Bubb Kuyper

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

Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025

192 lots

Lot 5320

Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Kachô sôki saishoshiki (Tiny book of flowers and birds, plants and trees).

Tokyo, Arai Tôjirô, 1881, 2 vols., (wood?)engr. ills. on 21; 20 lvs., bound as a blockbook, orig. wr. w. title-strip, both 8,5x13 cm. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Kachô manga (Picture Book of Flowers and Birds). N.pl., publ. unread, 1888, signature unread, 18 lvs. of col. (double-p.) woodcut ills., bound as a blockbook, orig. wr. w. hashira title and col. woodcut Japanese (paper) sleeve.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €160

Lot 5324

Anonymous (20th cent.). (Bamboo).

Brush and ink on paper; signature and seal unread, 31,5x38 cm., mounted on thick paper w. dec. silk borders. AND 7 other ink drawings of bamboo and flowers. - ADDED: 1 sheet of calligraphy.

Estimate €150 – €250

Lot 5325

Ayaoka (1846-1910). "Kirifuji Waterfall".

Col. woodcut ôban, from the series of 8 Great Views of Nikko, signed Ayaoka Yushin, publ. unread, 1892-1893. - AND 1 other by the same from the same series: (An unidentified waterfall) (oblique fold in lower left margin).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €110

Lot 5327

Binnie, Paul (b.1967). (Seated nude on a veranda).

Col. woodcut, 38x26,2 cm., titled "Engawa" (Veranda) and signed and numb. "Paul Binnie 6/30" in pen in lower margin below image, signed w. artist's silver sign in the block.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €750

Lot 5328

Bishop Boulton, Emily (1855-1926). Nihon fuzoku (Japanese costumes).

Osaka, Tsujiko Kumataro, 1890, 3 vols., 28; 27; 27 (1x fold.) col. woodcut plates showing i.a. courtiers, military commanders and soldiers, daimyos (feudal lords), scholars, servants, merchants, "A bully's wife", samurai, noble men and princes and princesses, orig. unif. wr., 10,2x7 cm.

Estimate €250 – €350

Lot 5334

Chinese white jade book,

late 19th/ early 20th cent.(?), 8 square white jade plaques of translucent pale celadon tone, each 15x7 cm., recto and verso w. gilt inscriptions of Chinese text, recto of first and verso of final plaque w. illustrations of resp. 2 dragons alongside a title(?) field and the picture of a bodhisattva, each plaque set within a wooden frame covered w. gilt floral decorated silk, together between wooden (nanmu) covers, 23x14,5 cm., both engraved w. text with decorated borders.

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 5335

[Crêped paper books]. Les contes du vieux Japon.

No.1, 3, 5, 9 and 10. French transl. J. Dautremer. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, n.d. (±1900), 5 vols., col. woodcut ills., bound as a blockbook, orig. cordbound illustrated wr., sm. 8vo (fine).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €325

Lot 5337

[Crêped paper books]. Japanese Fairy Tale Series.

No.2. The Tongue Cut Sparrow. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, n.d. (±1890), (22)p. (incl. wr.), (full-p.) col. woodcut ills. by ?, English text, printed on crêped paper, bound as a blockbook (fine). - AND 1 other: E. BISHOP BOULTON, Nihon fuzoku (Japanese costumes) (Osaka, Tsujiko Kumataro, 1890, 1 vol. (of 3), 27 col. woodcut plates showing i.a. a female general, a jockey, an inferior samurai, noble man and princes and princesses, orig. wr., 10,2x7 cm. Fine).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €200

Lot 5338

Daifuku setsuyû mutsukuzô

(Exhaustive Dictionary of Good Fortune). Kyoto etc., publ. Chôjiya Shôhei etc., 1863, 122 woodcut lvs., (col.) (double-p.) maps/ plans, (col.) (double-p.) ills., bound as a blockbook, orig. wr. w. hashira title, sm. 4to.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €130

Lot 5339

Daizôho hayabiki banju setsuyôshû

(Greatly enlarged dictionary for quickly looking up words). Kôfu, Yoshidaya Monsaburô, 1861, 437 woodcut lvs., bound as a bookblock, orig. wr. w. title-strip., obl. 8vo.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 5343

[Fans]. Two uchiwa

(paddle fans). Bamboo handle and spokes and col. woodcut uchiwa-e (fan print) by HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) and KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889) pasted on, and anonymous prints on verso, 36x27,5 cm. and 42x26,5 cm, late 19th- early 20th cent.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 5353

Hiroshige (1797-1858). Karasaki Yosame (Night Rain at Karasaki).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige ga, no publisher. AND 3 others (2x by the same), i.a. Kazusa Kurodo no ura (Kurodo Bay in Kazusa Province) (col. woodcut ôban, from the series Fuji sanjûrokkei (Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji) (col. woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige ga, publ. Tsutaya Kichizô, 1858. Old vertical fold and thin vertical stripe on verso, both vaguely visible on recto) and KUNISADA, (Actor) (col. woodcut ôban, signed Gototei Kunisada-ga, publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi, w. kiwame-seal, 1830. Restored and doubled (closing wormholes and sm. dam. section in lower right corner; sl. faded).

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150

Lot 5360

Hiroshige (1797-1858). (Vendors in Kyoto).

Col. woodcut, 22x13 cm., signed Hiroshige, publ. Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô), 1848-1849. Hasegawa, Konobu (act. late 19th cent.). (Seven Lucky Gods). Col. woodcut, chû-tanzaku yoko-e (15x36 cm.), signed Konobu-sen(?), publ. Motoya Yasuzô, ±1860-1870.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €120

Lot 5368

Hokusai (1760-1849). Ehon Chûkyô (The Illustrated Book of Loyalty).

Tokyo (Edo), Kobayashi Shinbei, 1834 (Tenpô 5), (1),25 lvs., 14 (double-p.) woodcut ills. and a col. woodcut floral border around foreword by HOKUSAI, bound as a blockbook, contemp. wr. Idem. Chinsetsu yumiharizuki (Strange Tales of the Crescent Moon). Vol. 2. Edo (Tokyo), Hirabayashi Shôgorô, (±1807), 1 vol. (of 30), (14) lvs., 17 (double-p.) woodcut ills. by HOKUSAI, bound as a blockbook, later wr.

Estimate €300 – €500

Lot 5375

[Japanse picture postcards]. Lot

of 5 handcol. picture postcards of Japan, 2x in woodcut style, ±1920, each 9x14 cm., on "Paulowia" paper (veneer).

Estimate €40 – €60

Lot 5376

Jin, Li (b.1958). (A Chinese man doing Tai Chi).

Hanging scroll, ample silk borders, 100x57 cm. (total size), w. a laid down drawing, watercolour and black ink, 37x42 cm. (drawing size), w. the artist's signature stamp and a calligraphic inscription on the left, on laid paper.

Estimate €600 – €800Result €600