SOSAKU HANGA
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Sosaku Hanga, or "Creative Printing," was an important 20th century movement in Japanese printmaking.  Sosaku Hanga artists explored a broad range of artistic possibilities with their imaginative and unorthodox use of color, subject matter, and printing methods.  Instead of relying on the collaborative artist-publisher process that had defined Japanese woodblock printing for centuries, Sosaku Hanga artists took control of every aspect of production - drawing, cutting, and printing their blocks to independently realize their creative visions. 

UMETARO AZECHI
(Japanese, 1902-1999)

Calling to the Mountains
Color woodblock, c. 1980
Signed in pencil
Unnumbered edition
Published by Yoshido Gallery
(stamp verso)
Small tear in top margin
Lightly toned, esp. verso
15-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches

28256
$1200.

KIKUO GOSHO (b. 1943)

Rooftops
Color woodblock, 1985
Edition: 36/200
Signed in pencil
10-3/16 x 14-7/16 inches

26683
$300.

KIKUO GOSHO (b. 1943)

Temple
Color woodblock, 1985
Edition: 15/200
Signed in pencil
10-3/16 x 14-7/16 inches

26682
$300.

HIDEO HAGIWARA (b. 1913) 

SOIL (2) - Volcanic Ashes
Color woodblock, 1960
Signed
Edition 15/30
A few spots bottom right margin corner and upper center edge of outer right margin
17 x 22-1/2 inches

28971c
SOLD

RAKUICHI HAGIWARA

Girl with Flowers
From an unnumbered edition.
Signed in pencil with artist's red seal.
6 x 10-3/4 inches.

23184
$225.

RAKUICHI HAGIWARA

Girl with Cranes
From an unnumbered edition.
Signed in pencil with artist's red seal.
6 x 10-3/4 inches.

23185
SOLD

KIYOSHI HASEGAWA (Japanese/French, 1891-1980)

Fleurs des Champs Graminees.
Engraving printed chine colle, 1950.
Signed in the plate and in pencil.
Artist's proof.
11-1/8 x 9-1/8 inches.

[23017]
$2500..

KIYOSHI HASEGAWA (Japanese/French, 1891-1980)

Oiseau dans un Champ (Bird in Field).
Engraving printed chine colle.
Signed in pencil and in the plate. 1957.
Edition: 19/60. Artist’s blind stamp in the margin.
9-3/8 x 13 inches.

[23018]
$3600.

OKIIE HASHIMOTO (1899-1993) 

Stone Garden A
Color woodblock, 1963
Edition 33/60
24 x 19-1/2 inches

28972c
SOLD

JOICHI HOSHI (1913-1979) 

Dawn
Color woodblock, 1977
Signed
7 x 9-3/4 inches

28696c
$2400.

JOICHI HOSHI (1913-1979) 

Early Spring
Color woodblock, 1974
Signed
9-11/16 x 7 inches

28697c
$3600.

JOICHI HOSHI (1913-1979) 

Thicket on the Hill 
Color woodblock, 1976
Edition 26/99
Signed
9-3/4 x 21-3/4 inches

28698c
$18,000.

MASUO IKEDA (B. 1934)

Sky Bed.
Mixed technique color etching.
Signed and dated in pencil with artist's blind stamp. Artist's proof. 1969.
14-1/4 x 13 inches.

24126
$2800.

SHUZO IKEDA (b. 1922)

Swinging
Color woodblock, 1962
Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50/50
11-3/4 x 19-3/4 inches
25295
$300.

KOJI IKUTA (b. 1952) 

Owls
Mezzotint, 1995
Signed
Edition 7/75
5-1/4 x 5-1/8 inches

28790c
SOLD

KAM KAWADA (Contemporary) 

Kyoto Pontocho 
Color woodblock, 1980
Signed
Edition 4/82
12-1/2 x 20 inches

28997c
SOLD

KAORU KAWANO (1916-1965) 

Little Girl (Kimono with Red Flowers) 
Color woodblock
Signed
Artist’s seal in red
A few faint spots in margins
4-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches

25625c
SOLD

KAORU KAWANO (1916-1965)

Girl in Moonlit Wheat
Color woodblock. Signed in pencil.
11-1/4 x 16-3/4 inches.

21251
SOLD

YOSHIHARU KIMURA
(Japanese, b. 1934)

Silver Light
Color woodcut with metallic pigment, 1976
Signed
Edition 67/85
Very faint halo from old mat
17-1/2 x 10-7/8 inches

29002c
$400.

FUMIO KITAOKA (Japanese, b. 1918)

Stone Garden
Color Woodblock, 1965
Edition: 12/50
Signed and titled in pencil
27239c
$500.

FUMIO KITAOKA (Japanese, b. 1918)

Old Fisherman in a Net-House
Color woodblock, 1966
Signed
Edition 30/50
Very lightly toned
15-3/4 x 21-1/2 inches

29003c
$650.

AKIRA KUROSAKI (1937-1998)

Camouflaged Reflection A
Color woodcut, 1978
Edition: 58/90
Signed in coloor pencil
21-3/4 x 15-1/4 inches

26688
$600.

AKIRA KUROSAKI (1937-1998)

Aurora
Color woodcut
Signed, titled, dated, numbered in colored pencil. 1982. Ed. 62/250.
9-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches

21789
$225.

HAKU MAKI (1924-2000) 

Halo 1
Relief print
Signed
Edition 36/555
7-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches

28038c
SOLD

HAKU MAKI (1924-2000) 

Work 75-15 (Flavour)
Concrete relief print
Signed
Artist’s seal in red
Edition 138/152
7-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches

28442c
SOLD

HIROKI MORINOUE (Hawaiian, b. 1947) 

Mondrian’s Obi  
Woodcut, c.1997
Signed
Edition 6/20
14 x 10 inches

28982c
SOLD

GYOJIN MURAKAMI (Contemporary) 

The Aged Fisherman 
Woodcut, 1973
Signed
Edition 50/100
38-3/4 x 20-3/8 inches

28428c
$1200.

TADASHI NAKAYAMA (b. 1927)

Kura (Saddles)
Woodcut, 1963
Signed
Edition 54/80
Light creases in bottom margin
19-3/8 x 17-1/8 inches

29008c
$1600.

TADASHI NAKAYAMA (b. 1927)

Afternoon Riding a Horse Festival
Color woodblock, 1968
Signed in pencil
Edition: 52/65
22-3/4 x 35-1/2 inches

24692
$3800.

HAJIME NAMIKI (b. 1947) 

Flower No. 3
Color woodblock, 1983
Signed
Artist’s seal in red
Edition 37/150
12-1/2 x 17-1/4 inches

28040c
$650.

KIYOSHI SAITO (1907-1997)

Shoji, Kyoto (B) 
Color woodblock, 1954
Signed
Artist’s red seal
Edition 47/50
Tape stains in top margin. Very faint halo of matburn. 
12-1/8 x 20 inches 

28788c
$2200.

KIYOSHI SAITO (1907-1997)

Children Shoveling Snow
Color woodblock
Signed in pencil with the artist's stamp.
14-1/4 x 9-5/8 inches

24170
$575.

KIYOSHI SAITO (1907-1997)

Rice Fields at Edge of Village
Color woodblock
Signed. Artist's red seal
Unnumbered edition
10-1/4 x 15-1/8 inches

28787c
$575.

KIYOSHI SAITO (1907-1997) 

Teahouse 
Color woodblock
Signed
Artist’s red seal
Unnumbered edition
10-1/8 x 15-1/8 inches

28786c
SOLD

KIYOSHI SAITO (1907-1997)

Nara
Color woodblock, 1970
Signed in brush with artist's red seal. Titled and numbered in pencil.
Edition: 11/80
14-3/4 x 20-1/2 inches
27161
SOLD

JUN’ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988) 

Kuwana - Haiku Monument
Color woodblock, 1964
From The New 53 Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974
Signed
12-3/4 x 18-1/8 inches

28724c
$750.

JUN-ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)

Nihonbashi
Series: Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Color woodblock, 1960
Signed in pencil
12-3/4 x 16-3/4 inches
25115
$750.

JUN-ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)

Joruri Puppet Theatre
Color woodblock
Signed
Edition: 64/100
19-1/2 x 25-3/4 inches

27834
$1800.

JUN-ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)

Oregon Deer
Color woodblock, 1963
Artist’s proof (?)
Signed in pencil
12-1/2 x 19-3/8 in.
26699
$625.

JUN-ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)

Hara
Color woodblock from
The New 53 Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974 
Signed 
12-3/4 x 18-1/8 inches
28725c
$750.

JUN-ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)

Miya
Color woodblock, 1960
From The New 53 Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974
Signed
12-3/4 x 18-1/8 inches
28726c
$750.

JUN-ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)

Kawasaki
Series: Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Color woodblock, 1960
Signed in pencil
12-3/4 x 18 inches
25109
$450.

JUN-ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)

Shono
Color woodblock from The New 53 Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974
Signed
12-3/4 x 18-1/8 inches
28723c
SOLD

JUN-ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)

Fujieda
Series: Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Color woodblock, 1962
Signed in pencil
12-3/4 x 18 inches
25117
$450.

JUN-ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)

Minakuchi
Series: Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Color woodblock, 1961
Signed in pencil
12-3/4 x 18-1/2 inches
25110
$700.

SADAO WATANABE
(Japanese, b. 1913)

Grapes in Canaan
Color stencil print, 1983
Signed
Edition 23/100
17-1/4 x 21-1/2 inches

28410
SOLD

SADAO WATANABE
(Japanese, b. 1913)

Well of Samaria
Color stencil print, 1979
Signed
Edition 29/80
21 x 17-1/2 inches

28413
SOLD

SADAO WATANABE (b. 1913) 

Adoration of the Magi
Color stencil print, 1983
Signed
Edition 20/100
18-3/4 x 16 inches

28430c
SOLD

SADAO WATANABE (b. 1913) 

Pentacost
 Color stencil print, 1979
Signed
Edition 2/80
21 x 17-3/4 inches

28433c
$1600.

SADAO WATANABE (b. 1913) 

The Flight into Egypt
Color stencil print, 1970
Signed
Edition 12/50
21 x 17-3/4 inches

28695c
$1500.

SADAO WATANABE (b. 1913) 

Mary and Elizabeth
Color stencil print, 1964
Signed
Edition 37/50
Sheet: 24-1/2 x 19-3/4  inches

29009c
SOLD