THIS PAGE WILL DISPLAY A COLLECTION OF SCENES BY FAMOUS WOODBLOCK ARTISTS FROM THE 19th AND 20th CENTURIES WHICH DEPICT A VARIETY OF GHOSTS, DEMONS, GODS, MYTHICAL BEINGS - ALL THE THINGS WHICH JAPANESE LEGENDS ARE MADE OF.

All Our Genuine Japanese Woodblock Prints are:
ORIGINAL: Created by the Artist and Published During His Lifetime
HAND PRINTED on Washi, Hand Made Japanese Mulberry Bark Paper, with Ink Bleed Through to the Reverse Side.
COLOURED with TRADITIONAL INKS from the PERIOD.

Details of relevant CENSOR SEALS and SIGNATURES are supplied with each Woodblock as PROOF OF AGE and AUTHENTICITY for antique prints.


UTAGAWA KUNISADA was born in the Honjo district of Edo in 1786. He entered the school of Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825), the leading actor-print designer of his time, around 1800 as apprentice at the age of fourteen. His first printed works began to appear in late 1807. When Toyokuni II died in 1835, ten years after the master, Kunisada was entitled to use the name Toyokuni III and his recorded signatures in versions sometimes with both names number over 200. Not all have so far been documented. He was one of the most highly respected artists of his time and he died in 1865.

#P3654 GHOST OF OIWA IN YOTSUYA

This Scene is from the Series Edo no Hana Meisho-e which translates in to Flowers of Edo, a collection of famous places published by Katoya Seibei. It shows Oiwa Inari Temple in Yotsuya in the centre of ancient Tokyo, The Ghost Of Oiwa emerging from a Lantern and the top panel shows scenes from the historic Japanese Horror Novel "Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan" where Oiwa was poisoned by his wife.
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SIGNATURE: Toyokuni Ga in Red ground Toshidama Cartouche in Lower Right of Scene.
SIZE: 37cm x 25cm (14.5 inches x 9.9 inches)
DATE: 1863
AUTHENTICITY: Titled No Ka Yotsuya in Main Cartouche with Aratame Censor Seal dated 11th Month 1863 in Left Margin.
CONDITION: Very Good For Age, Full Margins, Printed in Fine Washi with Strong Ink Bleed Through to the Reverse Side. See Photo.
NOTES: This is an extremely Well Coloured and Rare Scene from this Famous and difficult to find series. The Panel in the bottom left showing the Inari temple was Created and is Signed by Utagawa Sadahide.


FOLLOWING TWO GHOST SCENES were Created by Chikanobu and  Published in 1886.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
CHIKANOBU, HASHIMOTO lived from 1838 until 1912. He was a student of both Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Utagawa Kunisada then Later Toyohara Kunichika. His Signatures included a number of “Go” names including Ikkakusai and Yoshu and he created a number of different series in a wide variety of genres. His most famous are those of Beautiful Women and Meiji Era Traditions while among the rarest are his Works of Kabuki Scenes inspired by his master Kunichika in the first years of their liaison.

Hashimoto Chikanobu vecu de 1838 a 1912.Il était l élève de Utagawa Kuniyoshi et de Utagawa Kunisada et ensuite de Toyohara Kunichika. Ses signatures incluent un nombre de  noms  Go comme Ikkakusai et Yoshu, il créa grand nombre de séries de genres très variés.

#P3889 KUSUNOKI MASATSURA

This Amazing Scene is from the Series Eastern Brocades, Day and Night Compared Published in 1886. It is the RAREST and MOST DIFFICULT to FIND of ANY Chikanobu Woodblock Print.
PRICE: Aust$825 Including GST
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SIGNATURE: Yoshu Chikanobu Hitsu in Lower Left of Scene.
SIZE: 36.5cm x 24cm (14 inches x 9.4 inches)
DATE: 1886
CONDITION: Very Good For the Age of this Rare and Extremely Popular Original First Edition 124 Year Old Woodblock Print. See Photo.
NOTES: This is One of the Great Woodblock Print Ghost Illustrations depicting the brave warrior Kusunoki Masatsura as a boy, fending off evil creatures. Here the boy takes on a wild badger and this horrific ghost. The inset above shows Masatsura as a grown man reading his death poem on a temple door before the Battle of Shijo, where he lost his life.


 

#P3382 IGA NO TSUBONE CONFRONTS THE GHOST OF
SASAKI KIYOTADA

A Beautiful Scene from the Series Eastern Brocades, Day and Night Compared Published in 1886.
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SIGNATURE: Yoshu Chikanobu Hitsu in Lower Left of Scene.
SIZE: 36.5cm x 25cm (14.2 inches x 9.8 inches)
DATE: 1886
CONDITION: Very Good For Age for this Rare and Extremely Popular Original First Edition 124 Year Old Woodblock Print. See Photo.
NOTES: An Excellent Print in Every way. Beautiful Colour, Movement and Drawing and an Extremely fine depiction of this Ancient Ghost being Confronted by this Beautiful Woman.

MORE GENUINE ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY HASHIMOTO CHIKANOBU CAN BE SEEN BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK - CHIKANOBU



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GOLD HIGHLIGHTS
NUMBERED in Pencil By the Artist THE LOW Number 4 of ONLY 20 Prints EVER CREATED
SIGNATURE: Signed by the Artist in Pencil in the Bottom Margin with his Red Seal.
SIZE: 29cm x 23cm (14.2 inches x 9.8 inches) Original Mounting as Photographed is much larger as shown.
DATE: Dated 2009/2 = February 2009 by the artist in pencil.
CONDITION: Pristine Condition, Printed on thick, pressed Washi and still tipped to original Gallery Mounting.

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GOLD HIGHLIGHTS
NUMBERED in Pencil By the Artist THE LOW Number 3 of ONLY 20 Prints EVER CREATED
SIGNATURE: Signed by the Artist in Pencil in the Bottom Margin with his Red Seal.
SIZE: 35cm x 29cm (13.8 inches x 11.4 inches) Original Mounting as Photographed is larger as shown.
CONDITION: Pristine Condition, Printed on Fine Tradition Washi and still tipped to original Gallery Mounting.

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GOLD HIGHLIGHTS
NUMBERED in Pencil By the Artist THE LOW Number 3 of ONLY 20 Prints EVER CREATED
SIGNATURE: Signed by the Artist in Pencil in the Bottom Margin with his Red Seal.
SIZE: 35cm x 29cm (13.8 inches x 11.4 inches) Original Mounting as Photographed is larger as shown.
CONDITION: Pristine Condition, Printed on Fine Tradition Washi and still tipped to original Gallery Mounting.

#P3353 HUNTING THE MAGIC NINE TAILED FOX
A RARE 1858 SCENE By KUNIHISA

Kunihisa lived from 1832 until 1891 and was living with Kunisada at the time of creating this scene. All of his work is Rare but this Amazing Depiction of the Magic Nine Tailed Fox, a Creature who could transform itself into a beautiful woman to lure its prey is an Excellent example of his work and a Very, hard to find and Collectible Woodblock.
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SIGNATURE: Kunihisa in the bottom of the scene.
SIZE: 37cm x 24.5cm (14 inches x 9.4 inches)
DATE: 1858
CONDITION: Good For Age. Unbacked. See Photo.

#P3548 GOD OF THUNDER
By OGATA KORIN

Ogata Korin was an artist who lived from 1658 until 1716. This woodblock print of the God of Thunder was carved in the 1890s from one of his original paintings and the Unsodo Woodblock Print Company of Kyoto purchased the woodblocks. This example is printed from this original 1890s carved woodblocks by Unsodo.
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AUTHENTICITY: Artist's Signature and Seal in Lower Left of Scene (Carved from Original Painting), Unsodo Publisher's Seal in Bottom of the Right Margin, Carvers and Horii Printers Seals in Bottom of Left Margin the with the Title and Artist's Name in Top of Left Margin.
SIZE: 32.6cm x 26cm (12.8 inches x 10.2 inches)
CONDITION: As new, Never Framed. See Photo.


Ogata Korin was an artist who lived from 1658 until 1716. This woodblock print of the God of Thunder was carved in the 1890s from one of his original paintings and the Unsodo Woodblock Print Company of Kyoto purchased the woodblocks. This example is printed from this original 1890s carved woodblocks by Unsodo.
PRICE: Aust$165 Including GST
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AUTHENTICITY: Artist's Signature and Seal in Lower Left of Scene (Carved from Original Painting), Unsodo Publisher's Seal in Bottom of the Right Margin, Carvers and Horii Printers Seals in Bottom of Left Margin the with the Title and Artist's Name in Top of Left Margin.
SIZE: 32.6cm x 26cm (12.8 inches x 10.2 inches)
CONDITION: As new, Never Framed. See Photo.

#P1875 HOKKOKU GEKO by NAKAZAWA HIROMOTSU

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SIGNATURE: Artist's Seal in Right of Scene.
SIZE: 22cm x 15cm (8.7 inches x 6 inches)
DATE: Circa 1915
CONDITION: Excellent For Age. See Photo.
NOTES: A Scene from the Series Heike Mongatari Showing a Ghost Dragon Dancing in the Air as a Man Plays Music For It. Still retails the Original Cover Sheet.

ABOUT THE ARTIST: 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.

MORE GENUINE ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY NAKAZAWA HIROMITSU CAN BE SEEN BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK - HIROMITSU


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