20th Century Japanese School

A quiet nocturnal scene, this color woodblock measures 9 x 13 3/8 inches, published c. 1930s. There is an artist signature stamp in the image, but we have been unable to identify it.

Color woodblock print. C. 1930. Laid type paper measures 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches.

20th century Japanese School woodblock. 21 x 13 inches. Pencil signed, titled, and dated 1969. Print 17 in an edition of 50.

Print measures 9 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches on 9 3/4 x 10 1/4 inch paper. Red publisher's seal in the lower right corner. In Japan, the carp is the personification of perseverance and the will to win. Swimming pairs of carp are considered a symbol of marriage.