Original Japanese Woodblock Print Musha-e (Warrior Print) Oban Tate-e Diptych - Yoshitora Utagawa - c. 1850.  One of The Battles of Kawanakajima between Takeda Shinjen and Uesugi Kenshin which took place in 1561.  Uesugi Kenshin riding his horse with a long polearm, engaged in a fierce battle. Signed: Kinchoro Yoshitora ga in a red cartouche; Publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi (both sheets); each sheet 10" x 14".  Condition: Very Good; Color: Excellent; Impression: Excellent; Nice bleedthrough.  Some minor wrinkling on the top, and very minor marks and flaws that would be consistent with age; Panels not joined.

Each panel approx. :   10 in. x 14 in.

ITEM #:                        MT-J0908

PRICE:                         $  425.00  

Unique and Dramatic Old Custom-Designed and Worked Needlepoint of Tekkai Sennin and Gamma Sennin - The twoTaoist Immortals nicely portrayed in soft colors on a light tan ground - Tekkai Sennin with his head turned upward, blowing his soul toward Heaven and staff in hand, and Gamma Sennin with the Frog, his ever-present companion, seated on his right shoulder, and holding a circular object in his left hand. Signed; not Framed.  Condition: Excellent

Size:        16 1/8 in. x 12 in.

Item #:      MT-J0951

PRICE:     $  98.00

Japanese Woodblock Print - Oban - Nishiki-e - Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) -  A Group of Three Taikomochi (Professional Jesters), from the Print Series: Yonaoshiken (A Miming game in Modern Manners);  instructions for Taikonochi. The text above is probably a dance or a song. Signed Toyokuni ga in a red toshidama cartouche.  Date seal: 1859 (1);  Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei;  Similar Print can be seen in the Catalogue of the Van Gogh Museum's Collection of Japanese Prints, # 266. Condition: Very good:, Impression: Very Good; Color: Very Good with nice bleedthrough.

Size:   14 3/8  in. x 9 5/8 in.

Item #:    MT-J0959

PRICE:    $  210.00