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We are interested in buying, a.o., the following works
(in very good to better condition):
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  • HIROSHIGE
    1. Prints from landscapes series, like:
      (Hoeido) Tokaido
      Eight views of Omi
      A hundred views of Edo
      Sixty-odd Provinces
      Thirty-six views of Fuji
    2. Birds & flowers
    3. Prints from the 'Large Fishes' series


  • HOKUSAI
    1. 3-vol. book: One hundred views of Mt. Fuji - 3 vols. (Fugaku hyakkei, c. 1834-49)
    2. 15-vol. book: Hokusai MANGA - preferably pre-Meiji editions
    3. Prints from: Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei, c. 1829-33)
    4. Prints signed Shunro (c. 1780-93)
    5. Shunga books by the artist


  • KUNIYOSHI
    1. Triptychs depicting the Chushingura theme
    2. Large heads
    3. Warrior prints
    4. Fan prints (women, landscapes)
    5. Surimono (still lives, a.o.)
    6. Cats and other animals
    7. People with strange faces or drawn like scribblings
    8. Prints in western-style
    9. Preliminary drawings for woodblock prints


  • KUNISADA
    1. Actor portraits (large heads of an untitled series of c. 1860-64)
    2. Landscapes


  • YOSHITOSHI
    1. series: One hundred aspects of the moon (only from first edition)
    2. series: Thirty-two aspects of customs & manners (Yoshitoshi's women)
    3. series: New forms of thirty-six ghosts (Yoshitoshi's Ghosts)


  • so-called PRIMITIVES
    1. i.e. prints from the period up to c. 1760: b&w, hand-colored or
      printed with up to two colors (urushi-e, tan-e, etc.)


  • OTHER ARTISTS
    1. Hasui (early works)
    2. Koson
    3. Yoshida Hiroshi
    4. Goyo
    5. Zeshin
    6. Kyosai (drawings, a.o.)
    7. Kiyochika (landscapes, Tokyo night scenes)


  • PRINTS DEPICTING:
    1. Ships, Foreigners (Nagasaki & Yokohama prints)
    2. People wearing glasses
    3. Cameras & optical instruments
    4. Ghosts
    5. Archery
    6. Whales
    7. octopus
    8. Balloons


  • MISCELLANEOUS:
    1. Preliminary drawings
    2. Original woodblocks
    3. Surimono (privately published (mostly small square) deluxe prints)
    4. Erotic prints & books (shunga)
    5. Prints in western style / perspective


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