Woodblocks

A color woodblock print. Image measures 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches on 14 3/4 x 11 3/4 inch fine laid Japon paper. Pencil signed in the lower right.

This color woodblock print measures 15 1/4 x 10 inches in a black and gold frame. Artist seal in the lower left. Provenance: The Collector's Guild in New York, according to a label on the back, which also has the history of Kanjin-cho Benkei.

This is a colored woodblock print that measures 15 1/4 x 10 inches in a 23 x 17 inch black and gold frame. Artist seal in the lower right. A dynamic and colorful print. Provenance: The Collector's Guild in New York, according to a label on the back, which also has the history of Takatsuna.

This is a colored woodblock that measures 15 1/4 x 10 inches in a black and gold 23 x 17 inch frame. Artist's seal in the lower left. A dramatic print with good use of bokashi shading in the background. Provenance: The Collector's Guild in New York, according to a label on the back, which also has the history of Kagesue.

This is a colored woodblock print that measures 15 1/4 x 10 inches in a 23 x 17 inch black and gold frame. An ethereal print with vibrant colors. Artist seal in the lower right. A label on the back of the print has the history of Yaegakihime. Provenance: The Collector's Guild in New York.

This color woodblock print measures 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 inches on 4 7/8 x 3 1/2 inch wove paper adhered to a 6 x 5 inch Uchima embossed portfolio. Pencil signed and dated December 1970. A simple, yet intriguing modern print using traditional woodblock techniques. Born in California, Uchima returned to Japan at age nineteen, where he worked as a translator for a print collector and discovered the sosaku-hanga (creative print) movement, which incorporated a Western modernist aesthetic.

Woodblock print C. 1929. Print measures 7 7/8 x 9 inches on thin 10 3/4 x 11 7/8 inch paper. Pencil signed and dated in the lower right. A delightful depiction of women bringing home the harvest.

This linocut portrait measures 17 x 9 1/8 inches on 18 x 10 1/8 inch wove paper. Illegible signature in the lower right. A dark expressionist portrait.

Wood engraving measures 12 1/8 x 9 inches on 16 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch laid paper. Pencil signed "J. Nelson" in the lower right.

Color woodblock print C. 1900. Seiko signature in the lower right. Printed on 9 1/2 x 10 inch laid paper.