Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025

6,643 lots

Lots

Lot 5343FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[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 5350FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Hirosada (act. 1819-1863). Chuko Kijinden (Tales of Exceptional. Persons of Loyalty).

Five col. woodcut chûban from the series, 3x signed Hirosada ga (one is unsigned and one signature unread, but identified as Hirosada on mount), publ. unread, tipped onto 3 mounts. AND 1 other similar by the same (tipped together with one of the previous 5 prints on one mount).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €140

Lot 5351FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Hirosada (act. 1819-1863). (Samurai in a tussle).

Col. woodcut chûban triptych, signed Hirosada (only on right panel), publ. Kawane, 1851.

Estimate €120 – €150Result €120

Lot 5352FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Hiroshige (1797-1858). (Beauty in Kasumigaseki).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige-ga, publisher Shimizu-ya, w. two nanushi censor seals, 1847-1848.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €160

Lot 5353FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

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 5358FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Hiroshige (1797-1858). Tôto Asukayama (Asuka Hill in the Eastern capital).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige ga, w. publisher's seal of Tsutaya Kichizo, prob. early 20th cent. - AND 2 others from the same series: Sagami Shichigahama (Seven League Beach, Sagami) and Zoushiaga Fujimi-jaya (Fujimi Teahouse).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €170

Lot 5360FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

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 5367FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Hokkei (1780-1850). Zhangsheng Palace (Chôseiden).

Col. woodcut, spring kyôka surimono, ôtanzaku-ban, w. gauffrage and touched w. silver, signed Hokkei, 1831.

Estimate €500 – €700

Lot 5368FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

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 5369FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Hokusai (1760-1849). Fugaku Sanjūrokkei.

Seven (of 36) horizontal col. woodcut ôban, signed zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Takamizawa, 1930's.

Estimate €250 – €350Result €325

Lot 5371FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Hokusai (1760-1849). Hôeizan shutsugen (The appearance of Hôeizan).

Double-p. tinted woodcut ill. from Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji) vol. 1, pasted together, 25,5x18 cm., 1834. ADDED: 2 unidentified leafs of an e-hon, potentially a rendition of Hyakkunin isshu (One hundred poems by one hundred famous poets).

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60

Lot 5374FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Ito, Shinsui (1898-1972). Fubuki (Blizzard).

Col. woodcut dai-ôban (±42x30 cm.), signed Shinsui-ga w. red seal, publ. Watanabe Shôzaburô, 1932, framed.

Estimate €3,000 – €5,000

Lot 5375FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[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 5376FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

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

Lot 5377FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kasamatsu Shiro (1898-1991). Ikebana.

Col. woodcut, 36,5x24 cm., signed Shiro, with artist's stamp, ±1950. - AND 1 other,

Estimate €100 – €150Result €140

Lot 5378FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Katagami]. Lot

of 17 mulberry carved paper stencils, partly strengthened w. silk threads, various sizes (lvs. ±15x35 to 45x60 cm.), early 20th cent.

Estimate €300 – €500

Lot 5381FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Keinen (1845-1924). (Shrike in a flowering tree).

Col. woodcut, 1892, 32x23 cm. Maekawa, Bunrei (1837-1917). (Pigeon in a blossom tree). Col. woodcut, 1885, 33x23 cm. AND 2 others: Kôno, Bairei (1844-1895). (Kite in a ginkgo tree. Hawk in a pomegranate tree). Two col. woodcut diptychs (pasted together), both with red artist's seal, from Bairei hyakuchô gafu (Bairei's Picture Album of One Hundred Birds), (1881-1884), both 21x29 cm.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €120

Lot 5382FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kitao Sekkôsai Tokinobu (act. 1745-1780). (Ehon).

N.pl. (Osaka?), publ. Uchiharaya(?) Heibei, 1757 (Hôreki 7), signed Kitao Tokinobu-hitsu, (11) lvs., 11 (double-p.) woodcut ills. by KITAO SEKKÔSAI TOKINOBU, bound as a blockbook, contemp. wr.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €130

Lot 5384FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kodera, Tousen (1883-1945). (Little bird sitting on a robe).

Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and brush, within silk borders, 124,5x30,7 cm. (paper section including signature), 29x28 cm. (image), signed, w. seal, rolled on wooden stick w. wooden ends, in signed wooden box. - AND 4 other scrolls: two 20th cent. facsimile reproductions of ink drawings by SESSHU (with wooden boxes) and two mounted watercolour drawings showing pattern designs, 19th cent., (20th cent. scrolls). - ADDED: a Japanese wooden box with 8 pairs of jiku (end knobs of scrolls) (4x bone and 4x lacquered wood) - AND 2 large ink and brush drawings, Chinese (?).

Estimate €200 – €300Result €210

Lot 5385FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kôgyo (1869-1927). Stoba Komachi, from the series "Noh-gaku Hyaku Ban" (One Hundred Noh Plays).

Col. woodcut printed w. gold and silver, 25,5x37,7 cm., signed w. artist's stamp, publ. Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya). ADDED: 2 col. woodcut ôban by/ after HIROSHIGE I and II (a modern restrike of an unidentified print and a browned and creased copy of Iga Province).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5388FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kôtô, Okura (1873-1910). Nichigun Heijô dai-shingeki no zu

(Fierce attack by Japanese forces against Pyongyang). Col. woodcut ôban triptych, signed Kôtô, publisher Ôgura Hanbei, 1894, on 3 loose sheets.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 5389FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kuniaki (1835-1888). (Actor Nakamura Shikan).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kuniaki-ga in Toshidama cartouche, publ. Shimizuya Naojirô, 1862. Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). (Actor, seated on the floor). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi-ga, publ. Ômiya Heihachi, w. kiwame seal. AND 2 other col. woodcuts ôban by KUNITERU III (act. ca. 1880-1900) and HOKUEI (±1824-1837) (mounted under passepartout).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €120

Lot 5390FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kunichika (1835-1900). (Actor Ichikawa Sadanji).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kunichika-hitsu, publ. Ôhashiya Yashichi, 1870. Kunisada (1786-1865). (Samurai in the show with blossom tree). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Shimoto no ôju Toyokuni-ga, w. toshidama ring, publ. Moriya Jihei, w. two censor seals, 1847. Keisai Eisen (1790-1848) (after). (Woman lighting a lantern from under a mosquito net). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Keisai Eisen-ga (rebacked w. thin (used) Japanese; sl. browned) - AND 1 other col. woodcut ôban.

Estimate €120 – €150Result €120

Lot 5392FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kunichika (1835-1900). Kawarasaki Gonjûrô as Yume no Ichirôbê.

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kunichika-hitsu, publisher Kiya Sihurô, w. toshidama ring and censor seal, 1866 Anonymous (20th cent.). (Red snapper and a sardine). Col. woodcut, ±28,5x37 cm., two attached e-hon lvs., publ. unknown. AND 1 other.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 5396FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kunimaru (1794-1829). (Courtesan with a kamuro).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichiensai Kunimaru, publisher Yamadaya Shōjirō, ±1820.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150