Sothebys: Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection, pf2527, Paris

Auction Details

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
500 Attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu (d. 1694)

Kamiedo Tenjin Shrine (Kameido Tenjinsha)

Edo period, 17th century EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
501 Hishikawa Moronobu (died in 1694)

Workman sweeping cherry blossoms near the Komagata Hall in Ueno

Edo period, 17th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
502 Anonymous

Courtesan and Kaidomaru

Edo period, late 17th century -- early 18th century EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
503 Attributed to Sugiwara Jihei (active circa 1680-1698)

An amorous couple

Edo period, late 17th century EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
504 Nishimura Shigenaga (1697-1756)

Sparrows, morning glory and young bamboo

Edo period, 18th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
505 Nishimura Shigenaga (1697-1756)

Chapter Twenty-four, Butterflies (Kocho)

Edo period, 18th century EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
506 Nishimura Shigenobu (active circa 1729-39)

The actor Ogino Isaburo in the role of an Itinerant Flower Vendor

Edo period, early 18th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
507 Nishimura Shigenobu (active circa 1724-1735)

Guan Yu (Kan'u)

Edo period, 18th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
508 Nishimura Shigenobu (active circa 1724-1735)

Courtesan of Edo

Edo period, early 18th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
509 Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1750)

The actor Segawa Kikujiro I in the role of Oshichi the Greengrocer's Daughter

Edo period, 18th century EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
510 Okumura Toshinobu (active circa 1718-1749)

Actors in the roles of Oshichi and Kichisaburo

Edo period, 18th century EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
511 Anonymous

Stylish Benkei on Board (Furyu funa Benkei)

Edo period, 18th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
512 Tamura Sadanobu (active circa 1725-1748)

The actor Sanjo Kantaro II in the role of Kosho Kichisaburo in the play Shochikubai Kongen Soga, performed at the Ichimura Theatre

Edo period, 18th century EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
513 Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764)

Golden Pheasant (Kinkei cho)

Edo period, 18th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
514 Attributed to Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764)

Large Perspective Picture of the Kabuki Theatre District in Sakai-cho and Fukiya-cho (Sakai-cho Fukiya-cho shibai-machi o-uki-e)

Edo period, 18th century EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
515 Attributed to Torii Kiyomasu I (active circa 1696-1716)

The Banquet of the Shutendoji

Edo period, late 17th -- early 18th century EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
516 Torii Kiyomasu II (1706-1763)

Evening Bell at Mii Temple (Mii no bansho)

Edo period, 18th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
517 Torii Kiyomasu II (1706-1763)

The actor Sanjo Kantaro in the role of Oshichi

Edo period, early 18th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
518 Torii Kiyoshige (active circa 1720-1769)

Uesugi Kenshin on horseback

Edo period, 18th century EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
519 Torii Kiyotada (active circa 1720-1750)

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro and Sanogawa Ichimatsu in the roles of Soga no Goro and Oiso no Tora

Edo period, 18th century EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
520 Torii Kiyonobu II (active circa 1725-1760)

Actors Ichiyama Dengoro and Ichimura Manzo

Edo period, 18th century EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
521 Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu II (active circa 1725-1760)

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo II in the role of Kagekiyo holding a scroll of a spiny lobster before another actor

Edo period, early 18th century EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
522 Torii Kiyotomo (active circa 1720-1740)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro II in the role of Soga no Goro

Edo period, 18th century EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
523 Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)

The complete set of Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma), known as the Marriage series

Edo period, 18th century EUR 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 Unknown
524 Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)

Tethered hawk

Edo period, 18th century EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
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