Shiro Kasamatsu Japanese Woodblock Prints

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Great Lantern at Sensoji Temple, Asakusa 1934
15 1/4" x 10 3/8"
KAS27 $495
Artists seal, Early Lifetime edition with 6mm Wantanabe seal 1946-1957
Very good condition, paper toning,
toning line at margins, 2 pinholes left margin

Bird Cage 1957 by Shiro Kasamatsu
16 1/4 by 10 3/4 inches
Signed with artist's seal lower right
Later edition
KAS3 $235

Ochanomizu in Tokyo by Shiro Kasamatsu
16 " x 10 7/8"
KAS65 $245
Later Printing
Excellent condition, good bleed-through

The Tokyo Station in Winter-Tokyo Eki by Shiro Kasamatsu
16 1/4" x 10 7/8"
KAS67 $245
Later Printing
Excellent condition, good bleed-through

Edogawa River at Imai
16 1/4 by 11 inches
Later Edition, Excellent Condition, Good Bleed-through
KAS24 $225

Benkeibashi Bridge Akasaka from Eight Views of Tokyo
16 1/4 by 11 inches
Later Edition, Excellent Condition
KAS25 $225

Remaining Light at Minakami, Gunma (Joshu)
16 by 11 inches
Later Edition, Excellent Condition
KAS16 $225

Toshogu Shrine, Ueno from Eight Views of Tokyo
16 by 11 inches
Later Edition, Excellent Condition
KAS20 $225

Kegon Waterfall
16 by 11 inches
Later Edition, Excellent Condition
KAS22 SOLD

Bamboo in Summer
16 by 11 inches
Later Edition, Excellent Condition
KAS21 $225

Near Yanagibashi Eight Views of Tokyo
16 by 11 inches
Later Edition, Excellent Condition
KAS19 $225

Echigo-Kashiwazaki, Niigata
16 by 11 inches
Later Edition, Excellent Condition
KAS18 $225

Hall of Golden Hue-Konjikido 1954
16 by 11 inches
Later Edition, Excellent Condition
KAS15 $375

Pagoda at Yanaka in Evening Rain 1932
15 3/8 by 10 3/8 inches
Post war printing 1945-1960, Wantanabe black round 6mm seal
KAS6 $365

Rising Moon at Katase River 1953
15 3/4 by 10 3/4 inches, later edition
Signed with artist's seal
KAS1 $325

Eight Views of Tokyo-Sanmon Gate of Zojo Temple 1953
15 3/4 by 10 5/8 inches, later edition
Signed with artist's seal, printer Unsodo
KAS4 $255

HHouse in Ontake in Tama, Tokyo 1951
16 by 10 3/4 inches later edition circa 1970
Signed with artist's seal, publisher Unsodo
KAS13 $275

Summer Night 1957
15 3/4 by 10 3/4 inches, later edition
Signed with artist's seal
KAS5 $235

Comorants 1957
16 by 10 5/8 inches
Artists Seal, later edition
KKAS9 $325

Spring at the Moat 1957
16 1/8 by 11 inches
Artists Seal, later edition circa 1990
Carver Ohkura, Printer Ichimura
KAS8 $275

Morning at Ubako
16 by 11 inches
Later Edition, Excellent Condition
KAS17 $225

Shiro Kasamatsu (1894-1992) began studying painting and woodblock printing with Kaburagi Kiyokata at the age of 13. He started creating woodblock prints for the publisher Watanabe from 1919 to the late 1940's, producing over 50 prints. When fire destroyed Wantanabe's workshop during the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923, his woodblocks were destroyed.

Soon after, he changed publishers to Unsodo in Kyoto, creating 102 prints in eight years. He later progressed to the Sosaku Hanga style, making about 80 prints. He covered a wide range of subjects, with intense colors and beautiful night, animal & bird scenes.

Shiro Kasamatsu Woodblock Prints

Shiro Kasamatsu