Uehara Konen (1878-1940)
Dock and sailboat at night
Size: 7.875 x 3.875 inches. 19.8 x 10 cm.
ca. 1910.
Published by Kobayashi Bunshichi. The publisher's shop and many works did not survive the 1923 earthquake.
Artist's seal, publisher's seal lower left.
Cartouche with number 333 in Japanese at lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Kawase Hasui
House by Water at Night
Date: 1951.
Size: Approximately 2.25 x 1.5 inches. Card size: 3.5 x 2.25 inches.
Hasui seal at right.
Woodblock print is attached along its top edge only to original blank card.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent.
- A rare and truly tiny design.

Shodo Kawarazaki (1889-1973)
Magnolia (Mokuren)
Date: 1950s. Later edition.
Size: Oban. 16.0 x 11 inches.
Artist's seal lower right.
Publisher: Unsodo. Publisher, carver, and printer seals at left margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Ito Jakuchu
Flying Bird and Flower
Date: 1930s or earlier.
Size: 4.25 x 3 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Margin corner thinning or chips.

Modern double picture frame. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Two vertical (portrait) rectangular windows in horizontal (landscape) rectangular surround. Sterling silver borders and sides. On front red guilloche enamel in shade of throbbing scarlet. For a hot twosome. With beveled glass, red lining, and same velvet back with hinged easel support. Marked “Cartier Sterling 925 Italy”. Very good condition with strong intact color...

City in the Rain (after Hasui)
(A rare alternative perspective on "City in the Rain" by Kawase Hasui).
Artist: Not known.
Date: 1930s.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent with very slight bend at upper right corner.

Fukutaro Tanouchi
Udon
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Date: 1930-40s.
Signed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
A rare and wonderful shin hanga design.

Ojiya chijimi unlined kimono which was produced in Ojiya city area in Niigata prefecture. It has uneven surface like crepe, which is improved from Echigo-jofu, which has been woven of choma (ramie) since more than 1000 years ago in the region. The first half of the 20th century. In good condition except for very light beige spots in both under arms in the back. W:124cm, L:145cm

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Lake Chuzenji in Nikko
Size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Date: 1930s.
Koitsu's Shinsei seal at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-121.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Faint mark in snow near title.

Tomoe (after Hasui)
Rainy Street Scene
(This smaller unsealed print is clearly based on "City in the Rain" by Kawase Hasui).
Date: 1950s-60s.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along its top edge only to original blank card (7 x 4.625 inches).
Condition: Excellent.

Kawase Hasui
Evening Snow at Terajima Village
Date: 1950-60s.
Size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches.
Woodblock print is attached along its top edge only to original blank card.
Card size: Approximately 7 x 4.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Not sealed by the artist. We've had a later sealed example.
Condition: Excellent.

Fenton Glass Company made Colonial Thumbprint from 1962-80. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Crows on a Cold Night
Date: Pre-1936.
Size: Approximately 7.125 x 4.875 inches.
Shotei seal lower left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: S-19. Watanabe #173
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Tiny lower left margin corner bend.

A fabulous ceramic casket by Kawai Kanjiro covered in his famous Gosu blue with abstract colorful patterns enclosed in a wooden box signed by the head of the Kawai Kanjiro Kinenkan Museum. It is 25 x 14 x 14 cm (10 x 5-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Kawai Kanjiro was a true artist by nature, and together with Hamada Shoji, set a pattern of study for modern potters...

A lovely bowl covered with abstract flower designs by Kawai Kanjiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hanawan. It is 12 cm (4-3/4 inches) diameter, 11.5 cm tall and in excellent condition. Kawai Kanjiro was a true artist by nature, and together with Hamada Shoji, set a pattern of study for modern potters...

Lifetime edition Japanese shin hanga woodblock print by Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) titled "Evening Sky at Suwa Shrine, Nippori" dated Showa 8 (1932). Post-WWII edition bearing the round red 6mm Watanabe publisher's seal at the lower right corner below the artist's black ink signature and red seal. Paper: 15 1/4" x 10 1/4" (image: 14 3/16" x 9 3/8"). The print does not appear to have been previously printed and is in very good overall condition...

Lifetime edition Japanese shin hanga woodblock print titled "Yumoto Spa, Nikko" by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) dated in the left margin Showa 12 (1937). The artist's black ink signature and red seal are at the right edge of the image. Post-WWII edition bearing the round 6mm Watanabe publisher's seal at the lower right corner. Paper: 15 1/8" x 10 5/16" (image: 14 1/4" x 9 1/2"). Good overall condition. There is a fade line evident across the top of the image...

Japanese shin hanga woodblock print depicting two beauties walking with umbrellas down a rainy evening street lined with storefronts titled "Evening at Ushigome Kagurazaka" from the series "Sketches of Famous Places in Japan" by Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) dated in the right margin "8th month of Showa 14" (1939). A prominent lantern holding the name of the publisher Doi hangs at the left. The title is above the date in the right margin...