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
650 Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)

The complete set of A Set of Fans on Flowing Water in Five Colours (Goshiki bantsuzuki ogi nagashi)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 114,300.00
651 Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) Mibun (dates unknown)

Two surimono from the series Six Glass Pictures of Birds and Flowers (Kacho gyokuban rokumai no uchi)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
652 Anonymous

Chapter 14: Channel Buoys (Miotsukushi) from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 2,540.00
653 Hokutei Joren (active circa 1820s)

Two surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 508.00
654 Teisai Hokuba (1771-1844) Attributed to Teisai Hokuba (1771-1844)

Three surimono depicting bijin

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 381.00
655 Hotei Gosei (active circa 1804-1844)

Three surimono depicting bijin

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 635.00
656 Katsushika Hokuga (active circa 1804-1854) Hotei Gosei (active circa 1804-1844)

Two surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,715.00
657 Teisai Hokuba (1771-1844)

Standing courtesan

Edo period, 19th century EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
658 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Two impressions of Carp Ascending a Waterfall

Edo - Meiji period, 19th century EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
659 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Two impressions of Carp swimming amongst waterweeds

Edo - Meiji period, 19th century EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 27,940.00
660 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

New Year's garland and crescent moon

Edo period, 19th century EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
661 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Turtles and waterweeds

Edo period, 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
662 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Benkei crab and branch of blossoming plum

Edo period, 19th century EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,715.00
663 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Reflection in a mirror of a lady in 'Western' dress beside books, a Chinese brush pot and table

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
664 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Murasaki Shikibu

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
665 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Goat (Hitsuji)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
666 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

The courtesan Usugumo

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,016.00
667 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

The complete set of Views of Naka-no-cho for the Hisakataya Club (Hisakataya Naka-no-cho no san)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 50,800.00
668 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Two surimono from the series A Set of Ten Famous Numerals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika-ren meisu juban)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 20,320.00
669 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Chinese sage giving peaches to two monkeys

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
670 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Brush (Fude): Ono no Tofu

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,270.00
671 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Minamoto no Yoritomo

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
672 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Sage evoking a dragon

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 889.00
673 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

A young boy in Indian dress and minogame

Edo period, 19th century EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,445.00
674 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

The complete set of Three Heroes of the State of Shu (Shoku sanketsu)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 31,750.00
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