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Shima Art Company

Shima Art Company (New York) sold "shin hanga" prints which were printed in Tokyo.

Description Round red seal, with top portion being the backside of a "baren" (round printing tool) seen over Mt. Fuji below. Location New York/Tokyo Time Period 1908 to ca1939/40. Learn more about Shima Art Company at Shotei.com. Artists Served Bairei, Keinan, and Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei). Also produced many "ukiyoe reproductions" of artists including Hiroshige, Eisen, Hokusai, and others.

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Shobisha

Shobisha, founded in the 1920s, is still active today in Tokyo under the name Nakajima Shobisha, but meanwhile only as a print dealer, not publisher. Around 1950 Shobisha acquired from Kawaguchi 15 sets of Hasui blocks and continues still to reprint these designs.

Description The seal is a sophisticated "Shobisha" in Kanji characters. This seal was used in the period 1950-1960 approx. later Hasui reprints do not show this seal. Location Tokyo Time Period since 1920s Artists Served Hasui

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Uchida Han

Uchida Han (or Uchida Publishing) was founded in Kyoto in 1919, and operates still today as an active publisher of shin-hanga in addition to publishing re-strikes of older ukiyo-e prints.

Description These examples of Uchida's various seals all read "Uchi-da Han," meaning "Uchida Publishing." Location Kyoto Time Period 1919 until present Artists Served Tokuriki, Kotozuka, Sadanobu, Ito, and others; as well as numerous re-strikes of Hiroshige and other ukiyo-e artists.

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