c 1729. Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in beige and olive with etching and aquatint on cream laid paper, 11 1/8 x 10 inches (281 x 252 mm) (plate), full margins with the text printing clearly below in olive ink. In very good condition with no visible defects other..... More
Watanabe Shozaburo, 1936. Woodblock in colors on handmade mulberry paper, Koban 7 3/16 x 4 3/4 inches (182 x 120 mm), full margins. With the Shôtei artist seal in red ink, upper right. Signed "Shotei" and titled in English on the matrix in graphite. With the "Made in Japan" export..... More
Tokyo: 1851. Set of 12 woodblock prints in colors on handmade, laid mulberry paper, 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (170 x 258 mm), printed in Ka-ei 4 (1851). Each print with minor handling wear, otherwise in excellent condition with bright and fresh color, and with details printed in silver..... More
Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1950. Woodcut printed in black on buff laid paper, 4 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (113 x 135 mm), full margins. Scattered minor foxing in the lower right sheet quadrant, recto, and with the lower sheet edge folded horizontally upwards approximiately 1/4 inch from the bottom, well..... More
c 1730. Chiaroscuro woodcut with underlying engraving on cream laid paper, printed from two blocks in brown and olive. 10 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (260 x 321 mm) (plate), full margins with the text printing clearly below in black ink. In very good condition with scattered surface soiling and..... More
1540. Chiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper with a partial anchor in a circle watermark, printed from two blocks in black and olive-green, 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches (272 x 221 mm), thread margins. We believe this to be an early, first state impression (of two), issued from Niccolò..... More