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
675 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Five surimono from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Poetry Circle (Honcho-ren honcho nijushiko)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,715.00
676 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

The warrior Asahina Saburo

Edo period, 19th century EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
677 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Minamoto no Yorimasa and Tamamo no Mae

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
678 Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868)

Tadatsune hunting a wild boar in Yoritomo's hunting party before Mount Fuji

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 13,970.00
679 Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820)

Six surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,064.00
680 Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820)

Four surimono depicting still lifes

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 635.00
681 Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820)

Open fan and New Year's decoration with spiny lobster (Ise ebi)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 508.00
682 Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820)

Robe of a court lady of the fifth rank, open jewel box and incense burner

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 63.00
683 Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820)

Incense burner (hidori-koro) and branch of plum

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 762.00
684 Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820)

Blue Shell (Aoigai)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 635.00
685 Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820)

Two-panel folding screen depicting cranes in flight above coastal pine and a courtly interior

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,397.00
686 Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820)

Two surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
687 Utagawa Toyohiro (1773-1828)

Sake cup with ascending carp design and Adonis plant (fukujuso)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
688 Utagawa Toyohiro (1773-1828)

Fan-shaped cartouches

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 381.00
689 Numata Gessai (Utamasa, 1787-1864) Attributed to Numata Gessai (Utamasa, 1787-1864)

Four surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 254.00
690 Numata Gessai (Utamasa, 1787-1864)

Two surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 381.00
691 Attributed to Kitagawa Tsukimaro (Kikumaro, d. 1830)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in the Shibaraku role

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,175.00
692 Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)

Two surimono depicting bijin

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,445.00
693 Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)

A courtesan stepping out of a palanquin in snow

Edo period, 19th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
694 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Poetry cards from the One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu) and a black lacquer box

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 11,430.00
695 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VIII and Segawa Kikunojo V

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
696 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Votive plaque of the actor Bando Mitsugoro III in the role of Sasaki Takatsuna

Edo period, 19th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 50,800.00
697 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Kimono rack and alcove

Edo period, 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
698 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

The actor Iwai Hanshiro VI in the role of a miko (shrine maiden) holding an open fan between her teeth

Edo period, 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
699 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Three surimono from the series Fashionable Women from the Shuihuzhuan (Fuzoku onna suikoden)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
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