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Original Japanese Woodblock Prints
by various artists from the Edo Period, prior to the 1868 Meiji period

Original 150+-year-old woodblock prints

THESE PRINTS ARE "TIPPED" ON TO A BACKING PAPER FROM THE 2 TOP CORNERS ONLY. SOME SIDES MAY BE TRIMMED (AS ISSUED).
UNDERNEATH THE PRINT, ON THE BACKING PAPER, IS A STATEMENT OF GENUINENESS BY S.M. SHIBA MIYANOSHITA ALONG WITH THE ARTIST'S NAME AND PERIOD DURING WHICH HE WAS MOST ACTIVE OR WHEN THE PRINT WAS PRODUCED.

Please click on the thumbnail images below for an enlarged view of the print. The backing paper is too large to scan entirely, so all of it is not shown.
Obviously, the Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual original antique woodblock print. It is meant to deter image theft.

Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #25
TOYOKUNI | 1835
{4 WOMEN IN KIMONOS}
Woodblock Sheet size: Oban approximately 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #26
HIROSHIGE | 1843-1868 (when artist was most active)
TOKAIDO VIEWS: THE KIKUKAWA BETWEEN KANAYA & HIZAKA
Woodblock Sheet size: Oban approximately 9 1/8 X 13 7/8 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #29
KUNIKANE | 1863-1900 (when artist was most active)
{VILLAGE SCENE}
Woodblock Sheet size: Oban approximately 9 1/8 X 13 7/8 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #30
SADAHIDE | 1838
{MILTARY PROCESSION}
Woodblock Sheet size: Oban approximately 9 1/8 X 13 7/8 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #31
KUNIKANE | 1863-1890 (when artist was most active)
{SCENE ON THE TOKAIDO}
Woodblock Sheet size: Oban approximately 9 1/8 X 13 7/8 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #32
YOSHITORA | 1869
{CROSSING OF RIVER AT KANAYA}
Woodblock Sheet size: Oban approximately 9 1/8 X 13 7/8 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
$150
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #33
KUNIKANE | 1863-1890 (when artist was most active)
{BIG TREE}
Woodblock Sheet size: Oban approximately 9 1/8 X 13 7/8 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
$170
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #34
YOSHITSUYA | 1848-1853 (when artist was most active)
{SAMURAI, HORSE FALLEN IN RIVER}
Woodblock Sheet size: Oban approximately 9 1/8 X 13 7/8 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #35
YOSHITSUYA | 1848-1853 (when artist was most active)
{SAMURAI WARRIORS BATTLING}
Woodblock Sheet size: oban approximately 9 1/8 X 13 7/8 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
$170
The original woodblock prints below are from a different, unidentified publisher but also from the Edo period, prior to 1868.
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #36
HIROSHIGE I | 1818-1858 (when artist was most active)
{VILLAGE SCENE}
Woodblock Sheet size: CHUBAN approximately 8 1/4 X 6 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
$100
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #37
HIROSHIGE I | 1818-1858 (when artist was most active)
{VILLAGE SCENE}
Woodblock Sheet size: CHUBAN approximately 8 1/4 X 6 inches
"Tipped" on top 2 corners only to backing paper: size about 18 1/2 X 13 1/8 inches
NOTE THE "WORM HOLE" IN THE LOWER LEFT AREA OF PRINT
$100
The genuine, original antique Japanese woodblock prints below are from the Meiji Period (after 1868)
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #38
KUNICHIKA | Meiji period (1868+)
{samurai warriors)
Woodblock Sheet size: approximately 9 1/4 X 14 inches
probably part of a diptych or triptych (other parts unavailable)
$100
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #38
KUNICHIKA | Meiji period (1868+)
{samurai warriors}
each Woodblock Sheet size: approximately 9 1/4 X 14 inches
diptych, sold as a set
$150
Original Japanese Woodblock prints Edo period
REF #38
TOYOKUNI | Meiji period (1868+)
{samurai warriors}
each Woodblock Sheet size: approximately 9 7/8 X 14 3/4 inches
diptych, sold as a set
$150
 
           

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