Chiswick Auctions: Asian Art - Books and Prints

Woodblock prints, Oban triptych entitled ‘Akazawayama Ozumo’ (Grand Sumo Tournament on Mt. Akazawa), depicting a historic sumo match between Kawazu Saburo Sukeyasu and Matano Goro Kagehisa,

Woodblock prints, oban triptych depicting a sumo match, the wrestler Arauma is about to throw his opponent Koyanagi, watched by the judges Iseumi and Shikimori Ki’ichiro,

The first entitled ‘Nigatsudo Temple’, depicting pilgrimage resting on the balcony of the temple in the evening,

Two oban triptychs, showing sumo wrestlers backstage, each entitled ‘Higashinokata Shitakubeya no zu’ (a picture of a backstage in the East), and ‘Nishinokata Shitakubeya no zu’ (a picture of a backstage in the West),

Oban tate-e, woodblock print, ‘Zentsuji temple in rain’,

Woodblock prints, oban triptych depicting a sumo match, the wrestler Shiranui (right) and Jin’maku (left) in the centre of the ring, flanked by the judge Hidenoyama (far right) and referee Shikimori Yojin (far left),

A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DEPICTING IMAGES OF CHINA. 1910s.

A SHUNGA BOOK.

Three woodblock prints, oban triptych depicting a scene from the play ‘‘Chushingura’, the night attack of forty-seven ronin samurai on the house of Moronao

Four oban triptychs,

A LARGE COLLECTION OF WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS. Including the biography of Kobo Daishi in Shikoku island ‘Kobo Daishi ichidaiki, Shikoku meguri’

A collection of twenty-four wood block prints

Woodblock prints, oban triptych entitled ‘Toseikodomozumo hyobanki ‘(Famous child sumo wrestlers in the present day), showing young sumo wrestlers practicing

Woodblock prints, two triptychs and one oban tate-e, showing warriors in battle

Two woodblock triptychs, the first by Kunisada, from the series Genji jyunikagetsu no uchi (Twelve months of the house of Genji), Shiwasu (December), showing women in busy preparation for a massive end-of-year clean

Seven oban tate-e

Oban tate-e, a bust-portrait of a young woman reading a book, from the series ‘Furyu Mutama gawa’, a parody of the Six Jewel Rivers

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS.