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
550 Attributed to Katsukawa Shunro (Hokusai, 1760-1849)

The actor Bando Mitsugoro I or II in the role of Shichibei the Wine Merchant, a disguise of Soga no Juro Sukenari

Edo period, 18th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 508.00
551 Katsukawa Shunko (1743-1812)

Actors Onoe Matsusuke I and Ichikawa Monnosuke II in the roles of Watanabe no Tsuna and the Ibaraki Demon

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
552 Katsukawa Shunko (1743-1812)

An actor performing the Lion Dance (Shakkyo)

Edo period, 18th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 889.00
553 Katsukawa Shunko (1743-1812)

The actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II in an onnagata role

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 762.00
554 Katsukawa Shunko (1743-1812)

Actors Otani Hiroemon III and Bando Mitsugoro I in the role of two swordsmen in a night duel

Edo period, 18th century EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 7,620.00
555 Katsukawa Shunjo (died in 1787)

The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an onnagata role holding a sword

Edo period, 18th century EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
556 Ippitsusai Buncho (active circa 1765-1792)

The actor Onoe Kikugoro I in the role of Izumi no Saburo

Edo period, 18th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,397.00
557 Ippitsusai Buncho (active circa 1765-1792)

An actor in the role of Watanabe no Tsuna

Edo period, 18th century EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
558 Ippitsusai Buncho (active circa 1765-1792)

Seated courtesan reading beside a brazier and smoking set

Edo period, 18th century EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
559 Attributed to Tsukioka Settei (1710-1787)

A set of ten hashira-e shunga

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
560 Attributed to Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)

Scroll for the Sleeve (Sode no maki)

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 Not Sold
561 Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II and his wife

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
562 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

Seven, Five and Three: The Sacred Rice Cakes of Love (Shichi-go-san, koi no shimemochi)

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
563 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

Yamauba and Kintaro

Edo period, 19th century EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
564 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

Glass goblet (Giyaman)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 250,000.00 - 300,000.00 Not Sold
565 Chokosai Eisho (active circa 1780-1800)

O-uta

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 27,940.00
566 Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829)

Ono no Komachi

Edo period, 19th century EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
567 Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829)

The courtesan Morokoshi of the Echizenya house

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
568 Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829)

Lady in a court carriage and attendants viewing cherry blossoms

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
569 Katsukawa Shuncho (active circa 1780-1801)

Women at a drinking party

Edo period, 18th century EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
570 Utagawa Toyohiro (1773-1828)

Women and children gathering fruit from a tree

Edo period, 19th century EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
571 Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)

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

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
572 Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)

Actors performing in the play Sukeroku, The Flower of Edo

Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
573 Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)

The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an onnagata role

Edo period, 18th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
574 Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III in the role of Prince Koretaka (Koretaka Shinno)

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
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