Shiro Kasamatsu Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Three-Headed Deity Ashura Temple

A poetically ambient Japanese woodblock print by Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991). Entitled "Kasumu Yube, Shinobazu Chihan" (Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond), the print is one of the best-known landscape works by the artist. In an unusual color variation of near monotone "Arizuri" blue, the print depicts a spring evening by the pond when the sunset is receding into the night. The dim light with a soft glow was wonderfully reflected in the image. Composed in a perspective that is more western view, the image of the figures taking the steps under the Torii gate plays hide and seek through the branches of the weeping willows by the pond. The nearly all blue color, facilitated only with the dark silhouette of the trunk, renders the imagery a moody emotion. On the left margin there is the Title in Japanese (霞む夕べ 不忍池畔)and the artist's name Kasamatsu Shiro...

Print size: 360 x 235 mm Sheet size: 400 x 260 mm Frame size: 530 x 390 mm 1650 g Packing estimate size: 630 x 440 x 60 mm 3 kg This woodblock print is by Kasamatsu Shiro...

Rare original framed woodblock print by Shiro Kasamatsu 笠松紫浪. Large lantern of Asakusa Kannon-do. 浅草観音堂大提灯 Woodblock print. Publisher: Watanabe Woodblock Print Shop, Ginza, Tokyo. 版...

Print size: 245 x 360 mm Sheet size: 270 x 385 mm Exterior: 330 x 480 mm A masterpiece by woodblock artist Shirou Kasamatsu　笠松紫浪 "Large Lantern of the Asakusa Kannon-do"　「浅草観音堂大提灯」 ...

Japanese woodblock print by Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949), entitled Zojoji Temple in Snow. The work was created by the artist in January Showa 8th year (1933) and depicts a serene snow...

An early edition Japanese woodblock print "Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) from the series Collected Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen). The series was created in 1933 and this is an early edition with the publisher copyright seal "Hanken shoyu fukyo mosha Watanabe Shozaburo" dated from 1931-1941. Signed and sealed Hasui in plate. Date and titled on the lower margin. For a comparable print, see lot 86 in Sotheby's London Auction Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints...

Original woodblock work by " Three Geishas" Kikukawa Eizan (????) 1787-1867, depicting the traditional Japanese ladies with the traditional beautiful cu...

Original woodblock work by " Three Geishas" Kikukawa Eizan (????) 1787-1867, depicting the traditional Japanese ladies with the traditional beautiful cu...

Pair of Japanese Signed Woodblock Prints C. 1910 Pair of rare and large Japanese woodblock prints from the early 20th century. Each of ...

Title: Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo Hyakkei) Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) Original published date: 7th m...