5119 - 5225 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
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.
80/5195 Lot of 5 tinted woodcut book illustrations 
80/5195 Lot of 5 tinted woodcut book illustrations 
80/5195 Lot of 5 tinted woodcut book illustrations 
80 5196 Masayoshi 1764 1824 
- Poor copy, right margin cut short, sl. within the image; holes near left margin; left lower corner dam. Sold w.a.f.
= From the ehon Raikin zui (Pictures of Imported Birds), published by Matsumoto Zenbei.
80 5197 Matsuda Takezono ed 
80 5197 Matsuda Takezono ed 
= Buzen Yabakei shinshuzu can be translated as "Views showing the true charm of Yabakei in Buzen". Buzen was a province of Japan until 1871, which was eventually added to Fukuoka prefecture in 1876, which still exists today. The town of Yabakei was a part of present day Ôita prefecture until 2005, when it was merged with another village into the city of Nakatsu.
80/5198 Momotaro or Little Peachling Engl transl by D Thomson 
80/5198 Momotaro or Little Peachling Engl transl by D Thomson 
- Fine copy. = Rare first edition of this first vol. in the series Japanese Fairy Tales.