Bubb Kuyper

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

Auction 83, 24-28 November 2025

210 kavels

Kavel 5214

Album with Japanese calligraphy and drawings

, brush and ink (with watercolour), 11 entries w. calligraphy and/ or drawings by various artists, mostly w. red seals (unread), 5 drawings (4x col.), leporello album w. silk covers, 10x8,5 cm., early 20th cent.

Schatting € 50 – € 70

Kavel 5215

Anonymous (early 19th cent.) (Bijin and a poem).

Scroll painting, brush and ink and watercolour, within silk borders, 89x26 cm. (without borders), both calligraphed poem and painted figure signed but unidentified, w. red seals, framed.

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 2.000

Kavel 5218

Anonymous (19th cent.). Monbushô-ongaku-torishirabegakari, hensan. Shôkashû, shôhen (Songbook, volume one. A Compilation by the Music Education Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology).

N.pl. (Tokyo?), Monbushô (Ministry of Education, (...)), 1881 (Meiji 14), 28 lvs., musical scores, woodcut text, cordbound as a blockbook, obl. 8vo. AND 5 other 19th century Japanese textbooks on i.a. science and geography, all w. woodcut ills. and text.

Schatting € 80 – € 100

Kavel 5219

Anonymous (19th cent.). (Monju bosatsu).

Kakejiku (hanging scroll), brush and ink on paper, within modern silk borders, ±82,5x43 cm. (image), ±176x53,5 cm. (total size), unsigned, rolled on wooden stick w. wooden jiku, kept in wooden box.

Schatting € 120 – € 150Opbrengst € 120

Kavel 5221

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.

Schatting € 60 – € 80

Kavel 5230

Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20th cent.). (Buddhist monk praying to Kannon). (Samurai taking a fatal arrow and falling off his horse). (Two samurai gazing at two geese flying past the moon).

Three brush and ink drawings on paper (1x w. watercolour), ±20,5x13,5 cm., ±16,5x11,5 cm. and ±14x11 cm. AND 3 woodcut prints from e-hon, i.a. HOKUSAI (1760-1849), (Pilgrims descending mount Fuji) (tinted woodcut ill. from Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji), ±1849).

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 100

Kavel 5232

Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20th cent.). Lot of ±125 drawings,

brush and black (and occas. red) ink on thin Japanese, between ±1x1,5 cm. and ±18x12 cm., partly mounted on thick paper, Japanese, ±1890-1920. AND 4 other Japanese drawings in brush and ink on thin Japanese, and 1 woodcut bookillustration.

Schatting € 70 – € 90Opbrengst € 70

Kavel 5234

Anonymous (early 20th cent.). (White eagle on a pine tree).

Kakejiku (hanging scroll), brush and ink w. white and yellow gouache on paper, within modern silk borders, ±133x44 cm. (image), ±210x57,5 cm. (total size), signature unread, w. seal, rolled on wooden stick. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (Mountains, a waterfall and trees, with two buildings and travellers). Kakejiku (hanging scroll), brush and ink on paper, within modern silk borders, ±130x51 cm. (image), ±198x65 cm. (total size), signature unread, w. seal, rolled on wooden stick w. wooden ends.

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 100

Kavel 5237

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 6 other ink drawings of bamboo and flowers. - ADDED: 2 sheets of calligraphy, including a large calligraphed character "yokoshima", meaning wicked, evil or wrong.

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 100

Kavel 5238

Anonymous (20th cent.). (Erotic scenes).

Three drawings, watercolour on thin Japanese, w. calligraphed text in brush and ink, all ±19,5x21 cm. - AND ±22 (col.) shunga woodcuts, partly double-p. on 2 separate lvs., mostly mediocre (wormholed) copies, by i.a. KUNIYOSHI.

Schatting € 200 – € 300

Kavel 5241

Ashiyuki (act. 1813-1833). (Nakamura Utaemon III as Ishida no Tsubone).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ashiyuki-ga, publisher Shioya Chôbei, 1817. Idem. (Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Kanshôjô, Asao Gakujûrô I as Takebe Genzô and Arashi Shagan I as Mareo). Two col. woodcut ôban, signed (Gigadô) Ashiyuki-ga, publisher Honsei, 1826. AND 1 other by SHUNKÔSAI HOKUSHÛ (act. ±1802-1832).

Schatting € 120 – € 150Opbrengst € 130

Kavel 5242

Beisen (1852-1906) (attrib.). (Two people conversing by a fence).

Brush and ink w. watercolour, ±16x23 cm., unsigned. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Imperial figure on a cloud with attendant and two guardians). Watercolour on paper, 37,5x30 cm., East-Asian. AND 5 (hand-)(col.) woodcut prints, i.a. ANONYMOUS (late 19th- early 20th cent.), (Peonies covered by a net, a bird perched on a stick) (col. woodcut ill. from an unidentified e-hon) and UTAGAWA KOKUNIMASA (1874-1944), (Panel from the Japanese victory at the naval battle off Dagu Mountain) (col. woodcut w. gaufrage, 1894. Central panel from a 6-panel polyptych. Trimmed and w. one closed tear).

Schatting € 200 – € 300

Kavel 5244

[Calculators]. Abacus,

Chinese, 20th cent., wood and metal bars, 33,5x10,5x3 cm. - ADDED: 2 Japanese booklets, prob. dictionaries.

Schatting € 50 – € 70

Kavel 5248

[Chinese export watercolours]. Album

with 9 watercolours, ±1880-1900, ±21x31 cm. each (watercolours incl. silk borders), on pith paper, contemp. embroidered cl. album, obl. folio.

Schatting € 200 – € 300Opbrengst € 250

Kavel 5249

[Chinese export watercolours]. Album

with 12 watercolours, ±1880-1900, ±20x30 cm. each (watercolours incl. silk borders), on pith paper, contemp. embroidered cl. album, obl. folio.

Schatting € 80 – € 100Opbrengst € 1.300

Kavel 5251

[Chinese export watercolours]. Lot

of 13 watercolours, ±1880-1900, 2x ±20,5x34 cm., 1x 16,5x30 cm., 2x ±17x25 cm. (1x framed), 11x14,4 cm. or sl. smaller (8x), all on pith paper.

Schatting € 40 – € 60Opbrengst € 120

Kavel 5253

(Consistent Geomancy).

Series of 8 vols. with woodcut ills. and Chinese text printed on thin kraft paper, bound unif. as a blockbook, w. cloth portfolio w. bone clasp w. mounted title-strip and printed colophon(?), 19th cent.

Schatting € 30 – € 50

Kavel 5254

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

No. 11. Le Lièvre d'Inaba. Transl. by J. Dautremer. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, 1903 (Meiji 36), (7) lvs., French text, bound as a blockbook, (full-p.) col. woodcut ills. and orig. unif. wr., printed on crêped-paper, sm. 8vo.

Schatting € 50 – € 70

Kavel 5255

[Crêped paper books]. Japanese Fairy Tale Series.

No.7. The Old Man & The Devils./ No.8. The Fisher-Boy Urashima. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, 1886 (Meiji 19), 2 vols., (9); (12)lvs., English text, bound as a blockbook, (full-p.) col. woodcut ills. and orig. (1x cordbound) wr., printed on crêped paper, sm. 8vo.

Schatting € 60 – € 80Opbrengst € 60

Kavel 5256

Eisen (1790-1848). (Bijin lifting the hem of her kimono).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Keisai Eisen-ga, publisher Maruya Jinpachi, w. kiwame seal. Eizan (1787-1867). (Oiran with a pipe). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Eizan-hitsu, publisher Moriya Jihei, w. kiwame seal, ±1830s. AND 5 e-hon lvs. w. woodcuts showing Heian era court scenes.

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 140

Kavel 5257

Eitaku (1843-1890). Banbutsu hinagata gafu (Album of Universal Designs). Vol 5.

Tokyo, Etô Kihei, 1882 (Meiji 15), 1 vol. (of 5), (21) lvs., woodcut ills., bound as a blockbook w. hashira-title. Idem. Sensai Eitaku gafu. Tokyo, Ôkura Magobei, 1884 (Meiji 17), (22) lvs., (col.) woodcut ills. by KOBAYASHI (SENSAI) EITAKU, bound as a blockbook, orig. wr. w. hashira-title. (Book of poems). Ehon, n.pl., n.publ., 1865(?), col. woodcut ills. and poems by various artists, bound as a blockbook w. hashira-title. AND 1 other ehon.

Schatting € 120 – € 150

Kavel 5258

Eitaku (1843-1890). Sensai Eitaku gafu.

Tokyo, Ôkura Magobei, 1884 (Meiji 17), (22) lvs., (col.) woodcut ills. by KOBAYASHI (SENSAI) EITAKU, bound as a blockbook, orig. wr. w. hashira-title.

Schatting € 80 – € 100Opbrengst € 190

Kavel 5259

Eizan (1787-1867). (Bijin with a child).

Col. woodcut, 35x23 cm., signed Eizan hitsu, publisher seal Sen'ichi han (Izumiya Ichibei), without censor or dateseal, framed.

Schatting € 150 – € 250Opbrengst € 160

Kavel 5264

Hanko (1870-1917). (The cicada and the ant).

Col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs., ±25x33 cm., signed (unread) and w. red seal (Hanko). Hiroshige (1797-1858) (after). (Trout). Col. woodcut, 25x36,5 cm., signed Hiroshige-hitsu w. (unread) red seal, modern recut after the 1832 original. AND 2 other woodcut bookills. on 3 lvs.

Schatting € 80 – € 100

Kavel 5265

Hasshûkigen shakajitsuroku

(The Origins of the Eight Schools, Record of the Truth of 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.

Schatting € 50 – € 70

Kavel 5266

Hasui (1883-1957). Moon at Umagome.

Colour woodcut, 36,4x24,2 cm., signed Hasui, w. Kawase seal, publ. Watanabe Shôzaburô, 1930.

Schatting € 300 – € 500Opbrengst € 700

Kavel 5271

Hiroshige (1797-1858). Shinobazu no ike (Shinobazu Pond).

Col. woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige-ga, (publisher Aritaya Seiemon), ±1840-1845. Kunisada (1786-1865). (Oiran in the Red-light District). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni-ga in toshidama cartouche, publisher Jôshûya Jûzô, w. aratame date seal, 1861. AND 2 others.

Schatting € 100 – € 150Opbrengst € 110