Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Title Lake Biwa (Muller Collection) Artist Koho Shoda 1871?-1946? - click for artist Seal artist's seal (Koho) Dated ca. 1930s Publisher Hasegawa or Nishinomiya Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent - very good Colors excellent Condition excellent - very good Description One of Publishers Hasegawa-Nishinomiya's poetic "Night Scene Series". Two people on a small boat with a lantern. The quiet lake surface reflects the lights from the lantern and the houses at the distance. Full stars on the dark sky. (blue version). Note "Made in Japan" stamped lower right verso. (Provenance) Robert O. Muller Estate Format Chuban Width 7.7 inches = 19.5 cm Height 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm
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Title Lake Biwa - sepia version (Muller Collection) Artist Koho Shoda 1871?-1946? - click for artist Seal artist's seal (Koho) Dated ca. 1930s Publisher Hasegawa or Nishinomiya Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent - very good Colors excellent Condition excellent - very good ... margins trimmed Description One of Publishers Hasegawa-Nishinomiya's poetic "Night Scene Series". Two people on a small boat with a lantern. The quiet lake surface reflects the lights from the lantern and the houses at the distance. (sepia version). Note "Made in Japan" stamped lower left verso. (Provenance) Robert O. Muller Estate Format Chuban Width 7.5 inches = 19.0 cm Height 10.0 inches = 25.5 cm
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13/12/2004
Title Lake Biwa (sepia, first edition) Artist Koho Shoda 1871?-1946? Seal artist's seal (Koho) Dated 1910-30s Publisher Hasegawa ? Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent ... (first edition) Colors excellent Condition excellent - very good ... no margins, two parts still pasted on the original brown paper folio. Description One of Publishers Hasegawa-Nishinomiya's poetic "Night Scene Series". Two people on a small boat with a lantern. The quiet lake is shrouded by fine mist. (sepia version). Note "Made in Japan" stamped on the reverse side. Format Chuban Width 7.1 inches = 18.0 cm Height 9.8 inches = 25.0 cm |
This is a genuine original aiban size Japanese woodblock print by Koho (Hiroshima Shintaro 1889-1951). The print is tipped to its original presentation folder, the bottom portion of the folder is torn, the print is undamaged. This print was published by Nishinomiya Yosaku, and bears their publishers seal. It is sealed "Koho" by the artist. The print is in fine condition. Fine impression, color, and excellent registration. No foxing, toning, folds or creases. The print is not trimmed or setdown. Print size is 8" x 11".
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You are bidding on a color woodblock Japanese print by SHODA KOHO with his seal at lower right
Title: Lake Biwa
Chuban, 7 7/8" x 10 3/4"
Properly hinged to paper matte.
From Hasegawa Takejiro's "Night Scenes" series, printed by Nishinomiya Yosaku of Tokyo, with their stamp in English on the rear and their stamp in Japanese in the left margin.
Hasegawa Catalog No. 1247, with that number stamped on the matte.
Fine condition, full rich deep color
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SHODA KOHO VERTICAL AIBAN.IMAGE SIZE APRX. 7"X 10". SEALED IN KANJI IN THE IMAGE. COPYRIGHT PUBLISHER NISHINOMIYA YOSAKU IN THE RIGHT MARGIN VERY GOOD CONDITION, NICE COLOR GRADATION NO TAPE AND NOT LAID DOWN.
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