77 Lots for Sale 10605
Lot 1
Suzuki Harunobu (1725 - 1770)
The Secret Love Letter
Vertical chuban (27.2 x 20.1 cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,072 - $9,108)

price realized
£4,750
($7,158)
Lot 3
Kitagawa Utamaro I (1754 – 1806)
Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers
Vertical oban (38 x 25.5 cm.)
estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
($3,795 - $4,554)

price realized
£5,250
($7,911)
Lot 5
Kitagawa Utamaro (1754–1806)
Preparing Food for a Nightingale
Horizontal oban (25.3 x 37.7 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
($4,554 - $6,072)

price realized
£4,750
($7,158)
Lot 6
Torii Kiyomine (1787-1868)
A Young Woman Adjusting Her Hair Ornaments
Vertical oban (39.1 x 25.7 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
($3,036 - $3,795)

price realized
£2,250
($3,390)
Lot 7
Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)
A Beauty Examining her Hairpins
Vertical oban (36.5 x 25.1 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£1,875
($2,825)
Lot 8
Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)
A Geisha of the Eastern Capital Painting her Eyebrows
Vertical oban (38.1 x 26 cm.)
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,821 - $2,732)

price realized
£1,250
($1,883)
Lot 9
Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
A Beauty holding a Wrapper for Rice Crackers
Vertical oban (37.5 x 25.4 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
($4,554 - $6,072)

price realized
£11,250
($16,953)
Lot 10
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Two Triptychs depicting Courtesans
Both vertical oban triptychs
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,214 - $1,821)

price realized
£1,000
($1,507)
Lot 13
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864) Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797–1858)
Two Triptychs depicting Actors and a Beach Scene
Each vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 35.3 x 24.4 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,214 - $1,821)

price realized
£1,625
($2,448)
Lot 14
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (1823–1880)
An Actor Triptych
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 36.4 x 25.2 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,000
($1,214 - $1,518)

price realized
£1,125
($1,695)
Lot 15
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Confrontations in Three Sake Cups (Taimen sankumi sakazuki)
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 36.9 x 25.4 cm.)
estimate
£700 - £900
($1,062 - $1,366)

price realized
£937
($1,412)
Lot 16
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
3 Actor Prints
Each vertical oban (approx. 36.2 x 24.6 cm.)
estimate
£500 - £700
($759 - $1,062)

price realized
£625
($941)
Lot 21
Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904)
3 Portraits of Actors and Silhouettes
Each vertical oban (approx. 36.8 x 23.8 cm.)
estimate
£600 - £800
($910 - $1,214)

price realized
£937
($1,412)
Lot 22
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864) Utagawa Kunisada II (1823–1880)
Three triptychs depicting Prince Genji
Each vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 37.2 x 25.4 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
($1,518 - $1,821)

price realized
£1,500
($2,260)
Lot 24
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Two triptychs depicting Prince Genji
Each vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 34.7 x 24.3 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,000
($1,214 - $1,518)

price realized
£1,125
($1,695)
Lot 25
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Actors at Night beside a Bridge
Vertical oban pentaptych (each sheet approx. 36.2 x 24.3 cm.)
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,062 - $1,518)

price realized
£750
($1,130)
Lot 26
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Four triptychs depicting Price Genji
Each a vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 35.5 x 24.3 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,518 - $2,277)

price realized
£1,062
($1,601)
Lot 27
Utagawa Kunisada II (1823 - 1880)
Courtesans of the House of Owariya Hikotaro Viewing Cherry Blossoms
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 37.5 x 25.2 cm.)
estimate
£500 - £600
($759 - $910)

price realized
£750
($1,130)
Lot 29
Attributed to Utakuni (1777 - 1827) Utagawa Yoshiume (1819 - 1879)
Two Actor Portraits
Both vertical oban
The first, 37.1 x 25.5 cm.
The second, 38.1 x 26.4 cm.
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£1,625
($2,448)
Lot 30
Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819)
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a Shibaraku Role
Hosoban (31.8 x 14.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
($1,518 - $1,821)

price realized
£1,625
($2,448)
Lot 31
Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904) Utagawa Fusatane (active 1854–1888)
Three Triptychs Depicting Warriors and Ladies
Each a vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 35.8 x 24.6 cm.)
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,062 - $1,518)

price realized
£1,500
($2,260)
Lot 34
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861)
Guan Yu Spares Cao Cao for the Sake of Old Loyalties
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 36.9 x 25.5 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,518 - $2,277)

price realized
£1,250
($1,883)
Lot 36
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861)
The Chohan Bridge Scene from The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 36.7 x 25.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,518 - $2,277)

price realized
£1,500
($2,260)
Lot 39
Kawanabe Kyosai (1831–1889) Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
A Comic Triptych, A Diptych and Two Sheets from an Incomplete Triptych
Each sheet approx. 38 x 26 cm.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
($1,518 - $1,821)

price realized
£1,250
($1,883)
Lot 40
Utagawa Yoshifusa (active 1837–1860)
The Ghost of Akugenta Taking Revenge on Nanba at the Nunobiki Waterfall
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 37.3 x 25.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £1,800
($2,277 - $2,732)

price realized
£1,625
($2,448)
Lot 41
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 – 1861) Utagawa Kunitsuna (1805 - 1868)
7 Suikoden prints and a diptych
Each vertical oban (each sheet approx. 37.3 x 25.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£1,875
($2,825)
Lot 42
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Two triptychs depicting historical Chinese warriors
Both vertical oban triptychs (each sheet approx. 35.4 x 24.3 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,214 - $1,821)

price realized
£750
($1,130)
Lot 43
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
7 Warrior Prints
Each vertical oban (each approx. 35.5 x 25.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£2,125
($3,202)
Lot 45
Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762–1819)
Three Sumo Wrestlers
Vertical oban (37.4 x 25 cm.)
estimate
£1,800 - £2,200
($2,732 - $3,339)

price realized
£2,250
($3,390)
Lot 49
Kitao Masanobu (1761–1816)
Courtesans
Horizontal double oban, framed and glazed
52.8 x 68.8 cm. (including frame)
estimate
£700 - £900
($1,062 - $1,366)

price realized
£1,250
($1,883)
Lot 50
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?–1806)
Yamauba and Kintaro
Vertical oban (38.8 x 25.3cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,036 - $4,554)

price realized
£2,000
($3,014)
Lot 54
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806)

Vertical oban (38.7 x 25.4cm.), including frame (63 x 48cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($7,590 - $10,626)

price realized
£6,250
($9,418)
Lot 57
Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770)
A couple making love on a palanquin at night, a noodle maker watching
Horizontal chuban (20.3 x 27.6 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
($4,554 - $6,072)

price realized
£3,250
($4,897)
Lot 58
Suzuki Harunobu (1725? - 1770)
Visit by The Fan Salesman
Horizontal chuban (20.2 x 26.5 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £3,500
($4,554 - $5,313)

price realized
£3,250
($4,897)
Lot 61
Keisai Eisen (1790–1848) Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Two Beautiful Women
Both vertical oban diptych (each sheet approx. 37.2 x 24.9 cm.)
estimate
£1,400 - £1,600
($2,125 - $2,428)

price realized
£1,500
($2,260)
Lot 62
Yashima Gakutei (1786?–1868)
New Year's Garland and Crescent Moon
Shikishiban surimono (19.7 x 17.9 cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,072 - $9,108)

price realized
£4,375
($6,593)
Lot 63
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Usui no Sadamitsu
Shikishiban surimono (21.3 x 18.7 cm.)
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,821 - $2,732)

price realized
£1,375
($2,072)
Lot 64
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in the role of Sogo no Goro
Shikishiban surimono (21.3 x 18.7 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
($3,036 - $3,795)

price realized
£3,250
($4,897)
Lot 65
Kubo Shunman (1757 - 1820)
A Beauty with The actor Bando Mitsugoro III
Shikishiban surimono (19.8 x 17.3 cm.)
estimate
£1,400 - £1,600
($2,125 - $2,428)

price realized
£1,250
($1,883)
Lot 66
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864) Yashima Gakutei (1786?–1868)...
Three surimono
Each shikishiban surimono (each approx. 19.9 x 18.3 cm.)
estimate
£1,400 - £1,600
($2,125 - $2,428)

price realized
£1,500
($2,260)
Lot 67
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Two bijin prints
Both vertical oban (each approx. 37.3 x 25.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£1,625
($2,448)
Lot 69
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
The Amida Waterfall in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido Road
Vertical oban (38.2 x 26 cm.)
estimate
£12,000 - £16,000
($18,216 - $24,288)

price realized
£13,750
($20,721)
Lot 70
Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797–1858)
Mount Tateyama in Etchu Province
Horizontal oban (24.6 x 36.3 cm.)
estimate
£900 - £1,000
($1,366 - $1,518)

price realized
£1,125
($1,695)
Lot 71
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
Yoshitsune's Horse-washing Falls at Yoshino
Vertical oban (35.4 x 24.5 cm.)
estimate
£1,200 - £1,500
($1,821 - $2,277)

price realized
£4,750
($7,158)
Lot 72
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Yanagawa Shigenobu I (1787–1832)
38 small woodblock prints of landscapes and figurative scenes
Various sizes from 12.2 x 16.7 cm. to 22.2 x 17.2 cm.
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,036 - $4,554)

price realized
£3,250
($4,897)
Lot 74
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Akabane Bridge in Shiba
Horizontal oban (25 x 38 cm.)
estimate
£600 - £800
($910 - $1,214)

price realized
£687
($1,036)
Lot 75
Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797–1858)
Mishima: Morning Mist
Horizontal oban (21.5 x 34.3 cm.)
estimate
£300 - £500
($455 - $759)

price realized
£812
($1,224)
Lot 76
Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797–1858)
No. 28, Nagakubo
Horizontal oban (24.2 x 36.3 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £900
($1,214 - $1,366)

price realized
£1,000
($1,507)
Lot 77
Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797–1858)
Goyu: Women Stopping Travellers
Horizontal oban (24.5 x 36.9 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £3,500
($4,554 - $5,313)

price realized
£3,000
($4,521)
Lot 78
Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797–1858)
Shono: Driving Rain
Horizontal oban (25.4 x 37.9 cm.)
estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
($3,795 - $4,554)

price realized
£3,250
($4,897)
Lot 79
Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797–1858)
The Sagami River
Vertical oban (35.8 x 23.5 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,518 - $2,277)

price realized
£1,250
($1,883)
Lot 80
Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797–1858)
New Year's Eve Foxfires
Vertical oban (34.4 x 23 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,518 - $2,277)

price realized
£2,000
($3,014)
Lot 82
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
View of Mount Asama from the Usui Pass
Horizontal oban (25.2 x 37.3 cm.)
estimate
£1,800 - £2,200
($2,732 - $3,339)

price realized
£4,000
($6,028)
Lot 83
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Men come together to make a man
Vertical oban (36.5 x 23.5 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,036 - $4,554)

price realized
£2,750
($4,144)
Lot 89
Attributed to Kitagawa Utamaro (1754 - 1806)
Unravelling the Threads of Desire
Horizontal oban (25.7 x 39.4 cm.)
estimate
£2,500 - £2,501
($3,795 - $3,796)

price realized
£2,250
($3,390)
Lot 90
Attributed to Isoda Koryusai (flourished circa 1764-1789)
Two Erotic Prints
Both horizontal oban (each approx. 26.7 x 38.8 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
($4,554 - $6,072)

price realized
£3,250
($4,897)
Lot 91
Attributed to Katsukawa Shunsho (1726 - 1792) Attributed to Katsukawa Shuncho...
3 Erotic Prints
Each horizontal oban (each approx. 22.2 x 31.7 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£2,000
($3,014)
Lot 94
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
A woman and two cats
Vertical oban (36.5 x 25.5 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,214 - $1,821)

price realized
£875
($1,318)
Lot 97
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864)
The Complete Set of the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple
Each horizontal oban, each sheet approx. 24.9 x 36cm.
estimate
£4,000 - £5,000
($6,072 - $7,590)

price realized
£937
($1,412)
Lot 104
Attributed to Torii Kiyonaga (1752–1815)
Three Erotic Prints
Each horizontal chuban (each approx. 19.2 x 26.4 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
($3,036 - $3,795)

price realized
£2,375
($3,579)
Lot 106
Attributed to Utagawa Kunisada I (1786–1864) Attributed to Kitagawa Utamaro II,...
Two erotic books
Each volume approx. 21.8 x 14.8 cm.
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,518 - $2,277)

price realized
£5,000
($7,535)
Lot 107
Utagawa Hiroshige II (1829 - 1869)
Distant view of Enoshima
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 37.4 x 25.3 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £2,200
($3,036 - $3,339)

price realized
£2,500
($3,767)
Lot 108
Utagawa Sadahide (1807–1873)
View of Nihonbashi Bridge in the Eastern Capital
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 37.1 x 24.9 cm.)
estimate
£500 - £700
($759 - $1,062)

price realized
£500
($753)
Lot 113
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Yaoya Oshichi Climbing the Fire Watchtower to Look at her Burning House
Vertical oban diptych (each sheet approx. 37 x 24.9 cm.)
estimate
£1,600 - £1,800
($2,428 - $2,732)

price realized
£2,125
($3,202)
Lot 114
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Two Prints from the Series Thirty-two Aspects of Women
Both vertical oban (each approx. 36.5 x 24.6 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£3,500
($5,274)
Lot 115
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Two diptychs and a single print
1. & 2. Vertical oban diptychs (each sheet approx. 37 x 24.8 cm.)
3. Vertical oban (36.7 x 25 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£1,625
($2,448)
Lot 117
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Four Prints from the series Selected New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts
Each vertical oban (each approx. 35.7 x 23.9 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£1,500
($2,260)
Lot 119
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892)
Lu Chi Sen smashing the guardian figure
Vertical oban diptych (each sheet approx. 37.6 x 26 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,036 - $4,554)

price realized
£1,875
($2,825)
Lot 120
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Taira Koremochi Vanquishes a Female Demon
Vertical oban diptych (each sheet 36.6 x 25 cm.)
estimate
£1,200 - £1,600
($1,821 - $2,428)

price realized
£3,000
($4,521)
Lot 121
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915)
Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge
Vertical oban (36.2 x 24.4 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
($1,518 - $1,821)

price realized
£1,125
($1,695)
Lot 122
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915) Tatsuta(?) Seizo (active 1894 – 1895)
Two Sino-Japanese War Triptychs
Both vertical oban triptychs (each sheet approx. 35.5 x 23.5 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,214 - $1,821)

price realized
£1,125
($1,695)
Lot 123
Utagawa Kokunimasa (1874-1944) And others

Oban tate-e triptychs
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£875
($1,318)
Lot 124
Nakayama Sugakudo (active 1850–1860) And others
Six prints of birds and flowers
Each oban (various sizes each approx. 38 x 26.2 cm.)
estimate
£500 - £700
($759 - $1,062)

price realized
£562
($847)
Lot 125
Kawase Hasui (1883–1957)
A Set of Eight Prints of Korea
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($22,770 - $30,360)

price realized
£11,250
($16,953)
Lot 127
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Kosho Temple
Vertical oban (38.7 x 26.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,277 - $3,036)

price realized
£1,875
($2,825)
Lot 128
Ono Bakufu (1888-1976)
Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection
The folio 50 x 38cm x 2cm., each print approx. 42 x 28.2cm.
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,072 - $9,108)

price realized
£8,125
($12,244)
Lot 129
Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
Woman wearing an under-sash
Dai oban tate-e (43.7 x 26.2 cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($7,590 - $12,144)

price realized
£6,875
($10,360)
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