Our Saturday, May 1 Auction, featuring prints and paintings by Shin Hanga school artists and Western artists working in the Shin Hanga tradition is now online and open for bidding. Artists, include Bartlett, Hasui, Hiroaki, Koitsu, Koson, Masamitsu, Shoson, Shunsen and Hiroshi and Toshi Yoshida.
Our second exhibition of 2021 features over 50 prints, as well as a drawing, by Shin Hanga master, Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950).
We’ve started using our blog, BLOCK TALK, again.
Recent posts include Bill Stein discussing highlights from our March 20 Modern and Contemporary Auction, and a Tokushi Katsuhira print process set, with step by step commentary.
Explore our inventory of hundreds of items ranging from Edo Period woodblocks to contemporary abstraction.
Our team has a combined 60 years of experience in the field. We’re the experts other experts trust. Feel free to contact us for a complimentary evaluation of your artwork.
June 12 – Ukiyo-e and Meiji Auction
July 24 – Christmas in July No Reserve Auction
Sept. 25 – Modern and Contemporary Prints
Nov. 6 – Shin Hanga and Western Artists
Dec. 4 – Holiday No Reserve Auction
All dates subject to change.
Floating World Gallery is one of the world’s leading galleries in fine Japanese art. Since 1987 we have supplied the finest prints and paintings to notable private collectors and public institutions. We have direct relationships with artists, their families and estates as well as a dense network of contacts that make us the leading gallery in sourcing material. In fact, we are the leading supplier of artwork to other dealers. Please contact us if you don’t see what you’re looking for in our diverse online catalog – chances are we can find it for you.
Our Japanese art catalog includes works from all genres – Ukiyo-e, Meiji, Shin Hanga, Sosaku Hanga and Contemporary, as well as a selection of Western artists who worked in Japan or otherwise follow Japanese print making techniques. Some of the artists we have (or have had) include Azechi, Hasui, Hamaguchi, Harunobu, Hashimoto, Hiroaki, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Hoshi, Inagaki, Kiyokata, Kogan, Koitsu, Koizumi, Koson, Kotondo, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Maki, Mori, Munakata, Nakayama, Onchi, Saito, Sekino, Shinshui, Shiro, Shoson, Shunsen, Teraoka, Toraji, Toyokuni III, Tsunetomi, Watanabe, Yamaguchi, Yoshida and many more woodblock print and painting artists.