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Across the canal we see a garden with poles and bamboo that form a protective tent for winter. Small boats are tied up, and wooden homes are seen in the background, one with two glowing windows. Heavy snowflakes overlay this winter evening scene, even though they have been created using negative space, meaning that they had to be carved out of each of the numerous colorblocks as well the keyblock itself. Each snowflake appears unique in its shape and color; at the top the snowflakes have a wash of grey over them. This is one of only four designs published by Hôjudô.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis is a very rare design, with a limited edition seal verso that lists an edition of 100. It is not known if the complete edition was published.  Today this area has become the Tokyo Disney Resort, which makes this a prewar snapshot of a sleepy fishing area prior to it being trounced by intense development. This exact print is pictured full page in the “The Art of Kawase Hasui” published by Tokyo Bijutsu (2013), page 92. This exact print is also published in the Folk Museum of Ota City catalog “Hasui Kawase Exhibition Catalog” (2007), page 43 number 89. 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One walks towards the bath, one washes her baby, crouching near a wooden tub. Five women are in the bath itself, two seated on the ledge. The hairstyles could even date this work from the late 1940s, when the artist lived in Japan. 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Evening scene of the festival lanterns on the streets of Kyoto in the shape of an ôgi fan. From the publisher we have the process set of the original watercolor painting, the corrected test proof print, and the final, finished artwork. It is interesting to see how closely the carvers were able to duplicate the painting using woodblocks. It is also interesting to see the subtle changes that the artist wanted in the proof of the woodblock. We can see that the artist wanted some lines lightened in value at the top and bottom of the design, and also that the signature and title were moved from the right side of the print to the left side. Tokuriki was a Kyoto-based artist, and we see how his works suggest painting rather than woodblock. The Japanese publishers and craftsmen responsible for printmaking in the 20th century did not make public very much about their craft, so publisher’s sets like this one which shows the process of creating a print are a valuable window into the hanmoto production process. Tokuriki studied at the Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting, and after the war he founded his own publishing company, Matsukyu. He taught many students through the years the techniques of carving and printing, including the exceptional artist Daniel Kelly. Provenance: Uchida Art Company Ltd.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eOverall excellent impressions, color and condition. 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Here the sky appears literally silver, as there as a deep layer of silver mica which supplies a sparkling contrast to the white snow. There is a version with a plain grey sky (version A), but this work (marked B) is much more striking. Miller was born in Japan to a diplomat father, and learned all three of the processes of print production; design, block-carving and printing.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003eExcellent impression, color and condition. Minor tape remnants at top.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 44.1 x 16.9 cm\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Self-published\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLiterature:\u003c\/strong\u003eYokohama Museum of Art, Eyes Towards Asia: Ukiyo-e Artists from Abroad, 1996, p. 244. Brown, Between Two Worlds: The Life and Art of Lilian May Miller, 1998, p. 46, fig. 43. 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Scarce lithograph that shows shipbuilders at work along the Shinyodo River, the confluence of three rivers in Osaka. Today this area is highly industrialized, and we can see the beginnings of this in the smokestacks and large manufacturing buildings in the background. Here the ship is being constructed on land out of wood, by hand. A small fire is burning at left.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOda Kazuma studied lithography beginning in 1898, and a few years later he worked as a designer at the Koshiba lithography studio in Tokyo. At about that time he spent time with the European artist Emil Orlik, whose lithographic art inspired him. In 1918 Kazuma was a founding member of the Japan Creative Print Association (Nihon Sosaku-Hanga Kyoka) as its only lithographer. This self-printed work is from a set of about six, and is a scarce pre-earthquake design. Kazuma’s lithographs are included in many major American museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian, The MFA Boston and the Los Angeles County Museum of art, to name a few.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eExcellent impression and color; very good condition. Backed with thin Japanese paper for strength.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 33.5\u003cspan\u003e x 48.6 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned: \u003c\/strong\u003eSigned and dated in ink in bottom margin K. 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The cover was designed by Yumeji, and features a man in European dress out for a sojourn in nature, walking stick in hand and one arm resting upon a tree. Included is 3 pages of the musical work, which seems to be complete, as well as the back cover. The first very charming verse begins “L’om-be des ar-bres dans la ri-viere em-bru me”... and has hiragana next to the French. This is song sheet Senow No. 71, issued in 1919 by the music publisher Senow Ongaku Shuppansha under the direction of Kojiro Senow. Yumeji designed about 300 covers for Senow. Senow was the president of the Association for the Study of Occidental Music, which he founded in 1919.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good \/good condition overall. Pages are separated and the cover has a missing corner. 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Obata’s estate contains numerous\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003edemonstration paintings that Obata made for teaching his classes at Berkeley; those are generally on a larger paper and are done with a thicker brush; perhaps so that those at the back of the class could see clearly what Obata was demonstrating. Works like this one that are on smaller paper contain sketches that seem more personal and extemporaneous; it seems that Obata was drawing, painting and sketching for himself every day of his life, both for pleasure and to keep his skills sharp. This portrait may be of a man who worked at Berkeley in some capacity, and Obata found his features interesting enough to immortalize.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eObata’s economy of line and mastery of the brush are practically unequalled in 20th c. American art. He influenced a generation of California artists, and at his own count taught more than 10,000 students. The University of California, Berkeley preserved all of his paintings and sketches while Obata and his family were interned in Utah during WWII. There is an exhibition of Obata’s work that ran for the first half of 2024 at SFMOMA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eProvenance: Estate of Chiura Obata. With a certificate of authenticity from the estate of the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eExcellent condition overall. Obata used Japanese paper that he ordered from Japan. This example is on a thinner washi than his usual heavy watercolor paper. 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At the top, a profusion of cherry blossoms fills the space, with a pink background as the “sky”. Behind the cherry tree is a blooming camellia tree, and to the left are shown a type of leafy green tree, its leaves done with dry brushstrokes, their texture a contrast to the flat green of the camellia leaves. Very little is known about the artist Raizan.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHis prints are very scarce, most likely because they were published before the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and most of them were therefore destroyed. We also can assume that his publisher did not have the marketing genius of Watanabe Shozaburo. The Robert Muller collection at the Freer Gallery of Art has 17 works by Raizan; otherwise, few examples are known.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePlease note that these works never have a white margin on the outside of the design, so this is untrimmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent impression, color and condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 37.3 x 25.2 cm (oban)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yoshikawa Kobunkan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kawatsura Yoshio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41193151103058,"sku":"RZN013","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/3388\/6546\/files\/RZN013copy.jpg?v=1726461769"},{"product_id":"ito-shinsui-深水-after-the-rain-women-by-moonlight","title":"Ito Shinsui 深水: After the Rain; Women by Moonlight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Itō Shinsui 伊東深水 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle: \u003c\/strong\u003eAfter the Rain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries: \u003c\/strong\u003eTwelve Sights of Oshima Island  \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1938\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eScarce wartime design showing Japanese women drawing water by hand from a well by moonlight. This rarely-seen series lands stylistically between Shinui’s pre-earthquake landscape designs and his postwar landscapes. Izu Oshima Island is the largest of the islands that make up the Izu archipelago, and is under the administration of Tokyo, which lies about 100km to the north. It is home to the active volcano Mount Mihara and is famous for its camellia oil production. This scene is timeless in that the women are wearing simple indigo cotton kimonos and are using no electric lights or modern equipment. They silently, almost meditatively, fill their wooden buckets from a simple well and then carry them on their heads in various directions. 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Minor hinging remnants, verso and light water spot in upper margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 29 x 42.3 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeal:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shinsui  \u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shinsui saku\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itō Shinsui","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41326915125330,"sku":"SNC109S","price":975.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/3388\/6546\/files\/SNC109Scopy.jpg?v=1736494527"},{"product_id":"chiura-obata-ink-painting-of-a-seated-female-model","title":"Chiura Obata:  Ink painting of a Seated Female Model Wearing Sandals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chiura Obata   (1885-1975)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eInk portrait of a Seated Young Woman in Sandals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ca. 1930s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA curvy model is seated cross-legged on the ground, her sandal-clad feet facing the viewer. Obata has used a combination of brushstroke styles that masterfully capture the figure. On her face and hair he has used a very wet brush, which nevertheless demonstrates his skill in expressing facial features. Her hair is very full, and somehow we feel like we recognize this woman as someone we might have met before.  It is interesting to note that we sense the floor that she is seated on just by the distribution of her weight, as there is not a single stroke that delineates a background or floor. This is probably a demonstration painting for one of his many art classes at Berkeley, where he taught between and 1932 and 1954.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eObata’s economy of line and mastery of the brush are practically unequalled in 20th c. American art. He influenced a generation of California artists, and at his own count taught more than 10,000 students. 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Obata has chosen an unusual angle, placing the moon beneath the bridge itself, probably to highlight the grace of the curving span. This must have been the view as he painted it one evening from the park beneath the bridge. The sky glows with layers of subtle colors, and the light of a single street lamp also provides warmth at upper right. The trees have lost their colors at this time of night and fade into shadow, framing three sides of the image. The Colorado Street Bridge is a historic Beaux Arts design built in 1912 that spans the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena, and its unique beauty has been featured in many feature films, from Charlie Chaplin’s “The Kid” (1929) to 2016’s “La La Land”. This is the only view of the Los Angeles area in this series of 35 prints of California scenes. This work very rarely appears on the market, especially in this condition. 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This was Goyo’s first independently published bijin-ga (his first work was published by Watanabe), and he makes a bold statement with its enormous size as well as the focused simplicity of the design and the “tour de force application of engraving and printing technologies” (Hockley). These include the groundbreaking (in shin hanga) silver mica background, embossed gold on the hand-mirror and ring, blindprinting on the collar of the robe and the hair’s-width carving of each hair that comprises the brows, lashes and loosely arranged coiffure. Long considered a masterpiece of shin hanga bijinga, it is rarely found with the carver and printer’s seals, as here, which gives assurance of a lifetime edition. (Takano Shichinosuke and the Printer Somekawa Kanzo). 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The background silver mica is not consistent throughout, as inevitably happens  with these early, lifetime editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences:\u003c\/strong\u003e Allen Hockley editor, The Women of Shin Hanga: The Judith and Joseph Barker Collection of Japanese Prints, 2013, p. 132, pl 20; Amy Newland and Chris Uhlenbeck, Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga, 1990, p. 215.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAmy Newland Reigle and Hamanaka Shinji, The Female Image, 2000, p. 40, number 14.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAndreas Marks, Seven Masters: 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Wells Collection, 2015, p. 50, cat. no. 20.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eStephens, Amy Reigle (ed.): The New Wave: Twentieth Century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection. 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This seems to be the view from Upper Yosemite Falls Trail portion of the trail. Obata certainly climbed this trail with his brushes and paints during his 1927 Yosemite trip to create the watercolor for this print at this exact vantage point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom the World Landscape series, the groundbreaking achievement that Obata spent all his savings on creating with the highest possible standards. This series represents the finest woodblock printing of the 20th century, and it would be impossible to attempt today, as no human alive could carve and print this masterpiece of woodblock printing. They’ve captured Obata’s dry brushstrokes, his faint brushstrokes as well as the wet brushstrokes that pool into each other. The World Landscape Series employed more than 32 carvers and 40 printers for eighteen months, and was closely supervised by the artist, who spent all of his savings on the project. In order to give the effect of a watercolor, scores of blocks were used for each design, and specially prepared paper was made. According to the Takimizawa booklet on this series, this work required 125 impressions to create. Provenance: Bought from a Japanese family who purchased the work in the 1930s and never framed the work. All works from this series, especially unfaded examples, are extremely scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eExcellent impression and color. Very good condition. Work has never been framed. Some toning to image. 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Her bright white face with downcast eyes stands out amidst the festive colors of her costume and the rather formidable headdress. There is a kabuki dance called Hane no Kamuro, and photos of those performances show a kabuki actor wearing a similar costume. The kabuki dance has the male actor playing the young girl (kamuro) who is playing with the battledore and shuttlecock (hane), from the traditional New Year’s game. There are also performances on YouTube that feature actual young girls performing this dance. The long sleeves of the kimono feature black handle-like accessories that attach to long streamers, which we see here on the dancer’s costume as well. In earlier times a kamuro was a young assistant to a courtesan who was in training for the profession. Shuho was primarily a painter, and he only designed a few woodblock prints. 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