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Ten Great Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print Books
Online collections are a wonderful resource, but a well-illustrated book is the next best thing to holding an actual print in your hands. These are ten great titles for collectors or anyone who enjoys Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers, and Masterworks, 1680-1900 Andreas Marks – Organized by artist and publisher, and…
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Lot 1. STREET SCENE IN THE YOSHIWARA
Image of actual item from Metropolitan Museum of Art MORONOBU (B. 1625, d. 1694) In the Tenna Period, immediately preceding the Genroku. Guests in the tea-houses are seen dimly through the curtains of bamboo strips; many people are passing along the street in front. Yoko-e. Ink print from a folding album. Not signed. These albums…
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Lot 2. SCENE FROM THE DRAMA “ONNA KUDO YOSO-OI SOGA”
Image of actual item from the Frederic May sale catalog TORII KIYONOBU I (B. 1664, d. 1729) Performer at the Nakamura theatre, Edo, first month Hoei 2 (January 25 to February 23, 1705, of our calendar). The first Nakamura Shichisaburo, one of the most famous actors of the Genroku period, in the role of Soga…
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Lot 3. SCENE FROM A DRAMA
Image is the same subject but attributed to Torii Kiyonobu II at the Honolulu Museum of Art TORII KIYONOBU I (B. 1664, d. 1729) The first Bando Hikosaburo as the famous archer Tawara Toda, seated near a house by the sea, and turning to look up at a woman impersonated by Tsugawa Kamon who stands…
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Lot 4. SCENE FROM A DRAMA
TORII KIYONOBU I (B. 1664, d. 1729) The second Ichikawa Danjuro as Soga no Goro; the second Nakajima Kanzaemon as (?) Fuwa Banzaemon. Hoso-e. Urushi-e. Signed: Torii Kiyonobu hitsu. Publisher: Okumura. About 1726. Purchaser: Kano Oshima Price: $32.50 |
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Lot 5. AN ACTOR OF THE ICHIMURA LINE
Image is an example from the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art TORII KIYOMASU (B. 1702 (?), d. 1763) As an oharami leading a carabao laden with bundles of firewood. Hoso-e. Urushi-e. Signed: Torii Kiyomasu hitsu. Purchaser: Earl T. Shima Price: $140.00 |
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Lot 6. SCENE FROM THE DRAMA “HOBASHIRA TAIHEIKI”
TORII KIYOMASU (B. 1702 (?), d. 1763) as performed at the Ichimura theatre, Edo, first month Gembun 1, i.e. February 1736: Ichikawa Ebizo (the second Danjuro) as Shinazuka Goro; the first Otani Hiroji as Nagasaki Kageyuzaemon. Hoso-e. Urush-e. Signed: Torii Kiyomasu hitsu. Publisher: Tsuru-ya. 1736. Purchaser: Frances Osborne Kellogg Price: $7.50 |
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Lot 7. ICHIMURA KAMEZO AS ISE NO SABURO
Image of actual item from the Metropolitan Museum of Art TORII KIYOMASU (B. 1702 (?), d. 1763) The name of the drama has not been learned. Hoso-e. Beni-e. Signed: Torii Kiyomasu hitsu. Publisher: Iga-ya. About 1748. Purchaser: Metropolitan Museum of Art Price: $17.50 |
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Lot 8. SCENE FROM A DRAMA
Image of actual item from the Metropolitan Museum of Art TORII KIYOMASU (B. 1702 (?), d. 1763) Ichimura Kamezo as Hirano-ya Tokubei: Arashi Tominosuke as Tenma-ya Ohatsu. Hoso-e. Beni-e. Signed: Torii Kiyomasu hitsu. Publisher: Iga-ya. Fine impression, but colors much faded. About 1748. Purchaser: Metropolitan Museum of Art Price: $27.50 |
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Lot 9. SCENE FROM THE DRAMA “HATSU-TORA KURAMA GENJI”
Image of actual item from the Metropolitan Museum of Art TORII KIYOMASU (B. 1702 (?), d. 1763) Ichimura theatre, Edo, first month Kwan-en 2, i.e. February 1749. Onoe Kikugoro as Goyo-no-mae, wife of Suzuki; the first Sanogawa Ichimatsu as Ushiwaka. Hoso-e. Beni-e. Signed: Torii Kiyomasu hitsu. Publisher: Maru-ya. 1749. Purchaser: Metropolitan Museum of Art Price:…
