Dreweatts: Japanese Prints: Art of the Woodblock, 9323, Newbury

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
July 08, 2025 - July 08, 2025
Page Size: 119 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Okumura Toshinobu (active circa 1717-1750)

Actors in the roles of a young woman and man

circa 1720s GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 463.40
2 Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)

Hobby Horse (Take-uma) Edo period

circa 1760 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,125.40
3 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an onnagata role

circa 1780s GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
4 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Ichikawa Yaozo II in an aragoto role

circa 1770s GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
5 Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)

Cherry

circa 1769 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,442.40
6 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

The courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya house with her cat

circa 1801 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,442.40
7 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Under the Wave off Kanagawa

circa 1831-33 GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 397,200.00
8 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Poem by Kanke (Sugawara Michizane)

circa 1835-36 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
9 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Sazai Hall of the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats

circa 1831-33 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
11 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Poem by Archbishop Henjo

circa 1835-36 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
12 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Poem by Abe no Nakamaro

circa 1835-36 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
13 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo (Edo Nihon-Bashi)

circa 1831-33 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
14 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1859)

Watanabe no Tsuna at Rashomon

circa 1830s GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,383.20
16 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu)

circa 1833-34 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,442.40
17 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Two woodblock prints from the series Famous Places

circa 1832-38 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 662.00
18 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Seven woodblock prints from the series Famous Places

circa 1840-42 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,912.80
19 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Three woodblock prints

circa 1835-39 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,853.60
20 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

No. 17: The Frightful Satta Pass

7th month 1855 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 5,031.20
21 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Bingo Province: Abuto

12th month 1853 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,031.20
22 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

The Sea off Satta in Suruga Provi

1858 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 14,564.00
23 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpool

9th month 1855 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 23,832.00
24 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake

9th month 1857 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 55,608.00
25 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Kinryuzan Temple

7th month 1856 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,634.00
26 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei) Edo perio

9th month 1856 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 7,944.00
27 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Plum Estate (1)

11th month 1857 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 14,564.00
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