Edo Period to 1868

EDO PERIOD TO 1868

ANDO HIROSHIGE

GENUINE WOODCUT.

GUARANTEED

ORIGINAL,

Nov. l857.

~~C$1900~~
no tax
SOLD

Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858).

Title: Meishi Edo Hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo) Yotsuya Naito Shinjuku (Yotsuya District).

TOYOKUNI UTAGAWA
(1769-1825)

Can$550.

Archival matting
in gold frame

Toyokuni Utagawa the first. Pupil of Toyoharu. Famed 1700s kabuki actor IWAI Hanshiro. Publisher Yetatsu. Ca 1795. (Colours are more vivid than in the image).

HOKUSAI Katsushika
1760-1849

Can$995.

Double archival matting
in black lacquer frame

HOKUSAI Katsushika (1760-1849) . 1802 original print from "Ehon Azuma Asobi" (Picture-book Amsements of the Eastern Capital).

	ANDO HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) GENUINE WOODCUT. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL, CA 1830.	~~C$4900~~ SOLD

	KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) GENUINE WOODCUT. CA 1851.	C$5500.
Condition: Very good. Some ware in corners with some small repairs. Size: Triptych, total image size of three panels, 29" x 14 3/8". Printing is early off the blocks and Colours very good. Content: *This print shows the final chilling scene from the Kabuki play "Sakura Giminden" ("The Story of Sakura, a Man of Justice"). Based on an historic event, the treatment of peasants by the daimyo (feudal lords).*

KUNIYOSHI
Ichiryusai
Original
Shunga
(Pillow Print )

Can$1100.

KUNIYOSHI Ichiryusai (1797-1840). SHUNGA or Pillow Print, Erotica, Unsigned. Silver burnishing in flowers on Geisha's pillow. Ca 1835. Image size 10" x 7 1/2". Border of shells and sea motifs reflects the Japanese name for the world of Geisha, "Ukiyo" (The Floating World). Condition very good. Centre-fold and creasing.

EDO PERIOD TO 1868

“Ukiyo-e (Floating World) woodblock prints began to be produced in the late 17th century, but in 1764 Harunobu produced the first polychrome print. Print designers of the next generation created elegant depictions of courtesans.” Toyokuni, Eizan and Eisen bridged the period over into the 1800s. In the 19th century Hokusai and Hiroshige were the masters of landscape artistry. Hokusai was the Leonardo DiVinci of this period, a great artist and a passionate student of the emerging science and technology of the day. Hiroshige was the creator of romantic landscape prints including that of the Tokaido Road. Kuniyoshi, Kunisada and others excelled in the field of samurai and geisha prints.