TAKEJI ASANO was born in Kyoto in 1900 and lived to 1999. He began a study of art in his youth. In 1919 he graduated from the Kyoto City School of Fine Arts and Crafts and then from the Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting in 1923. Among his Early Teachers was the artist and printmaker Tsuchida Bakusen and Asano helped to organize the Kyoto Creative Print Society (Kyoto Sosaku-Hanga Kyoka) in 1929.

In 1930, Takeji Asano along with some other members of the Creative Print Society contributed several designs to a series of prints titled “Creative Prints of Twelve Months in new Kyoto” (Sosaku-hanga shin Kyoto junikagetsu). which were published by Uchida. He expanded his skills in print design as well as learning the skills of carving and printing which enabled him to create some self-carved and self-printed series of landscape prints. His main fame came in the 1950s and many of his works have been published by Unsodo.

First edition Japanese woodblock prints by Takeji Asano

Takeji Asano: #P2231 SPRING VIEW OF MOUNT FUJI (1951)

RARE FIRST EDITION
SIGNATURE: Takeji Asano in Lower Left of Scene.
Printed and Carved by the artist.
FIRST EDITION YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1951
SIZE: 36.5cm x 26cm (1ft 2.4 inches x 10.2 inches)
ATTRIBUTES: Date 1951 and Title in Left Margin.
PRICE: Aust$800

Prints from the original carved woodblocks

Takeji Asano: #P4074 TWILIGHT AT YAKUSHIJI TEMPLE

SIGNATURE: Takeji in Lower Right of Scene.
FIRST PUBLISHED: 1953
PRICE: Aust$715 including GST
Export Price is Aust$650. SOLD THANK YOU
ATTRIBUTES: Title in Japanese in the left margin and in English in the bottom margin. Gei Water Mark Visible when held to Light, Unsodo Publisher’s Seal, Printer’s Seal and Carver’s Seal in Left Margin. The Kento Cut in the Bottom Right Corner of the Washi Made in the Printing Process is Added Proof of a Genuine Unsodo Origin.

Takeji Asano: #P3708 SPRING IN KURAMA TEMPLE

SIGNATURE: Takeji in Lower Left of Scene.
FIRST PUBLISHED: 1953
PRICE: Aust$660 including GST
Export Price is Aust$600. SOLD THANK YOU
SOLD THANK YOU – THIS SCENE MAY BE AVAILABLE BY ORDER WHEN NEXT I AM NEXT IN JAPAN SO CONTACT US FOR DETAILS.
ATTRIBUTES: Title in Japanese in the left margin and in English in the bottom margin. Gei Water Mark Visible when held to Light, Unsodo Publisher’s Seal, Printer’s Seal and Carver’s Seal in Left Margin. The Kento Cut in the Bottom Right Corner of the Washi Made in the Printing Process is Added Proof of a Genuine Unsodo Origin and There is also the Typical Tiny Unsodo Printing Smudge in the Margin.

Takeji Asano: #P3781A RAIN IN HIGASHI – HONGANJI TEMPLE, KYOTO

SIGNATURE: Takeji in Lower Left of Scene.
FIRST PUBLISHED: 1953
PRICE: Aust$825 including GST
Export Price is Aust$750. SOLD THANK YOU
ATTRIBUTES: Gei Water Mark Visible when held to Light, Unsodo Publisher’s Seal, Printer’s Seal and Carver’s Seal in Left Margin. Title in Japanese in the left Margin and in English in the bottom margin. The Kento Cut in the Bottom Right Corner of the Washi Made in the Printing Process is Added Proof of a Genuine Unsodo Origin and There is also the Typical Tiny Unsodo Printing Smudge in the Margin.

Takeji Asano: #P3781 RAIN IN SANJYUSANGENDO TEMPLE, KYOTO

SIGNATURE: Takeji in Lower Right of Scene.
FIRST PUBLISHED: 1953
PRICE: Aust$825 including GST
Export Price is Aust$750
ATTRIBUTES: Title in Japanese in the left margin and in English in the bottom margin. Gei Water Mark Visible when held to Light. Unsodo Publisher’s Seal, Printer’s Seal and Carver’s Seal in Right Margin. The Kento Cut in the Bottom left Corner of the Washi Made in the Printing Process is Added Proof of a Genuine Unsodo Origin.

Takeji Asano: #P1208 MOONLIGHT IN YASAKA PAGODA

SIGNATURE: Takeji in Lower Left of Scene.
FIRST PUBLISHED: 1951
PRICE: Aust$715 including GST
Export Price is Aust$650
ATTRIBUTES: Title in Japanese in the left margin and in English in the bottom margin. Gei Water Mark Visible when held to Light. Unsodo Publisher’s Seal, Printer’s Seal and Carver’s Seal in Left Margin. The Kento Cut in the Bottom Right Corner of the Washi Made in the Printing Process is Added Proof of a Genuine Unsodo Origin and There is also the Typical Tiny Unsodo Printing Smudge on the Far Edge of the Right Hand Margin.

Takeji Asano: #P3977 NIGHT SCENE OF KITANO SHRINE

SIGNATURE: Takeji in Lower Right of Scene.
FIRST PUBLISHED: 1953
PRICE: Aust$770 including GST
Export Price is Aust$700. SOLD THANK YOU
ATTRIBUTES:Title in Japanese in the left margin and in English in the bottom margin. Gei Water Mark Visible when held to Light. Unsodo Publisher’s Seal, Printer’s Seal and Carver’s Seal in Left Margin. The Kento Cut in the Bottom Right Corner of the Washi Made in the Printing Process is Added Proof of a Genuine Unsodo Origin.

Takeji Asano: #P1263 KIYAMACHI STREET, KYOTO

FIRST PUBLISHED: 1951
PRICE: Aust$825 including GST
Export Price is Aust$750.SOLD THANK YOU
SOLD THANK YOU – THIS SCENE MAY BE AVAILABLE BY ORDER WHEN I AM IN JAPAN 30Nov to 11Dec 2016 SO CONTACT US FOR DETAILS.
ATTRIBUTES: Title in Japanese in the left margin and in English in the bottom margin. Gei Water Mark Visible when held to Light. Unsodo Publisher’s Seal, Printer’s Seal and Carver’s Seal in Right Margin. The Kento Cut in the Bottom Left Corner of the Washi Made in the Printing Process is Added Proof of a Genuine Unsodo Origin.

Takeji Asano: #P1262 SNOW IN HIUNKAKU

NISHIHONGANJI TEMPLE, KYOTO.
SIGNATURE: Takeji in Lower Right of Scene.
FIRST PUBLISHED: 1952
PRICE: Aust$825 including GST
Export Price is Aust$750. SOLD THANK YOU
SOLD THANK YOU – THIS SCENE MAY BE AVAILABLE BY ORDER WHEN NEXT I AM IN JAPAN 30Nov to 11Dec 2016 SO CONTACT US FOR DETAILS.
ATTRIBUTES: Title in Japanese in the left margin and in English in the bottom margin. Gei Water Mark Visible when held to Light . Unsodo Publisher’s Seal, Printer’s Seal and Carver’s Seal in Left Margin. The Kento Cut in the Bottom Leftt Corner of the Washi Made in the Printing Process is Added Proof of a Genuine Unsodo Origin.

Takeji Asano: #P3223 TWILIGHT IN THE VILLAGE, NARA

SIGNATURE: Takeji in Lower Right of Scene.
FIRST PUBLISHED: 1953
PRICE: Aust$825 including GST
Export Price is Aust$750
SOLD THANK YOU – THIS SCENE MAY BE AVAILABLE BY ORDER WHEN NEXT I AM IN JAPAN 30Nov to 11Dec 2016 SO CONTACT US FOR DETAILS.
ATTRIBUTES: Title in Japanese in the left margin and in English in the bottom margin. Gei Water Mark Visible when held to Light. Unsodo Publisher’s Seal, Printer’s Seal and Carver’s Seal in Right Margin. The Kento Cut in the Bottom left Corner of the Washi Made in the Printing Process is Added Proof of a Genuine Unsodo Origin.

OTHER SHIN HANGA ARTISTS

We also stock Japanese woodblock prints by the following Shin Hanga artists. Just click on the name to go direct to their individual page.

Also, please view our More Shin Hanga Artists page for prints by: Bakufu, Ohno; Endo, Kyozo; Fujisawa, Tomoichi; Hideo, Nishijyama; Ikezumi, Kiyoshi; Kagiya; Kawai, Kenji; Okada, Koichi; Okumura, Koichi; Sekiguchi, Shungo; Shoson, Ohara and Tomonosuke, Takagi.