80 5175 Kunichika 1835 1900 
- A vertical narrow hole on the edge between the left and middle section; a few other tiny holes.
80 5176 Kunichika 1835 1900 
- A few sm. holes; fine impressions.
80 5177 Kunimaru 1794 1829 
80 5177 Kunimaru 1794 1829 
- Browned; a few closed holes and a large tear in lower section.
Anonymous (18th cent.). (A woman stepping into a foot bath, with her female parts reflecting in the water). Col. woodcut hashira-e, 59x11,5 cm., signature(?) on a piece of paper hanging from the ceiling.
- Laid down under passepartout; various creases; agetoned and sl. soiled.
= Perhaps Kiyonaga or Katsukawa Shuncho.
80 5178 Kunisada 1786 1865 
80 5178 Kunisada 1786 1865 
80 5178 Kunisada 1786 1865 
- Sl. foxed.
= He stands in front of a Tsuitate partition screen with Yatsuhachi motif and moves a puppet of the pretty Sakuramaru.
AND 5 others, i.a. 2 other actor prints by the same and a rare woodcut by the same showing 2 fans with an onnogata on a background of blue irises next to a stream.
80 5179 Kunisada 1786 1865 
80 5180 Kunisada 1786 1865 
- Doubled w. Japanese paper; all margins strengthened on verso; trifle foxed and sl. yellowed.
80 5181 Kunisada 1786 1865 
- Sl. soiled; a few worn spots along upper edge.
80 5182 Kunisada 1786 1865 
- Trifle foxed in the lower right corner; sm. scratch on lower right of image, but otherwise fine.
= From the series Chûkô gishinden (Stories of Distinguished People Famous for Loyalty and Filial Piety).
80 5183 Kunisada 1786 1865 
- Rebacked; two sm. holes in margin.
= No. 16 from the series Meigi sanjûroku kasen (An Excellent Selection of Thirty-Six Noted Courtesans).
80 5184 Kunisada 1786 1865 
- Both prints w. binding holes and minor wormholes, all repaired; both w. a foxed spot, otherwise a fine set.
80 5185 Kunisada 1786 1865 
- Sl. browned; outer margins laid down under passepartout.
= Central part of the triptych with actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Weaver, on the right, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Night-crawling Star (centre), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Cowherd on the left. Part of the play Jitsugetsusei Chûya no Oriwake.
80 5186 Kunisada 1786 1865 
80 5186 Kunisada 1786 1865 
- Mounted on board under passepartout; sl. trimmed along top, bottom and right edge; some of the colour sl. faded; a tad foxed.
Idem. (A man sitting, looking outside). Col. woodcut aiban, signature cut off (likely "fuchôan Toyokuni-ga"), publ. Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô), censor seals of Hama Yahei and Magomi Kangeyu, between 1849 and 1853, left panel of a triptych.
- Mounted on board under passepartout; sl. trimmed along edges, w. loss of signature; some colours sl. faded; a tad foxed.
80 5187 Kunisada 1786 1865 and Hiroshige 1797 1858 
- Very fine.
= Triptych showing Genjis paramour Lady Fujitsubo and an attendant watching Prince Genji walking through the reeds near Akashi Bay. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVI.
80 5188 Kunisada Mantei Oga 1818 1891 
80 5188 Kunisada Mantei Oga 1818 1891 
80 5188 Kunisada Mantei Oga 1818 1891 
- Covers a smidge soiled, but otherwise fine.
= Shaka hassou yamato bunkou is a 58 volume series of popular literature from the Edo period about the Eight Great Events in the life of Buddha, who is also known as Shaka. The series is written in a humorous and accesible manner, for the general public of Edo to enjoy while learning about Buddhism.
80 5189 Kuniyoshi 1797 1861 
80 5189 Kuniyoshi 1797 1861 
80 5189 Kuniyoshi 1797 1861 
80 5189 Kuniyoshi 1797 1861 
- Trimmed short on left edge with loss of image (±1,5 cm); edges strengthened on verso w. blue paper.
= From the Suikoden series.
Hokusai (1760-1849). Onmayagashi yori Ryôgokubashi sekiyô o miru (Viewing the Sunset over Ryôgoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu.
= Printed from a later/ modern recut block, copied after the original.
AND 10 others, incl. a modern reprint of Utamaro.
80 5190 Kuniyoshi 1797 1861 
- Laid down on thin paper mount; partly rubbed in lower part and (sl.) soiled along the edges; dam. spot at upper right corner left sheet and upper left corner central sheet.
= Robinson T53.
80 5191 Kuniyoshi 1797 1861 
80 5191 Kuniyoshi 1797 1861 
- Doubled on later laid paper; sl. yellowed; a few tiny wormholes in corners.
= Twelfth print of the series Genji kumo ukiyoe awase (Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji).
AND 1 other warrior print by KUNISADA (?), signed Toyokuni ga.
80 5192 Kuniyoshi 1797 1861 
- Some sm. binding holes (?) along left margin.
= The left side of a tryptich, showing Arashi Kichisaburô on the right and an actor with the name Nakamura on the left (first name unread).
80 5193 Kyosai 1831 1889 
= A hashira-e with annotations for the colour. With the collector's mark of Japanese art dealer and collector Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) on mount. According to the annotation below, the hunter is Ôta Dôkan (1423-1486) and perhaps the Japanese text translates as "I am sorry that I have no umbrella".
80/5194 Lot of 3 anonymous drawings of birds 
80/5194 Lot of 3 anonymous drawings of birds 
80/5194 Lot of 3 anonymous drawings of birds 
- Sl. soiled/browned; all sheets folded; one sheet a tad foxed; one sheet doubled w. Japanese closing some wormholes.
= A watercolour of a robin with yellow flowers, an ink drawing of a bird by a pond and one sheet with practice ink drawings of roosters.