Richard Kruml

Richard Kruml

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. Karasaki yayu ‘Evening Rain at Karasaki Pine Tree’ from the vertical Omi Hakkei set, ‘Eight Views of Omi [ Lake Biwa ]’, published by Uoya Eikichi, Snake 7, 1857. Superb impression of the…

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. Yabase kihan, ‘Fishing Boats Returning to Yabase’ from the vertical Omi Hakkei set, ‘Eight Views of Omi [ Lake Biwa ]’, published by Uoya Eikichi, Snake 7, 1857. Superb impression of the first…

Ichiyusai HIROSHIGE II (1826-1869)

 Click here to view image full size. Tsukudajima gyoshu, ‘Fishing Boats at Tsukuda Island’ from Toto sanjurokkei, the ‘Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital’ published by Se-To between 1859-1862. Shows tall vessels in the foreground and cormorant fishermen in the…

Ichiyusai HIROSHIGE II (1826-1869)

 Click here to view image full size. Shitaya, Hiroko-ji ‘Hirokoji Avenue, Shitaya’ from Toto sanjurokkei, the ‘Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital’ published by Se-To between 1859-1862. Shows figures struggling in a blustery shower. Very fine impression of the first…

Kobayashi KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915)

 Click here to view image full size. The Sumida River and Suijin Forest under heavy rain, a moon-lute in the foreground, from the set Musashi hyakkei no uchi, the ‘One Hundred Views of Musashi’ ( Musashi being the plain in…

Kobayashi KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915)

 Click here to view image full size. Fireworks over Ryogoku from the set Musashi hyakkei no uchi, the ‘One Hundred Views of Musashi’ ( Musashi being the plain in which Tokyo lies ). The set was modelled on Hiroshige’s 100…

Katsushika HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

 Click here to view image full size. Fuji from the Tea Plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province from Hokusai’s most famous series: Fugaku Sanji-rokkei, the ‘Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji’. The set of 46 prints published by Eijudo c 1830-32.…

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. A night view of Monkey Street, Saruwaka-cho, from The Hundred Views of Edo published Dragon 9, 1856, by Uoya Eikichi. This was the theatre district and the perspective and shadows makes this one…

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. Tsukudajima hatsu kakko, ‘The First Cuckoo at Tsukudajima Island’ from Hiroshige?s first major landscape set of 10 prints with title Toto Meisho published by Shoeido c 1831-2. This is the rare first state:…

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. Numazu from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido. The set published by Hoeido and Senkakudo c1833-4. One of the finest designs from the set and the only moon scene. Shows Buddhist pilgrims entering…

Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

 Click here to view image full size. An extremely rare chuban triptych from a set of the Four Seasons, this being ‘Autumn’. See Kuniyoshi, Juzo Suzuki, Tokyo, 1992, which shows all four from the set, nos 233-236. Published by Arita-ya…

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. Night snow at Kambara from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido. The set published by Hoeido and Senkakudo c1833-4. Together with Shono, the masterpice from the set and widely reproduced. Good to very…

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. Saijo in Iyo Province from the Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces. Published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, Hare 9 ( 1855 ). First edition. Superb impression of first edition. Perfect colour. Light album backing…

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. Kwannon Temple, Abumon in Bingo Province from the Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces. Published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, Ox 12 ( 1853 ). A variant first edition to Pulverer copy. One of the…

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. Kameyama, yuki-bari, ‘Clear Weather after Snow’ from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido. The set published by Hoeido and Senkakudo in 1834. This is the rare first state: before the blue sky block…

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. A triptych, ‘Moon’, from a series of ‘Snow, Moon, Flower’. ( The screen?s half-moon shape here representing the moon. ) Another nice touch are the shadows cast by the figures. Published by Dansendo…

Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

 Click here to view image full size. Heavy wind and rain in Yamabushidani, Mimasaka Province from the Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces. Published by Koshimuraya Heisuke and dated Ox 12 (1853). The best design after the Whirlpool at Naruto.…