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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Sakai and Kawaguchi Kawaguchi Sakai and Kawaguchi Sakai and Kawaguchi Sakai and Kawaguchi Sakai and Kawaguchi Sakai and Kawaguchi Sakai and Kawaguchi Sakai and Kawaguchi Sakai and Kawaguchi
Date of this item: c1929 c1929 c1929 c1929 c1929 c1929 c1929 c1929 c1929 c1929
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: 		Sunday, 26 March 2006

Title Ducks at Night
provenance: Robert O. Muller estate
Artist Soseki Komori active 1920s-1930s
Signature Soseki
Seal soseki
Dated Ca. 1920-1930s
Publisher Kawaguchi
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression excellent … lightly embossed
Colors excellent
Condition very good … slight creases on the margins, small parts missing and thin on the upper margin corners, yellow ink stain on the middle of the left margin, several slight colored foxing on the margins.
Description Two ducks on a snowy night. Black background.
Note "made in Japan" and "KAWAGUCHI" stamped on the back. Provenance: Robert O. Muller estate
Width Item 8.4 inches = 21.3 cm
Height Item 15.1 inches = 38.3 cm
 Soseki, Komori- Geese in Snow- 1.jpg is:

Shin hanga woodblock print of Geese by Komori Soseki. Original Taisho era woodblock print. Very good condition. 14.3 x 7.8 inches. Nice baren rubbings on verso. Brush signed Soseki with red Soseki seal in lower left of image. Kawaguchi Han publisher's seal in lower right of image. Very nice detail.

Artist: Komori, Soseki (act. 1910-20's)
Series: Publisher Sakai-Kawaguchi
Title or Subject: Snow geese
Signature or Seal: Signature and seal, publisher seal
Date or Circa: Not dated (1929)
Paper Size: 15 x 8 1/2 inches
Impression/Color/Condition: Good/Good/Good

Description: Good state (Provenance: The Estate of Robert O. Muller)
 Artist: Komori, Soseki (act. 1910-20's)
Series: Publisher Sakai-Kawaguchi
Title or Subject: Snow geese
Signature or Seal: Signature and seal, publisher seal
Date or Circa: Not dated (1929)
Paper Size: 15 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Impression/Color/Condition: Good/Good/Good

Description: Minor foxing, good state (Provenance: The Estate of Robert O. Muller)

 Saturday, 16 April 2005

Title Ducks at Night
Artist Soseki Komori active 1920s-1930s
Signature Soseki
Seal soseki
Dated 1920-1930s
Publisher Kawaguchi
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good … lightly embossed
Colors excellent … fine "bokashi" on the ground
Condition excellent - very good
Description Two ducks on a snowy night.
Note "Made in Japan" and "KAWAGUCHI" stamped on verso. Publisher Kawaguchi's copyright seal on the lower right corner and on the lower right margin
Format Mitsugiri-ban
Width 8.5 inches = 21.5 cm
Height 15.2 inches = 38.6 cm
 Sunday, 26 March 2006

Title Ducks at Night
provenance: Robert O. Muller estate
Artist Soseki Komori active 1920s-1930s
Signature Soseki
Seal soseki
Dated Ca. 1920-1930s
Publisher Kawaguchi
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression excellent … lightly embossed.
Colors excellent … fine gradations
Condition excellent - very good … a small part missing on the right lower margin corner, the upper left margin corner slightly creased and soiled.
Description Two ducks on a snowy night. Gray background with fine gradations.
Note "Made in Japan" and "KAWAGUCHI" stamped on the back. Provenance: Robert O. Muller estate
Width Item 8.4 inches = 21.3 cm
Height Item 15.0 inches = 38.2 cm
 Geese in Snow

Artist: Soseki
Format: O-tanzakuban tate-e: 14.5" x 8.5"

Subject: A pair of white Geese by snow covered reeds at the waters edge at night.

Publisher: Kokkeido

Date: c. 1920

Condition: Fine colors. Full size. Minor staining on verso at top edge left. Small creases in bottom margin. Generally very good state of preservation.

Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage

 Thursday, 11 June 2009


Title Two Geese in the Snow
provenance: Robert O. Muller estate
Artist Soseki Komori active 1920s-1930s
Signature "Soseki".
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1929.
Publisher Kawaguchi.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Excellent - very good.
Colors Excellent.
Condition Very good … Loss of parts of the top margin corners.
Description Two white geese in a snowy night.
Note "Made in Japan" stamped on verso. Provenance : Robert O. Muller Collection. Kawaguchi seal on the lower right.
Format Mitsugiri-ban
Width Item 8.5 inches = 21.5 cm
Height Item 15.2 inches = 38.5 cm
 Thursday, 11 June 2009

Item 40918


Title Two Geese in the Snow
provenance: Robert O. Muller estate
Artist Soseki Komori active 1920s-1930s
Signature Soseki.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1929.
Publisher Kawaguchi.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Excellent … Lightly embossed.
Colors Excellent … Fine gradations.
Condition Excellent - very good … A printer's crease at the middle bottom margin. Top left corner thin.
Description Two white geese in a snowy night.
Note "Kawaguchi" stamped on verso. (Provenance) Robert O. Muller Collection.
Width Item 8.3 inches = 21.0 cm
Height Item 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm		 Thursday, 25 August 2005

ARTIST: Shoseki
SERIES: Publisher Sakai-Kawaguchi
TITLE OR SUBJECT: Geese
SIGNATURE AND SEAL: Signature and seal
DATE OR CIRCA: Not dated (1930's)
PAPER SIZE: 14 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
IMPRESSION/COLOR/CONDITION: Good/Good/Good
CONDITION DETAILS: Good state
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