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 Ukiyo-e Prints

浮世絵版画

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

      

 

OUR NEWEST ADDITION

KUNISADA DIPTYCH?

$540.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In May 2009 we started a web log to deal with

almost everything associated with Japanese

woodblock prints, culture and the whole kitchen sink.

To see what we have done there go to

http://printsofjapan.wordpress.com/

On August 23, 2010 we started a new posting on

traditional Benten, the only one of the

7 Lucky Gods which is a female.

To see what we have added click on her shrine

shown above as it was illustrated in a great

Hasui print.

 

 

 

 

PRINTS ON SALE AT REDUCED PRICES!

 

TO SEE ALL OF THE PRINTS

NOW OFFERED AT LOWERED PRICES

CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW

 

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 ASSORTED KUNISADA II, KUNITSUNA, KUNITSURU, SADAKAGE, TOYOKUNI II, YOSHITORA Sold!
T2 ASSORTED EISEN (2), GENGYO (2), SHUNTEI (2), HOKKEI
T3  OSAKA ONLY HIROSADA, MUNEHIRO, YOSHIKUNI,
T4 ASSORTED ANONYMOUS MEIJI, KUNICHIKA (3), NOBUKAZU, YOSHIKAZU, HŌSAI
T5  TOYOKUNI I ALL TOYOKUNI I
T6 VERTICAL DIPTYCH TOYOKUNI III
T7 YOSHITOSHI ALL YOSHITOSHI
T8 KUNIYOSHI

ALL KUNIYOSHI

T9 KUNISADA

ALL KUNISADA - These prints are only those printed before ca. 1842-44 & signed Kunisada.  For Toyokuni III go to page T11.

T10  20TH CENTURY

KOKEI, YOSHIDA

T11  TOYOKUNI III ALL TOYOKUNI III

    

 

 

 

LINKS TO OUR INDEX/GLOSSARY PAGES

Click on any of the pages listed below!

 

A thru Ankō

Aoi thru Au

Awase thru Bl

Bo thru Da

De thru Forty-seven

Fu thru Gen

Ges thru Hagoita

Hakama thru Hi

Hil thru Hor

Hoshi thru Hotaru

Hotoke thru Ichō mon

Ihai thru Iwai

J thru Kakure-gasa

Kakure-mino thru Kappa

Kara-kasa 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

 

 

             

 

EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS WE ADD MARKERS TO

INDICATE RECENT ADDITIONS OF BOTH TEXT AND/OR IMAGERY

Click on the painting shown below to go to a larger list of recent additions.

 

The photo of the yellow lilies is from our garden. It is being used

to mark additions to this site in September and October 2010.

To see a much fuller list of additions click on the flowers to go

to our page with the more extensive list of links.

 

 

On 8/26/10 we added an entry on the soroban or Japanese abacus on our Si thru Tengai page.

Click on the happy merchant below to go there.

UPDATED 8/27/10

 

On 8/21/10 we updated our entry on Miyagi Gengyo on our Kutsuwa thru Mok page.

 

On 8/21/10 we updated one of our Toyokuni III prints which we have already sold.

Click on the image below to see what's new.

 

On 8/19/10 we started an entry on kaimyō or ordination name on our J thru Kakuregasa page.

 

On 8/19/10 we added an entry on mizuko or literally 'water baby' on our Kutsuwa thru Mok page.

Click on the fetus show below in the woman's belly to go there.

 

On 8/18/10 we added new information to our entry on hōmyō on our Hil thru Hor page.

UPDATED on 8/19/10.

 

On 8/17/10 we started a short entry on sōrei or funerals with special attention paid to Zen rites.

This can be found on our Si thru Tengai page.

 

On 8/14/10 we added a comment to our entry on yōshi or adoption on our Yakusha thru Z page.

 

On 8/14/10 we started an entry on ihai or Buddhist mortuary tablets on our Ihai thru Iwai page.

UPDATED on 8/16-18/10.

    

 

 

 

The wallpaper on this page is from a

photo of the entrance to Kanazawa station

 posted by Fg2 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.