Hotei Japanese Prints catalog autumn 2014

13. Anonymous Nagasaki-e
A horizontal print in Nagasaki style showing six foreign
boats. Top right: Chinese vessel; top middle: Korean
vessel; top left: Siamese vessel; bottom right: Dutch vessel;
bottom middle: Russian vessel; bottom left: foreign paddle
streamer. Unsigned, no publisher’s mark, c. 1860. Tanzaku.
Very good impression, colour and condition.
14. Utagawa Yoshitora 歌 川 芳 虎 (act. c. 1830s-1880s)
A Yokohama triptych titled People of five nations - Sunday.
Published by Yamashiroya Jinbei in 1861. Signed: Yoshitora
ga on three panels. Ôban triptych.
Very good impression, colour and condition. Unbacked, full size.
15. Toyohara Chikanobu 豊 原 周 延 (1838-1912)
A triptych showing Court ladies sewing Western clothing.
Signed: Yoshû Chikanobu, with toshidama seal. Published by
Hayashi Kichizô in 1887. Ôban triptych.
Very good impression, colour and condition.
16. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月 岡 芳 年 (1839-1892)
Soga Tokimune galloping bareback in Ôiso. Published by
Fukuda Kumajirô in 1885. Signed: Ôju Yoshitoshi ga. Ôban
triptych.
Very good impression, colour and condition. Full size, unbacked.
17. Toyohara Kunichika 豊 原 国 周 (1835-1900)
The actor Ichikawa Sadanji I in the role of Miyamoto
Musashi. Published in 1888 by Sasaki Toyokichi. Signed:
Toyohara Kunichika hitsu. Ôban triptych.
Fine impression, colour and condition. Full size.
18.Toyohara Kunichika 豊 原 国 周 (1835-1900)
The actor Ishikawa Sadanji in the role of Koganojo, from
the series Mitate Hakkenden no uchi (A parody of the the
Eight dog heroes). Published by Fukuda Kumajirô in 1883.
Ôban.
Fine impression, colour and condition.
19. Konishi Hirosada 小 西 廣 貞 (fl. c. 1819-1863)
The actor Nakamura Shikan III (1810-1847) in his last role
as yakko Ippei in the play Tôkaidô koi no sekifuda. Published
in 1847. Signed: Hirosada ga. Chûban.
Very good impression, colour and condition. Unbacked.
20. Konishi Hirosada 小 西 廣 貞 (fl. c. 1819-1863)
An unidentified actor in the role of Kumagai Jirô in the
play Ichinotani futaba gunki. Published in 1848. Signed:
Hirosada ga. Chûban.
Very good impression, colour and condition. Unbacked.
21. Utagawa Kunihiro 歌 川 国 広 (fl. c. 1816-1841)
The actor Arashi Rikan II in the role of Hirai Gonpachi.
Published by Tenki in 1835. Signed: Ganjôsai Kunihiro ga.
Ôban
Fine impression, colour and condition. Heavy deluxe paper.
22. Yoshida Hiroshi 吉 田 博 (1876-1950)
A calm day. From the series: Inland sea-second series. Self
published in 1930. Pencil signed in right bottom corner,
with jizuri seal in left top margin. Ôban.
Fine impression, colour and condition.
23. Kitano Tsunetomi 北 野 恒 富 (1880-1947)
Woman before the mirror. Winter, from the series Four seasons
of the Licensed quarters. Published by in 1919. Signed:
Tsunetomi hitsu. Ôban.
Fine impression, colour and condition.
24a-d. Komura Settai 小 村 雪 岱 (1887-1940)
The complete series A legend from hell (Oden jigoku)
Privately published in circa 1935, commissioned by
Kunieda Kanji. These four works (Rickshaw, Umbrella, Man
and woman under an umbrella and Tattoo) were picked by
Kunieda among the illustrations that Settai made for the
serialized novel Oden Jigoku. The texts in the background
are taken from the novel.
Fine impressions, colour and condition.
25. Sakamoto Hanjirô 坂 本 繁 二 郎 (1882-1969)
The complete series of five landscapes in original folder
from the series Nihon fukei hanga (Japanese scenery prints).
Published in 1918 by Nakajima Jûtarô. With original
portfolio, table of contents and colophon. Chûban.
Very good impression, colour and condition. Two designs show a
slight brownish discoloration in the central area. This is for some
reason the case with most sets.
26. Kawase Hasui 川 瀬 巴 水 (1883-1957) Snow on Miyajima.
From the series Souvenirs of travel, third series. Published by
Watanabe Shôzaburô in 1928. Signed Hasui, with seal: Sui.
Ôban.
Fine impression, colour and condition. Ex Gookin collection.
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