FLUTES (笛), SHAKUHACHIS (尺八), AND WHISTLES (ホイッスル)

[Shamisen and Shakuhachi Players]
 
Print Date: 1900
Artist: Mizuno Toshikata (水野年方)
Medium: Woodblock printed kuchi-e
Publication: Renbo Nagashi (恋慕ながし) by Oguri Fûyô (小栗風葉)
Image courtesy of Aretelino.com
 
 

 

[Playing Music]
 
Print Date: 1904
Artist: Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀)
Series:  [Today's Elegant Manners and Customs] Tôsei Fûryû Tsû (当世風流通)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

L:  [When Autumn Has Come] Aki ga Kita tote (秋が来たとて)
R: [What Is A Long Autumn Night]
Aki no Yo wa Nagai mono towa (秋の夜は長いものとは)

Print Date: 10/28/08
Artist: Kaneko Kan? (金子寛)
Published in Niji (虹), Vol. 1, No. 9 (October 28, 1908)
Medium: Lithograph
 
 
 
 

[Ox and Flute Player]
 
Print Date: 1909
Artist: Kamisaka Sekka (神坂雪佳)
Album Series: [World of Things] Momoyo-gusa (百々世草), Vol. 2
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

[Flute Player]
 
Print Date: 1909
Artist: Kamisaka Sekka (神坂雪佳)
Album Series: [World of Things] Momoyo-gusa (百々世草), Vol. 3
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com

                 
Song of the Brook (aka "Flute Player")

Print Date:  1916
Artist: Bertha Lum
Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of
San Francisco
 
 
 

                 
Tachitsure Uta Hana (たちつれ歌はな)

Print Date:  05/17/20
Artist: Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二)
Medium: Machine printed? sheet music cover
Image courtesy of the National Museum of
Modern Art, Kyoto

Note: Senô Shin Kouta (セノオ新小唄) No. 19
 
 
 
 

Die Flötenspielerin

Print Date: 1922
Artist: Emil Orlik
Medium: Chalk and ink lithograph
Published in Chinesische Abende by Leo Greiner (1922)
Personal Collection
 

                   
The Flute Player (aka The Flautist)

Print Date: 1927
Artist: Elizabeth Keith
Medium: color etching
Image courtesy of Hanga.com

    

                   
Night Music on a Floating Pavillion (center panel)]
Suitei Yakyoku (水亭夜曲)

Print Date: 09/1929 (ed. 10)
Artist: Oda Kazuma (織田一磨)
Medium: Stone lithograph
Image Courtesy of The National
Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Note: See the print in the Undated Oda Kazuma section for a related design.
 

                 
[On The Way; aka Stylish Girls 
on a Promenade] Tojô (途上)

Print Date: 1928
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
 
 

                   
Inside the Palace of Pong-Lai

Print Date: 1928
Artist: Elyse Ashe Lord
Medium: Etching with color applied by woodblock
Image courtesy of the New England Art Exchange

                 
[Man Blowing a Flute] Fue o Fuku Otoko

Print Date: 1929
Artist: Daidô Tôru (大道寺達)
Published in Katana (刀), No. 6
 

                   
Springtime at Loyang

Print Date: 1929
Artist: Elyse Ashe Lord
Medium: Etching with color applied by woodblock
 
 
 

                   
The Musicians

Print Date: 1930
Artist: Elyse Ashe Lord
Medium: Etching with color applied by woodblock
 
 
 

                   
The Bird Charmer

Print Date: c. 1931-1933
Artist: Geoffrey Sneyd Garnier
Medium: colored aquatint
 
 

                   
The Bird Charmer

Print Date: post-1970
Artist: Geoffrey Sneyd Garnier
Medium: restrike etching

                   
Snake Charmers

Print Date: 1932
Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi (吉田博)
*Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
 
 
 

                   
Komuso (虚無僧)

Performance Place: Kabuki-za
Print Date: 1934
Artist: Noël Nouët
Medium: Lithograph (from Toyko Fifty Sketches)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                   
[Flute ] Yokobue (横笛)

Print Date: 10/1937 (ed. 15?)
Artist: Oda Kazuma (織田一磨)
Medium: Stone lithograph
 
 
 
 

                   
Court Musicians, Korea

Print Date: 1938
Artist: Elizabeth Keith
Medium: color etching
Image courtesy of Hanga.com

    

                   
Komuso Priests

Print Date: 1938
Artist: Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
Medium: Drypoint etching
Personal Collection (#2/10)
 
 
 
 

                   
Komusô (虚無僧)

Print Date: 1940
Artist: Wada Sanzô (和田三造)
Series: [Compendium of Occupations in the Shôwa Era]
Shôwa Shokugyô E-Zukushi (昭和職業繪盡) (Series 1, #20)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note:  This first edition print was published by Nishinomiya Shoin in an edition of 300.  A post-war
edition made from recarved blocks was issued by Kyoto Hangain.  A reduced size chuban version
was also issued by Kyoto Hangain after the war.
 
 
 

            
Boy With Flute

Print Date: 1944 (ed. 5)
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Image courtesy of the Floating World Gallery

[Flute Playing Kappa]
Kappa Furûto Ensô (河童, フルート演奏)

Print Date: 1953
Artist: Nagai Iku (永井郁)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                   
L'Homme Heureux, Chinois

Print Date: 09/1955
Artist: Paul Jacoulet
Image courtesy of the USC Pacific Asia Museum
 
 
 
 

                 
[Performance] Ensô (演奏)

Print Date: 1957
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
 
Note: A color image is not available at this time.   This print is a cut-down
version of a 1956 design.
 
 
 

                   
[Sacred Music Players] Kagura Hayashi (神楽ばやし)

Print Date: 1959
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 20)
 
 

                   
[Three Musicians] Sannin Hayashi (三人ばやし)

Print Date: 1962
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. ?)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: A similar design was issued in 1964.
 
 

                   
[Three Musicians] Sannin Hayashi (三人ばやし)

Print Date: 1962
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. ?)

Note: A similar design was issued in 1964.

[Sound of a Flute] Fue no Ne (笛の音)
 
Print Date: 1964
Artist: Hoshi Joichi (星襄一)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten

                                   
                [Three Musicians] Sannin Hayashi (三人ばやし)

                Print Date: 1964
                Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
                Medium: Stencil print (ed. ?)
                Image courtesy of Castle Fine Arts

                Note: A similar design was issued in 1962.
 
 
 

                   
[Sacred Dance with 5 Musicians]
Kagura to Gonin Hayashi (神楽と五人ばやし)

Print Date: 1965
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 30)

                   
[Sacred Dance with 5 Musicians]
Kagura to Gonin Hayashi (神楽と五人ばやし)

Print Date: 1965
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. ?)

Note: Only a black and white image is currently available. 
It is not known at this time if a color version exists
(different from the preceding entry).

                   
[Sacred Dance Music] Kagurabayashi (神楽囃子)

Print Date: 1965
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 10)
 

                 

Print Date: 1966
Artist: Iijima Shun'ichi (飯島俊一)
Medium: Woodblock printed New Year's card
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                 

Print Date: 1967
Artist: Iijima Shun'ichi (飯島俊一)
Medium: Woodblock printed New Year's card
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                   
[Three Musicians (C)] Sannin Hayashi (C) (三人囃子(C))

Print Date: 1968
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 30)

Note: Only a black and white image is currently available.  It is
not known at this time if a color version exists.
 
 

                 

Print Date: 1969
Artist: Iijima Shun'ichi (飯島俊一)
Medium: Woodblock printed New Year's card
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 
 

                   
[Band Playing]

Print Date: 1969
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 100)
Image courtesy of The Ringling
 
 

                 

Print Date: 1970
Artist: Iijima Shun'ichi (飯島俊一)
Medium: Woodblock printed New Year's card
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                   
[Preliminary Beating of Drums] Sakiburedaiko (先ぶれだいこ)

Print Date: 1971
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)

                   
[Five Musicians] Goninbanashi (五人ばやし)

Print Date: 1971
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)
Image courtesy of the Floating World Gallery
 
 
 

                   
[Five Musicians] Goninbanashi (五人ばやし)

Print Date: 1975
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)
Image courtesy of the University of Michigan Museum of Art

Note: This print was printed in a different color scheme in
1971.  A nearly identical color version was also produced
in 1976.
 
 
 

[Flute Playing]  Fue Fuku (笛ふく)

Print Date: 1976
Artist: Akiyama Iwao (秋山巌)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

[Love] Koi (恋)
 
Print Date: 1979 (ed. 20)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The seller's description says the woman is playing the flute
in a dinner theater.
 
 
 
 

                   
[Bamboo Flute]

Print Date: 1979
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 70)
Image courtesy of the Ronin Gallery

                 
Playing Music to the North
 
Print Date: 1981 (ed. 50)
Artist: Iijima Shun'ichi (飯島俊一)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum
of Asian Art
 
 
 
 
 

                 
[Playing As You Like] Katte na Asobi (かった な遊び)

Date: 1981 (ed. 50)
Artist: Koike Nobuko (小池暢子)
Medium: Etching and Aquatint
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

[Girl with a Flute (B)]  

Print Date: 1982 (ed. 85)
Artist: Nakayama Tadashi (中山正)
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection


 
 

                 
[Under The Moon] Tsuki no Shita (月の下)

Print Date: 1988 (ed. 70)
Artist: Osugi (Oshugi) Shoji
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

 
 

[First Whistle in Tendushimai] Tendushimai Ichino Fue  (天津目舞一乃笛)

Date: 1991 (ed. 36)
Artist: Itô Takumi (伊藤卓美)
Image courtesy of Galerie Shinkura

               
                [Music In Autumn] Aki no Kyoku (秋の曲)

                Date: 1991 (ed. 10)
                Artist: Kawai Kazuo
                Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                 
Rossignolet du Bois - Il Flauto Magico

Print Date: 1994 (ed. ?)
Artist: Ligustro
Artist: Ligustro (based on drawings by Serena Giordano)
Series: [Thirty Arcana for Eight Colors] Trenta Arcani per Otto Colori
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/
 
 
 

               
Days with Flute Music

Print Date: 1996 (ed. 50)
Artist: Lǚ Mǐn (吕敏)
Medium: Reduction woodblock print
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                 
Big Time - The Music Never Stops

Print Date: 2014 (ed. 12)
Artist: Zhèng Jiânhuî (郑建辉)
Medium: Reduction woodblock print
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

[Flute Note] Fue no Oto (笛の音)
Ex Libris L & G [Laura & Giovanni]
 
Print Date: 02/2021
Artist: Hamanishi Katsunori (浜西勝則)
Series: The Tale of Genji
Medium: Mezzotint with gold leaf
Courtesy of http://www.k-hama24.com
 
 
 

                 
Man'yōshū (万葉集) Vol. 11

Print Date: ?
Artist: Inagaki Toshijirô (稲垣稔次郎)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

 
 
 

[Girl Playing the Flute] Fue Fuki Dôji (笛吹童子)
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Inagaki Toshijirô (稲垣稔次郎)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

               
                [Musicians]
 
                Print Date: ?
                Artist: Inagaki Toshijirô (稲垣稔次郎)
                Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

[Lion Dance]
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Kamisaka Sekka (神坂雪佳)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

[Music Player Doll]
 
Print Date: ?
Artis: Kamisaka Sekka (神坂雪佳)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art

               
                [Two Menoko]

                Date: ?
                Artist: Katô Tetsunosuke (加藤哲之助)
                Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                 
[Performance] Ensô (演奏)

Print Date: ?
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
 
Note: It is unclear if this print was issued in color or not.

                 
[Negro Jazz Band]

Print Date: ?
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
Image courtesy of Chris Walther
 
 
 
    

                   
[Musicians at Suruga District]
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Kikuchi Kiichirô (菊 池貴一郎)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                   
Flute

Print Date: ?
Artist: Elyse Lord Ashe
Medium: Etching with color applied by woodblock

Note: Part of a series with ""Banjo" and "Bongoes."

                   
Concert

Print Date: ? (pre-1929)
Artist: Elyse Lord Ashe
Medium: Etching with color applied by woodblock

                   
[The Flute Player]

Print Date: ?
Artist: Elyse Lord Ashe
Medium: Etching with color applied by woodblock

[Dancing Rabbit and Raccoon Dog]

Date: ? (ed. 100)
Artist: Maekawa Kazuo (前川かずお)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com        
 

                                   
                [Musicians on a Verandah with Lanterns]

                Print Date: ? (ed. ?)
                Artist: Oda Kazuma (織田一磨)
                Medium: Stone lithograph
                Image courtesy of Scholten Japanese Art


                Note: This print relates to the center panel of Oda's 1927 print "Night Music
                on a Floating Pavillion."  The dealer handling this print thinks it might have
                been a test proof.
 
 
 
 

            
[Flute] Fue (笛)

Print Date: ? (ed. 30)
Artist: Shimomura Ryônosuke (下村良之介)
Medium: Etching and Aquatint
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

[Shakuhachi Player] Shakuhachi Sôsha (尺八奏者)
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Takahashi Shôzan IV (髙橋宏光)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 

[Ancient Musical Instruments: [Zither] Sou (箏); [Drum] Daiko (大鼓); and  [Flute] Ritsubue (律笛)]
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Takeshita Kin-u (竹下金烏)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

 
 

               
                [The Northern Symphony - The Spring]
                Kita no Shinfonī - Haru (北の シンフォニー - 春)

                Print Date: ?
                Artist: Watarai Junsuke (渡會純价)
                Medium: Etching and Aquatint (ed. 80)
                Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

[Spring Duet] Haru no Dyuetto (春のデュエット)

Print Date: ?
Artist: Watarai Junsuke (渡會純价)
Medium: Etching and Aquatint (ed. 80)
 
 
 
 

Rhythm - R

Print Date: ?
Artist: Watarai Junsuke (渡會純价)
Medium: etching?

Artiste (f)

Print Date: ?
Artist: Watarai Junsuke (渡會純价)
Medium: Etching?
 
 

[Beauty Holding Flute]
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph