Chiswick Auctions: Arts of Japan, 90925, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025
Page Size: 33 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
67 Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Japanese, active circa 1799-1823)

Hanging Tobacco Set

Edo period GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
68 Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850)

Tazukuri, depicting The New Year's food, tazukuri, black beans and plum buds with a poem by Umenoya

Edo period GBP 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
69 pupils of Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891)

Cockerel and various poems

Meiji period GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
70 Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1764-1824)

Kaihaku raikin zui

Edo period, circa 1790 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
73 Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)

Utsuzushiki

Edo period GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 403.00
74 Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790-1848)

Toto Ryogoku-bashi yususumi no zu

Edo period GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 605.00
75 Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883-1957)

Showa era Sengakuji (Sengaku Temple)

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 5,292.00
76 Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) (1871-1945)

Showa era Katsushika (Water God at Katsushika)

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 819.00
77 Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) (Japanese, 1871-1945)

Showa era Rural Winter Landscape

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,008.00
78 Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) (Japanese, 1871-1945)

Showa era Mt. Fuji seen from Fujinuma; Moonrise at

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 630.00
79 Toyohara Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912)

Shin bijin; Tokugawa jidai kifujin no zu;

Meiji period GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
80 Ogata Gekko (Japanese, 1859-1920)

Nihon hana zukushi; Fujin fozoku zukushi; Genji goju

Meiji period GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 454.00
83 Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese, 1876-1950)

Rishirisan (Peaceful Rishiri)

Showa era GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 819.00
84

A Japanese woodblock sugoroku print, Roku yao koto gyo naka toshi joshi sho

Meiji period, 1909 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 189.00
85 Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945)

Frog on lotus pond; Sparrow perched on bamboo

Taisho period GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 277.00
86 Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945)

Sparrows perched on bamboo; Pheasants perched on a

Taisho period GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 176.00
87 Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1878-1945)

Flying geese; Diving duck

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
88 Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945) and others,

Birds

Meiji period GBP 350.00 - 550.00 Not Sold
89 Ito Sozan (Japanese, 1884-?)

a woodblock print depicting a pheasant, together with another print depicting a peacock perched atop blossoming branches

Showa period GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 189.00
90 Kawarazaki Shodo (Japanese, 1889 -- 1973)

Magnolia; Forsythia

Showa era GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 202.00
91

Japanese woodblock prints including Inoue Masaharu and other artists, Japanese alpine plants

20th century GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
92

A group of Japanese woodblock prints by various artists, 20th century Flora and fauna

20th century GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
93 Katsukawa Shuncho (Japanese, 1726 - 1792)

Picture Book of Kabuki Actors on Fans

20th century GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
94 Utagawa Kunisada II (Japanese, 1823--1880)

Japanese woodblock print depicting actor Iwai Hanshiro V in the role of Koaki,

GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 88.00
95 Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)

Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo)

Edo period GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 945.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.