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Antique Print Department
313 Occidental Ave South, Seattle, WA 98104
Director: Emily Pothast (Email) • (206) 624-6700
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Sosaku Hanga
Modern Japanese Printmaking
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.
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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
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
Kiyoshi Hasegawa (Japanese/French, 1891-1980)
Fleurs des Champs Graminees
Engraving printed chine colle. Signed in the plate and in pencil. 1957. 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
Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979)
Early Spring
Color woodblock, 1974. Signed.
9-11/16 x 7 inches.
28697c
$2950
Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979)
Withered Grass B
Color woodcut with silver leaf, 1978. Edition 15/99. Signed. Self-Printed. Cat. #383. Slight residue from old adhesive in top margin, very faint trace of toning.
12-1/4 x 20 inches.
29422c
$4200
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.
27295
$300
Kaoru Kawano (1916-1965)
Little Girl
Color woodblock. Signed. Artist’s seal in red. A few faint spots in margins.
4-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches.
25645
$325
Haku Maki (Japanese, 1924-2000)
76-25
Color concrete relief print with woodcut, 1976. Signed. Edition 146/204.
7-3/4 x 8 inches.
30301c
$425
Fumio Kitaoka (Japanese, 1918-2007)
Stone Garden
Color Woodblock, 1965. Edition: 12/50. Signed and titled in pencil.
21-1/2 x 16 inches.
27239c
$500
Fumio Kitaoka (Japanese, 1918-2007)
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
$500
Fumio Kitaoka (Japanese, 1918-2007)
Fishing Village in the Afternoon
Woodcut, 1967. Edition 64/210. Signed.
15-1/2 x 21-1/2 inches.
29204c
$475
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
Sasajima Kihei (Japanese, 1906-1994)
Two Geishas
Relief print with embossing, 1972. Signed in pencil. Edition 36/50.
10-1/2 x 14-5/8 inches.
30302c
$325
Haku Maki (Japanese, 1924-2000)
Figure - I
Color concrete relief print. Signed. Edition 69/150. Minor surface scuffs. Very faint trace of matburn.
20-1/2 x 12-7/8 inches.
29598c
SOLD
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
SOLD
Tadashi Nakayama (Japanese, b. 1927)
Afternoon, Riding Horse Festival
Color woodblock, 1968. Signed and numbered in pencil. Edition: 52/65.
22-3/4 x 35-1/2 inches.
24692
$3800
Tadashi Nakayama (Japanese, b. 1927)
Butterflies and Trumpet
Color woodcut, 1985. Edition 17/95. Signed. Cat. #210.
23-3/4 x 17-1/2 inches.
29491c
$3600
Tadashi Nakayama (Japanese, b. 1927)
Ema (H)
Color woodcut, 1982. Edition 69/95. Signed. Cat. #202.
8-5/8 x 4-7/8 inches.
29492c
SOLD
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)
June
Color woodblock with embossing, 1974. Signed. Edition 61/150. Very faintly toned.
11-5/8 x 16-5/8 inches.
29494c
$1600
Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)
Untitled (Trees in bloom)
Color woodblock, 1984. Signed. Edition 85/130. Professionally cleaned and backed for strength.
15 x 20-3/4 inches.
29495
$2200
Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)
Plowing the Field
Color woodblock. Signed. Unnumbered edition.
10-1/4 x 15-1/8 inches.
29597c
$625
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
New Price: $1800
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)
New York (A)
Color woodcut, 1963. Edition 31/50. Signed in brush.
24 x 18 inches.
29490c
$3000
Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
Kuwana - Haiku Monument
Color woodblock, 1964, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974. Signed.
12-3/4 x 18-1/8 inches.
28724c
SOLD
Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
Joruri Puppet Theatre
Color woodblock. Signed. Edition: 64/100.
19-1/2 x 25-3/4 inches.
27834
$1800
Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
Oregon Deer
Color woodblock, 1963. Proof executed in a demonstration at Oregon State University, 1963. Signed in pencil.
12-1/2 x 19-3/8 inches.
26699
SOLD
Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
Miya
Color woodblock, 1960, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974. Signed.
12-3/4 x 18-1/8 inches.
28726c
SOLD
Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
Kawasaki
Color woodblock, 1960, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974. Signed in pencil.
12-3/4 x 18 inches.
25109
$450
Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
Minakuchi
Color woodblock, 1961, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974. Signed in pencil.
12-3/4 x 18-1/2 inches.
25110
$700
Maekawa Senpan (Japanese, 1888-1960)
Night of Shinjuku
Color woodblock. From Reflections of Tokyo, a set of 15 prints by different artists published by Fugaku Shuppansha, 1945. Signature “PAN” in the block.
8 x 10-1/2 inches.
[BLD110]
$850 framed
Ansei Uchima (Japanese/American, 1921-2000)
From Space Series (B)
Color woodblock, 1972. Edition 11/100. Signed. “Uchima” watermark. Society of American Graphic Artists presentation print, May 1973.
20-3/8 x 7 inches.
29203c
$475
