Sothebys: Japanese Woodblock Prints - online 7/11, L24211, London

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Auction Report
Auction Date
July 18, 2024 - July 18, 2024
Page Size: 45 items in 2 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)

Actors performing in the play The Maiden at Dojoji Temple (Musume Dojoji)

circa 1750-54 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 3,600.00
2 Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)

The actors Nakamura Shichisaburo II and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I

1756 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 3,600.00
3 Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)

Parody of Bodhidharma crossing the sea on a reed

circa 1766-67 GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 20,400.00
4 Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)

Courtesan blowing smoke in man's face

circa 1769-70 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 19,200.00
5 Chokosai Eisho (active circa 1780-1800)

The courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya house

circa 1795-97 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,400.00
6 Chobunsai Eishi (1756-1829)

Ariwara no Narihira

circa 1796 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 9,600.00
7 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

Viewing cherry blossoms by a river

circa 1805 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 11,400.00
8 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

Woman with sake cup and attendant with ewer

circa 1803 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
9 Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

The courtesan Hinazuru from the Chojiya house, kamuro Tsuruji and Tsuruno

1793 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 22,800.00
10 Kaigetsudo Ando (1677-1752)

Standing beauty with dragon and cloud pattern robe

Edo period, 18th century GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 28,800.00
11 Utagawa Toyohiro (1773-1828)

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku

Edo period, early 19th century GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
12 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Pining for Love (Kinoe no komatsu)

circa 1814 GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 42,000.00
13 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832)

Fifty-six prints from an untitled series of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

Edo period, 19th century GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
14 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

The Jewel River in Musashi Province (Bushu Tamagawa)

circa 1831 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 26,400.00
15 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

The Coast of Noboto (Noboto ura)

circa 1832 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 18,000.00
16 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

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

late 1831 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 9,600.00
18 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Enoshima in Sagami Province (Soshu Enoshima)

circa 1831-32 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,200.00
19 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannen-bashi no shita)

circa 1831 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 12,000.00
20 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

In the Mountains of Totomi Province (Totomi sanchu)

circa 1831-32, blue outline GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 19,200.00
21 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

In the Mountains of Totomi Province (Totomi sanchu)

circa 1831-33, black outline GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
22 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido

circa 1834 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 8,400.00
23 Katsushika Hokusai (1760--1849)

The Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province (Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki)

circa 1833 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 26,400.00
24 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Poem by Abe no Nakamaro

circa 1835--36 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
25 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1848)

Poem by Sangi Takamura (Ono no Takamura)

circa 1835-36 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 9,000.00
26 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Poem by Chunagon Yakamochi

circa 1835-36 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold