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Bonhams: Polish and Poise Japanese Art across the Centuries

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Auction Name Polish and Poise Japanese Art across the Centuries Total Sales (GBP) 296,397.00
Auction Date May 12, 2022 - May 12, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 184,600.00
Sale Number #27708 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 254,500.00
Total Lots 115
Sold Lots 80 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 264,400.00
% of Lots Sold 69.57% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 363,000.00
Unsold Lots 35 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 81.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
330 EISHOSAI CHOKI

An oban print of a summer evening depicting a mother and child armed with a fan each and hunting for fireflies along the banks of a pond lined with irises in full bloom

circa 1793 GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 69,600.00
336 SUZUKI HARUNOBU

A chuban tate-e woodblock print of a geisha climbing the stairway to the upper storey of a house, turning to address her attendant, standing with a shamisen;

late 1760s GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 19,125.00
334 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE

An oban yoko-e print of Miyanokoshi from the series Kisokaido rokujuku tsugi (The 69 Stations on the Kiso Road) depicting a moonlit scene showing a farmer and his wife

circa 1838 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 12,750.00
348 SUZUKI HARUNOBU

A chuban tate-e print, depicting two waitresses in Eirakuan, a famous restaurant in Gion, Kyoto, one standing and holding a lacquer food stand, turning to her seated companion who rests on the engawa;

late 1760s GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 10,837.50
345 SUZUKI HARUNOBU

A chuban tate-e print of the beautiful waitress Kasamori Osen playing hanetsuki (battledore) with her assistant during the New Year;

late 1760s GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 9,562.50
329 ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU

A woodblock print with hand colouring, sumizuri-e kakejiku (hanging scroll) format, depicting a full-length portrait of the actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as a young man-about-town carrying in his right hand a small folding lantern bearing the crest of Sanoga

circa 1740 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,650.00
338 SUZUKI HARUNOBU

A chuban tate-e woodblock print depicting Fukurokuju seated at a kotatsu (under-table heater) and reading a book, beside a geisha strumming a shamisen from the series Ukiyo Shichifukujin (The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Floating World), with a poe

circa 1769 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 7,650.00
341 SUZUKI HARUNOBU

A chuban tate-e print depicting a youth standing and peering over the shoulder of his courtesan lover who sits on the steps of a veranda reading a love letter, a lamp suspended from the frame of a curved bell-shaped window on the left, a poem by Sanjo no

circa 1767–1768 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 7,650.00
342 SUZUKI HARUNOBU

A chuban tate-e print depicting a young man playing a hand-drum in front of a partially open shoji (sliding paper door) showing the garden outside, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga in the kakejiku (hanging scroll painting) depicting Hotei displayed in the tokono

late 1760s GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 7,650.00
346 SUZUKI HARUNOBU

A chuban tate-e print of Kiyohara no Motosuke from the series Sanju rokkasen (36 Immortal Poets), depicting a couple enjoying the autumn evening on a veranda, flowering hagi (bush clover) growing from behind a bamboo fence in the right foreground, with a

late 1760s GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 7,650.00
413 KAWASE HASUI

An oban tate-e print; titled along the left margin Shiba Zojo-ji (Zojo-ji Temple in Shiba), from the series Tokyo nijukei (20 Views of Tokyo), depicting a woman walking past the iconic vermilion facade of the Zojo-ji Temple

1924 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 7,012.50
331 CHOBUNSAI EISHI

An oban tate-e print depicting Shizuka of Shizutamaya, from the Seiro bijin rokkasen (Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals), showing the courtesan Shizuka seated and holding a pipe

circa 1794–95 GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,375.00
379 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

An oban tate-e triptych print titled Higono kuni Minamata no kaijo nite Tametomo nanpu ni au (Tametomo Hit by a Storm on the Minamata Sea in Higo Province), depicting the shipwreck suffered by Minamoto no Tametomo (1139-1170), a flock of tengu (half bird

circa 1830-1842 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,375.00
382 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

An oban tate-e print titled Saito Oniwakamaru (the warrior-monk Benkei's childhood name), depicting Oniwakamaru fighting a giant carp that had eaten his mother, published by Tsutaya Kichizo, censor's seal kiwame, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga.

early/mid 19th century GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,375.00
423 YOSHIDA HIROSHI

An oban yoko-e woodblock print, titled along the left margin Benaresu no Gatto (Ghat in Beneres), dated Showa rokunen saku (Work of Showa 6 [1931])

1931 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 6,120.00
320 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI

A three-volume set of hanshibon-size shunga (erotic picture) books titled Tsumagasane (Overlapping Hems), each volume containing scenes of love making by different and unconventional couples including a widow and a iro otoko (playboy), a pair of lesbians,

1818 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 5,737.50
359 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE

Two oban tate-e prints from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo): the first of Ohashi Atake no yudachi (Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge, Atake), with censor's seal aratame, date seal Snake 9 (1857), 33.7cm x 24.5cm (13¼in x 9 5/8

1857 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,825.00
383 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

An oban tate-e print of Rori Hakucho Chojun from the series Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori (One of the 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin), depicting the hero forcing his way through the bars of a water gate during the bandits' attac

circa 1828-29 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,570.00
403 KAWASE HASUI

An oban yoko-e print, titled along the left margin Izumo, Hinomisaki (Hinomisaki in Izumo [present day Shimane]) from the series Tabi miyage dai sanshu (Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series), depicting a coastal night scene with a view out to the turbulent s

1924 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,570.00
406 KAWASE HASUI

An oban tate-e print, titled along the left margin Magome no tsuki (Moon at Magome) from the series Tokyo nijukkei (20 Views of Tokyo), depicting a clear full moon seen through pine branches, a light shining from the window of a thatched farmhouse in the

1930 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,187.50
411 KAWASE HASUI

An oban yoko-e print, titled Imaibashi no yudachi (Evening Shower at Imai Bridge) depicting an evening scene showing a lone woman hunched beneath an umbrella on a deserted bridge, caught in the torrential rain, dated Showa shichinen hachigatsu saku (Work

1932 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,187.50
369 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

An oban yoko-e print of Sashu rukei Kakuta nami daimoku (Banishment to Sado Island: Sutra Title on the Waves at Kakuta) from the series Koso go-ichiren ryakuzu (Biography of Monk Nichiren) depicting Monk Nichiren calming the waves at Kakuta by writing the

circa 1835 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,805.00
378 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

An oban tate-e triptych print titled Isamashiki Kuniyoshi kiri no tsui moyo (Brave Kuniyoshi with his Paulownia Design), depicting the story of Kuniyoshi and his disciples (Yoshitsuru, Yoshifuji, Yoshiyuki, Yoshitsuna, Yoshikane, Yoshisada and others) joi

circa 1848 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,805.00
417 KAWASE HASUI

Comprising four oban tate-e prints, the first of Magome no tsuki (Moon at Magome), dated on the lower left Showa gonen saku (Work of Showa 5 [1930])

late 20th/early 21st century GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,805.00
333 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE

An oban yoko-e print of Suhara from the series Kisokaido rokujuku tsugi (The 69 Stations on the Kiso Road) depicting travellers sheltering from a sudden downpour under the portico of a small wood wayside shrine between trees

circa 1838 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,550.00
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