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Ukiyo-e Prints is evolving. Please return frequently to see what's been added!

      

 

OUR NEWEST ADDITION

TOYOKUNI III

The sculptor Hidari Jingorō and the Kyōto doll
Price $240.00

A page devoted to this triptych will be added soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In May 2009 we started a web log to deal with

almost everything associated with

Japanese woodblock prints and culture.

To see what we have done there go to

http://printsofjapan.wordpress.com/

On December 14, 2009 we started a new posting on

Hidari Jingorō and the Kyōto doll and related topics.

 To go there click on the picture of the stained glass

window by Chagall shown above.

 

 

 

 

PRINTS ON SALE AT REDUCED PRICES!

 

TO SEE ALL OF THE PRINTS

NOW OFFERED AT LOWERED PRICES

CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW

 

ASHIYUKI

ORIGINALLY PRICED AT $240.00

NOW ON SALE FOR $190.00

Don't forget there will be a postal fee too.

We have two pages devoted to prints where we have reduced their prices.

Click on the images below to go to those specific pages.

 

 

  

 

3 PAGES OF CLICKABLE THUMBNAILS

OF

PRINTS FOR SALE

 

 

CLICK HERE TO GO TO

ANONYMOUS

thru

 KUNICHIKA

CLICK HERE TO GO TO

KUNISADA

thru

TOYOKUNI II

CLICK HERE TO GO TO

TOYOKUNI III

thru

YOSHITOSHI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THERE ARE MANY PAGES MEANT JUST FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT AND EDIFICATION.

THERE IS A LARGE SET OF  INDEX/GLOSSARY PAGES IN AN EVER GROWING LIST PLUS COMMENTARIES ON "LIGHTNING IN JAPANESE PRINTS", "LIONS AND PEONIES", TATTOOS AND SEVERAL PAGES DEVOTED TO PUBLISHERS AND THEIR MARKS.

 

 CLICK

ON THE IMAGE OF THE HIROSHIGE GATEWAY ABOVE TO GO TO A PAGE LINKING TO ALL OF THOSE PAGES AND MORE...

 

 

  

 

GALLERY THUMBNAIL PAGES OF PRINTS FOR SALE
T1 KUNISADA II, KUNITSUNA, KUNITSURU, SADAKAGE, TOYOKUNI II, YOSHITORA - we closed T8 and moved the YOSHIIKU to this page.
T2 EISEN (2), GENGYO (2), SHUNTEI (2), HOKKEI
T3 ALL OSAKA PRINTS   ASHIYUKI, HIROSADA, MUNEHIRO, YOSHIKUNI,
T4 ANONYMOUS MEIJI, KUNICHIKA (3), NOBUKAZU, YOSHIKAZU, HŌSAI - we closed T7 and moved the KUNICHIKA triptych to this page.
T5 ALL TOYOKUNI I ALL TOYOKUNI I
T6 (one vertical diptych) TOYOKUNI III
T7 EMPTY - NO PRINTS HERE!
T8   EMPTY - NO PRINTS HERE!
T9 3 YOSHITOSHIS
T10

ALL KUNIYOSHI

T11 ALL KUNISADA These prints include only those printed before ca. 1842-44 and signed Kunisada.  See our Toyokuni III page for other examples by this artist. ONE SOLD!

T12 ALL 20TH CENTURY

KOKEI, YOSHIDA

T13   ALL TOYOKUNI III A NEW EXAMPLE WAS ADDED ON 10/14/09.

    

 

 

 

LINKS TO OUR INDEX/GLOSSARY PAGES

Click on any of the pages listed below!

 

A thru Ankō

Aoi thru Bl

Bo thru Da

De thru Gen

Ges thru Hic

Hil thru Hor

Hoshi thru Hotaru
Hotoke thru I

J thru Kakure-gasa

Kakure-mino thru Ken'yakurei

Kesa thru Kodansha

Kōgai thru Kuruma

Kutsuwa thru Mok

Mom thru Nashi

Neko thru Nusa

O thru Ri

Ro Thru Seigle

Sekichiku thru Sh

Si thru Tengai

Tengu thru Tombo

Tomoe thru Tsuzumi

U thru Yakata-bune

Yakusha thru Z

 

 

            

EACH MONTH WE ADD MARKERS TO

INDICATE RECENT ADDITIONS OF BOTH TEXT AND/OR IMAGERY

 

THAT PAGE WILL HAVE LINKS TO PARTICULAR PAGES.

 

 

The wisteria flowers by Shu Suehiro are being used

to mark additions made in January and February 2010.

Click on the blossoms to see the fuller list or recent additions.

 

We are only going to post our most recent additions in the space below.

 

On 2/2/10 we added information about the hitotsume-kozō or one-eyed monster

on our Hil thru Hor index/glossary page.

Some of this new information is gruesomely wicked.

 

On 1/30/10 we finished updating information about the kamishimo.

There is a lot of new material there to be found on our

Kakuremino thru Ken'yakurei index/glossary page.

We had no idea how much new information we would find when we started digging. You'll see.

 

On 1/26/10 we added information about hakama on our Ges thru Hic index/glossary page.

 

On 1/26/10 we added a new quote about the awkwardness of wearing nagabakama.

This can be found on our Mom thru Nashi index/glossary page.

 

On 1/26/10 we added the term ha or school

on our Ges thru Hic index/glossary page.

 

On 1/25/10 we added this beautiful example of a gibōshi posted on the Internet by Fg2.

It can be found on our Ges thru Hic index/glossary page.

 

On 1/26/10 we finished adding new information about degatari and degatari zu

on our De thru Gen index/glossary page.

    

 

 

 

The photo of the lotus pods is by Kenpei

and was posted at http://commons.wikimedia.org/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have any questions please contact us at

 

jv@printsofjapan.com

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Jerry Vegder

23 Grant St. #A4

Port Townsend, Washington 98368-3072

Phone: 360-379-1641

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

Our Internet site was 7 years old on January 24, 2010.