Sothebys: Japanese Woodblock Prints - online 7/11, L24211, London

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Auction Date
July 18, 2024 - July 18, 2024
Page Size: 45 items in 2 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
27 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

The Three-stringed Colt (Sangenkoma)

in 1822 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 5,400.00
28 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

The Ascent to Heaven from the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori ama-agari)

circa 1820-22 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 5,400.00
29 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Oiso: Tora's Rain (Oiso, Tora ga ame)

circa 1833-34 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 3,840.00
30 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Snow Scene at the Shrine of Benzaiten in the Pond at Inokashira (Inokashira no ike Benzaiten no yashiro yuki no kei)

in 1843 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 7,800.00
31 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fuha)

, 9th month 1855 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 22,800.00
33 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Horikiri Iris Garden (Horikiri no hanashobu)

intercalary 5th month 1857 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 12,000.00
34 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan)

7th month 1856 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 10,800.00
35 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1868)

Seido and Kanda River from Shohei Bridge (Shoheibashi Seido Kandagawa)

9th month 1857 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 7,200.00
36 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake (Ohashi Atake no yudachi)

9th month 1857 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 15,600.00
37 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

The complete set of One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

circa 1856-58 GBP 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 312,000.00
38 Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869)

Night Rain at Akasaka Kiribatake (Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei)

4th month 1859 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 4,800.00
39 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)

Shoki the Demon Queller

circa 1849-52 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 6,000.00
40 Various

A concertina album of prints by various artists

7th month 1852, and comprising: GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
41 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Zojo-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zojoji)

1925 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 45,600.00
42 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Tenno-ji Temple in Osaka (Osaka Tenno-ji)

circa 1924-30 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 84,000.00
43 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Inokashira in Snow (Inokashira no yuki)

1928 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 18,000.00
44 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Evening Snow, Edogawa River (Kure no yuki, Edogawa)

1932 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 13,200.00
45 Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950)

Taj Mahal in Moonlight, No. 4 (Tsukiyo no Taji Maharu, daiyon)

1931 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 4,800.00
46 Torii Kotondo (1900-1975)

Combing Her Hair (Kamisuki)

c. 1933 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
47 Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947)

The Heron Maiden (Sagi musume)

circa 1925 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 10,200.00
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