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Originally Posted by xchampion91
I had someone over at another forum claim the first pic was someone with the surname Ishikawa if that helps.
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The first red seal reads 石川之印 (ishikawa no in, meaning: the Seal of Ishikawa).
I doubt this is a pen name.
The last seal and sig reads 佑岩, and in Chinese 佑 means blessed, which would give "blessed rock". I think that is 雅号 (pen name), and his real name is (possibly) Ishikawa.
Reason is simple: 朱印 (seal in intaglio) is usually used for surname (姓名印), while the 白印 (seal in relief) is used for 雅号印 (pen name seal). Together they represent balance of forces Yin and Yang. Another thing is that the sig. on the work reads 佑岩, which further proves that this is pen name (no calligrapher signs his work with his last name).
Second (middle ) pic. is a print (imho) so forget about it.
Lastly, 佑岩 would suggest a guy. The handwriting would also lead me to a conclusion that this is a man's writing.
The top seal on the last picture is too blury, you need to make a better picture.
It is possible it has his full name on it, which means that two kanji on the right hand side are his first name, still, the pic is bit too blury to read it.
It is also highly possible that 石川 and 佑岩 are two different people, especially that btheir sigs do not match and there is no consistancy in seals (but that is not an absolute rule). Another thing is that I am looking at the name seal on the last pic and i cannot see any kanji that would even remotely resemble 石川 (right hand side bottom is i think 印, and top left might be 清, but i am not sure). Are you sure there is no other seal under the 石川之印 on the first picture?