Bubb Kuyper

Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026

5 326 lots

Lot 4022FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Nishimura, Nantei (1775-1834). (Wood vender).

Fan drawing, 20,5x53,5, brush and ink and watercolour on paper, signed Nantei, seal unread. Yamaguchi, Sôken (1759-1818). (Girl leading a horse). Fan drawing, 19,2x51,5 cm., brush and ink and watercolours on paper, signed Sôken, seal Sôken. Ichiô (19th cent.?). (Monkey trainer). Fan drawing, 20,3x48,4 cm., brush and ink and watercolours, signed Ichiô, seal Ichiô. Tôkô (19th cent.?). (Head of a temple procession). Fan drawng, 19,3x50,9 cm., watercolours on paper, signed Tôkô sha, seal unread. AND 2 fan drawings by various artists.

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 50 €

Lot 4024FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Ohno, Bakufu (1888-1976). (Flower cart).

Col. woodcut ôban, heightened w. gold, publ. Kyôto Hanga-in, carved by Matsuda, seal unread.

Estimation 60 € – 80 €

Lot 4026FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Qi Baishi (1864-1957). (Vegetables).

Three col. woodcuts, 28,8x18,3 cm., 2x signed Baishi, unif. mounted on silk. - Sl. foxed. Li Kuchan (1899-1983). (Chicks). Woodcut, 26,5x17 cm., signed Kuchan, artist seal.

Estimation 40 € – 60 €

Lot 4027FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Sakai Hôitsu (1767-1829). (Mount fuji).

Woodcut triptych, 21x43cm., publ. Sakai Hôitsu, 1826. Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20th cent.). (Japanese steamboat in an inland stream). Col. woodcut, 15,7x21,8 cm. AND 3 other woodcuts from the same album, including one cut in a fan shape.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 80 €

Lot 4029FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Scrolls]. Koho Goto (1882-1959). (Morning glories).

Kakejiku (hanging scroll), watercolour on paper, within dec. silk borders, 42x51 cm. (image), 141x65 cm. (scroll), signature, seal, rolled on a stick with bone ends.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €

Lot 4034FINE 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. - With horizontal crease in the centre; sl. soiled, mostly in corners. Kunisada (1786-1865). (Actor with a pipe). Col. woodcut ôban, signed gototei Kunisada-ga, publisher Ezakiya Kichibei, w. kiwame seal. Munehiro (act. ±1848-1863). Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa (Homeless Danshichi. Paper Umbrella in the Autumn Rain). Col. woodcut chûban diptych, both signed Munehiro, n.publ., no seals.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 4036FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Shoda Kohô (1897-1990). (Woman picking blossoms from a tree by a stream).

Col. woodcut, 33,5x37,5 cm., tipped onto passepartout. Okyo, Maruyama (1733-1795) (after). (Heron below a flowering plumtree). Col. woodcut, 34x8 cm., signed, w. artist's(?) seal, tipped onto passepartout.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 160 €

Lot 4037FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Shoen (1875-1949). Shoen bijin gafu (Album of beauties by Shoen).

Twelve col. and gauffered woodcuts, occas. w. mica, each signed w. artist's seal, 1 leaf w. table of contents, 1 leaf w. colophon, publ. Unsodu, 1913, orig. wr., obl. folio.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 80 €

Lot 4039FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Shunga]. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Erotic embrace).

Drawing, 30x36,5 cm., brush and ink and watercolours, mounted w. silk borders.

Estimation 40 € – 60 €Adjugé 90 €

Lot 4040FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Shunga]. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Erotic scene between gods).

Woodcut on thin Japanese paper, 16,4x22,4 cm. Anonymous (1st half 20th cent.). (Erotic scene in brothel). Watercolour on silk, 13x19cm. AND 4 colour woodcut shunga prints, appr. 9,5x14cm., by various anonymous artists (19th cent.).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 90 €

Lot 4042FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Shunga]. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Various erotic scenes).

Seven woodcut hanshibon diptychs. AND 2 other single woodcut hanshibon from the same unidentified album.

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 220 €

Lot 4049FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Shunga]. Kunimori II (act. ±1840-1860). Lot of 6 bookillustrations from

Ukiyo Genji gojûyonjô (The floating world's fifty-four chapters of the Tale of Genji). Col. woodcuts, between 18,5x11,5 cm. and 18,5x23,5 cm., 4x single-p. ills. and 2x double-p. ills. on 2 attached lvs.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €Adjugé 100 €

Lot 4050FINE 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. - Backed w. Japanese; sl. fingersoiled in lower corners. Idem. (Ruffian forcing himself on a woman while restraining her lover with his foot). Col. woodcut diptych., 18,5x26,5 cm., 1829. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Two lovers reading an erotic book together). Col. woodcut chûban yoko-e. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Two lovers on a boat). Col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs., 18,5x26,5 cm. AND 5 others incl. ANONYMOUS (19th cent.), (Two lovers restrained with rope) (col. woodcut diptych. Sl. rubbed) and ANONYMOUS (19th cent.), (Benzaiten making love on a cloud) (col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs.).

Estimation 100 € – 150 €Adjugé 100 €

Lot 4053FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Shunshô (1726-1792). Two pages from the

Nishiki hyakunin isshu azuma-ori (Eastern brocade of one hundred poems by one hundred poets). Two col. woodcuts, chûban, publ. Kariganeya Gisuke, 1775.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 80 €

Lot 4054FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

(Siegenbeek, M.). Grammatica of Nederduitsche spraakkunst, uitgegeven door de Maatschappij tot nut van 't Algemeen.

Oranda Bunten Zenpen (Dutch grammar, first vol.)./ Syntaxis of woordvoeging der Nederduitsche taal, uitgegeven door (...). Oranda bunten Kôhen. Seikuron (Dutch Grammar, final vol. Theory of sentence forming). Leyden etc./ Edo, D. Du Mortier en Zoon etc./ Mitsukuri of Sakushu, (vol. 1) 1857 (Ansei 4)/ (vol.2) 1848 (Ka'ei 1), 3rd Japanese ed. of 2nd Dutch ed. (vol.1), 2 vols., (124); (100)p. (incl. inside of wrappers), 1 woodcut ill. of a classroom (printed on reddish paper), entirely woodcut Dutch text, bound as a blockbook in orig. unif. cordbound wr. w. mounted woodcut hashira title-piece.

Estimation 1 000 € – 1 500 €Adjugé 1 000 €

Lot 4055FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Sôrin-sensei (Master pine forest) (19th cent.). (Prized collection of drawings of the Kinoshita clan, 1836).

Brush and ink (and red watercolour) on thin Japanese paper, 18 lvs. of sketches/ designs, w. red stamp on 1st leaf, bound as a blockbook. - Binding trifle/ sl. dam. Suzutei Yaga (19th cent.). Hasshûkigen shakajitsuroku (The Origins of the Eight Schools. Veritable records of Shakyamuni Buddha). Kyôto, n.publ., 1854, 4 vols. (of 5), 16 double-p. and 1 single-p. woodcut ills. by UTAGAWA SADAHIDE, bound unif. as a blockbook w. hashira-title.

Estimation 50 € – 70 €

Lot 4056FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Sôzan (1884-?). (Chicken family).

Colour woodcut, 25x17 cm., signed Sôzan, seals Sôzan, publ. Watanabe Shôzaburô, early 20th cent. Hôitsu (1767-1829). (Walnuts). Colour woodcut diptych, 23,5x31,5 cm. Bairei (1844-1895). Sparrow. Colour woodcut, 20x15cm., publ. Ôkura Magobei, 1881. AND 5 decorative printed papers.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 90 €

Lot 4057FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Sukenobu (1671-1750). Ehon Yamato-hiji (Illustrations of Traditional Japanese Subjects). Vol. 4 and 5.

(Kyoto), (Nikyûdô), (1742), 2 vols. (of 10), 20; 21 lvs., 34 (double-p.) woodcut ills. by SUKENOBU, bound unif. as a blockbook w. hashira-title, contemp. wr. Kitao Sekkôsai Tokinobu (act. 1745-1780). (Twelve signs of the Zodiac). N.pl. (Osaka?), n.publ, n.d., (5) lvs., 12 woodcut ills. by KITAO SEKKÔSAI TOKINOBU, bound as a blockbook w. hashira-title, contemp. wr. Suzuki Fuyô (1751-1816). Hi kangen sansui gashiki (Mr. Fei's Way of Painting Landscapes). Vol. 1. Tokyo (Edo), Suharaya Mohei, 1789 (Kansei 1), 1 vol. (of 3), 34 lvs., num. woodcut ills. by SUZUKI FUYÔ, cordbound wr. w. hashira-title, large 8vo.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €Adjugé 325 €

Lot 4058FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Sukenobu (1671-1750). Lot of 3 double-p. woodcuts from

Ehon tokiwagusa (Picture Book of the Evergreens). each on two (2x joined) lvs., all ±21x32,5 cm., ±1730. - Slightly soiled. AND 3 anonymous shunga, incl. one drawing of courtly intercourse, ±23x36 cm., and two (col.) woodcuts (12x14 cm. and 15x21 cm.).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 80 €

Lot 4061FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Surimono]. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Sanbaso dance outfit.)

Col. woodcut, 37x49,5 cm., signed [...?] Gennyo, seal unread. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Dolls). Col. woodcut surimono, 22x13,5 cm., 3 lvs., signed Dôraku sanjin dai (Inscribed by the hermit Dôraku).

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 4062FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Surimono]. Hiroshige (1797-1858). (Red leaves in the forest).

Col. woodcut surimono, 23x11 cm., signed Hiroshige ga. AND 2 others: including another surimono signed Hiroshige ga depicting two aristocrats laughing and an anonymous (18th cent.) colour woodcut depicitng a medical procedure.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 80 €

Lot 4066FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Surimono]. Shigenobu (1787-1832) (attrib.). (Woman with fan).

Col. woodcut surimono, 19,3x18,5 cm., unsigned, poem by Chiyo no Matsuhiko, laid down on stiff Japanese paper, decorated with gold leaf.

Estimation 200 € – 300 €Adjugé 325 €

Lot 4068FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Surimono]. Ueda Kôchû (1819-1911). (Manuscript on lacquer table).

Colour woodcut, 17,8x24 cm., signed Kôchû, seals unread. Hokusai (1760-1849). (Group of tengu playing games with their noses). (Two rokurokubi lounging, a blind man playing shamisen and a three-eyed yôkai buying glasses). Two double-p. woodcut ills. from Hokusai manga vol. 12, each attached along centre margin. Watanabe Seitei (1852-1918). Ban dainagon soshi-e (Paper drawing of the tale of great minister Ban). Colour woodcut diptych, 18,3x24,3 cm., publ. Shunyôdo, 1891. AND 2 anonymous col. woodcut bookillustrations/ prints, i.a. a dragon and two cranes by a pine tree.

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 50 €

Lot 4070FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Taito II (act. 1810-1853). Banshoku zuko (Pictorial Designs for All Artisans). Vol. III.

Ehon, publ. Gungyokudô, Ôsaka, 1850, 1 (of 5) vols., 32 lvs., 57 (double-p.) col./ tinted woodcut plates, orig. cordbound wr. w. hashira-title. Hôitsu, Sakai (1761-1829). Hôitsu shônin shinseki kagami (Mirror of works by the priest Hôitsu). Tokyo (Edo), Ikeda Shûjirô, 1865, 2 vols., (26); (25)lvs., num. woodcut ills. and facsimile calligraphy specimens, bound as a blockbook, orig. unif. wr. w. silver gauffrage, sm. 4to. Yosa, Buson (1716-1783). Yahan ô haisenjô (Book of Old Hermit Haikai Poets in the Dead of Night). Kyoto, Akiho Tetsutarô, 1911, 36 double-p. woodcut ills., bound as a blockbook, orig. boards w. hashira title, 4to.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 80 €

Lot 4071FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Taito II (act. 1810-1853). (Woodcut picture album).

Nineteen col./ tinted woodcuts, mounted on carboard pages of leporello album w. brocade paper over boards, ±16x11 cm. - Sl. foxed. Anonymous (early 20th cent.). (Calligraphy and drawings). Brush and ink and watercolour, 11 entries by various artists, 5 drawings (4x col.), leporello album w. silk covers, 10x8,5 cm. AND 22 col. woodcuts, incl. 20 in the style of Hokusai manga, between ±4,8x4,7 cm. and ±9,7x9,9 cm., w. Tikotin's collector seal, and incl. 1 (folded) surimono, 18x50 cm., loosely inserted in 4to-size leporello-bound album.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 80 €

Lot 4072FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Takeuchi Seihô (1864-1942). Seikou (Fields in springtime).

Col. woodcut and collotype, 39,1x45 cm., signed Seihô, publ. by Unsôdô, 1940. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Great kingfisher, 1832). Drawing, 27x38 cm., brush and ink and watercolour on paper. Anonymous (19th cent.). (The hermit Lin Bu). Drawing, 17,5x11,5 cm., brush and ink and watercolours on paper. Kyôsai (1831-1889) (school of). (Skeletons dancing and playing shamisen). Woodcut, 13,5x21,2 cm. AND two other woodcuts.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 4074FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Tang Yin (1470-1524). (Wealth and Prosperity in the Family).

Drawing, 95,5x63 cm., watercolour and brush and ink on silk, signed Jinchang Tang Yin, seal Tang Yin, 20th cent. wooden frame.

Estimation 800 € – 1 000 €Adjugé 800 €

Lot 4075FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Tanomura, Chokunyû (1814-1907). (Bamboo, plum and pine).

Fan drawing, 13,7x43,5 cm., brush and ink on paper, signed Chokunyû Sanshô sha, artist seals. Hirose, Gyokuso (1806-1863). (Poem). Fan drawing, 14,7x43,9 cm., brush and ink on paper, artist seals. Kakusen (1687-1729). (Chinese poem). Fan drawing, 15x44,5 cm., brush and ink on paper, signed Kakusen, artist seals. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Waka calligraphy). Fan drawing, 17,2x50 cm., brush and ink on paper, signature and poem unread. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Poem about bamboo and the moon). Fan drawing, 14,8x46,7 cm., brush and ink on paper.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 4076FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Thai temple rubbings]. Lot

of 4 pieces, charcoal on rice paper, all between ±43x30 and 43x40 cm., prob. mid-20th cent.

Estimation 70 € – 90 €

Lot 4077FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

[Thangkas]. Anonymous (early 20th cent.). Nepalese thangka of Shakyamuni.

Thangka, gouache on fabric, 71,4x45, mantra on verso in Tibetan, unread. Anonymous (20th cent.). Nepalese thangka of Yama (lord of death) holding the bhavachakra (wheel of life). Thangka, gouache on fabric, 58,3x43,3cm.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 4078FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Tokuriki Tomikichirô (1902-1999). (Soba stand by night/ Noodle restaurant by night/ Sakura by night).

Three col. woodcuts, 39,5x26,5 cm., signed Tomikichirô/ Tomikichirô tsuku/ T. Tokuriki, 1950/1951/1953. Idem. (Views of Kyôto). Lot of 5 col. woodcuts, ±28x25 cm., signed Tomikichirô, publ. Uchida bijutsu shoshi, seal Uchida han. Idem. Ueno kôen. Shinobazunoike (Shinobazu pond at Ueno park)/ Daibutsu kairô (Great Buddha hall). Two col. woodcut chûban, signed Tomikichirô, publ. Uchida bijutsu shoshi, seal Uchida han. AND 4 other col. woodcut ôban (after) JAKUCHÛ, (Flowers and bugs), from the Jakuchû gafu (picture album of Jakuchû) (Kyôto, 1908) and Jakuchû gajô (Pictures by Jakuchû) (Kyôto, ±1900).

Estimation 200 € – 300 €Adjugé 300 €

Lot 4079FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Tosa, Mitsuoki (1617-1691). (Chrysanthemums).

Fan drawing, 18,9x49,4 cm., watercolour on paper, artist seal Tosa Mitsuoki. Numata, Kashû (1838-1901). (Peony under snow cover). Fan drawing, 15,8x48,6 cm., watercolour on paper, signed Kashû, artist seal Kashû. Murata, Kagen (?-1849). (Peony). Fan drawing, 19,5x46,3 cm., watercolour on paper, signed Kagen, seal unread. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Ball). Fan drawing, 19,3x46 cm., watercolour on paper, possibly signed Kôchô (Kôchô Ueda, 1788-1850), seal unread. AND 2 similar anonymous fan drawings, both w. the same unread dealer's seal.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 110 €

Lot 4081FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

Uragami, Shunkin (1779-1846). (Spring 1835).

Fan drawing, 14,3x40 cm., brush and ink and watercolour on paper, signed Sha Shunkin, seal Sen Jissen. Takahashi, Untei (1872-1949?). (Flowers). Fan drawing, 9,3x32 cm., watercolour on paper, signed Untei, seal Untei. Okamoto, Sukehiko (1822-1883). (Landscape). Fan drawing, 17x48 cm., brush and ink and watercolour on green paper, signed Oka Sukehiko. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Flowers). Fan drawing, 16,9x47 cm., watercolour on paper, unsigned. AND 2 other fan watercolours by various artists.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 80 €