JAPANESE

Flowers and nashiEngraving on wood (nishiki-e) From a suite SHIKI NO HANA (flowers of the four seasons) print Kachô-e (fauna and flora)Usual median pleat, beautiful, very fresh colors..

SHIKI NO HANA

Engraving on wood (nishiki-e) From a suite SHIKI NO HANA (flowers of the four seasons) print Kachô-e (fauna and flora)Usual median pleat, beautiful, very fresh colors on a slightly micaceous background...

SHIKI NO HANA

White liliesEngraving on wood (nishiki-e) From a suite SHIKI NO HANA (flowers of the four seasons) print Kachô-e (fauna and flora)Usual median pleat, beautiful, very fresh colors..

SHIKI NO HANA

YOSHIIKU OCHIAI (1833~1904)

Engraving on wood (nishiki-e) From a suite SHIKI NO HANA (flowers of the four seasons) print Kachô-e (fauna and flora)Usual median pleat, beautiful, very fresh colors.Slight browning in the upper margin...

KAWARAZAKI GONJURO I

From the suite of: Portraits in the light of moonlight, thirty six silhouettes Makoto no Tsuki Hana no Sugata-e Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke (Kikujudô) 1867 Oban Nishiki-e Small gap in the purple border at the bottom right and in the the top part..

NAKAMURA SHIKAN IV

YOSHIIKU OCHIAI (1833~1904)

Nakamura Shikan IVFrom the following: Portraits in the light of the moonlight, thirty six silhouettesMakoto no Tsuki Hana no Sugata-ePublisher: Hirookaya Kosuke (Kikujuro)1867Slight weaknesses in the left outer border..

LES ACTEURS DE KABUKI ONKICHI, SAIZABURO ET ONOE KIKUJIRO II

KUNIYOSHI UTAGAWA ( 1798 – 1861)

Actors Onkichi as Tsurukiyo, Saizaburô as Senmatsu (R), and Onoe Kikujirô II as Nurse (Menoto) MasaokaPlay: Date Kurabe Okuni KabukiTheater: Kawarazaki Censors' seals: Mera, Murata 1849 (Kaei 2), 3rd month ObanNishiki-eDiptych slightly cut inside the subject, a few scattered rednesses mainly visible on the back, a few tiny holes along the connecting borders...

SCENE DE KABUKI

KUNICHIKA TOYOHARA (1835–1900)

The actors Ichikawa Kuzo in the role of Wakasa Shinkichi, Sawamura Tanosuke in the role of Ane-Musume Kakesara and Nakamura Shikan in the role of Temmoku Sunosuke.Triptych formerly mounted, two small holes in the bottom of the left board, very fresh colors. Oban , nishiki-e1865..

JUMENT ET SON POULAIN

GIRIN ( Actif vers 1930 )

Sosaku-hanga, Nishiki-e.Ca.1930..

FEMME JOUANT DU TSUZUMISUR SUR UN POEME DE KAKAEN CHÔCHÔSHI

HOKUUN KATSUSHIKA ( Début XIXè s)

Surimono Nishiki-e Shikishiban Ca.1890 Beautiful print with embossing. Poem by Kakaen Chôchôshi. The tsuzumi is a Japanese drum of Sino-Indian origin used in Noh and Kabuki theater music, but also in min'yō Japanese folk music...

GUERRIER A CHEVAL

SHIGENOBU YANAGAWA ( 1787-1832 )

SurimonoNishiki-eShikishibanCa.1890..

FUGU NO BIJIN TO KURAGE NO TOMO

SHIGENOBU YANAGAWA ( 1787-1832 )

Pufferfish courtesan and her jellyfish companion.SurimonoShikishibanNishiki-eCa.1890...

FLEURS DE CERISIER TAMBOUR ET EBOSHI

SHINSAI RYURYUKYO ( 1799-1823 )

The elements represented, inspired by an episode from : "Tale of Genji", symbolize the figure of Lady Aoi (Aoi knot). Surimono, shikishiban, nishiki-e. ca.1880. Proof with embossing, printing fold...

RAMASSAGE DES ORMEAUX ( AWABI )

SHINSAI RYURYUKYO ( 1799-1823 )

Surimono, shikishiban, nishiki-e.ca.1890.Representation of one of these traditional fisherwomen of the coastal regions, who dived half-naked into the sea in search of abalones. An inexhaustible source of fascination for Westerners, these images invaded Europe during the second half of the nineteenth century. Intended for the general public, they respond to the general demand for representations of female nudes and beautiful women. Far from the ethnographic subject, these fisherwomen impose themselves in the collective imagination as courtesans of the sea, their sensual bodies delivered to the male gaze in Japan and elsewhere...

OISEAUX ET NID

BANDO TOSHIO ( 1895-1973 )

Proof numbered 3/25..

LES DOUZE TEMPLES DE KUMANO A TSUNOHAZU ( TSUNOHAZUKUMANO JUNISHA )

Print n ° 45 from the suite: Edo Meisho Yonjuhakkei (forty eight famous views of Edo) Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo Censor: Kiwame1861 ChubanNishiki-e..

KAMEIDO UMEYASHIKI ( JARDIN DES PRUNIERS )

Print n ° 24 from the suite: Edo Meisho Yonjuhakkei ( forty eight famous views of Edo ) 1861 Nishiki-eChuban..

SAN-NO GONGEN ( TEMPLE DE GONGEN )

Print n ° 43 from the suite: Edo Meisho Yonjuhakkei (forty eight famous views of Edo) Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo Censor: Kiwame 1861 Chuban Nishiki-e Small hole in the upper left margin..

YUSHIMA TENJIN ( TEMPLE DE YUSHIMA )

Print n ° 8 from the suite: Edo Meisho Yonjuhakkei ( forty eight famous views of Edo ) 1861 Nishiki-eChuban..

ZÔJÔ-JI ( TEMPLE DE ZÔJÔ )

MOKUHANSHA MIKUMO ( 1900- ? )

Print n ° 33 from the suite: Edo Meisho Yonjuhakkei (forty eight famous views of Edo) 1861 Editor : Tsutaya KichizoSeal : KiwameNishiki-eChuban..

KOKESHI OU LES POUPEES

Sosaku hanga, numbered 41 on the back. Ca.1960..

KINUTA NO TAMAGAWA

SORI HISHIKAWA ( 1789-1818 )

Surimono, Shikishibanca.1890 Light crease print.Print180x170 mm Frame 275x255 mm..

SHIRABYOSHI

MATORA OISHI ( 1792-1833 )

Surimono,Shikishiban Nishiki-eCa.1880. Shirabyōshi were traditional dancers of the 12th century, popular at the Japanese imperial court. They performed for kuge (nobles) and samurai.Shirabyōshi are recognizable by the white makeup covering their face and neck and their masculine Shinto-inspired attire, including the tate-eboshi hat and tachi sword worn by samurai, the red hakama, a white suikan and a red suikan robed by Shintoists and a kawahori (fan held by men)...

LA CONQUETE D'OSHU PAR LE SEIGNEUR MINAMOTO YOSHIIE ( MINAMOTO YOSHIIE ASON ÔSHU SEIBATSU NO ZU )

YOSHIMORI UTAGAWA ( 1830-1884 )

Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) Edo period1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st monthMarks Censor's seal: Boar 1 aratameNishiki-eObanCatalogue Raisonné Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 1 (1935), pp. 70-1Beautiful triptych, a few tiny pinholes including one in the last section in the print.Each oban: 350 x 250 mm..

BOUDDHA

KUMO INI ( ACTIF DANS LES ANNEES 1960 )

Print Sosaku Hanga Numbered 48 dated 1962 and signed by Inkumo Edition Nishiki-e..

BIJIN ET PAON

GAKUTEI YASHIMA ( 1786 ?- 1868 )

Poem by Naonari of Asa-no-ya. From a series of ten prints for the Honcho poetry club.Fresh colors, tiny scattered foxing.SurimonoShikishibanNishiki-eCa.1890..

VUE D'ENOSHIMA

NOBUZAKU WATANABE ( 1872-1944 )

Two oban forming a diptych.Nishiki-ePublisher Ryohachi Yokoyama1892Beautiful proofs in very fresh colours, slight crease in the lower right corner of the left flap, a few tiny foxing spots.Each oban (sheet) 250 x 370..

BATAILLE DE CHIHAYA

TOYONOBU UTAGAWA ( ACTIF 1859-1886 )

Prince Moriyoshi (1308-1335) (also called Morinaga or Ôtônmiya) son of Emperor Go-Daigo (oban on the right) during the episode of the Battle of Chihaya.Nishiki-eMeiji periodBeautiful triptych formerly joined in very fresh colors.Each oban approximately 235 x 370..

BIJIN SCULPTANT UNE FIGURE DE KAMURO

EISHI CHÔBUNSAI ( 1756–1829 )

Beautiful print, a few scattered foxing.SurimonoShikishiban, nishikie, Ca.1890The Kamuro were the little girls who frequented the great courtesans. Placed in their service from an early age, they were between five and nine years old, they marched in the procession of their courtesan "elder sister" when she appeared in public, ran errands for her and accompanied her when she met clients...

LYS

SHODO KAWARAZAKI (1889-1973)

From a suite: Floral calendar of JapanCa. 1970Unsodo EditorNishiki-eShin hangaKachoeNice proof, beautiful colors...

CHRYSANTHEME

SHODO KAWARAZAKI (1889-1973)

From a suite: Floral calendar of JapanCa. 1970Unsodo EditorNishiki-eShin hangaKachoeNice proof, beautiful colors...

YAMAOTOKO 4 ( L'HOMME DES MONTAGNES 4 )

AZECHI UMETARO ( 1902-1999 )

Signed proof bearing the dry stamp of the : Yoseide GalleryCa.1956Showa 31Sosaku-hangaNishiki-eAzechi, born to a poor farming family in what is now Uwajima, Ehime, first enrolled in a correspondence art course. In 1920 he had the opportunity to settle in Tokyo but returned home to Shikoku after the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. He returned to Tokyo in 1925, where he worked for a printing company.Azechi's prints were noticed by Unichi Hiratsuka, who took him under his wing. The latter belonging to the Japan Print Association and the Kokugakai Arts Association presented some of his works in their exhibitions. Azechi then quit his job and became a freelance artist. At the same time he met Maegawa Sempan and Kōshirō Onchi who influenced his art.His early works reflected the monochromatic sosaku hanga style. He began to develop his own style in the late 1930s when he specialized in mountain landscapes and their natives. This passion for the mountains led him to become an experienced mountaineer. His deliberately primitive style was intended to be close to naive artists, simplifying the patterns and using mainly cold colors such as blues, greens and purples.It was from the 1940s that he met with success and participated in the three print biennials in Sao Paulo, Lugano and Tokyo.The Umetaro Azechi Memorial Museum opened in Uwajima in 2003 and today his prints are present in major museum collections such as the Achenbach Foundation in San Francisco, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts or the British Museum in London...

RAMASSEURS DE COQUILLAGES, KAIZUKUSHI

HOKKEI TOTOYA (1780–1850)

Some scattered foxing.SurimonoNishiki-eShikishibanCa.1890..

ENTREE DU TORII D'ENOSHIMA

HOKKEI TOTOYA (1780–1850)

Surimono Shikishiban, Nishiki-e,ca.1890 Nice print with few heightened gold, Mount Fuji sketched by the use of embossing.A couple is represented here in front of the gate (torii) leading to the Shinto shrine on the promontory of Enoshima. The bag on the man's back and the woman's outfit wearing the ageb'shi (headdress protecting her elaborate bun), suggests that they are travelers from the neighboring city of Edo.The geometric pattern of the woman's kimono (yagasuri) is a kind of ikat weave reproducing the distinctive design of the arrow feather (ya). This model initially worn by women of the warrior class and then adopted by the servants of the Court of the Shoguns spread in the 19th century among the women of the city of the merchant class...

LES SEPT DIVINITÉS DU BONHEUR

SADAHIDE UTAGAWA (1807-1873)

A few small gaps in the outer edges, slight uniform yellowing.ObanNishiki-eTriptych representing the seven divinities (Ebisu, deity of fishermen, merchants and prosperity, often represented carrying a cod or bar, Daikokuten or Daikoku, divinity of wealth, commerce and trade, Bishamonten, deity of warriors and god protector of Buddhist law and prosperity, Benzaiten or Benten, divinity of knowledge, art and beauty, eloquence, music, literature, arts and sciences, virtue and wisdom, prosperity and longevity, Fukurokuju, divinity of happiness, wealth and longevity, virility and wisdom, Hotei, divinity of abundance and good health, contentment and of commerce, Jurōjin, deity of longevity and prosperity) arriving in town to distribute presents for the New Year...

IMITATION OU PARODIE DES DIEUX DAIKOKU ET EBIZU AVEC UNE BEAUTE

Daikokuten or Daikoku, is the deity of wealth, commerce and trade. He is often represented as a round and smiling man, seated or standing with a bag of rice symbolizing wealth, holding on his shoulder a satchel containing wisdom and patience. He also holds in his right hand a kind of wooden mallet (uchide no kozuchi) representing the virtue of work. Ebisu or Yebisu is the deity of fishermen, merchants and prosperity. He is often represented with a fan and carrying a fish.They are part of the seven deities of good fortune in Japanese mythology Woodcut, nishikie, ca.1890 Nice colors, slight median print crease..

KINTARO ARBITRANT UN MATCH ENTRE UN COQ ET UN TENGU

First surimono from the set : Mountain after Mountain (Yama mata yama)Kintarô would be the natural or adopted son of the witch Yama-Uba, ogress living in the mountain. He bonds with the animals among which he is raised and later, after capturing the terror of the region, Shuten Dōji, he becomes the disciple of Minamoto no Yorimitsu under the name of Sakata no Kintoki. Child with superhuman strength, he is a popular character of noh and kabuki. Kintarō dolls are exhibited on Boys' Day, Tango no Sekku in the hope that the boys will become as brave and strong as Kintarō. The tengu ("celestial dog") are a type of legendary creature having the form of raptors, they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics, wings, talons instead of hands and feet and for the most part. ancient representations of the beaks which over time transformed into an abnormally prominent nose.Beautiful print with fresh colors, tiny scattered foxing.Nishiki-eChubanCa.1890..

IKEBANA OU LA PREPARATION DU BOUQUET

ShikishibanSurmonoNishiki-eCa.1890.Printing fold..

IKEBANA OU LA PREPARATION DU BOUQUET

ShikishibanSurmonoNishiki-eCa.1890.Tiny scattered foxing...

SUTRA ET ARMURE D'AVALOKITESVARA A MOTIF DE CHRYSANTHEME