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Auction Info

Auction Name
Arts of Japan
Auction Date
09/09/2025 - 09/09/2025
Sale Number
#90925
Total Lots
33
Sold Lots
21
Lots Sold
63.64%
Unsold Lots
12
Total Sales (GBP)
13,835.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
6,780.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
10,320.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
10,830.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
16,220.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
85.30%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
75 Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883-1957)

Showa era Sengakuji (Sengaku Temple)

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 5,292.00
77 Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) (Japanese, 1871-1945)

Showa era Rural Winter Landscape

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,008.00
95 Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)

Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo)

Edo period GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 945.00
83 Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese, 1876-1950)

Rishirisan (Peaceful Rishiri)

Showa era GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 819.00
76 Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) (1871-1945)

Showa era Katsushika (Water God at Katsushika)

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 819.00
78 Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) (Japanese, 1871-1945)

Showa era Mt. Fuji seen from Fujinuma; Moonrise at

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 630.00
74 Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790-1848)

Toto Ryogoku-bashi yususumi no zu

Edo period GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 605.00
96 Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)

Eight Views of Omi

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 529.00
80 Ogata Gekko (Japanese, 1859-1920)

Nihon hana zukushi; Fujin fozoku zukushi; Genji goju

Meiji period GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 454.00
73 Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)

Utsuzushiki

Edo period GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 403.00
99 Tsukiyoka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892); Tsukioka Kogyo (Japanese, 1869 - 1927); Utagawa Hiroshig

Six woodblock prints

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 378.00
101 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III, Japanese, 1786-1865)

Kabuki actors

Edo - Meiji period GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 277.00
85 Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945)

Frog on lotus pond; Sparrow perched on bamboo

Taisho period GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 277.00
102

Japanese woodblock prints by various artists, Meiji period

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 214.00
97 Utagawa Kunisada II (Japanese, 1823-1880); Toyoharu Kunichika (Japanese, 1835-1900)

Portraits of Kab

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 202.00
90 Kawarazaki Shodo (Japanese, 1889 -- 1973)

Magnolia; Forsythia

Showa era GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 202.00
84

A Japanese woodblock sugoroku print, Roku yao koto gyo naka toshi joshi sho

Meiji period, 1909 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 189.00
89 Ito Sozan (Japanese, 1884-?)

a woodblock print depicting a pheasant, together with another print depicting a peacock perched atop blossoming branches

Showa period GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 189.00
86 Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945)

Sparrows perched on bamboo; Pheasants perched on a

Taisho period GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 176.00
103 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Samanosuke Mitsutoshi

Meiji period GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 139.00

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