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
700 Anonymous

Four poem papers

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 508.00
701 Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832)

Pine (Matsu)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 635.00
702 Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832)

Parody of Kanzan

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,524.00
703 Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832)

Dongfang Shuo (Tohosaku)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,143.00
704 Nagayama Koin (1765-1859)

Inro, turtle netsuke and coral ojime

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
705 Takashima Chiharu (1777-1859)

Samurai watching a cock fight

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 381.00
706 Sekiya Ri'in (dates unknown)

Young samurai and girl with shuttlecock and battledore

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 762.00
707 Shinba Honmatsu (active circa 1800-1830)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in the role of Soga no Goro in the play Sharpening the Arrow (Yanone)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,413.00
708 Uematsu Toshu (active circa late 1810s--20s) Kei'indo Shinzo (dates unknown)

Two surimono

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 381.00
709 Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII holding decorated bamboo stalks

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 635.00
710 Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige, 1777-1835)

Two surimono from an untitled series of Bust Portraits of Ichikawa Danjuro VII Within a Masu Border

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 889.00
711 Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige, 1777-1835)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII within toshidama cartouche

Edo period, 19th century EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,826.00
712 Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)

The Founder Saigyu Danjuro (Genso Saigyu Danjuro)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 5,080.00
713 Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige, 1777-1835)

An actor in the role of Oniwakamaru

Edo period, 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,143.00
714 Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige, 1777-1835)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII and Iwai Kumesaburo II in a pleasure quarters scene

Edo period, 19th century EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
715 Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825) Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige, 1777-1835)

The complete set of eight surimono from an untitled series of the Ichikawa Danjuro Lineage for the Gogawa Poetry Circle

Edo period, 19th century EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
716 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII, Segawa Kikunojo V, Onoe Kikugoro III and Iwai Kumesaburo II in a battle scene

Edo period, 19th century EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 7,620.00
717 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in the role of Soga no Goro Tokimune on a battledore with shuttlecock

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
718 Utagawa Kuninao (1795--1854)

Two impressions of Noh mask and brocade cloth

Edo -- Meiji period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
719 Utagawa Kuniyasu (1794-1832)

The actor Ichikawa Danbei before a kite depicting Ichikawa Danjuro VII in the Shibaraku role

Edo period, 19th century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
720 Utagawa Sadakage (active circa 1818--1844)

Female Daruma (Onna Daruma)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,700.00
721 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Crab on the shore

Edo period, 19th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
722 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Ox beneath willow tree

Edo period, 19th century EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
723 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Two impressions of the same surimono depicting the Chinese Princess Chu Lianxiang (So Renko) and Butterflies

Edo - Meiji period, 19th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,160.00
724 Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII, Nakamura Daikichi I and Iwai Hanshiro V in the roles of Konoshita Tokichi, His Wife and as Masago performing in the play Footman, Footman, the Flowery Spears of Edo (Yakko yakko Edo no hanayari)

Edo period, 19th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
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