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Shibata Zeshin. (1807-1891)
Mushrooms.
- Category
- Japanese | Nature
- Publisher
shikishiban, 25.2 cm × 24.3 cm
Excellent impression, with subtle bokashi in the foreground and on the large mushroom Excellent colour. A tiny thin spot in the paper upper right, otherwise very good condition.
A still life of mushrooms, printed in the late 1880s. Signed Zeshin, with seal.
£230
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Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)
Obatan Parrot
- Category
- Japanese | Nature
- Series
- At a Zoological Garden.
- Publisher
- Self printed.
dai-oban tate-e, 27.0 cm × 43.0 cm
Excellent impression, with beautiful blind printing on the feathers. Excellent colour. Large margins; lower one very slighly soiled, otherwise very good condition.
Obatan parrot, from the series "Zoological garden'. Signed Yoshida with Hiroshi red seal. Published in 1926, self printed with the jizuri seal, in rust coloured ink upper right, with the date underneath, Taisho jugonen saku, followed by the series and image title. One of the rare animal prints from Yoshida's work.
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YOSHIDA Hiroshi (1876-1950)
Kurumazaka Parrot
- Category
- Japanese | Nature
- Series
- At a Zoological Garden. Dôbutsuen
- Publisher
- Self printed. Jizuri seal
dai oban tate-e, 28.0 cm × 41.0 cm
Very good impression, colour and condition. Slight soiling in the lower left margin.
Kurumazaka Parrot (Kurumazaka ômu), from the series at a Zoological Garden (Dôbutsuen). Also known as Major Mitchell's Cockatoo. Signed Yoshida, with Hiroshi seal underneath. Jizuri self-printed seal in rust coloured ink lower right, from right to left, series title, followed by Kurumaszaka ômu and Made 1926, Taisho jugonen saku. Title and pencil signature within the image at the bottom.
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YOSHIDA Hiroshi (1876-1950)
Kibatan Parrot. Kibatan ômu.
- Category
- Japanese | Nature
- Series
- Dôbutsuen. At a Zoological Garden.
- Publisher
- Self printed. Jizuri seal
dai-oban tate-e, 28.0 cm × 41.0 cm
Excellent impression, colour and condition. With beautiful blind printing.
An unusual subject for Yoshida from the series At a Zoological Garden, Dôbutsuen. This print depicts the Kibatan parrot. Signed Yoshida in block with Hiroshi seal. Self printed in 1926 by the artist with rust ink coloured Jizuri seal upper left, followed by series, work title and Taisho jugonen saku, Made in 1926.
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KEINEN Imao. (1845-1923)
Barn swallows in flight. c.1930
- Category
- Japanese | Nature
- Publisher
- Shima co.
narrow, 13.0 cm × 15.5 cm
Excellent, impression, colour and condition. Embossed, fine bokashi shading.
Five barn swallows swoop down in a leaden sky. Signed and sealed Keinen. Published by the Shima Art Company. Made in Japan stamp verso. Provenance; Robert Muller Collection.
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KOSON Ohara (1876-1945)
Two Geese and Breaking Waves. c.1916
- Category
- Japanese | Nature
- Publisher
- Not known.
koban, 9.0 cm × 15.7 cm
Very good impression, exquisite detail to the printing. Some folio residue on the back, otherwise very good condition.
Two wild geese take flight over the crest of a wave. An early koban format print by the prolific nature designer, Koson. This small design was featured in International Harper's Weekly Magazine in 1916. Signed Koson with Koson seal.
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Unidentified Meiji Artist
A bird in a cage.
- Category
- Japanese | Nature
- Publisher
- Unknown
fan print, 29.0 cm × 22.4 cm
Excellent impression, colour and condition. Light centrefold.
An octagonal kacho-ga (bird and flower) design, depicting a sparrow in a bird cage. This design would have been cut and pasted on to an uchiwa fan for decoration. Signature unread, but dating from the late Meiji period.
£140
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KOSON Ohara (1876-1945)
Insect next to flowering wisteria. c.1910
- Category
- Japanese | Nature
- Publisher
- Daikokuya
o-tanzaku, 18.5 cm × 34.5 cm
Excellent impression, colour and condition.
Ohara Koson covered the whole gamut of the natural world in his oeuvre, and has turned his attention to insects in this work. This is a perfect example of the other worldliness in his art, the insect flying around the delicate wisteria. This copy is the paler (and more aesthetically appealing pale lilac, compared to the more robust pink impression. Signed and sealed Koson.
£500
