Bonhams: London, Online Only: Printed, Painted and Sculpted (II), Japanese Art, 30050, London, New Bond Street

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Auction Date
December 09, 2024 - December 09, 2024
Page Size: 94 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1075 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)

33 oban prints and one oban tate-e triptych print of various subjects,

Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 10,880.00
1076 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)

18 koban yoko-e prints from the series Tokyo kaika kyoga meisho (Funny Pictures of the Famous Places of Enlightened Tokyo),

Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1881 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 896.00
1077 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)

Three oban tate-e prints of beauties from the series Fuzoku sanjuniso (32 Aspects of Daily Life),

Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1888 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
1078 EISHOSAI CHOKI (ACTIVE CIRCA 1772-EARLY 1800s) AND UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Three prints: two oban tate-e by Kuniyoshi,

Edo period (1615-1868), first half of 19th century GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 768.00
1079 YOSHU CHIKANOBU (1838-1912) AND OTHERS

22 oban tate-e triptych prints and two diptych (two sheets from a triptych) bijinga prints by various Meiji-era artists,

Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
1080 TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (1835-1900) AND INOUE TANKEI (1869-1889)

Three oban tate-e prints: two bijinga by Kunichika of Mono omoi (Pensive Love) and Yaito (Burning Moxa) from the series Kaika ninjo kagami (Mirror of Flowering Manners and Customs),

Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1878 and 1885 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
1081 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865), KATSUKAWA SHUNKO II (SHUNSEN, FL. CIRCA 1804-1830), YOSHU CHIKANOBU (1838-1912), KAWABABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), AND OTHERS

Approximately 40 bijin-ga prints of various sizes and formats by various artists,

Edo period (1615-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912), early 19th to early 20th century GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
1082 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915)

Five oban tate-e bijinga triptych prints: four from the series Hana moyo (Floral Patterns),

Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1896 and 1897 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 640.00
1083 ATTRIBUTED TO KEISAI EISEN (1790--1848) OR KIKUKAWA EIZAN (1787-1867)

An oban yoko-e shunga print titled Asakusa ichi ni yoru[...] oiran (High-Ranking Courtesan Visiting [Her Lover] during an Outing to the Asakusa Fair) depicting an oiran making love to her lover after visiting the Tori no ichi (Rooster Fair),

Edo period (1615-1868), first half of the 19th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1084 KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889)

A hanshibon-size book,

Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1881 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
1085 UKIYO-E SCHOOL AND OTHERS

22 compositions (drawings and watercolour paintings) of various subjects,

Edo period (1615-1868) to Showa era (1926-1989), 19th to 20th century GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
1086 AFTER KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849), AFTER UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858), AFTER KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753-1806), AND OTHERS

13 reproduction prints,

Showa era (1926-1989), mid-to late 20th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 435.20
1087 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915), YOSHU CHIKANOBU (1838-1912), OCHIAI YOSHIIKU (1883-1904), AND OTHERS

14 Meiji era (or later) prints of various subjects,

Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1912-1926) eras, late 19th to early 20th century GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
1088 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915), MIZUNO TOSHIKATA (1866-1908), MIGITA TOSHIHIDE (1863-1925), AND OTHERS

20 oban triptych prints,

Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1890s GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
1089 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915), MIZUNO TOSHIKATA (1866-1908), ADACHI GINKO (FL. CIRCA 1874-1897), AND OTHERS

20 oban triptych prints and three diptych (two sheets from a triptych) senso-e prints depicting the Sino-Japanese war by Meiji-era artists,

Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1890s GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
1090 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915)

An oban tate-e diptych print titled Sunshu mizuumi nichibotsu no Fuji (Mount Fuji at Sunset on a Lake in Suruga Province),

Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1878 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
1091 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915)

Two oban yoko-e prints from the Tokyo Landscape series; the first titled Kyu Honmaru yukibare (Clear Sky after Snow at the Old Inner Keep of Edo Castle),

Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1877 and 1881 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,024.00
1092 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915)

Two oban yoko-e prints from the Tokyo Landscape series; the first titled Meiji juyonen ichigatsu nijurokunichi shukka,

Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1881 and 1886 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,024.00
1093 KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915)

Five oban yoko-e prints from the Tokyo landscape series; the first, titled Senbongui Ryogokubashi (Ryogoku Bridge from Senbongui)

Meiji era (1868-1912), one dated 1879, three dated 1880, and one dated 1881 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
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