Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1839 – 1892)
Click here to view image full size. The old hag of Adachi Moor. A gruesome tale of a high-ranking woman who kills young children to supply their blood to the local lord who suffers from an unknown disease. She is…
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Dealing in fine Japanese prints, paintings and books since 1968
Japanese Prints London
Dealing in fine Japanese prints, paintings and books since 1968
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Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1832 – 1892 )
Click here to view image full size. Lady Yodo, Yodo no Kimi, from the fine set Ikkai zuihitsu, “Essays by Yoshitoshi.” Lady Yodo ( 1567 – 1615 ) , the concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was installed at Yodo castle to…
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1832 – 1892 )
Click here to view image full size. Kiyohime from the fine set Wakan hyaku monogatari. “One Hundred Ghost Stories of China and Japan.” This famous story set in A.D.928 tells of unrequited love. It inspired a number of Kabuki and…
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1832 – 1892)
Click here to view image full size. Shows Uesugi no Terutora, best known as Kenshin, riding into battle through clouds of smoke from the set Yoshitoshi musha burui, “Yoshitoshi’s Courageous Warriors.” He is best known for his long standing conflict…
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1832 – 1892)
Click here to view image full size. A triptych showing a massive exploding mine throwing bodies into the air. Title: Taiheiki Masakiyo nansen no zu, “Masakiyo’s Difficult Battle from the Taiheiki Chronicles.” Published 10/1866 by Yamajin. Although set in the…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Yorimasa’s retainer, Hayata Tadazumi, despatching the Nue with his sword amongst thunder and lightning. The Nue ( a composite beast, as big as a house with monkey’s head, back of badger, claws of…
Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Shoki, “The Demon Quellor.” The ghostly Chinese protector of the Emperor Ming Hwang. A favourite subject for the Japanese, he is usually shown beating off annoying oni. He is always depicted dressed in…
Ichiryusai HIROSHIGE (1797 – 1858)
Click here to view image full size. Gishi katakiuchi no zu, “Revenge of the Loyal Retainers.” The ronin assemble before the castle of Ko no Moronao before their attack. Published 1846 by Aritaya Kiyo-e mon. Rare. Very good impression and…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Sagino-ike Heikuro grappling with a huge serpent at the lake of Sayama, Tondabayashi, in the Province of Kawachi from Honcho Suikoden goyu happyakunin no hitori, the “Eight Hundred Heroes of our Country’s Suikoden,…
Kochoro KUNISADA (1786 – 1865)
Click here to view image full size. Shoki, “The Demon Quellor.” The ghostly Chinese protector of the Emperor Ming Hwang. A favourite subject for the Japanese, he is usually shown beating off annoying oni. He is always depicted dressed in…
Gountei SADAHIDE (1807-1873)
Click here to view image full size. The young Benkei, Oniwaka Maru, “Young Devil Child”, fighting the giant carp in the waterfall of Bishamon gataki. A strong composition, the vivid red of Oniwaka Maru contrasting with the aizuri background. Published…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. The grand wrestling match between Kawazo Saburo Sukeyasu ( right ) and Matano Goro Kagehisa. In the background can be seen the first Kamakura shogun Yoritomo and his entourage. The event took place…
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1832 – 1892)
Click here to view image full size. The Heian courtier Fujiwara no Yasumasa playing the flute by moonlight. Based on a painting Yoshitoshi exhibited at the Exhibition for the Advancement of Painting in the autumn of 1882. The story relates…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Raiko and his retainers attacking the enormous reclining hulk Shuten-doji ( “Great Drunkard Boy” ) who is in a drunken stupor. Raiko eventually cuts off the monster’s head and returns in triumph to…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. The complete set of six chuban diptychs: Oguri ju-yushi no ichi-nin, “The Ten Brave Retainers of Oguri, One by One.” Robinson S26. Published by Yawata-ya Sakujiro, c.1843. Rare complete. Fine impressions and colour.…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Nichiren struggling up a snow-covered mountain near Tsukahara on the Island of Sado. The best design from Koso goichidai ryakuza, the “Illustrated Abridged Biography of the Founder.” Published by Iseya Rihei, c 1831.…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Mitsukuni ( Otaketaro ) defying the skeleton-spectre in the castle Soma no furugosho. One of the iconic Kuniyoshi designs and considered by many to be his finest. Illustrated in numerous publications. Mitsukuni was…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. The priest Nichiren having his prayers for rain answered. The second best design from Koso goichidai ryakuzu, “Illustrated Abridged Biography of the Founder”. This event happened at Ryozengasaki in Kamakura in 1271. Nichiren…
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1839 – 1892)
Click here to view image full size. Snow from the set Setsugekka no uchi, “Snow, Moon and Flowers” published by Akiyama Buemon, 1890. Shows half-length portraits of famous actors, in this case Onoe Baiko V ( Onoe Kikugoro V, 1844-1903…
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1839 – 1892)
Click here to view image full size. The best design from the set Tsuki hyakushi, the “Hundred Phases of the Moon”. The set published between 1885 and 1892 ( this being 1886 ) by Akiyama Buemon. Shows Benkei, at the…
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1839 – 1892)
Click here to view image full size. Gikeiki gojobashi no zu. Shows Ushiwaka and Benkei duelling on Gojo Bridge. An episode from the Chronicles of Yoshitsune, 1881. This impression is unlike any other illustrated example: The moon does not have…
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1839 – 1892)
Click here to view image full size. Nippon ryakushi, “A Brief History of Japan”. Shows Susanoo no Mikoto killing the 8 – headed serpent at Hirokawa in Izumo Province. Published by Izawa Genjiro, 1887. Designed in the same format as…
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1839 – 1892)
Click here to view image full size. Yoshitoshi’s masterpiece. Shows Mongaku ( Endo Morito c 1120-1200 ) subjecting himself to three years penance as a Buddhist monk beneath the waterfall of Mount Nachi in Kii Province. Morito inflicted this punishment…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Gomo ( Wu Meng ) carrying a smoking pot to keep the mosquitoes away from his father from the set Nijushi-ko doji kagami, “Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety”. The set…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Rikuseki ( Lu Chi ) stoops to pick up money for his aged father from the set Nijushi-ko doji kagami, “Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety”. The set published by Wakasa-ya…
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Doji Yoshiharu ( Horio Yoshiharu ) overthrowing a giant boar watched by warriors top right. Published by Tajima-ya, c 1847-50. Robinson T202. Very fine impression with mica and splashed gofun. Fine colour and…
Utagawa KUNISADA (1786 – 1865)
Click here to view image full size. A complete set of five prints of otokodate ( chivalrous men ) showing the champions: Kanoko Kanpei; Kanto Koroku; Hon’machi Amigoro; Shimano Shinpei; and Benkei Tazaemon. This is a complimentary set to a…
Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (1798 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Yoshitsune with the beautiful fifteen year old Joruri-hime against a misty back-drop. From the set: “Biography of Yoshitsune” published by Iba-ya Kyubei c 1848-53. Robinson S65.6. Fine impression, colour and condition. Signed Ichiyusai…
Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (1798 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Yamamoto Kansuke overcoming a giant boar in the snow from the set “Stories of Remarkable Persons of Loyalty and High Reputation”. The set published by Ise-Ichi and Yenshu-ya Matabei c 1845. Robinson S35.16.…
Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (1798 – 1861)
Click here to view image full size. Asahina Yoshihide’s fight with two crocodiles in the sea off Kamakura, watched by the Shogun Yoriiye and his nobles in boats. Published by Soshu-ya Yohei c 1842-3. Robinson T119. One of Kuniyoshi’s best…