Bubb Kuyper

FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024

107 lots

Lot 5119

Album with 19 painted and calligraphed tanzaku.

Watercolour and brush and ink on paper/ board, all w. signature and/ or seal of (various) artists, some w. gold edging or background, 6-7,5x36 cm., some w. annotations (transcription or information about the artist) on verso, ±1900-2000 (mostly 1930-1960), loosely inserted in leporello-bound album w. silk cl. over boards and pasted on title.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €110

Lot 5127

Bankoku chishi ryaku.

Tokyo, publ. unread, 1878 (vol. 1), 3 vols., (1),2,37; 37; 44 lvs., woodcut text and ills., 5 fold. col. woodcut maps, contemp. unif. (2x) cordbound wr. w. mounted title.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 5128

Bunchô (1764-1840). Chihan no kari (Wild Goose by the edge of the pond).

Hanging scroll, ink on silk, within dec. silk borders, 91x32,5 cm. (image), 180x43 cm. (total size), signed Bunchô, w. seal Gagakusai-in. ADDED: ANONYMOUS, (Lake scene with a pavilion) (Chinese silk embroidery, ±10x60 cm., late 19th cent.(?), framed. Nice).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 5131

[Chinese rubbings]. Lot

of 11 rubbings showing animals, rubbing in black ink and stamps in red, all pre-1966 (cultural revolution), various sizes between 15x15 cm. and 26x22 cm., all on thin paper laid down on stiff paper mounts.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5132

[Chinese rubbings]. Lot

of 11 rubbings showing seals, rubbing in black ink and stamps in red, all pre-1966 (cultural revolution), all approx. 26x20 cm., all on thin paper laid down on stiff paper mounts.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 5133

Furuya, Kôrin (1875-1910). Shima shima.

Kyoto, Unsodô, 1904 (Meiji 37), 1st ed., 2 vols., (2)textp.,(20); (20) lvs. w. col. woodcut textile designs on both sides, orig. unif. cordbound col. dec. wr. w. hashira titles (unread).

Estimate €250 – €350Result €300

Lot 5136

Harunobu (1724-1770). (Stepping between the Shoji).

Col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs.,18x26,5 cm., publisher Yamazaki Kinbei, ±1771. Toyokuni (1769-1825). (The actor Samuwara Gennosuke). Col. woodcut, 38x26 cm., signed Toyokuni ga, w. publisher seal. AND 8 others, i.a. by SHIKIMARO and a small colour woodcut by HIROSHIGE and small actor prints on crepe paper by KUNICHIKA.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €275

Lot 5137

Hiratsuka (1895-1997). (Bitter Melon).

Col. woodcut, 12x9,2 cm., signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka" in pencil in lower right corner. Idem. Azami (Thistle). Woodcut, 17x7 cm., signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka" in pencil in lower right corner and signed in the block in Japanese (sl. creased in upper right corner). Idem. (Persimmon). Woodcut, 9,2x17 cm.,signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka" in pencil in lower right corner and signed in the block in Japanese. Idem. (Gardenia pod). Woodcut, 9,3x16,8 cm.,signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka" in pencil in lower right corner and signed in the block in Japanese.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 5138

Hiratsuka (1895-1997). (Village along a river, with a temple on a hilltop).

Woodcut, 10,6x11,5 cm., signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1969" in pencil below woodcut, w. artist's seal printed in red. Idem. (Courtyard). Woodcut, 14x15,5 cm., signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1959" in pencil below woodcut, w. artist's seal printed in red. Idem. "Exlibris U. Hiratsuka". Woodcut, 12,6x15,3 cm., signed "U. Hiratsuka 1992" in Japanese and latin script in pencil below woodcut. - AND 2 unsigned woodcuts by the same: "Yamayagi" (Boy rides on a running goat) (col. woodcut, 6,2x6,4 cm., w. separate printed explanatory text) and (Deserted street in a village) (woodcut, signed "Un-ichi" in the block, 22,7x17,3 cm.).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 5140

Hiroshige (1797-1858). Lot of 6 pillar prints,

all but one of birds on flowering branches, one of a butterfly with flowers. Col. woodcuts, 4 aitanzakuban (approximately 33x11,5 cm.) and 2 ko-tanzaku (7,5x33,5 cm.), all signed 'Hiroshige-hitsu', 3x w. (faded) artist's seal, 1x w. nanushi censor seals of Hama Yahei and Kinugasa Fusajiro, 3x w. publ. seals Yamashiroya Jinbei, Sanoya Kihei and Yamadaya Shohei.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €400

Lot 5141

Hiroshige (1797-1858). Musa.

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige ga, publisher Iseya Rihei, ±1838.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €350

Lot 5143

Hiroshige (1797-1858). Seba.

Horizontal colour woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige ga, publisher Iseja Rihei.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €210

Lot 5145

Hokusai (1760-1849). The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Col. woodcut oblong ôban, 1831, both signed Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu. AND 1 other similar by the same: Mount Fuji from the mountains of Tôtômi (late 19th/ early 20th cent. copy, somewhat yellowed).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €180

Lot 5149

[Inrô]. Five-case lacquer inrô with houses and pine trees by a mountain.

Wood and lacquer w. some goldleaf, approximately 7x4,5x2,6 cm., w. string and ojime (bead), w. inscription in the top lid (possibly a signature), 18th/ 19th century. AND a four-case lacquer inrô with a dragon, peonies and a phoenix, wood and lacquer w. some goldleaf, 8x6x2 cm., 19th/ 20th century (lid and second compartment stuck together, string broken). - ADDED: a netsuke(?) with leafy decoration, wood and lacquer and goldleaf w. a metal ring, late 19th/ early 20th century (fine).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €475

Lot 5151

[Japan]. Lot

of 10 woodblock prints and brush and ink drawings, i.a. ANONYMOUS, (Two fishes) (col. woodcut on thin Japanese, 32x21,5 cm., 19-20th cent.); KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820), Peonies and Iris (col. woodcut, 20x17 cm., 1810(?)) and HASEGAWA SADANOBU III (1881-1963), Fuwa Banzaemon - kabuki (woodcut, 25x18,5 cm., late 20th cent.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €120

Lot 5152

Japanese Fairy Tale Series.

No.1. Momotaro./ No.14. The Princes Fire-Flash & Fire-Fade. Tokyo, Kobunsha, n.d. (±1880), 2 vols., (9); (12)p., English text, bound as a blockbook, (full-p.) col. woodcut ills. and orig. unif. cordbound wr., printed on crêped paper, sm. 8vo.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €80

Lot 5153

Japanese Fairy Tale Series.

No.5-8. Tokyo, Kobunsha for Griffith Farran & Co. (London), 1885-1886 (Meiji 18-19), 4 parts in 1 vol., num. col. woodcut ills., printed on crêped paper, contemp. cl.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €140

Lot 5154

Japanese Fairy Tale Series.

No.22 The Flowers of Remembrance and Forgetfulness. Told in English by Mrs. T.H. James. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, (1889), 1st ed., (20)p., printed on crêpe paper, w. col. woodcut ills., bound as a bookblock.

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 5155

Japanese Fairy Tale Series.

Extra No. Princess Splendor. The Wood-cutter's Daughter. English transl. E. Rothesay Miller. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, 1895, 2nd ed., (49) lvs., (full-p.) col. woodcut ills. by KOBAYASHI EITAKU, English text, printed on crêped paper, bound as a blockbook.

Estimate €30 – €50Result €30

Lot 5156

Japanese lacquer album,

±1920, 6 board lvs. w. handpainted dec. layer of silk, handpainted silk doublures, wooden black lacquered covers w. bone and mother of pearl onlay decoration, depicting plants and herons, obl. folio size.

Estimate €40 – €60

Lot 5159

Keinen (1845-1924). Egret with Minnow.

Col. woodcut ôban, publisher Nishimura Sozaemon, 1891. AND 10 other woodcuts showing birds, i.a. 7 (double-p.) woodcuts (hansi-bon) by BAIREI.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €210

Lot 5160

Keinen (1845-1924). (Hawk hunting a Wild Duck).

Col. woodcut diptych, from Keinen kachô gafu (Keinen's Flower and Bird Picture Album), (1891), 24x35,5 cm., publ. Nihimura Soemon. ADDED 1 other (restrike) print.

Estimate €120 – €150

Lot 5161

Kôgyo (1869-1927). Kogô.

Col. woodcut ôban diptych, printed w. some silver, signed on lefthand woodcut Kôgyo, w. artist's seal in red on righthand woodcut and publisher's seal of Daikokuya on lefthand woodcut.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 5162

Kôgyo (1869-1927). Mekari.

Col. woodcut ôban, printed w. some gold, signed Kôgyo, w. artist's seal, publ. by Daikokuya. Idem. Sagi (Heron). Col. woodcut ôban, printed with gold and silver, signed Kôgyo with red artist's seal, publ. Daikukoya. Idem. Hibariyama. Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kôgyo with red artist's seal, publ. Daikokuya.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 5163

Kôgyo (1869-1927). Shunkan.

Col. woodcut ôban, printed with silver and gold, signed Kôgyo with red artist's seal, publ. Daikokuya. Idem. Sagi (heron). Col. woodcut ôban, printed with silver and gold, signed Kôgyo with red artist's seal, publ. Daikokuya.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 5164

Kôgyo (1869-1927). Takasago.

Col. woodcut ôban diptych, printed with silver and gold, signed Kôgyo with red artist's seal on lefthand leaf, publ. Daikokuya.

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 5165

Kôgyo (1869-1927). Yôrô.

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kôgyo, w. senka yakusui ("Elixer of the House of the Immortal") seal and publisher's seal of Daikokuya. Idem. (Two actors in a scene from a Noh play). Col. woodcut horizontal ôban, signed Kôgyo, w. artist's seal in red, without publisher.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 5167

Kômyôshuu.

Four vols. of calligraphed poems and ±40 (col.) brush and ink drawings of i.a. flowers, animals and people, by various (unread) artists i.a. IIJIMA KOUGA (1829-1900), each w. the artist's seal, 19th cent., contemp. unif. leporello binding w. hashira-titles.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €110

Lot 5170

Kotozuka, Eiichi (1906-1979). (Bamboo).

Col. woodcut ôban, w. artist's seal, publ. Uchida, (1960) (fine). - AND 1 anonymous ink and brush painting of bamboo (sl. foxed and browned).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 5172

Kouhen bunkajou.

N.pl., n.publ., (1840; Tenpo 11), (1)p., 21 lvs. w. col. woodcut designs on both sides, orig. cordbound wr. w. hashira title, sm. folio. Miyagawa Souhei. Hichijisan(?). Kyoto, Unsodô, 1935 (Shôwa 10), 7 col. woodcut kimono designs (of 20?), orig. dec. cordbound wr., folio.

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 5173

[Kuchi-e]. Album

with 16 kuchi-e by various artists. Col. woodcut prints, between 23,5x17,5 cm. and 32x22,5 cm., ±1890-1910, i.a. by TAKEUCHI KEISHU, TOSHIKATA MIZUNO, SUZUKI KASON, TERASAKI KOGYO and TOMIOKA EISEN, loosely inserted in a leporello-bound album w. silk over covers and blank mounted title-strip.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €350

Lot 5177

Kunimaru (1794-1829). (Two bijin, one holding a brush).

Col. woodcut hashira-e on 2 attached lvs., 51x10 cm., signed Kunimaru hitsu. Anonymous (18th cent.). (A woman stepping into a foot bath, with her female parts reflecting in the water). Col. woodcut hashira-e, 59x11,5 cm., signature(?) on a piece of paper hanging from the ceiling.

Estimate €300 – €500Result €475