HOSOYA MASAYUKI (細谷正之)

  Unknown Dates

[Page 92] 92 Pêji (92ページ)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Copperplate Etching
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

Note:  It is not know why the pianist's name (Erik Satie) is written backward.

[Power of Four]
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Copperplate Etching
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

Note:  The four musicians are Vladimir Vysotsky, Georges Moustaki,
Georges Brassens, and John Lennon.
 
 

            [Comedy] Kigeki (喜劇)
 
            Print Date: ? (ed. 28)
            Medium: Copperplate etching
            Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

 
 

[Harmony] Hâmonî (ハーモニー)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Etching with Aquatint
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

Note: It is possible that this print depicts the Belgian jazz
harmonicist Toots Thielemans.

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[Dancer R] Dansâ R (ダンサーR)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Etching with Aquatint
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

[New Moon and Letter] Mikadzuki to Moji (三日月と文字)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 20)
Medium: Copperplate etching
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

Note:  This print possibly depicts Columbine and Harlequin.
 
 

[Les Girls]
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Copperplate etching
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

Note: In view of Hosoya's Radio City Music Hall print, it is possible that this print reflects
dancing girls at a place like Le Moulin Rouge or Les Folies Bergère.

C&C
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Copperplate etching
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

Note:  It is not known why Charlie Chaplin's name is written backward.
 
 

[Night of Brussels] Yoru no Buryusseru (夜のブリュッセル)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Etching with Aquatint
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

 

 
 

[A Slight Fever] Binetsu (微熱)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Copperplate etching
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

Note: These appear to be performers, possibly dancers.

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[Bravo] Burabô (ブラボー)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Etching with Aquatint
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

[Radio City Music Hall] Rajioshitihôru (ラジオシティホール)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 25)
Medium: Copperplate etching
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

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[Red Shoes] Akai Kutsu (赤い靴)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

[Bandnion Player]
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: The seller dates this print to circa 2008.

Kuzunoha (葛の葉)
 
Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑)
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: The seller dates this print to circa 2008.
 
 
 
 

Love Song
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: The seller dates this print to circa 2008.
 
 
 

Red Finger
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: The seller dates this print to circa 2008.

[Carmen Theatrer]
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 

[Song] Chanson
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: Edith Piaf discovered Yves Montand in Paris in 1944 and added him
to her act.
 
 
 

[Crescent Moon and Red Flower]
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 

[Notebook of Mayakovski] Mayakofusukî Nôto  (マヤコフスキー ノート)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: Vladimir Mayakovsky was the most prominent poet, author, actor
and playwright in early Bolshevik Russia.
 

[Accordionist] Sanfoneiro (サンフォネイロ)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 80)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: "Sanfoneiro" is Portuguese for accordionist.
 
 
 

[Sisters in Théatre de Lion]
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 

[Stravinksy] Sutorabînsukî (ストラビーンスキー)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 

Vysotsky (ビソツキー)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: Vladimir Vysotsky (1938-1980) was a famous Russian singer,
songwriter and actor.
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[Words By Bob]
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
 
 

Zimmermam (ツィンマーマン)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown CollectionIke Zimmerman

Note: Isaiah "Ike" Zimmerman was an American blues guitarist and
Robert Johnson's main guitar teacher.   But given that the characters spell
"Zimmermam" and not "Zimmerman," it is possible that this depicts
another guitarist altogether.

[Milk Dance]  Miruku Iro no Dansu
 
Print Date: ? (ed. ?)
Medium: Etching and Aquatint
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: The print show is an artist's proof.