Bubb Kuyper

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

Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026

215 lots

Lot 3884

Aikawa, Minwa (Gosentei) (act. 1806-1821). Tôshin gafu (Picture Album of Communicating with the Divine).

Kyoto, Yoshidaya Shinbei, 1819, 23,3(adv.) lvs., 26 woodcut ills., signed AIKAWA TEIMINWA, bound as a blockbook w. hashira-title, 4to. Moronobu (1638-1714) (after). Wakoku hyakkujô (One Hundred Women of Japan). Kyoto, Unsodô, n.d., (34) lvs., 43 (mostly double-p.) woodcut ills. after MORONOBU, bound as a blockbook w. hashira-title, 4to.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 3891

Anonymous (19th cent.). (Bamboo).

Fan drawing, 10,9x37,4 cm., brush and ink and watercolour on silk, signature unread, seal unread. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Curled bamboo). Fan drawing, 14,7x46 cm., watercolour on paper, signature unread, seal unread. AND 6 other 19th cent. fan drawings by various artists.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €60

Lot 3894

Anonymous (19th cent.). (Chinese deities Li Tieguai, Lü Dongbin and Zhong Kui).

Three drawings, all ± 60x33cm., brush and ink and watercolour on paper. Anonymous (20th cent.). (Cranes). Stone rubbing, 54,2x25 cm., ink on paper, inscribed Chaofeng (Phoenix), seal Weichao Huang yin, signed in lower margin "[illegible], Paris". Anonymous (20th cent.). Zhuanlunwang dian (Palace of the king of reincarnation). Drawing, 39,5x50 cm., brush and ink and watercolours on paper, seals unread.

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 3898

Anonymous (19th cent.). (Landscape).

Fan drawing, 14,3x44,9 cm., brush and ink on paper, signature unread, poem unread. AND 5 similar fan drawings by various artists (19th cent.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €230

Lot 3901

Anonymous (19th cent.). (Old men helping each other on a hike up a mountain).

Kakejiku (hanging scroll), brush and watercolour on paper, within modern silk borders, ±125x48,5 cm. (image), ±200x63 cm. (total size), signed Kurô sha (written by 9 old men) and title unread, w. seal, rolled on wooden stick w. wooden ends. Anonymous (20th cent.). Guan Yu, next to Zhou Cang and Guang Pin. Hanging scroll, 190x100 cm., ink, watercolour and silverpaint on paper. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Pine branches with a poem). Kakejiku (hanging scroll), brush and ink on paper, within modern silk borders, ±136x50,5 cm. (image), ±202x65 cm. (total size), signature and poem unread, w. seals, rolled on wooden stick w. wooden ends. AND a kakejiku with a calligraphed poem on a fan-shape.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 3902

Anonymous (19th cent.). (Old scholar).

Drawing, brush and ink, watercolour, 12,8x16,1 cm, w. signature Hokusai, 19th century. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Kabuki actor as courtesan). Drawing, brush and ink, watercolour, signature unread.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60

Lot 3910

Anonymous (20th cent.). Kimono Patterns.

Lot of 6 drawings, mostly floral patterns, all between 70x30 and 78x35cm., gouache on paper (2x), pen and watercolours on paper (2x), gouche on silk (2x).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €130

Lot 3918

Anonymous (20th cent.). Kimono Patterns.

Lot of 12 drawings, mostly floral patterns, all between 70x30 and 78x35cm., gouache on paper (8x), pen and watercolours on paper (3x), gouache on silk (1x).

Estimate €150 – €250Result €230

Lot 3925

Bairei (1844-1895). (Birds).

Lot of 10 double-p. tinted woodcut hanshi-bon, from Bairei hyakucho gafu, each w. artist's seal.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150

Lot 3926

Bairei (1844-1895). (Waterbirds).

Col. woodcut chûban diptych, publ. Ôkura Magobei, 1881, seal Bairei. Keinen (1845-1924). (Egrets flying over lotuses). Col. woodcut ôban diptych, publ. Nishimura Sôzaemon, 1892. AND 3 other diptychs and 5 single chûban from the album Bairei hyakucho gafu.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €70

Lot 3927

Bunrin (1808-1877). (Rural cottage).

Fan drawing, 20,2x51,8 cm., brush and ink and watercolour on paper, signed Bunrin, seal Bunrin. Okada, Kakusen (Act. early 19th cent.). (Landscape with lake). Fan drawing, 16,4x50,2 cm., brush and ink and watercolour on paper, signed Kakusen gi, seal unread. Taizan, Hine (1813-1869). (Autumn landscape). Fan drawing, 14x42,5 cm., brush and ink on paper, signed Taizanjin, seals Hinaga & Shônenjin. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Landscape with houses). Fan drawing, 14,5x46,1 cm., brush and ink and watercolour on paper, signature unread, seal unread.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 3934

[Chinese export watercolours]. Lot

of 7 watercolours, ±1880-1900, all 11x18 cm. (leaf), on pith paper, loose in contemp. board box w. glass lid.

Estimate €150 – €250

Lot 3936

[Chinese export watercolours]. Lot

of 39 watercolours, all painted on pith paper, 19th cent., all between glass plates, a few w. paper on verso, between ±8x14 and 18x27 cm., together in custom made contemp. burl walnut chest with brass straps and lock with key (17x50x23 cm.).

Estimate €1,500 – €2,500

Lot 3940

Fujimoto, Tesseki (1817-1863). (Landscape).

Fan drawing, 16,3x47,2 cm., brush and ink on paper, signed Sanjin sha, seal Fujimoto Makane. Kita, Busei (1776-1856). (Egret and willows). Fan drawing, 14,7x42,7 cm., brush and ink and watercolour on paper, signed Kaan Busei hitsu, seal Kaan. Rinsei (19th cent.). (Flowers). Fan drawing, 14,7x48,8 cm., brush and ink and watercolour on paper, signed Rinsei, seal unread. AND 2 other fan drawings by different artists.

Estimate €80 – €100