Sothebys: Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection, pf2527, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 13, 2025 - June 13, 2025
Page Size: 305 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
750 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1778-1861)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the Shibaraku role

Edo period 19th century EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 Not Sold
751 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

The complete set of Scribblings on the Storehouse Wall (Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
752 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Caricatures of Laughing Actors Scribbled on a Wall (Hakumensho kabe no mudagaki)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
753 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Three woodblock prints from the series A Child's Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushi ko doji kagami)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
754 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

A Play of an Old Legend: Apparition of the Monstrous Cat at the Old Temple, The Ghost Cat of Okazaki (Mukashibanashi no gi nekomata toshi o hete furudera ni kai o nasu zu)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
755 Ryusai Shigeharu (1803-1853)

Four woodblock prints and one diptych from the series One of the Eight Loyal Dogs of the House of Satomi (Satomike Hakkenshi no uchi ichini)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,175.00
756 Shunkosai Hokushu (active circa 1810-1832)

Actors Sawamura Kunitaro II, Nakamura Karoku I and Fujikawa Tomokichi II in the roles of Shinkuro's wife, Shigarami, Shokuro's wife, Kocho, and Katsugen's wife, Nagisa

Edo period, 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
757 Shunbaisai Hokuei (active circa 1824-1837)

The actor Nakamura Shikan II in the role of Miyamoto Musashi in the play Katakiuchi Nito Eiyuki performed at the Naka Theatre

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,270.00
758 Shunbaisai Hokuei (active circa 1824-37, died 1837)

The complete set of a quick-change dance of Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
759 Shunkosai Hokushu (active circa 1810-1832)

The complete set of Hits of a Lifetime (Issei ichidai atari kyogen)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
760 Shunkosai Hokushu (active circa 1810-1832)

Two woodblock prints from the series Comparison of Current Roles on Fans (Uchiwa tosei kurabe)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
761 Jukodo Yoshikuni (active circa 1804-1843)

Actors Asao Gakujuro I, Ichikawa Danzo V and Fujikawa Tomokichi II in the roles of Shiba Shogun Ryuei, Go Doshi and the Daughter of Tagoto (Musume Tagoto) performing in the play Songs of Yamato: Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Yamato uta, Taketori monogatari)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
762 Shunkosai Hokushu (active circa 1810-1832) Shuncho (active circa 1815-23)

Actors Kano Minshi I and Arashi Kichisaburo II in the roles of Okiyo and Kowari Dennai in the play Revenge along the Bay in Morning Fog (Katakiuchi ura no Asagiri)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 635.00
763 Shunkosai Hokushu (active circa 1810-1832)

Actors Ichikawa Ebijuro II, Nakamura Utaemon III and Fujikawa Tomokichi II in the roles of as Ki no Haseo, Kujaku Saburo and Kobai-hime

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,159.00
764 Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912) Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Two woodblock prints

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 508.00
765 Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)

The actor Kawarazaki Gonnosuke VII in the role of Daroku

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 127.00
766 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Iba Shichiro, together with the preliminary sketch (shita-e) of the same design

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 19,050.00
767 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Four woodblock prints from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
768 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Bunbuku Chagama, the Raccoon at Morin-ji Temple (Morin-ji no Bunbuku Chagama)

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
769 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Demons of Illness and Poverty Stalking the Seven Gods of Fortune (Honen songa)

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
770 Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889)

Comic One Hundred Turns of the Rosary (Doke hyakumanben)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,524.00
771 Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915)

Sei Shonagon

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 508.00
772 Takeuchi Keishu (1861-1942) Terasaki Kogyo (1866-1919)

Two kuchi-e [frontispieces]

Meiji period, late 19th -- early 20th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 508.00
773 Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)

Three surimono

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 254.00
774 Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)

A kyusu [teapot for sencha] on a tray and butterfly

Meiji period, late 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 381.00
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