Floating World Gallery

Keiko Minami (1911–2004) was a prominent Japanese printmaker, specializing in etchings. She is known for her delicate, fairytale-like imagery, which often features girls, birds, trees, and castles. These works are characterized by intricate line work and a soft, whimsical aesthetic.

She initially studied oil painting and developed a passion for children's stories and poetry. After meeting the mezzotint artist Yozo Hamaguchi who she later married, she moved to Paris with him in 1953. There, she studied aquatint etching at the Johnny Friedlaender Print Institute.

Here are two original works to our website.

Our best auction ever is tomorrow, March 13 at 9am central time! This is our first ever live-streame auction. We hope you join us tomorrow. The link can be found in our bio.

Lot 66 - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) Horse Resting Beneath Flowering Tree, c. 1830s

In honor of the year of the horse, we present a truly remarkable Kunisada horse design. While reproductions of the print are easy to find, this may be the only surviving original impression. Kunisada blends an elegant calligraphic style with traditional ukiyo-e elements, producing a simple but powerfully evocative image. Click the link in our bio to explore the catalog for our March 13 Grand Auction of Japanese Woodblock Print Masterpieces.

We are offering a rare Paul Jacoulet process set in our March 13 Grand Auction of his iconic image Les Jades.

View lot: https://tinyurl.com/mr2ajb98

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View Auction: https://auctions.floatingworld.com

This auction will also be on Invaluable, Drouot and LiveAuctioneers.

On March 13 we will hold our biggest auction ever. Our Grand Auction of Japanese Woodblock Print Masterpieces is one for the books! We hope you are as excited as we are.

FEATURED PRINT OF THE WEEK

We are featuring a single print for a week, unless it sells sooner, at a substantial discount. The current featured piece is Orchid Spirit,11/70, a color etching by Shigeki Kuroda (b. 1953).

View print:

https://floatingworld.com/product/orchid-spirit/

Take a deeper dive into the print, the artist, and historical context at this link:

https://floatingworld.com/orchid-spirit-a-deeper-dive/

The auction is posted on our new auction website http://auctions.floatingworld.com

It is also posted on LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable and Drouot, with a higher commission rate.

This is our best auction ever! We have a Great Wave and sixteen other designs from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series in our March 13 Grand Auction of Japanese Woodblock Print Masterpieces. For the first time in over five years, we are having a live, video-streamed auction. Click the link in our bio to preview.

FEATURED WORK OF THE WEEK

We are featuring a single item for a week, unless it sells sooner, at a substantial discount. The current featured piece is Katsuko in a Hat, 1940, an oil painting by Jun’ichiro Sekino. Katsuko was Sekino’s wife and the painting was made in the same year they wed. We acquired it directly from the Sekino Family.

View painting:

https://floatingworld.com/product/katsuko-in-a-hat/

Take a deeper dive into the print, the artist, and historical context at this link:

https://floatingworld.com/katsuko-in-a-hat-a-deeper-dive/

FEATURED PRINT OF THE WEEK

We are featuring a single print for a week, unless it sells sooner, at a substantial discount. The current featured print is Flowering Kale, 1953, by Fujio Yoshida.

View print:

https://floatingworld.com/product/flowering-kale/

Take a deeper dive into the print, the artist, and historical context at this link:

https://floatingworld.com/flowering-kale-a-deeper-dive/

CALLING ALL CAT LOVERS

Cat and Kittens, c. 1960s by Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997). This unlimited edition print is brush signed and has a mica dusting. Known for his landscapes, particularly of his home town of Aizu, Saito also produced many designs of animals, of which cats are the most prized, both by Saito collectors and feline lovers. This print is one of 40 new works recently added to our website.

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WHAT’S NEW AT FLOATING WORLD GALLERY? - A COURTESAN TRIPTYCH BY YOSH*TOSHI

We recently added 40 new items to our website, including Tsukioka Yosh*toshi’s Spring, from his triptych series The Four Seasons at their Height, 1884.

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