Sothebys: Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection, pf2527, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 13, 2025 - June 13, 2025
Page Size: 305 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
525 Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790)

Cockerels (Niwatori)

Edo period, 18th century EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
526 Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819)

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III in the role of a nobleman writing poetry

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,397.00
527 Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819)

The actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV beside a rat

Edo period, 18th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,143.00
528 Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819)

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III in the role of Oboshi Yuranosuke

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,175.00
529 Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819)

An actor in a Chinese role wielding a hoe beneath plum blossom

Edo period, 18th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
530 Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819)

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII in the role of Shirodayu

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 57,150.00
531 Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819)

The actor Yamamura Giemon II in an Osaka Play (Osaka-chu no shibai, Yamamura Giemon)

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
532 Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819)

The actor Nakamura Nakazo I in the role of a swordsman

Edo period, 18th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
533 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Bando Hikosaburo IV in the role of Soga no Goro

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 2,540.00
534 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV holding a parasol and hannya mask

Edo period, 18th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 889.00
535 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in the role of Soga no Goro

Edo period, 18th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
536 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Nakamura Sukegoro II in the role of Dozaburo

Edo period, 18th century EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
537 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V holding a parasol

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
538 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

Onnagata actor Nakamura Noshio I and actor Mikuni Fujigoro in the roles of the courtesan Takao and Shida no Saemon

Edo period, 18th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
539 Attributed to Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV in the role of a samurai playing a taiko

Edo period, 18th century EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 2,540.00
540 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

Actors Onoe Matsusuke, Iwai Hanshiro IV and Ichikawa Yaozo III in the roles of a samurai, courtesan and retainer

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
541 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Nakamura Tomijiro I in the role of Hangaku Gozen

Edo period, 18th century EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
542 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Otani Hiroji III holding a pail

Edo period, 18th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
543 Attributed to Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in a dramatic pose with two swords

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 889.00
544 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Potter Tsuchihei and Nakamura Tomijuro I in a female role

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
545 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Iwai Hanshiro IV and possibly Iwai Karumo conversing backstage

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 19,050.00
546 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V holding a mirror

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,556.00
547 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV in the role of Nagoya Sanzaburo

Edo period, 18th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
548 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Morita Kanya VIII

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
549 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,016.00
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