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
600 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

The Cherry Blossom Shell (Sakura-gai)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
601 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

The Lost-Love Shell (Katashigai)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 35,560.00
602 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

The Fujiwara: Pearls of Ebb and Flow and the Coiled Scythe of the Fujiwara Clan (Kanju manju Fuji makikama)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
603 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1859)

Ki no Natora and Otomo no Yoshio Wrestling

Edo period, 19th century EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
604 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Woodcutter

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 762.00
605 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Hishikawa Sori (active circa 1789-1818)

Three surimono formerly in the collection of Hayashi Tadamasa

Edo period, late - early 19th century EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
606 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Three surimono

Edo period, late 18th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
607 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Attributed to Hishikawa Sori III (active circa 1789-1818)

Two surimono

Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,794.00
608 Hishikawa Sori III (active circa 1789-1818)

Two surimono from the series Thirty-six Poems by Artisans (Shokunin sanjurokuban)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,143.00
609 Hishikawa Sori III (active circa 1797-1813)

Three surimono depicting bijin

Edo period, late 18th -- early 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,524.00
610 Anonymous

Parody of Chapter Thirty-Four, Spring Shoots I (Wakana, jo) from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 635.00
611 Anonymous

A group of thirty-three small shunga surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,143.00
612 Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai, 1764-1824)

Bonito with radish and grater

Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
613 Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Four surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 381.00
614 Attributed to Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Han Xin crawls under the legs of a rogue

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
615 Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Cylindrical boxes with wave design and brocade cloth

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,032.00
616 Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Green peas in a measure and sprays of hollyhock with heads of sardines

Edo period, early 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 254.00
617 Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Axe, knife and pine

Edo period, early 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 254.00
618 Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Halberd (Guan do), brocade robe and seal

Edo period, early 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 127.00
619 Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Blue Celadon Ladle Stand (Ao seiji shakutate)

Edo period, early 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,175.00
620 Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Free reed pipe (Sho)

Edo period, early 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,651.00
621 Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Butterflies and Moths

Edo period, 19th century EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
622 Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Butterflies and Moths

Edo period, 19th century EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
623 Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)

Head of a salmon

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,270.00
624 Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)

No. 1 (Sono ichi): Fish, sake bottle, and plum blossoms

Edo period, 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
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