Bubb Kuyper

Auction 83, 24-28 November 2025

6,524 lots

Lot 5341FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kunisada (1786-1865). (Woman holding a lantern and kneeling while looking at blossoming trees).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kunisada aratame nidaime Toyokuni-ga, publisher Wakau, w. censor seal (unread), 1844-1845. Idem. (Girl dancing under a blossoming tree while a woman watches). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni-ga in toshidama cartouche, publisher Kiya Sôjirô, w. aratame-zodiac seal, 1859. AND 3 others by KUNISADA (2x) and an anonymous print of a samurai crossing a river on horseback.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150

Lot 5342FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kunisada (1786-1865). (Woman waving at somebody).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni-ga, publisher Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei, with censor seal, 1846.

Estimate €30 – €50Result €30

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

Kunisada (1786-1865). Yabunoshita, between Ôtsu en Kyoto.

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni-ga in toshidama cartouche, publisher Kazusaya Iwazô, w. two censor seals and zodiac date seal, 1853. Idem. (Two actors). Col. woodcut ôban, signed shimoto no ôju Toyokuni-ga w. toshidama ring, publisher Eikyûdô, w. two censor seals, 1848. AND a diptych by the same (wormholed).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5344FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kunisada II (1823-1880). Hakkenden inu no sôshi no uchi. Jinyo mekake Tamazakura (The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes. Jinyo's concubine Tamazakura).

Col. woodcut ôban w. gauffrage, signed kôchôrô Kunisada-ga in toshidama cartouche, publisher Tsutaya Kichizô, w. two censor seals and a zodiac date seal, 1852. Kunichika (1835-1900). Zenaku sanjûroku bijin. Matsura Sayo-hime (Thirty-six good and evil beauties. Lady Sayo of Matsura). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyohara Kunichika w. red toshidama ring, publisher Fukuda Kumajiro, 1876.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €120

Lot 5345FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Lot of 12 bookillustrations,

(col./ tinted) woodcut, all ±16,5x10,5 cm., 8x signed Ichiyôsai Kuniyoshi-ga, 1x w. two censor seals, publisher Mikawaya Tetsugorô, 1847-1848.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 5347FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Large calligraphy brush,

Jade, bone and horsehair, ±52x4x4 cm., Chinese, late 19th - early 20th century.

Estimate €30 – €50Result €30

Lot 5348FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Lot

of 7 ehon, place and publ. unread, dated between 1742 and 1901, all w. woodcut ills., bound similarly in orig. cordbound wr.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 5349FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Lot of

8 Japanese schoolbooks, with woodcut/ engr. ills., 1874-1901, all bound as a blockbook w. hashira-title.

Estimate €70 – €90

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

Lot of

11 bookwrappers, col. woodcut, ±17x11,5 cm., 1x signed Eisen-ga, 1x Toyokuni-ga and 1x Kunisada-ga, 1x w. kiwame(?) seal, second half 19th century.

Estimate €60 – €80

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

Lot of

21 small coloured woodcuts, between ±4,8x4,7 cm. and ±9,7x9,9 cm., and 1x 13,3x19,4 cm., all but one mounted on paper w. red Tikotin collector's seal, loosely inserted in leporello-bound album. AND 1 other woodcut.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 5355FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Miyo no hana (Flowers of the Emperial Reign).

Lot of 14 lvs. (5x double-p.) w. col. woodcut ills. by various artists, partly signed and w. red seal (unread).

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 5357FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Murata, Kagen (?-1849). Teishi onna kôkyô zuan (Illustrated Commentary on the Classic of Filial Piety by the Lady of the Zheng Family).

Tokyo (Edo), publisher Okamuraya Sôjo, 1829, 33 lvs., col. woodcut frontisp., title-p. and 8 textp., 28 (double-p.) woodcut ills., bound as a blockbook w. blank hashira-title, sm. 4to. Morikuni. Ehon ôshukubai. Vol. 1. Osaka, Bunkyokudô, n.d., 1 vol. of 7(?), 2; 27 lvs., 27 (mostly double-p.) woodcut ills by TACHIBANA MORIKUNI, bound as a blockbook w. hashira-title. AND 1 other ehon.

Estimate €150 – €250

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

[Oriental miniatures]. Anonymous (16h cent.?). (The birth of Mahavira).

Miniature in red and blue gouache and gold, 11,4x7,8 cm., on verso of a leaf from the Jain text Kalpasutra, Gujarat, ±1520, Indian text in black ink on wasli, ±11,4x26,4 cm. (leaf), ±10x8 cm. (text on recto), 7/ 8 lines to the page.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150

Lot 5359FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Papercuttings]. Lot of

21 papercuttings, Col. paper/ white paper handcol. w. col. ink, between ±10x8 cm. and ±21,5x15 cm., China, 20th-/ early 21st cent. ADDED: 2 col. prints on fabric.

Estimate €40 – €60

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

Qi Baishi (1864-1957). (Grasshopper and a cricket).

Col. woodcut on rice paper, mounted on thicker paper w. silk brocade borders, 29x24 cm., titled in the block (unread) and w. red artist's seal, ±1940-1950.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60

Lot 5361FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Sadanobu I (1809-1879). (Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as a courtesan and a blind masseur, from the series Renowned Dance of Seven Changes).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Hasegawa Sadanobu-ga w. red seal, publisher Honsei, 1838. Ashiyuki (act. 1813-1833). (Actor Nakamura Utaemon III in various roles). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ashiyuki-ga, publisher unknown. AND 1 other by KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €130

Lot 5364FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Seiko (1837-1913). (Woodpecker in a cherry tree).

Col. woodcut, 24x25,5 cm., signed Seiko w. red seal. AND 3 double-p. woodcuts by WATANABE SEITEI from Seitei kachô gafu (Seitei's album of flowers and birds), all on 2 attached lvs., all w. red artist's seal, publisher Ôgura Shoten, 1890-1891.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 5365FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Shigeharu (1803-1853). Shishi (Lion).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed ryûsai Shigeharu-ga w. red artist's seal Ryû, publisher Honsei, ±1830. Kunisada (1786-1865). (Actor with a pipe). Col. woodcut ôban, signed gototei Kunisada-ga, publisher Ezakiya Kichibei, w. kiwame seal.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 5380FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Shunga]. Kunisada (1786-1865). (Banquet with high-ranking courtesans).

Col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs., 18,5x26,5 cm. Ryusuitei, Tanekiyo (1823-1907). (Iris). (Begonia). Two col. woodcuts on 2 attached lvs., 14,5x20,5 cm. AND 6 other col. woodcuts.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €110

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

[Shunga]. Kunisada (1786-1865). (Man pleasuring a woman with his foot under a kotatsu while talking to a servant).

Col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs., 18,5x26,5 cm., 1826. Idem. (Ruffian forcing himself on a woman while restraining her lover with his foot). Col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs., 18,5x26,5 cm., 1829. AND 4 others i.a. ANONYMOUS (19th cent.), (Two lovers restrained with rope) (col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs. Sl. rubbed) and ANONYMOUS (19th cent.), (Benzaiten making love on a cloud) (col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs.).

Estimate €100 – €150

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

[Shunga]. Kunisada (1786-1865). Ôtsu.

Col. woodcut, 8,5x12 cm. Anonymous (19th cent.). (An oiran having sex with her customer). Col. woodcut w. gaufrage, 8,5x12 cm. - AND 4 others similar.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

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

Shunkôsai, Hokushû (act. ±1802-1832). (Arashi Koroku IV as the haikai poet Chiyo).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Shunkosai Hokushu, publisher Honsei, 1821. Yoshikuni (act. 1803-1840). Kokonobake no uchi. Toba-e. Nakamura Utaemon III (Nakamura Utaemon as a comic drawing from the series Dance of Nine Changes). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Judôdô Yoshikuni-ga w. red seal, publisher Honsei, 1825. AND 1 other by YOSHIKUNI (act. 1803-1840) from the same series.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €120

Lot 5386FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Shuntei (1770-1820). (The Battles of Kawanakajima).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Shuntei-ga, publisher Kawaguchiya Uhei, w. kiwame seal. Kunisada (1786-1865). (Actor). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni-ga in toshidama cartouche, publisher Izutsuya Shôkichi, w. aratame-zodiac seal, 1861. AND 3 others by KUNISADA (2x) and KUNICHIKA (1x).

Estimate €200 – €250Result €200

Lot 5391FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Tadamasa (1904-1970). (Dancer with a paper umbrella).

Watercolour and brush on silk mounted on board, 27,5x24 cm., signed Tadamasa w. red artist's seal.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5395FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Takizawa (late 19th cent.). Senryûdô gafu. Sakana no bu./ Sansui no bu. (Senryûdô album. Fish volume./ Landscape volume).

n.pl., Matsusaki Heizou, 1879-1881 (Meiji 12-14), 2 vols. (of 5), (24); (24) lvs., num. woodcut ills., bound as a blockbook w. hashira title (not unif.). AND 2 other e-hon, i.a. SHINZOKU-KIBUN, vol. 1 (of 13), on the manners and customs of Qing Dynasty China.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €110

Lot 5397FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Tangram]. Two Chinese tangram books.

N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (19th cent.), 2 identical sets of 2 vols., both (2),42; (2),42 lvs. w. woodcut ills. on both sides, unif. bound as a blockbook, contemp. unif. plain wr.

Estimate €30 – €50Result €70

Lot 5398FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Tanizaki, Jun'ichirô. Miyako-wasure no ki (Memoirs of Forgetting the Capital).

Kyoto, Sôgensha, 1948, (23) lvs., col. woodcut ills. by WADA SANZÔ, woodcut Japanese calligraphy by TANIZAKI MATSUKO, printed in 1000 numb. copies, bound as a blockbook in dec. wr. w. silk ties, obl. folio, in cardboard portfolio. w. hashira-title and bone clasps.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80