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ICHIBAN STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN. We are starting to close down our business, a process that will take us a couple of years - age and health issues tell us it is time. We still have over 1300 items either currently listed on our website catalog or still to be posted onto it. So, from now on ALL ITEMS IN THE CATALOG MAY BE PURCHASED AT 40 % OFF THE LISTED PRICE. At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased. We reserve the right to require a 15 % re-stocking fee in cases where the reason for the return is suspect. With thanks for your years of patronage, we look forward to serving you until the last items are sold.

A Print by Kunisada (Toyokuni III) – Comic Series Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 973668 (stock# ICHI 110)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  This is a fun woodblock print by the famed Edo period woodblock artist, Kunisada(Toyokuni III). It is titled “Nango Rikimaru With Cut Foot” and is from Kunisada’s Comic Pictures Series. The print portrays a samurai dancing around on his right foot as he examines a cut or puncture wound on the outside of his left calf. He is next to a shoreline with gently breaking waves and a paddle lies on the ground next to him. There is no indication how he got the wound. ...click for details

A Print by Kunisada - Toyokuni III – Woman with a Sword Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 972619 (stock# ICHI 2940)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  This is an intriguing print by Kunisada as it portrays a Geisha seated waiting for someone – apparently a samurai – as she hold the samurai’s sword in her two hands wrapped in a bundle of straw. One can only guess as to why she is holding it for that person. The registration and the colors in the print are excellent– the garment worn by the ...click for details

A Beautiful Aizuri-e Eisen Print of a Geisha – Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 972070 (stock# ICHI 1263)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 2750.00  This is a striking Aizuri-e blue print of a Geisha sitting on a low bench as if waiting for a a client or for another Geisha to go their local Geisha house. Her kimono is extremely ornate and is superbly drawn – as are her hair pieces, her obi and the bench on which she sits. Behind her is a picture of Mt. Fuji in a circular frame and a hanging cloth with kanji characters on it. ...click for details

A Framed Actor Print by Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 971463 (stock# ICHI 114)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 795.00  This is an interesting print by Kunisada from his series titled “The Breezy Lantern Series”. It shows a famous actor's portrait on a paper lantern and is titled “Portrait of Sasaki Saburo Moritsuma “(A Genji Warrior of the Heike) from the Noh drama “Fujito”. The registration and the colors in the print are excellent– the garment worn by ...click for details

Hiroshige – “Hara” – Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokai Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1837 VR   item# 970103 (stock# ICHI 66)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 1195.00  This print of Mt. Fuji as seen from the Hara station of the “Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido” is one of the few vertical prints Hiroshige did in his series of Tokaido prints. In several of his Fuji prints he portrayed the monumental size of Mt. Fuji – and its importance to the Japanese as a sacred mountain – he had the top of the volcano extend up through the margin of the print. It is as if he did not feel such a landmark should be contained in a conventional confined frame. ...click for details

A Framed Print by Toyokuni III – Kunisada – 1854 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 968458 (stock# ICHI 111)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  This is a super print by the Edo print maker, Toyokuni III – also known as Kunisada. It portrays a young man watching an artist at work. The boy stands behind a large lacquered rack that would be a kimono rack. On the left side of the artist you can see his vase of brushholders at the ready. The registration and the colors in the print ar ...click for details

Two Small Woodblock Prints – Landscapes – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 964023 (stock# ICHI 959)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 295.00  Two very nice early Japanese prints – one of a mountain scene with a boat in the distance – the other of a large rocky overhang on a mountain. One print measures 7” by 4 ¾” with an image size of 6” by 4”. The second print measures 7” by 4 7/8” – image size is 6” by 3 7/8”. They are in very good condition – minimal toning or wrinkling, we date them to the early Meiji period, circa 1870s-1880s. Both prints are signed - The first print translates as "Kikosuke" and the second, clearly by ...click for details

A Woodblock Print of Okame by Shibata Zeshin Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 952244 (stock# COLL 9093)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 250.00  This is a delightful print by the master printer, Shibata Zeshin, that portrays Okame preparing some kind of red paste to put into a box in front of her. The print measures 9 ¾” by 6 ½” and is quite toned. We date it to the late Edo to early Meiji period, circa 1850-1870s because of the amount of toning. Despite the toning, it is a fine example of Zeshin’s drawing technique. ...click for details

A Rare Edo Japanese Illustrated Book - HOKUSAI Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 949824 (stock# ICHI 3411)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 795.00  This rare Manga print book (ehon) by the renowned Japanese print maker Hokusai, is titled “Denshin Kaishu Hokusai Manga Shi Hen Zen"(Book Number 4th)” and was published by "Eirakuya Toshiro", circa 1849-1850s. This is an original lifetime edition. The string bound book contains 55 color pages (many are diptychs). Condition is good to very good. Prints have excellent color & impression. Plates show some minor staining, light soiling where pages were handled, etc. Overall the pr ...click for details

A Japanese Woodblock Print - Toyokuni I - Actor - Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1837 VR   item# 930779 (stock# ICHI 126)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 750.00  Here we have a antoher fine framed print of an actor by one of the early masters of actor prints, Utagawa Toyokuni. The actor is shown in a costume that has a rust red over robe under which is a garment mon like crests on a tan background.The actor stands on the edge of a lake with green hills behind. The actor’s name is that of "Bando Mitsoguro" - we do not know the Kabuki play in which the scene is played. Whatever the play, it must be a dramatic moment as the actor has his eyes cros ...click for details

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