1970s woodcut by New England artist Lin Warren. “Untitled” lower left; pencil signed and numbered 10 of 25.

Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867) “Ring Plover Young & Old and Kentish Plover.”

Hand-colored engraving from Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology (London: 1841-1846).

Series: Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo
Number: 40 “Towboats on the Yotsugi-dori Canal”
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1859
Format: Vertical Oban
Size (H x W): 14″ x 9.25″ print only.
Signature: Hirokage
Unframed.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858)
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright)
Number: 40 Chiryu: The Former Site of the Irises at Eightbridge Village
(Chiryu, Yatsuhashimura kakitsubata no koseki)
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1855
Format: Vertical Oban
Size (H x W): 14″ x 9.25″ print only.
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo
Seals: Aratame and date
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Note: The inscriptions on the right margin: “Shodai Ichiryusai Hiroshige-o hitsu, Genban Tsutaya, Kyuhan Ohashi-do” (Made by elderly Ichiryusai Hiroshige 1st, original edition by Tsutaya, block copyright requested by Ohashi-do). This edition was probably made by Ohashi-do, who apparently bought the copyright of the blocks from Kodama Matashichi.
Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858)
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-58)
Number: 39 Distant View of Kinryuzan Temple and Azuma Bridge
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Format: Vertical Oban
Number of Prints: 120/120 (inc. title page and a replacement print by Hiroshige II)
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month
Size (H x W): 14″ x 9.25″ print only.
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Censor’s seals: aratame, Snake 8
No blockcutter’s mark
Reference: For a similar print, see the collection of Art Institution Chicago Accession Number 1938.536 and 1965.1062; MFA Boston Accession Number 11.35836.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858)
Series: Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
Number: 5: Settsu Province: Sumiyoshi, Idemi Beach
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month
Number of Prints: 70/70 (inc. Title Page)
Format: Vertical Oban
Size (H x W): 14″ x 9.25″ print only.
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei)
Block Cutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Additional marks: Censors’ seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7
Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame.
Reference: For an identical print, see the collection of MFA Boston Accession Number 11.26216 and 06.823.5

Set Of Twelve Chinese Framed Pith Paper Watercolors with cream colored faux bamboo frames. Each depicting Chinese furniture and interiors.

We are selling this great original Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige of Cherry blossoms at Night on Naka-no-Cho in the Yoshiwara. This print is in rough condition but we do believe it to be original.

Condition: Very rough condition. The margins have clearly been trimmed down. There is significant fauxing and brown spotting in the print as well as some light staining and signs of fading to the colors.

Dimensions:
Height 9 1/8 Inches 23.2 cm
Width 13 1/2 Inches 34.3 cm

We are selling this interesting early Japanese woodblock print of The Empress Jito’s Poem by Utagawa Kunisada or Toyokuni III. We believe this to be an original mid 19th century example on washi paper that has faded significantly due to sun bleaching.

Condition: Heavy discoloration and sun bleaching to the print. Horizontal crease through the center of the picture. Some visible damages at the corners where it was probably mounted to a mat.

Dimensions:
Height 20 7/8 Inches 53.0 cm
Width 16 1/4 Inches 41.3 cm
Depth 3/4 Inches 2.0 cm
Sight Height 14 Inches 35.6 cm
Sight Width 9 1/2 Inches cm

Set of 3 Apple Study Lithographs, early 20th Century. Hand-colored studies of apple varieties. Professionally framed and matted.