Katsushika HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Click here to view image full size. A sheet of original studies, sumi on thin paper, 10.5 x 15 in; 26.6 x 38 cms. Of particular interest and importance is the self-portrait in the upper right, This is another version…
Japanese Prints London
Dealing in fine Japanese prints, paintings and books since 1968
Japanese Prints London
Dealing in fine Japanese prints, paintings and books since 1968
Richard Kruml
Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Click here to view image full size. A fine large original drawing, sumi on thin paper, 12 x 18 in; 30.4 x 45,7 cms. Shows two awabi divers surrounded by crabs kneeling before a figure – possibly Empress Jingu –…
Katsushika HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Click here to view image full size. A sheet of original sumi drawings laid onto Japanese paper, 14 x 8 in; 35.5 x 20.1 cms.: Four being preliminary designs for the book: Ehon teikin orai, “Communication of Home Precepts” published…
Katsushika HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Click here to view image full size. A sheet of original sumi drawings laid onto Japanese paper, 13 x 8 in; 33 x 20.1 cms.: Four being preliminary designs for the book: Ehon teikin orai, “Communication of Home Precepts” published…
Shibata ZESHIN (1807-1891)
Click here to view image full size. A fine original drawing in sumi and colour for the series Hana kurabe, “A Comparison of Flowers” published by Shugyokudo between c 1875 – 1890. The set of 120 prints was issued in…
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Click here to view image full size. An original oban drawing by Yoshitoshi (an hanshita-e). A design for an unpublished set, probably showing an episode in the Satsuma Rebellion where a group of disenfranchised samurai rebelled. Probably executed c. 1877.…
Katsushika HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Click here to view image full size. An original sumi drawing on thin paper, 9 x 13.25 in; 22.9 x 33.6 cms, showing a reclining warrior, his sword resting on his shoulder. Provenance: Ex Hayashi collection, seal bottom left corner.…
Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Click here to view image full size. An original drawing in sumi with light red under-drawing, 9.75 x 6.75 in; 24.7 x 17.2 cms, on thin paper laid onto card. Shows a general looking down on a castle. Slight foxing.…
Kishi GANTAI (1782-1865)
Click here to view image full size. A superb large gajo (11 x 8 in; 28 x 20.4 cms) of tour de force paintings folding out to comprise: 17 two-sheet designs; 16 four-sheet designs; 5 six-sheet designs; 1 ten-sheet design,…
Teisai HOKUBA (1771-1844)
Click here to view image full size. One of Hokusai’s best pupils. Known for his paintings of beauties but also designed some fine surimono. An original fan painting showing a reclining beauty. Sumi and light red on silvered paper, 7.25…
Katsushika HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Click here to view image full size. old lady in a bath house and two of a seated and standing beauty. (These last two studies were copied many times by Hokusai’s pupils.) Provenance: Ex Hayashi collection, seal bottom right. Good…
Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Click here to view image full size. A fine original sumi drawing (hanshita-e) of oban size for an unpublished set: Eiyu kumiuchi zu, “Collection of Heroes in Combat.” Has a date seal for 1856. Sumi and light colour with pentimenti…
Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Click here to view image full size. A fine original sumi drawing (hanshita-e) of oban size for an unpublished set, c. 1856. Sumi and light colour with extensive pentimenti on thin paper. Shows two samurai in combat. In extremely good…
Utagawa KUNISADA (1786-1864)
Click here to view image full size. An original preliminary oban sumi drawing for an unpublished set. Shows a young woman teaching a child to play the shamisen and how to use the plectrum (bachi). With intended series title: Osana…
Utagawa HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Click here to view image full size. An original drawing, sumi and colour on thin paper laid onto Japanese paper. A preliminary design for a fan print, the outline indicated in red. Apparently never published. Shows a woman in the…
Utagawa KUNISADA II (1823-1880)
Click here to view image full size. An original hanshita-e entitled: Hanayagura, Tenno Matsuri. This famous festival takes place in July in Tsushima, Aichi, with boats floating down the Tenno River. Shows a festival participant with a lion mask. Sumi…
Utagawa HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Click here to view image full size. An original harimaze-e drawing (two or more images on a single page originally intended to be cut apart). Sumi on paper. Intended for a set of such prints of the complete Tokaido. This…
Utagawa KUNISADA (1786-1864)
Click here to view image full size. A sheet of original drawings being hanshita-e for an ehon. Shows, above, a seated samurai and a female figure to the right holding a mirror. Below, actors in a garden setting. Sumi with…
Utagawa YOSHITORA (Fl. c. 1850-1880)
Click here to view image full size. An original hanshita-e triptych drawing for an unpublished print: Okehazama daikassen no zue, “The Great Battle of Okehazama.” Shows Imagawa Yoshimoto being attacked by Hattori Koheita and Mori Shinsuke and killed. The battle…
Ipposai YOSHIFUSA (1837-1860)
Click here to view image full size. A fine original drawing by Yoshitsuru who was a pupil of Kuniyoshi. Sumi and slight colour on thin paper lightly adhered to a card, 13.25 x 10 in; 33.5 x 25.5 cms. The…
Katsushika HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Click here to view image full size. An original drawing, sumi on thin paper, 14.5 x 10.5 in; 37 x 27 cms, laid onto Japanese card. Shows a standing warrior with his sword drawn: A common subject in Hokusai’s oeuvre.…
UNSEN
Click here to view image full size. The dates for Unsen are not known but he was working in the early Meiji period. This original hanshita-e shows Imperial troops defeating the rebellion during the Shimabara riot. (The events took place…
Utagawa YOSHIKAZU (Active c 1849-1867)
Click here to view image full size. Click here to view image full size. A five-sheet original drawing (hanshita-e) showing a parade of beauties before a wicker fence and blossom. Bigyoku imayo hanazoroi, “An Assortment of Modern Beautiful Gems as…
Toyohara KUNICHIKA (1835-1900)
Click here to view image full size. An original hanshita-e drawing showing actors in different roles; above as a warrior and beneath in an onnagata role. Sumi and red on thin paper. Image size 12.5 x 6 in, 31.5 x…
Toyohara KUNICHIKA (1835-1900)
Click here to view image full size. An original hanshita-e drawing possibly showing Kagekiyo breaking prison. Sumi on thin paper. Image size 13 x 6.5 in, 33 x 16.5 cms. . For a series of designs contained within a hagoita…
Toyohara KUNICHIKA (1835-1900)
Click here to view image full size. An original hanshita-e drawing probably showing Danjuro IX as Benkei. Sumi with light touches of pink and blue on thin paper, image size 12.75 x 6.5 in, 32.5 x 16.5 cms. For a…
Mizuno TOSHIKATA (1866–1908)
Click here to view image full size. A fine original drawing for the first sheet of a published triptych by Yoshitoshi for the set Dai Nippon shiryaku showing the naval battle of Dannoura in the reign of Antoku, the 80th…
Mizuno TOSHIKATA (1866–1908)
Click here to view image full size. A fine original drawing for the first sheet of an unpublished ( ?) triptych by Yoshitoshi showing the king of the Tengu, Dai Sojobo, teaching martial arts to the young Yoshitsune. Drawn c…
Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
S Click here to view image full size. An original drawing showing two beauties: One drying her hair, the other about to enter a mosquito net. Sumi on thin paper. 13 x 15.5 in., 33 x 40 cms. Status: Sold
Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Click here to view image full size. A large original drawing showing a beauty on a balcony. In the distance another figure on another balcony. Possibly a study for a painting. Sumi and red under-drawing on thin paper. 15.25 x…