1898
Beauties on the Beach with view of Mount Fuji
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in Burbank, CA
Shichirigahama, Sagami Province. A beauty in the foreground waves to her young companions, who run towards her on the beach. The beauty at left wears a western-style golden ring. We ...
Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Japanese Beauties Enjoy a Full Moon
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Burbank, CA
"Sun, Moon and Stars". Three beauties enjoy a full moon on the veranda of a teahouse or restuarant. The woman on the left kneels and adjusts her lavishly printed kimono. The beauty in the center has her hair down, and behind her is a screen against which shadows are beautifully silhouetted, which adds an air of mystery. The seated woman on the right is perhaps a geisha, as we see a shamisen lying next to her. Before her is a tray with an assortment of foods. One may surmise that the beauties are being compared to the sun, the moon, and the stars. On the left we glimpse a full moon shining over the peaceful bay, and boats at harbor. Original first edition Japanese color woodblock print triptych...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
The Boy Botaro and his Nurse Otsuji and a Lotus Pond
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
The boy Bôtarô watches his nurse Otsuji haul a bucket of water from the well. From the kabuki play Osanago no adauchi. Most interesting is the lush backdrop of lotus flowers and pump...
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Traditional Japanese Geisha (Kiba II)
By Tatsumi Shimura
Located in Burbank, CA
A beautiful Japanese geisha dressed in a traditional robe shyly claps her hands together. She stands in front of a backdrop of a bamboo screen. This print...
Giclée
Apprentice Japanese Geisha (Maiko)
By Tatsumi Shimura
Located in Burbank, CA
A young apprentice geisha from Kyoto poses before a gold leaf screen. She is both alluring and slightly distant at the same time, not an easy balance for an artist to convey. This p...
Giclée
Umewaka Shrine in the Rain
By Kobayashi Kiyochika
Located in Burbank, CA
Umewaka Shrine, from an untitled series of prints depicting Tokyo. A woman braces her umbrella against the rain and a man waits out the storm next to his jinriksha in this view of th...
Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
The Flowering Daigo - Woodcut by Toyohara Chikanobu - 1885
By Toyohara Chikanobu
Located in Roma, IT
The Flowering Daigo is an original artwork realized in 1885 by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838–1912). Limited edition woodcut print signed on plate. From the series "Setsu gekka", (Snow, ...
Woodcut
(Untitled), from the series Pictures of ladies' etiquette
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in Middletown, NY
Tokyo: c1893. Wooblock tryptich printed in colors on hand laid mulberry paper, 14 3/4 x 29 inches (375 x 737 mm), the full sheet. Meiji period. In very good condition with extensive...
Handmade Paper, Woodcut
"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in Soquel, CA
"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper From the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners" (Fuzoku sanjuniso) Lively woodblock of a...
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Two Actors - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu
By Toyohara Chikanobu
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Actors - Japanese Woodblock by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延, 1838–1912), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延). Colorful and expressive court scene. Two actors...
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
"Young Woman of the Meiji" by Yoshu Chikanobu, Lithographic Print.
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Published by Portal Publications. Printed in USA Good Condition 24 x 18
Lithograph
Bijin-ga (Beauty Print) from a... - Woodcut by Utagawa Toyokuni - 19th Century
By Utagawa Toyokuni II
Located in Roma, IT
PPolychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e) on paper Japan, Edo period, mid-19th century. A refined nishiki-e woodblock print depicting an elegantly dressed woman standing within the in...
Woodcut
