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Yoshitoshi Mori Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Stencil Print Sorrow
By Yoshitoshi Mori
Located in Studio City, CA
A large, beautifully designed and colored, dramatically composed print by Japanese master printmaker Yoshitoshi Mori who was famed for his kappazuri stencil printing technique. In th...
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
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Yoshitoshi Tsukioka Japanese Woodblock Print Iron Cauldron and the Moon at Night
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and somewhat comical/whimsical Meiji Period woodblock print by revered Japanese artist/ printmaker Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839 - 1892 ) t...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints
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Hiroshi Yoshida Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Way to the Kasuga Shrine, Jizuri
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Way to the Kasuga Shrine (Kasuga sando)" by one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga (new...
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
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Hiroshi Yoshida Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Toshogu Shrine with Jizuri Seal
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Toshogu (Tōshō-gū ) Shrine)" by one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga (new print) move...
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
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Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese Woodblock Print Hour of the Sheep Daughter Sundial
By Kitagawa Utamaro 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring two women, likely Geishas, with one leaning on a banister languidly with an opium pipe in hand. This wor...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
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Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Japanese Woodblock Print No. 51 - Minakuchi Tôkaidô Road
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) tilted No. 51 - Minakuchi, from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-t...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
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Hiroshi Yoshida Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Bamboo Wood with Jizuri Seal
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Bamboo Wood (Bamboo Grove/Takei Bayashi)" by one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga (ne...
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
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Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Japanese Woodblock Print Yoroi Ferry at Koami-Cho
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) tilted "Yoroi Ferry at Koami-cho (Yoroi no ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Tea House, 1965
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Onoe Baiko VII
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Onoe Baiko VII as the wet nur...
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1990s Japanese Showa Prints
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Shiko Munakata SignedJapanese Woodblock Print of Three Buddhas Shaka No Saku
By Shiko Munakata
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Mingei woodblock print titled "Shaka No Saku (Sakyamuni)" is by famed Japanese master Showa era printmaker/ artist Shiko (Shikou) Munakata (棟方志功 ) who was widely consider...
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Bisyamonten, Kyoto
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Japanese Woodblock Print of An Edo Geisha Women With Yellow Hairpins and Kimono
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring a beautifully decorated kimono-clad woman, likely a Geisha, with striking yellow hairpins (matching the b...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
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Hiroshi Yoshida Signed
Sealed Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Yomei Gate
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Yomei Gate (Yomei Mon)" by one of Japan's finest 20th-century artists and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga movement. Yoshida was...
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
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Shiro Kasamatsu Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Spring Rain at Kinokuni Mound
By Shiro Kasamatsu
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and quite engaging woodblock print by renowned Japanese artist/printmaker Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松 紫浪, 1898-1991) titled "Spring Rain at Kinokuni Mound (Kinokunisak...
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
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Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Ichikawa Monnosuke
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Ichikawa Monnosuke VII as Cou...
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Okuno-Hosomichi
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, conte...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Clifton Karhu Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print Karasuma Street, Kyoto
By Clifton Karhu
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning, large woodblock print by American master printmaker Clifton Karhu who lived in Japan for over 50 years. Karhu's work gai...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Daitoku-Ji Kyoto D
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contemporary Japanese printmakers of the 20th century. This print, which is titled "Daitoku-ji Kyoto (D)" is from a series of Kyoto temple images that Saito created. The woodblock print features strong, contrasting colors, beautiful wood grain, and a complex design - the cross-shaped walkway pattern which is highlighted by the small precisely placed stones is repeated on the temple wall. The wood grain in the yard, temple walls and sky add another layer of compositional depth.
The print is signed in black ink and stamped/sealed in red within the image It is likely titled, dated (1960), and numbered (from a limited edition of 150) in pencil by the artist in the lower margin but hidden below the mat. Saito's "self-carved, self printed Kiyoshi Saito" personal label with his red chop seal...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Muramasa Kudo Signed Limited Edition Japanese Serigraph Print Wicker Basket
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and engaging large limited edition serigraph print by Japanese artist/print master Muramasa Kudo (1948-) titled "Wicker Basket".
The work, ...
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed
Sealed Japanese Woodblock Print Winter in Aizu the Skiers
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
This beautifully composed woodblock print featuring two skiers on a snowy pathway as a solidary figure passes in the foreground is by famed Japanese master printmaker/artist Kiyoshi ...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Koho Shoda Signed Japanese Meiji Woodblock Print A Watermill Affixed to a Shed
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully and serenely composed image by renowned Japanese artist/printmaker Shoda Koho (1871-1946). This work titled "A Watermill Affixed to a Shed" is from his Nishinomiya Yos...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Prints
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Shiko Munakata Sealed Japanese Woodblock Print of Female Deity Goddess Joshin
By Shiko Munakata
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Mingei woodblock print titled "Joshin" (Goddess) by famed Japanese master Showa era printmaker/ artist Shiko (Shikou) Munakata (棟方志功 )who was widely considered to have be...
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
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Ryohei Tanaka Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Etching Cherry Blossoms Thatched Roof
By Tanaka Ryohei
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image of a rural Japanese landscape scene by famed Japanese artist Ryohei Tanaka featuring two thatched roof houses and freshly blooming cherry blossom trees in Spring. ...
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20th Century Japanese Modern Prints
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Joichi Hoshi Signed Large Japanese Woodblock Trees Print Forest Blue, 1973
By Joichi Hoshi
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, lovely mood setting, quite large woodblock print by renowned Japanese artist/printmaker Joichi Hoshi. This work is titled "Forest, Blue" and features a thick, rich fore...
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Prints
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Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nakamura Tokizo V
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Nakamura Tokizo V, as the kep...
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1990s Japanese Showa Prints
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Saigyo-Hoshi (The Monk Saigyo)
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful image by renowned Japanese artist/printmaker Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861 ) titled "Saigyo-Hoshi (no. 86) 西行法師 (The Monk Saigyo) (The Monk Saigyo)" from his famous series "Series: Hyakunin isshu no uchi 百人一首之内 (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets)." This work features the Buddhist monk Saigyo under a radiant blue willow tree on a river bank showing a group of curious children a golden cat...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Persimmons Street, circa 1960
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and complexly composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most importa...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Mayumi Oda Signed Limited Edition Japanese Silkscreen Dyptich Prints Sea Goddess
By Mayumi Oda
Located in Studio City, CA
An exceptionally rare diptych set of silkscreen/woodblock prints by celebrated Japanese American (Hawaiian) artist Mayumi Oda. This set is titled "Sea Goddess" and is from her revered Seasons series (this work is alternatively titled "Summer") and features her highly coveted Sea Goddesses frolicking amidst the gently swirling, hypnotic deep blue ocean waves and floating clouds. The scene evokes a sense of inner tranquility and peaceful spiritual contemplation.
The limited edition prints are hand-pencil signed, titled (in English and Japanese), and numbered (12/35) by the
artist.
Internationally known as the "Matisse of Japan", Mayumi Oda was born in Japan into...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Syoren-In Kyoto
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, conte...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Clifton Karhu Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Teramachi-Kyoto
By Clifton Karhu
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, circular-shaped woodblock print by American master printmaker Clifton Karhu who lived in Japan for over 50 years. Karhu's work gained great esteem not only in Japan but ...
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Prints
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Hiroshi Yoshida Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Hokuryo with Jizuri Seal, 1937
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Hokuryo" by one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga movement. Yos...
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
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Toko Shinoda Signed Large Limited Edition Japanese Lithograph Print Moon, 1965
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Studio City, CA
Exquisite in design and execution. This work, titled "Moon", is by Japanese master printmaker Toko Shinoda (1913-2021) who is universally known for her merging of traditional Japanese calligraphy with modern abstract expressionism and use of Sumi ink.
This print is hand-signed in pencil, titled, dated (1965), and numbered (3 /10) by the artist. It is from a very limited and small edition thus scarce and rare.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of Shinoda's work or Japanese or Asian art or print collection or an eye-catching stand-alone accent artwork in about any setting. Sure to draw attention.
Shinoda's works can be found in numerous private collections and international museums including:
Albright–Knox Art Gallery, NY
Art Institute of Chicago
British Museum, London UK
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido
Harvard Art Museums
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
Lehigh University Art Galleries
Luxembourg Royal Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), New York
Museum fuer Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin
Museum of fine Arts, Boston
Museum of fine Arts, Gifu
Museum Folkwang, Essen
Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
National Gallery of Victoria
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
National Museum of Singapore
Niigata City Art Museum
Singapore Art...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Buddha
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully and serenely composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Jitsukawa Enjaku
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Jitsukawa Enjaku III as Farme...
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nude E, 1966
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed, relatively rare woodblock print by famed Japanese Sosaku Hanga printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most ...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Wood, Paper
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) Signed Japanese Edo Triptych Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), Utagawa Kunisada III
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, richly colored Japanese triptych woodblock print by famed Japanese Edp Period artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864). This ...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
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Shoichi Ida Signed Limited Edition Mixed Media Print Between Vertical Horizontal
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, quite engaging modern abstract print by renowned Japanese artist Shoichi Ida (1941-2006). This work is titled "Between - Vertical and Horizontal - Paper Between a Leaf ...
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Prints
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Wood, Paper
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Showa Woodblock Geisha Print Maiko Kyoto 2
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully and serenely composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Wood, Paper
Ding Jitang Ji Tang Signed Large Framed Huxian School Chinese Woodblck Print
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese style woodblock print by Chinese artist Ding Jitang (Ju Tang) featuring a rural peasant scene with two farmers working under a crescent moon by lamp light in the...
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20th Century Chinese Folk Art Prints
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Muramasa Kudo Signed Limited Edition Japanese Serigraph Print Lilies in Stream
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and engaging large limited edition serigraph print by Japanese artist/print master Muramasa Kudo (1948-) titled "Lilies in Stream".
The wor...
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Modern Prints
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Tsuruya Kokei Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Onoe Kikugoro VII
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Onoe Kikugoro VII as Kirare Y...
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1990s Japanese Showa Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Wakanohana Waiting for Dohyo-ir
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
This exceptional and highly engaging, wonderfully detailed print titled "Wakanohana waiting for Dohyo-iri" depicts a portrait of a once well-known Sumo Wrestler in a strong, confiden...
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Ikarugano-Sato Horyu-Ji Nara A
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Utagawa Toyonobu Shinsen Taikoki Japanese Woodblock Diptych Print, 19th Century
By Toyonobu Utagawa
Located in Studio City, CA
A Classic image by renowned Japanese printmaker Utagawa Toyonobu from his newly selected history of Toyotomi Hideyoshi series.
A very good impres...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints
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Kawase Hasui Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Rain at Yasuniwa, Nagano Prefecture
By Kawase Hasui 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and wonderfully colored woodblock print by famed Japanese artist and Shin-Hanga master printmaker Kawase Hasui. This print is titled "Rain at Yasuniwa, Nagano Prefecture ...
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Vintage 1940s Japanese Showa Prints
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Wood, Paper
Kawase Hasui Japanese Woodblock Print Shinagawa From Views of the Tokaido Series
By Kawase Hasui 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and wonderfully colored woodblock print by famed Japanese artist and Shin-Hanga master printmaker Kawase Hasui. This print, titled "Shinagawa (Rainy Season at Ryoshimachi...
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
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Wood, Paper
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nishino-Kyo Nara B
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Hiroyuki Tajima Signed Limited Edition Abstract Zen Japanese Woodblock Print
By Hiroyuki Tajima
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, luminous, and sumptuously colored woodblock print by Japanese artist Hiroyuki Tajima titled "Small Garden, B" Tajima is famed for his use of dark, rich colors and striking abstract compositions and was heavily influenced and guided by his Zen Buddhist beliefs.
The print is pencil signed, titled, dated (1967), and apparently numbered (6/50).
Would be a great addition to any Japanese or Asian print collection or eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting.
His work can be found in various collections and museums including:
The British Musem, London UK
The Japanese Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Harvard Art Museum
Portland Art...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Japanese Woodblock Print Mr. Ozek
s Daughter
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and colored, limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Junichiro Sekino
This print, which is titled "Mr. Ozek's Daughter", is pencil signed, sealed in red, dated (1966), and numbered (5/100) by the master printmaker. A beautiful snapshot of a child and her favorite doll, an ever-trusted companion. Notice how the doll holds her hand in a protective gesture.
Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago, the Museum of fine Art, Boston, the British Museum, and the Portland Art Museum among many other fine museums throughout the world.
This listing is for print only (no frame).
Would be a fantastic addition to any modern Japanese print...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Nara, circa 1962
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contemporary Japane...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Okiie Hashimoto Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Snow Hill #7
By Okiie Hashimoto
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and subtly colored woodblock print by renowned Japanese woodblock artist Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993) titled "Snow Hill #7". The work features a gorgeous wood g...
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Abstract Japanese Woodblock Print, 1956
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly wonderful and exceedingly rare abstract limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist/printmaker Junichiro Sekino.
This print, which appears to be titled "Tori & ...
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
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Torii Kotondo Signed and Sealed Pre-War Japanese Woodblock Print Rain Ame 1929
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and strongly composed woodblock print by renowned Japanese painter/artist Torii Kotondo. This work, titled Rain (Ame), is a highly coveted pr...
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Showa Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Girl in Poncho
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly wonderful and extremely rare limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Junichiro Sekino
This print of a pensive young girl dressed in a poncho and hat (likely in Mexico or Central/ South America) is hand pencil signed, sealed/ stamped in red, and numbered (appears to be 12/98 or 19/98) by Sekino. The image features a uniquely sparse composition and rich vibrant colors - very representative of the country this was likely initially conceived in. An exquisite and very rare/hard-to-find work. We have not seen this particular image ever come to the marketplace.
Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th-century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago, the Museum of fine Art, Boston, the British Museum, and the Portland Art Museum among many other fine museums throughout the world.
Would be a fantastic addition to any modern Japanese print...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
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Junichiro Sekino Japanese Woodblock Print Monjuro and Jihei of Bunraku Puppets
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
This exceptional and stunning, limited edition woodblock print is considered by many experts to be one of Sekino's masterpiece works (along with "Eiza and Matsuomaru"). The print of bunraku puppeteer master Kiritake Monjûrô is sealed, signed in pencil and numbered (76/100) by the artist and is also matted and framed. The print is circa 1953.
A scarce and rare print.
Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago...
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
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Munakata Signed Japanese Mingei Woodblock Print Hirosaki Castle
By Shiko Munakata
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Mingei woodblock print titled "Hirosaki Castle (sometimes just "Castle")" by famed Japanese master Showa era printmaker/ artist Shiko Munakata (棟方志功 ) who was widely considered to have been the Pablo Picasso of Japan. Munakata was associated with the Sosaku-hanga movement and the mingei (folk art) movement. His awards and recognitions include the "Prize of Excellence" at the Second International Print Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952, the first prize at the São Paulo Bienal Exhibition in Brazil in 1955, and the Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale in 1956. In 1959 he spent a year touring and exhibiting in the United States. Upon his return, the Horinji Temple in Kyoto bestowed him with the honorary rank of “Hokkyo”. In 1962, he received the rank of “Hogan” from Nisseki Temple in Toyama prefecture. other awards include the Medal of Honor in 1963 and the Asahi Shimbun Culture Prize in 1965. In 1970, Munakata received the Order of Culture, the highest honor in the arts by the Japanese government.
Munakata's work can be found in numerous international collections and museums including:
The Britsih Museum, UK
The Chicago Art Institute
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), NY
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), Washington DC
Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis
The Munakata Shiko...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
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Joshua Rome Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print Tsukiyo Moonlit Night
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed Japanese woodblock print by American born artist Joshua Rome titled "Tsukiyo" or Moonlit Night.
The limited edition print is hand signed in pencil, sealed i...
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Prints
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Paul Jacoulet Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Marionettes Chinoises Chinois 1935
By Paul Jacoulet
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic original woodblock print by famed French artist Paul Jacoulet titled "Marionettes Chinoises Chinois. (Chinese Puppets. Chinese)" Jacoulet was famed for his techniques inv...
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
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Toko Shinoda Signed Large Limited Edition Japanese Lithograph Transparent Shadow
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Studio City, CA
Exquisite in design and execution. This work, titled "Transparent Shadow", is by Japanese master artist/printmaker Toko Shinoda (1913-2021) who is universally recognized for her merg...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
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