HIROSHIGE UTAGAWA 歌川広重 (1797–1858)
Kôzuke Province: Kôzuke, Harunasan setchû (Mount Haruna under Snow)
Series: (Dai Nihon) Rokujûyoshû meisho zue (Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan])
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei)
Censor’s seal: Kinugasa & Murata, Ox 8
Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 8th month
Condition: excellent impression and colors, minor trimming
Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (36,1 x 24 cm)
BINNIE, PAUL (*1967)
Kunisada's Danjuro (Kunisada no Danjuro)
In this series, inspired by classic ukiyo-e of the 18th and 19th century, Binnie incorporates compositions by major artists in the form of tattoo designs on nudes.
Series: A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo (Edo sumi hyaku shoku)
Signature: Paul Binnie in pencil; Bin-ni in gold kanji
Artist’s seal: Binnie, red seal surrounded by the mimasu (3 rice measures) crest of the Danjuro family
Limited Edition: 48/100
Date: 2006
Condition: excellent
Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Dai oban tate-e (41,5 x 31 cm)
KOSON ŌHARA 小原 古邨 (1877–1945)
Little Egret, Wings spread on a Willow Branch
Signature: Koson
Artist’s seal: Koson
Publisher: Kokkeido (seal)
Condition: excellent impression and colors, mounted in Passe-partout
Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Naga-oban (49,7 x 21,5 cm)
SADAHIDE UTAGAWA 歌川貞秀 (1807–1873)
Ujikawa senjin arasoi no zu (Competing to Be First at the Battle of the Uji River)
Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindō)
Censor’s seal: Chicken 8 aratame
Date: 1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyū 1), 8th month
Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, small restorations on corners, minor soiling
Original Japanese Woodblock Print; Size: Oban triptych (c. 36,9 x 25,5 cm each sheet)
