Christies: Japanese and Korean Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Japanese and Korean Art | Total Sales (USD) | 4,598,957.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 24, 2026 - March 24, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,477,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #24346 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,215,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 77 | ||
| Sold Lots | 73.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,521,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 94.81% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,285,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 4 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 201.20% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa) ["Great Wave"] |
N/A | USD 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 | USD 2,149,000.00 |
| 105 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858), UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (1826-1869) AND UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864) | Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo) and Memorial Portait of Hiroshige |
N/A | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 1,079,500.00 |
| 115 | KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) | Yuki no Zojoji (Snow at Zojoji Temple) |
dated January 1922 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 152,400.00 |
| 99 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Kameido ume yashiki (Plum estate, Kameido) |
11th month 1857 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 114,300.00 |
| 148 | ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972) | Yujo (Courtesan) |
dated December Taisho 5 (1916) | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 114,300.00 |
| 102 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Oji shozoku enoki omisoka no kitsunebi (New Year's Eve foxfires at nettle tree, Oji) |
9th month 1857 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 101,600.00 |
| 108 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Rokujuyoshu meisho zue (Pictures of famous places in the sixty-odd provinces) |
N/A | USD 45,000.00 - 55,000.00 | USD 95,250.00 |
| 151 | ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972) | Shin bijin jyuni sugata (Twelve figures of modern beauties) |
dated 1922-23 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 69,850.00 |
| 79 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Joshu Ushibori (Ushibori in Hitachi Province) |
N/A | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 118 | KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) | Shiba Zojoji (Zojoji Temple, Shiba) |
dated 1925 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 113 | TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892) | Tsuki hyakushi (One hundred aspects of the moon) |
1885-92 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,800.00 |
| 112 | UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861) | Oniwakamaru and the Giant Carp |
circa 1845 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 111 | UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861) | Sanuki no in kenzoku o shite Tametomo o sukuu zu (Picture of Retired Emperor Sanuki sending allies [tengu] to rescue Tametomo) |
circa 1851-52 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 114 | KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) | Yuki no Kinkakuji (The Golden Pavillion in snow) |
dated 1922 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 |
| 83 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Tokaido Shinagawa Gotenyama no Fuji (Fuji from Gotenyama at Shinagawa on the Tokaido) |
circa 1830-32 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 22,860.00 |
| 149 | ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972) | Snowy Night |
dated November 1923 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 98 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi mode (Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival) |
11th month 1857 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 121 | KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) | Magome no tsuki (Moon at Magone) |
dated 1930 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 1 | SUGIMOTO HIROSHI (B. 1948) | South Bay Drive-In, San Diego, 1993 |
N/A | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 80 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Shinshu Suwako (Lake Suwa in Shinano Province) |
N/A | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 129 | KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) | Yuki no yoru, Urayasu (Snowy night at Urayasu) |
dated Showa 7 (1932) March | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 139 | YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950) | Hansen asa (Sailing boat morning) |
dated 1926 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 81 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Noboto ura (The Coast of Noboto) |
N/A | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 110 | UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) | Minamoto Yorimitsu ko no yakata ni tsuchigumo yokai o nasu zu (The Earth Spider generates monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu) |
circa 1843 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 116 | KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) | Osaka Kozu |
dated 1924 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
