Antique Print Department
313 Occidental Ave S. • Seattle, WA 98104 (Map)
Director: Emily Pothast (email) • 206 624.6700
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5:30pm
Edo Period Prints
The Edo Period (1603-1867) is notable for being a time when Japan was closed off politically and economically from the rest of the world. It is also the period when Japanese woodblock prints came into high fashion. Produced by artists in tandem with publishers and highly skilled block cutters, Edo period prints are the result of a collaborative culture that continues today. The themes that these artists favored--usually landscapes, portraits of bijin (beauties) or scenes from kabuki theatre--have also become deeply ingrained into the visual culture of Japan.
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Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Story of Tamiya Botaro (shows his nurse at the well)
Series: Pictorial Illustrations of Loyalty and Revenge. Color woodblock, 1844. Publisher: Dansendo. Soiling in margins. Losses along left margin into image.
Sheet: 14-1/2 x 10 inches.
[24452]
$350
Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Station 23: Fujieda
Series: 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road. Color woodblock, 1832. Publisher: Hoeido. Losses and wear to bottom of sheet. Some worming. Backed for strength.
9 x 14 inches.
[26868c]
$325
Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)
Actor
Color woodblock. Minor soiling allover. Worm losses at top right corner.
Sheet: 14 x 9-1/2 inches (Oban).
[24454]
$425
Kunisada as Toyokuni III (1786-1865)
Kabuki Scene
Color woodcut oban triptych. Wear to edges of sheets. Light soiling throughout. Repaired tear in center image.
13-3/4 x 29-5/16 inches.
[28157c]
$450
Sadanobu Hasegawa (1809-1879)
Atago Yam
Series: Famous Places of Kyoto. Color woodblock, c.1855. Centerfold. Light soiling in margins.
Sheet: 7 x 9-1/2 inches (Chuban).
[14187]
$260
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Kabuki Actor in Samurai Role
Color woodblock, c. 1845.
13-1/2 x 9-3/8 inches (Oban).
[16670]
$225
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797-1861)
Beauty with Bow & Arrows
Color woodblock. Centerfold and some fading.
13-5/8 x 9-3/8 inches showing.
[BLD052]
SOLD
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Oribe Yasubei Taketsune, Samurai
Series: The Forty-Seven Ronin, c. 1847-1848. Censor seals: Hama, Kinugasa. Some staining along sheet edges.
14-1/4 x 9-7/8 inches (Oban).
[25391]
$400
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Motosei Komei Strangling a Guard
Series: The 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden All Told. Color woodblock, 1827-1830. Publisher: Kagaya Kichibeil; seal: Kiwame. Reference: Klopmakers 43a.
13-7/8 x 9-3/8 inches.
[22492]
$325
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Yazama Jujiro Mot-oki, Samurai
Series: The Forty-Seven Ronin. Color woodblock, c. 1847-1848. Censor seals: Hama, Kinugasa. Light waterstain top and right edge. Small worm losses, bottom.
14-3/8 x 9-3/4 inches.
[25389]
$450
Utamaro II (Japanese, ? - c. 1831)
Beauty with Pruning Shears
Color woodcut. Published by Yamada-Yasasuke, 1790-1810. Censor seal: Kiwame (approved). Some fading and creases.
15 x 9-7/8 inches (oban).
[BLD099]
$950 framed
Utamaro (1754-1806)
Tenkachi-Bijinikebana-Awawse
Color woodblock from Tsurea sakura ima masakari (Cherry blossoms in their glory), c. 1800. Signature: Utamaro hitsu. Censor: Kiwame. Publisher: Izui-Ya Ichibei (Senichi).
14-15/16 x 10-1/4 inches.
[29812c]
$2500
