Event Date5–12 JUL 2018 | Online 16310

From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints Online

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5–12 JUL 2018

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  • Lot 1

    SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725–1770)

    Daikoku playing with boys in Chinese clothes (karako) under pine with the sun setting over a lake

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 4,375
    Closed 
  • Lot 6

    CHOBUNSAI EISHI (1756–1829)

    The Oiran Hinazuru of the Chojiya holding a Fan

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 2,500
    Price realisedGBP 2,375
    Closed 
  • Lot 7

    KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)

    The courtesan Ichikawa of the Matsubaraya

    EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800
    Price realisedGBP 1,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 10

    ATTRIBUTED TO KATSUNO (FL. CIRCA 1807)

    The beauty Koichi of the Senkyu tea house holding a plectrum

    EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800
    Price realisedGBP 1,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 11

    KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)

    Karakoto of the Chojiya with a kamuro

    EstimateGBP 800 - 1,200
    Price realisedGBP 2,125
    Closed 
  • Lot 13

    KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)

    The Manipulative Type (Tetori)

    EstimateGBP 7,000 - 9,000
    Price realisedGBP 8,125
    Closed 
  • Lot 15

    KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)

    The Merchant's Wife (Okami-san)

    EstimateGBP 6,000 - 8,000
    Price realisedGBP 7,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 16

    KIKUGAWA EIZAN (1787–1867)

    A woman writing a letter

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 2,500
    Price realisedGBP 2,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 17

    CHOKOSAI EISHO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1780–1800)

    The Chojiya Pleasure House by Day (Chojiya hiru-mise)

    EstimateGBP 800 - 1,200
    Price realisedGBP 1,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 20

    KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)

    The courtesan Asajiu of the Daimonjiya and Nanatsu-ume Sake by Momenya

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 4,000
    Price realisedGBP 5,625
    Closed 
  • Lot 21

    KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)

    No.7 (Higashioji), from Picture Book: Pulling Komachi (Ehon Komachi-biki)

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 2,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 23

    KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)

    Twelve shunga prints

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 7,000
    Price realisedGBP 6,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 25

    KEISAI EISEN (1790–1848)

    A courtesan beneath an autumn moon

    EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 1,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 26

    UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865)

    Two beauties and a maidservant lighting their way with a lantern and carrying a shamisen box

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
    Price realisedGBP 7,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 27

    UTAGAWA SADATORA (ACTIVE CIRCA 1818-1844)

    Two beauties and a maidservant cross a bridge beside irises and hanging wisteria

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 4,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 29

    KITAGAWA UTAMARO II (D. CIRCA 1831)

    Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya House (Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki)

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 1,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 30

    UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786–1865)

    The Great Wrestling Match between Momotaro and Kaidomaru

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 3,500
    Price realisedGBP 3,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 31

    YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786?–1868)

    A courtesan and attendant seated beside a brazier

    EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800
    Price realisedGBP 1,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 32

    UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786–1865)

    Two women playing a shamisen and koto in front of a folding screen

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 3,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 33

    YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868)

    A woman seated smoking a pipe beside a folding screen

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 34

    YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU II (ACTIVE CIRCA 1830–60)

    Chrysanthemum Dew (Kiku no tsuyu)

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 35

    UTAGAWA SADAKAGE (FL. 1818-1844)

    A courtesan styling her hair in front of a mirror

    EstimateGBP 2,200 - 2,800
    Price realisedGBP 6,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 36

    TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780–1850)

    A woman wearing an elaborate kimono beside a small rock garden and standing screen decorated with ducks

    EstimateGBP 2,400 - 2,600
    Price realisedGBP 5,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 37

    UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786–1865)

    Ichikawa Danjuro VII in the role of Konoshita Tokichi and Segawa Kikunojo V in the role of Princess Otohime

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 1,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 38

    TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)

    Miura Daisuke drinking wine

    EstimateGBP 1,400 - 1,800
    Price realisedGBP 1,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 39

    TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780–1850)

    A beauty beside a large kite with a design of a large head of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII

    EstimateGBP 2,500 - 2,800
    Price realisedGBP 3,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 40

    UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865)

    The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII

    EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800
    Price realisedGBP 1,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 41

    UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786–1865)

    An onnagata actor holding down with her foot a rope attached to a horse being ridden by the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII

    EstimateGBP 300 - 500
    Price realisedGBP 1,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 42

    HASEGAWA SADANOBU I (1809-1879)

    Actors in cartouches surrounded by poems and fruiting branches

    EstimateGBP 500 - 700
    Price realisedGBP 1,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 43

    KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848)

    A still life comprising a double gourd flask, a suzuribako in the form of a fan, a book and sake cup

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 5,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 44

    RYURYUKYO SHINSAI (ACTIVE CIRCA 1799-1823)

    A seabream in a Nabeshima dish beside a sake cup on a lacquer stand beside a framed picture

    EstimateGBP 1,800 - 2,200
    Price realisedGBP 1,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 45

    TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)

    A warbler in a cage

    EstimateGBP 3,500 - 4,000
    Price realisedGBP 4,375
    Closed 
  • Lot 46

    TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780–1850)

    A Good Time for a Wedding (Yometori yoshi)

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 47

    SHUNKOSAI HOKUEI (ACTIVE 1824-1837)

    A double okubi-e portrait of two actors

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 4,000
    Price realisedGBP 4,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 49

    UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865)

    The actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Baigyoku) in the role of Gotobei Moritsugu

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 3,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 50

    UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865)

    The actor Ichikawa Ebizo V in the role of Musashibo Benkei

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 2,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 51

    UTAGAWA YOSHITORA (1836–1887)

    The Actor Ichikawa Ichizo III as Iwami Jutaro

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 52

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Ogata Shuma Hiroyuki with a gun overcoming a giant snake

    EstimateGBP 1,800 - 2,200
    Price realisedGBP 3,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 53

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    I no Hayata Hironao seizing the Nue as it falls to the ground amid clouds and lightning

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 3,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 54

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Kazusanosuke Hirotsune Battling the Nine-Tailed Fox on Nasu Moor

    EstimateGBP 1,800 - 2,200
    Price realisedGBP 4,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 55

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Zhu Gui, the Dry-land Crocodile (Kanchi Kotsuritsu Shuki)

    EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800
    Price realisedGBP 3,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 56

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu (Minamoto Yorimitsu (Raiko) ko no yakata ni tsuchigumo yokai o nasu zu)

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 7,000
    Price realisedGBP 40,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 57

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Sasaki Saburo Moritsuna strangling the fisherman Fujidayu

    EstimateGBP 1,400 - 1,600
    Price realisedGBP 1,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 58

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Two Warrior Woodblock Prints

    EstimateGBP 1,800 - 2,200
    Price realisedGBP 4,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 59

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Not a Very Lucky Day (Senbu)

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 2,500
    Price realisedGBP 7,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 60

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Two Woodblock Prints from the series One of the 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 4,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 61

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Grand Sumo Tournament on Mount Akazawa (Akazawayama ozumo)

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000
    Price realisedGBP 16,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 62

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    The Ghosts of the Taira Attack Yoshitsune in Daimotsu Bay

    EstimateGBP 20,000 - 30,000
    Price realisedGBP 81,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 63

    KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889)

    May: Shoki the Demon Queller riding a tiger, subjugating Demons

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
    Price realisedGBP 2,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 64

    TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)

    Taira Koremochi Vanquishes a Female Demon at Togakushi Mountain (Taira Koremochi Togakushiyama kijo taiji no zu)

    EstimateGBP 1,800 - 2,200
    Price realisedGBP 3,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 65

    TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)

    The Battle of Ichinotani (Ichinotani kassen)

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 5,625
    Closed 
  • Lot 66

    KATSUKAWA SHUNTEI (1770–1824)

    Minomoto no Yorimitsu (Raiko) and his Retainers Kill the Shuten-doji Monster

    EstimateGBP 1,400 - 1,800
    Price realisedGBP 1,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 67

    SHIRAI TOSHINOBU II (1866-1903)

    Nitta no Shiro Tadatsune encountering the Goddess of Mount Fuji and her Dragon in a Cave in Mount Fuji

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500
    Price realisedGBP 2,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 68

    TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)

    Fujiwara Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight (Fujiwara Yasumasa Gekka Roteki)

    EstimateGBP 7,000 - 9,000
    Price realisedGBP 17,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 69

    UTAGAWA YOSHITSUYA (1822-1866)

    Shuten doji at Oeyama (Oeyama Shuten-doji)

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 2,500
    Price realisedGBP 2,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 70

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798–1861)

    Sakata Kaidomaru (Kintaro) fighting a giant carp

    EstimateGBP 700 - 900
    Price realisedGBP 1,625
    Closed 
  • Lot 71

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Hatsuhana doing penance under the Tonozawa Waterfall

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 1,625
    Closed 
  • Lot 72

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Gongsun Sheng, The Dragon in the Clouds (Nyuunryu Kosonsho)

    EstimateGBP 2,800 - 3,200
    Price realisedGBP 4,375
    Closed 
  • Lot 73

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    The Ghost of Asakura Togo

    EstimateGBP 2,600 - 2,800
    Price realisedGBP 4,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 74

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

    Raiko severing the head of the Shuten-doji, while his followers destroy other demons (Raiko Oeyama iri no zu)

    EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 1,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 75

    TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)

    Ghosts Appearing in Shirazunoyabu Forrest at Yawata (Shirazunoyabu Yawata no jikkai)

    EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800
    Price realisedGBP 2,375
    Closed 
  • Lot 76

    TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)

    Lu Chi Sen in a drunken fury smashing the guardian figure at the temple on Five-Crested Mountain (Rochishin ransui Godaizan kongojin o uchikowasu no zu)

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
    Price realisedGBP 2,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 77

    TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)

    Flowers: Ichikawa Sadanji I in the role of Gosho no Gorozo

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 5,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 78

    TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)

    Moon: Ichikawa Sansho (Ichikawa Danjuro IX) in the role of the pirate Kezori Kuemon

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
    Price realisedGBP 17,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 79

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Summer: Cooling off Between the Bridges (Natsu, Hashima no suzumi)

    EstimateGBP 500 - 700
    Price realisedGBP 1,125
    Closed 
  • Lot 80

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    Beauties watching fireworks in boats beside the Ryogoku Bridge

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
    Price realisedGBP 5,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 81
    EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800
    Price realisedGBP 1,625
    Closed 
  • Lot 82

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

    Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province (Mutsu no kuni chidori no Tamagawa)

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 4,000
    Price realisedGBP 2,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 83

    UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

    A woman holding a slice of watermelon

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 6,000
    Price realisedGBP 6,875
    Closed 
  • Lot 85

    TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)

    The Complete Set: Thirty-Two Aspects of Daily Life (Fuzoku Sanjuniso)

    EstimateGBP 20,000 - 30,000
    Price realisedGBP 30,000
    Closed 
  • Lot 86

    TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1832–1892)

    Uesugi no Terutora (Kenshin), riding into battle through clouds of smoke

    EstimateGBP 300 - 500
    Price realisedGBP 1,625
    Closed 
  • Lot 87

    HARA ZAIMEI (1778-1844)

    A cat asleep beside plants

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 4,000
    Price realisedGBP 6,875
    Closed 
  • Lot 88

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

    Sparrows and morning glory

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 2,500
    Price realisedGBP 4,375
    Closed 
  • Lot 89

    UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

    Blue Bird on a Yellow-Flowered Hibiscus

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
    Price realisedGBP 2,500
    Closed 
  • Lot 90

    UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797–1858)

    The Fuji River in Snow

    EstimateGBP 6,000 - 8,000
    Price realisedGBP 16,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 91

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)

    Lower Meguro (Shimo-Meguro)

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
    Price realisedGBP 18,750
    Closed 
  • Lot 92

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)

    Tsukuda-jima [in Edo] in Musashi Province (Buyo Tsukuda-jima)

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
    Price realisedGBP 9,375
    Closed 
  • Lot 93

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)

    Senju in Musashi Province (Bushu Senju)

    EstimateGBP 6,000 - 8,000
    Price realisedGBP 8,125
    Closed 
  • Lot 94

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)

    Waterwheel at Onden (Onden no suisha)

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 7,000
    Price realisedGBP 6,875
    Closed 
  • Lot 95

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)

    Fuji View Plain in Owari Province (Bishu Fujimi-ga-hara)

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 7,000
    Price realisedGBP 8,125
    Closed 
  • Lot 96

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)

    Two landscape prints from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
    Price realisedGBP 3,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 97

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)

    Ushibori in Hitachi Province (Joshu Ushibori)

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 4,375
    Closed 
  • Lot 98

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

    Poem by Motoyoshi Shinno

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 7,000
    Price realisedGBP 6,250
    Closed 
  • Lot 99

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)

    Old View of the Eight-part Bridge at Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province (Mikawa no Yatsuhashi no kozu)

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 4,000
    Closed 

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