Mid-19th Century Prints

A Japanese Woodblock A Young Woman in a Ruined House, print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786~1964), 三代歌川豊国. Dated: Aratame seal, 1855 Publisher: Yamada-ya ABOUT THE ARTIST Utagawa Kuni...

The fame of Chiryu station stretches back to the Heian period. In the classic Tale of Ise, the famed “Eight-Part Bridge” zigzagged through Chiryu’s many blooming irises. Though the b...

A Japanese Woodblock A Young Woman in a Ruined House, print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786~1964), 三代歌川豊国. Dated: Aratame seal, 1855 Publisher: Koshimura-ya Heisuke ABOUT THE ARTIST U...

A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) tilted "Yoroi Ferry at Koami-cho (Yoroi no ...

Antique Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora 一猛齋芳虎 (1836~1880) depicting a night scene with a courtesan, Framed with glass. Dimensions: with...

Woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, censor's seal kiwame, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Ho...

Mid-19th century Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada. Also known as Toyokuni III (1786-1865). A Kabuki actor as a Samurai warrior in dramatic scene. Likely the central image...

The forward guard of a procession of samurai comes strutting up Kinokuni Hill with the Akasaka district in the distance. He wears a stern expression, intent on balancing in the palm ...

Circa 1860 Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada. Late Edo period. A Kabuki actor plays a Samurai role in a dynamic pose as if about to square off. Floating against acid free ...

Why are two half-naked figures out on such a chilly night? It was customary for artisan apprentices to engage in kan-mairi, wintry nighttime visits to temples and shrines where they ...

Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869), Japan, originally 1864, publisher Hiranoya Shinzo, from the series Thirty-six Views of the Pride of Edo, framed and glazed, oban tate-e. Dimensions...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces Number: 44 Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month Number of Prints: 70/70 (inc. Title Page) Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ko-Sen Signature: Hiroshige hitsu Additional marks: Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12 Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame. Reference: For an identical print, see the collection of MIA (Minneapolis Institute of Art) Accession Number P.75.51.398; MFA...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite, extra large, circa 1860-1880 Chinese Ancestral Portrait Please note the delivery...

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) Japanese color woodblock print. Kanbara: View of the Fuji River from Iwabuchi Hill, from the 53 stations of the Tokaido (vertical). Some toning. Severa...

Signature/Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora (fl. 1840-80) Series: Otokodate Kai keshiki (Scenery of Chivalrous Rogue’s Moods / Spirit) Date Seal: Tori-ju (Cock 10) corresponding to the 10th ...

Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904) ???? 20 woodblock prints in album "Tale of the Prince Genji". This is a rare woodblock print album in accordion format...

A Japanese Woodblock A Young Woman in a Ruined House, print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786~1964), 三代歌川豊国. ABOUT THE ARTIST Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese: 歌川 国貞; 1786 – 12 January 1865),...

Utagawa Yoshitora, ????? ( ????) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1850 to about 1880. He was b...

Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada, 1859, entitled "Otokodate Harukoma no Yoshiro". Outstanding color.  It is part of a series by Utagawa (Japan, 1786-1864), or related to ...

Dated 1864 Japanese woodblock print by Toyokuni III. Portrait of the Kabuki actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Gosho no Gorozo from the series "Heroic Commoners in Kabuki". Toyokuni III (a...

Mid-19th century woodblock print of Onoe Kikugoro V signed Kagawa Toyoshige Kitsu. The famed Kabuki actor is playing the role of Banzuinin Chobei (or similar), a legendary street her...

Antique 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Print By Utagawa Kunisada C.1858 Edo period 1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month Original Woodblock print of Snow (Yuki) actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as H...

Listing Description – 19th-Century Balinese White Elephant Allegorical Painting, Color on Cloth with Gilt An exquisite and richly symbolic 19th-century Balinese painting, rendered i...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces Number: 5: Settsu Province: Sumiyoshi, Idemi Beach Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month Number of Prints: 70/70 (inc. Title Page) Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) Block Cutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take) Signature: Hiroshige hitsu Additional marks: Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7 Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame. Reference: For an identical print, see the collection of MFA Boston...

Artist: Hiroshige, Ando, 1797-1858 Title: Senju Great Bridge Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Date: 1856 published by Uoya Eikichi, 2nd month 1856 Plate in Series: 103 ...

Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshiika 落合芳幾 (1833-1904), unframed. About the artist Yoshiiku was a popular ukiyo-e printmaker during the Meiji period. It is thought that he was the son of a tea house proprietor, hence his particular skill success in the portrayal of various beauties from teahouses and restaurants. Yet, he was an artist comfortable across subject matter and is recognized for his fierce portrayal of famous historical warriors. Yoshiiku was a student of Kuniyoshi and a contemporary rival of the famed Yoshitoshi. He signed his name Utagawa Yoshiiku...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japan, 1798-1861), a set of nine Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) from the series 'Taiheiki Eiyuden', or 'Heroes of the Great Peace' published between 1846-1847...

This is an antique framed woodblock print. A Japanese, ukiyo-e figural scene by Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1865), dating to the early Victorian p...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite, extra large, circa 1860-1880 Chinese Ancestral Portrait Please note the delivery...

Stunning and rare, this beautiful and panoramic Japanese woodblock triptych print was produced in the 1850s in a now famed collaboration between renowned artists Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige and Utagawa (Toyokuni III) Kunisada. Hiroshige was the leading landscape print artist and Kunisada the leading actor and figure print artists of their era. The print has all the correct artist's (Hiroshige's red rectangular seal), publisher and date seals and stamps. It was originally purchased from the Franell Gallery which was located in the Okura Hotel in Tokyo in the late 1960s and 1970s and owned by American artist and writer Frances Blakemore...

Antique Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), 一勇齋國芳 Dimensions: with frame: 12.75" W x 18.5" H without frame: 9.5" W x 13.5" H

Unusual Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769~1852), depicting a man in his traditional dress and his right hand holding a young girl, origin...

A beautiful image by renowned Japanese artist/printmaker Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861 ) titled "Saigyo-Hoshi (no. 86) 西行法師 (The Monk Saigyo) (The Monk Saigyo)" from his famous series "Series: Hyakunin isshu no uchi 百人一首之内 (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets)." This work features the Buddhist monk Saigyo under a radiant blue willow tree on a river bank showing a group of curious children a golden cat...

- Collection of the Boston Art Museum - Publisher: Maruya Seijirō 1850s Dimension: Image 8 1/4" x 13 1/2" : with frame 15 in x 19 in Artist: Utagaw...

An antique Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniaki II (1835–1888), depicting the kabuki actor Sawamura Tansuke as Itchome. The expressive portrait features richly patterned robes...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-58) Number: 39 Distant View of Kinryuzan Temple and Azuma Bridge Publisher: Uoya Eikichi Format: Vertical Oban Number of Prints: 120/120 (inc. title page and a replacement print by Hiroshige II) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Signature: Hiroshige ga Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 8 No blockcutter's mark Reference: For a similar print, see the collection of Art Institution Chicago Accession Number 1938.536 and 1965.1062; MFA Boston...

Utagawa Yoshitora, ????? ( ????) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from a...

Ryusai Shigeharu (????/???? 1802–1853) - 'Matsumoto Kinsho II' (Japanese Kabuki Actor) - Antique woodblock print - single print (not part of a ...

A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) tilted No. 51 - Minakuchi, from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-t...

Utagawa Yoshitora, ????? (1836~1880) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1850 to about 1880. He w...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright) Number: 40 Chiryu: The Former Site of the Irises at Eightbridge Village (Chiryu, Yatsuhashimura kakitsubata no koseki) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1855 Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo Seals: Aratame and date Signature: Hiroshige hitsu...

Artist: Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865) Series: Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo Number: 21 "Cherry-blossom Viewing at the Middle Hall and the Double Hall in Ueno" Mediu...

Artist: Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865) Series: Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo Number: 40 "Towboats on the Yotsugi-dori Canal" Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1859 Form...

Utagawa Yoshitora, ????? ( ????) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from a...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright) Number: 6 Totsuka: View of Fuji from the Mountain Road (Totsuka, Sando yori Fuji chobo) Medium: Woodblock Print Date: 1855 Format: Vertical Oban Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo Seals: Aratame and date Signature: Hiroshige hitsu...