Scholten is a private gallery specializing in Japanese woodblock prints and paintings. We offer ukiyo-e from the 18th to 20th centuries, including shin hanga, sosaku hanga , and Japanese-style woodblock prints produced by Western artists. Located in a spacious suite in the old Meurice Hotel, just steps from Central Park South, we enjoy meeting with visitors one on one in order to best learn about your interestsand share the collection with you.
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Butterfly Dance – Winter, Chizuko Yoshida (1924-2017)
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Views of Osaka: Harbour (Moonlit Night), Oda Kazuma 1881-1956
Our booth this year features classic ukiyo-e from the 19th century as well as 20th century shin hanga, as well as a focus on modern works by sosaku-hanga (creative print) artists of the early 20th century. Highlights will include a selection of abstract works by the Yoshida family of artists, woodblock prints and lithographs by Oda Kazuma (1881-1956) and linocuts by Kyohei Inukai (1913-1985) among others. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any queries!
Exhibiting Artists
One More Scene: Stonehouses, Tomo, Hodaka Yoshida (1926-1995), 1988
zinc etching and woodblock on paper, 16 7/8 by 24 3/8 in., 43 by 61.8 cm, edition 25/100, $4,000
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Distant View of Kinryuzan, Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), 1857
woodbock print, 14 1/4 by 9 1/2 in., 36.1 by 24.2 cm, $25,000
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: no. 12, Moon Above the Sea at Daimotsu Bay; Benkei, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), 1886
woodblock print, 14 1/4 by 9 3/4 in., 36.1 by 24.7 cm, $6,500
Sea Gull of Antarctic, Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995), 1987
woodblock print, 12 1/4 by 25 in., 31.2 by 63.5 cm, edition 77/1200, $1,200
Arifuku Hot Spring, Iwami, Oda Kazuma (1881-1956), 1925
woodblock print, 15 3/8 by 10 3/8 in., 39 by 26.5 cm, $3,800
Fishermen, Bertha Lum (1869-1954), 1908
woodblock print, 10 1/2 by 6 1/8 in., 26.6 by 15.6 cm, $3,000
Butterfly Dance – Summer, Chizuko Yoshida (1924-2017)
woodblock print, 16 1/4 by 11 1/8 in., 41.2 by 28.3 cm, $1,200
Ladyslipper Orchids, Fujio Yoshida (1887-1987), 1954
woodblock print, 16 3/8 by 10 7/8 in., 41.5 by 27.7 cm, $1,200
Night (Drops), Hodaka Yoshida (1926-1995), 1954
woodblock print, 10 7/8 in., 40.5 by 27.5 cm, $1,200
Kumoi Cherry Tree, Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950), ca. 1926
woodblock print, 23 by 29 1/8 in., 58.5 by 74 cm, P.O.R.
Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji: no. 3, Sukiyagashi in the Eastern Capital, Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), ca. 1858
woodblock print, 14 by 9 1/4 in., 35.7 by 23.4 cm, $8,500
Spring- Riverside Park, Kyohei Inukai (1913-1985), ca. 1965-75
color lithograph, 22 1/8 by 30 1/8 in., 56.3 by 76.5 cm, $950
Lanterns, Elyse Ashe Lord (1885-1971), ca. 1920s-30s
color aquatint and drypoint etching with additional colors applied with woodblocks, 7 3/8 by 8 in., 18.7 by 20.4 cm, edition 23/75, $650
Collected Pictures of Ginza: Second Series, No. 1, A Girl Selling Dolls, Oda Kazuma (1881-1956), 1929
color lithograph, 12 5/8 by 8 3/4 in., 32.2 by 22.2 cm, $3,700
Flowers of the Theatrical World: Actor Ichikawa Shocho II as Oman, Yamamura Koka (Toyonari, 1885-1942), ca. 1920
woodblock print, 16 1/4 by 11 3/8 in., 41.3 by 28.8 cm, $2,200
Ten Types of Female Nudes: Reading, Ishikawa Toraji (1875-1964), 1934
woodblock print, 19 by 15 in., 48.4 by 38 cm, $2,900
Musicians on a Verandah with Lanterns, Oda Kazuma (1881-1956), 1927
color lithograph, 23 1/4 by 18 3/8 in., 59.2 by 46.6 cm, $14,000
Creative Prints, Collected Portraits of Shunsen: Actor Ichikawa Ennosuke II as Kakudayu, Natori Shunsen (1886-1960), 1927
woodblock print, 15 1/2 by 10 7/8 in., 39.3 by 27.6 cm, $2,400
Onoe Matsusuke (1744-1815) as Soga no Jasoku and Nakamura Noshio II (1759-1800) as Yukinoto (the onnagata), Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825), 1798
woodblock print, 15 1/2 by 10 1/8 in., 39.3 by 25.8 cm, P.O.R.
The Genroku Pose in Shibaraku, Paul Binnie (Scottish, b. 1967), 1994
kappazuri (stencil print) on reddish-brown hosho paper, 25 5/8 by 38 3/8 in., 65 by 97.5 cm, edition 23/25, $3,500
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: no. 22, Moon and Smoke, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), 1886
woodblock print, 14 3/4 by 10 in., 37.5 by 25.5 cm, $1,900
Figures of the Modern Stage: no. 1, Actor Ichikawa Ebizo IX as Sukeroku, Ota Gako (Masamitsu, 1892-1975), 1954
woodblock print, 16 7/8 by 11 in., 42.9 by 27.8 cm, $1,600
The Noh play The Stone Bridge, Paul Binnie (Scottish, b. 1967), 1997
two-color woodblock print on gold paper, 16 1/2 by 12 1/8 in., 41.9 by 30.9 cm, $1,600
Tiger's Head, Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995), ca. 1926
woodblock print, 9 1/8 by 12 1/4 in., 23.3 by 31.1 cm, $800
Cats, Kyohei Inukai (1913-1985), ca. 1978-84
woodblock print, 17 5/8 by 9 1/2 in., 19.3 by 24.1 cm, $400
Parrot on a Camellia Branch, Kakunen Tsuruoka (1892-1977), ca. 1940
woodblock print, 19 3/4 by 9 1/2 in., 50.3 by 24.1 cm, $1,500
The Bridge, B. J. O. Nordfeldt (1878-1955), ca. 1906
woodblock print, 8 1/8 by 10 1/2 in., 20.7 by 26.7 cm, $2,200
Sacred Bridge of Nikko, Anton Schutz (1894-1977), ca. 1929
etching, 14 by 18 7/9 in., 35.5 by 47.8 cm, $500
Views of Osaka: Kyomachi Canal, Oda Kazuma (1881-1956), 1919
lithograph, 13 1/4 by 19 1/8 in., 33.7 by 48.7 cm, $2,200
On the Great Canal, Osaka, Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938), 1897
drypoint, plate tone on paper, 12 by 100 in., 30.5 by 254 cm, $850