Each actual print is approx 6" high and 2 3/4" wide. I zoomed in on the clearer of the seals. Would appreciate any information on artist, printer, etc. Thank you in advance.

We got this treasure from the shop of a private collector in Kanazawa.

A quiet evening in 1930s Tokyo. Tsuchiya Koitsu’s Teahouse in Yotsuya, created in 1935, captures two women leaving a traditional teahouse as warm orange light spills onto the darkened street.

Koitsu was a master of light, shadow, and bokashi gradation - skills influenced by his early teacher Kobayashi Kiyochika. The result is an atmospheric glimpse of everyday life in prewar Tokyo and a beautiful example of the Shin-hanga movement.

#JapaneseArt #ShinHanga #TsuchiyaKoitsu #WoodblockPrint #JapanesePrints #Tokyo #ArtHistory

This dramatic 1868 woodblock print by Toyohara Kunichika depicts the kabuki actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Soga Gorō Tokimune, one of the heroes of Japan’s famous Soga revenge story.

Kunichika places Gorō right in the middle of the action: his sword is bloodied, he deflects a naginata with his other hand, a mansion burns behind him, and bullets streak through the rain.

The real Soga brothers became famous for avenging their father’s death, and their story was retold for centuries in Japanese literature, theater, and art.

This print comes from Kunichika’s series Butterflies and Plovers Kill Ten (Chō Chidori Jūban Kiri).

#Kunichika #JapaneseWoodblockPrints #Ukiyoe #Kabuki #Samurai #JapaneseArt #SogaBrothers

I’m relatively new to this, but I’ve started moving into collecting Japanese antiquity. I’d love to learn more about these pieces!

I purchased this art on the Goodwill website. They look like they are original watercolor works. I don't know if they're by the same artist or if they're by various artists. They're beautiful pieces.

Recently picked up this Yoshitoshi Mori Yanone Gorō from 1969, signed and numbered 13/50. I've been researching Mori and the print since bringing it home and found another impression of this exact work in LACMA's collection, while the British Museum holds a number of Mori's other works. I'm not really looking for a valuation—I bought it because I genuinely liked the piece (and admittedly, being #13 helped). I'd love to hear from anyone familiar with Mori, this particular print, or his kappazuri work from this period. I'm especially interested in anything about the subject, technique, edition, or Mori himself that I haven't come across yet.

Hello everyone,

I'm well aware this is a LOOONG shot, but I was in Japan last year and went through the Buddha's nostril at the Todaiji temple in Nara.

Later that week I saw a print at a market (I think in this style but not 100%) where a character was also going through it. I'm not sure if it was the main focus of the print or the temple was but it was definitely featured.

I didn't have a chance to buy it but I would love if anyone had any idea how I could find something like that. Thanks in advance !!

Bought them on a flea market in Tokyo. Haggled the two with the price tag down to 20k for both.

A wood block print depicting an Edo-period Japanese tradition of "okage inu" (お陰犬), meaning "gratitude dog" or "thanks dog."

People who wanted to make the pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine but couldn't, due to old age, illness, or lack of money, would sometimes send a dog in their place. The owner would tie a bag or note to the dog's neck, often using a sacred straw rope called shimenawa, containing travel money, a letter explaining the dog was a pilgrim by proxy, and sometimes directions. Strangers and priests along the route would feed, shelter, and pass the dog along, believing that helping it earned them spiritual merit too. When the dog reached Ise, it received a sacred talisman called an ofuda as proof of the completed pilgrimage, and it would then make its way home, sometimes over routes hundreds of kilometers long.

Now just to get it hung

New to all of this and just wondering the best ways to buy good quality prints in the US? Thank you in advance!

1 Mino

2 Tosa

3 Mimasaka

4 Iyo

Two separate Japanese woodblock prints come together to create this dramatic diptych from Kunisada’s Flowers of Edo (Edo no Hana) series.

The prints depict kabuki actors Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Yokoyama no Yosaburō and Nakamura Tsuruzō I as “Yasu the Bat.” Between them, evening fireworks explode above the famous Ryōgoku Bridge in Edo.

Kunisada designed the dramatic actor portraits, while Hiroshige II created the landscape — a wonderful example of the collaborative nature of ukiyo-e.

The Flowers of Edo series combined famous kabuki actors, districts of Edo, firefighting brigades, and local landmarks into one of the more unusual print series of the late Edo period.

#JapaneseWoodblockPrints #Kunisada #Hiroshige #Ukiyoe #Kabuki #JapaneseArt #EdoPeriod

now that i'm writing this i realise it was a print not a painting, but maybe you'll know...

I saw a japanese woodblock print in York Art Gallery a few years back of a cute creature i can only describe as a largely featureless fairy (?) relaxing on a spider web hammock. I can't remember the name or the artist and i've been wanting to find it forever. Any leads much appreciated

Let's say for antiques ranging from €100 to €2,000, of any type. Where does the same object sell for higher prices? In Japan or abroad? For top-of-the-line pieces, I assume they're definitely worth more in Japan, but sometimes affordable antiques have different price dynamics.