Cafe – A Cocktail Between Skyscrapers
1933
Woodblock Print
16 x 11.75 in (40.64 x 29.84 cm)
415264
Fine impression, color and condition.
Illustrated in article in Beaux Arte (French magazine) about the Sosaku Hanga exhibition in Paris of the Nihon no Hanga collection of Elise Wessels (11/18). Her entire collection mow resides in the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam.
Competing to be the First at the Battle of Uji River
1861
Woodblock print
14.50 x 30.37 in (36.83 x 77.14 cm)
Published by Mori-ya Jihei
Fine impression, color and condition
Sasaki Takatsuna and Kajiwara Kagesue compete to the first to cross the Uji River and start to fight in the battle of Uji river. Sasaki won by tricking Kajiwara into thinking his saddle girth was loose by shouting “Your saddle girth is loose! Don’t fall and be the laughing stock of the enemy.”
This a wonderful design with great use Okubi-e style in a triptych.
In the Snow at Tsukahara, Sado Island
1835
Woodblock print
9.50 x 14.50 in (24.13 x 36.83 cm)
Series: Concise Illustrated Biography of the Monk Nichiren
Publisher: Ise-ya Rihei
Fine impression, color and condition
Nichiren, also known as Kôsô, was a Buddhist priest who lived from 1222 to 1282. He has had various miracles attributed to him and founded the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, of which Kuniyoshi was an adherent. In this print he is shown wandering Sado Island in the snow, where he has been exiled.
We are excited to share over fifty new acquisitions from our latest trip to Japan, including one of our favorites, a jazz age print for the summer season by the rare artist, Isaku Nakagawa and an original Toraji Ishikawa watercolor painting, Bijin and Cat on a Rug, c. 1935.
RECENTLY CLOSED EXHIBITION: ASIA WEEK NEW YORK 2024
Japanese Prints from 1750-1950
March 15 – 17, 2024
Asia Week Hours: Mar 15-17, 10am-6pm (otherwise by appointment)
The Mark Hotel, 25 East 77th Street, Suite 215
For this year’s Asia Week New York, we will be presenting Japanese Prints, 1750-1950 with 50 new prints now online. On view is a complete set of Utamaro’s famous 12 Hours in the Yoshiwara, in addition to other major works by Hiroshige, Eishi, Kiyochika and others. We look forward to displaying these Japanese prints in the traditional manner in folders in a comfortable and quiet setting at The Mark Hotel, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
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