMONOSUKE  SIZE: 39cm x 26.5cm (15.4 inches x 10.5 inches) DATE: Circa 1928 CONDITION: Very Good for Age, Never been framed. See photo. AUTHENTIFICATION: Artsist's Characters, Title, Okura carver's Seal and Nishimura Printer's Characters on Reverse Side. Includes Same Size Original Information Sheet with Blind Printed Backgound. A RARE WOODBLOCK PRICE Aust$275 Including GST EXPORT Aust$250. YOSHIDA, TOSHI was born in Tokyo in 1911. He is the eldest son Hiroshi Yoshida a well established artist and woodblock print maker of the time. He loved to paint and was a willing pupil of his father who took him on a drawing trip to India when he was 19 years old. He has since travelled widely and always recorded his journeys in artworks and in 1980 he opened a woodblock print making school in Nagano Province. His work can be found in many museums and art galleries around the world including The Museums of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco. #P1777 PINE TREE FRIENDLY GARDEN
1980 RARE,
RECORDED FIRST EDITION  STILL HOUSED IN ORIGINAL FRANKLIN MINT GALLERY FRAME In
1980 Toshi Yoshida Produced a Number of Series Woodblock Prints
Specifically for the Franklin Mint Gallery in New York. All Woodblocks
Were Carved and all the Prints Hand Printed in his Studio in Nagano
then Framed in Teak Wood with a Silk Covered Mats by the Gallery. He
Hand Signed the Individual Woodblock Prints in Pencil in Japanese. This
Example is The First of a Series of Three Entitled the Friendly Garden
which Depicted the Yoshida Family's Actual Garden. It is Entitled Pine
Tree of the Friendly Garden. PRICE: Aust$550 including GST SIZE: 50cm x 25cm (19.8 inches x 9.9 inches)  FRAME : 78cm x 40cm (2ft 6.7 inches x 1ft 3.7 inches) CONTACT US FOR POSTAGE COST It is Still Housed in its Original Teak Frame which is in Excellent Condition, Has the Original Franklin Mint Gallery Lable on the Back and the Actual Woodblock Still Retains Vibrant Colour and is In Totally Original Framed Condition. This is a RARE and IMPORTANT, FULLY DOCUMENTED FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK BY TOSHI YOSHIDA Still Housed in Its GENUINE ORIGINAL FRAME. A SMALL SELECTION OF LATE EDITION SCENES PRINTED FROM ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS BY UNSODO, UCHIDA AND WATANABE. SOME PUBLISHED IN THE ARTIST'S LIFETIME. OKADA, KOICHI was Born in 1907 and Created a Series of 12 Woodblocks with Scenes of Mount Fuji all Published by Unsodo in the 1950s. #P1267 Mt FUJI FROM NIHONDARA Title, Unsodo Publishers Seal, Miyamura Printers and Okura Carvers Seals Can be Seen in the Left Margin 40cm x 27.5cm (15.8 inches x 10.8 inches) Aust$220 Including GST ExportAust$200 #P1972 Mt FUJI FROM SEASIDE Title, Unsodo Publishers Seal, Miyamura Printers and Okura Carvers Seals Can be Seen in the Left Margin 40cm x 27.5cm (15.8 inches x 10.8 inches) Aust$220 Including GST ExportAust$200 #P1975 Mt FUJI FROM ASHINOKO Title, Unsodo Publishers Seal, Miyamura Printers and Okura Carvers Seals Can be Seen in the Left Margin 40cm x 27.5cm (15.8 inches x 10.8 inches) Aust$220 Including GST ExportAust$200 #P1973 Mt FUJI IN SPRING Title, Unsodo Publishers Seal, Miyamura Printers and Okura Carvers Seals Can be Seen in the Left Margin 40cm x 27.5cm (15.8 inches x 10.8 inches) Aust$220 Including GST ExportAust$200 SHOSON, OHARA was born in 1877 with the name Ohara Matao in the city of Kanazawa. Early in his life he studied Shijo painting with the artists Susuki Kason and changed his name to Koson, in recognition of his master. Around 1900 Ohara obtained a teaching position at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and began sending his bird and flower paintings to the USA where he quickly gained recognition. In 1912 with a growing international audience, he changed his name again, this time to Shoson, and focussed all his energies on Woodblock prints with nature themes. He lived until 1945. #P2850 EAGLE IN WINTER SIZE :39.5cm x 26.5cm (15.5 inches x 10.5 inches) Artist's Signature and Seal in Bottom Right of Scene. Watanabe Heisei Seal in Bottom Left Margin. Originally Published in 1920s this is Later Edition from Original 1920s Woodblocks. PRICE: Aust$330 including GST EXPORT Aust$300 |
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