Original Wada Sanzo Woodblock Print Evening Newspaper Seller Yukan-uri Showa #14 c.1939 14"W LS#164 Itomasu from dynamic kabuki actor portraits

from dynamic kabuki actor portraits pulsating with life to enchanting bijin-ga showcasing the timeless beauty of women

This is an antique Japanese Taisho era (c

Monumental Japanese fish market kanban (看板) — carved and lacquered wood signboard from a wholesale fish merchant establishment

Format: Kuchi-e (frontispiece woodblock print) — approximately 8 3/4" × 12 1/4" (22 × 31 cm)

1848Woodblock print

Original Wada Sanzo Woodblock Print Evening Newspaper Seller Yukan-uri Showa #14 c.1939 14"W LS#164 Itomasu from dynamic kabuki actor portraitsWada Sanz (18831967) Evening Newspaper Seller (, Ykan uri), No. 14 from Shwa Shokugy E zukushi (Japanese Vocations in Pictures) Vintage Japanese Shwa Era, c. 193940 The Shwa Shokugy E zukushi series began in 1938 and was published by Nishinomiya Shoin; the prewar sequence contains 48 prints, interrupted in 1943 during the Pacific War. This impression is from the original Nishinomiya Shoin edition, limited to 300 impressions. A cold, blustery winter