ASIAN ART
AUCTION
Wednesday 15 April 2026, from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-300)
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Lot 131
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
The Gion Festival in Kyoto (Kyoto Gion sairei) Edo period, 1859
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban) from the series "One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces" (Shokoku meisho hyakkei), publisher Uoya Eikichi.
13.58 x 9.06 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 132
UTAGAWA KUNIAKI II 1835-1888
The sumo wrestler Onikage Seishichi Meiji period, 1875
Large-format polychrome woodblock print (oban).
A similar example is held in the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo (inv. 94200378).
14.49 x 9.57 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 133
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI 1798-1861
Honjo: Shirai Gonpachi Edo period, 1852
Large format woodblock print (oban) from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road" (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi), publisher Minatoya Kohei.
13.03 x 9.45 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 134
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI 1798-1861
Omiya: Abe Muneto Edo period, 1852
Large format woodblock print (oban) from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road" (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi), publisher Otaya Takichi.
14.17 x 9.37 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 135
TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA 1835-1900
Kabuki theatre actors Meiji period, 1898
Triptych of large-format polychrome woodcuts (oban).
14.57 x 28.94 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 136
Twelve volumes
Japan, Edo period, 1798
Woodblock print, complete twelve-volume edition of the work entitled "Illustrations of Famous Places in Settsu Province" (摂津名所図会, Settsu meisho zue), published by Kawachiya Tasuke, containing numerous illustrations accompanied by texts by Akisato Rito.
One copy is
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 137
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE 1797-1858
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) 1960s of the 20th Century
Luxury edition with woodcut reproduction of the prints from Hiroshige's famous series originally published in 1833-1834.
Each print 10.4 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 138
KITAGAWA UTAMARO 1753-1806
Picture book: selected Insects (Ehon mushi erabi) Edo period, 1788
Book-bound woodblock prints, three single pages of text and six double-page compositions of plants and insects, five of which are accompanied by a kyoka poetry.
10.04 x 6.97 in.
Published by Tsutaya Juzaburo on commission from a group of poets, including Yadoya no
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Starting price: € 700
Lot 139
Plate
Japan, Meiji period
'Blue and white' porcelain, the exposed surface featuring a lady dressed in a flowing kimono and seated inside a room with screens, her left arm resting on a small table and her right one holding a letter.
2.4 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 140
Large dish
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with Imari enamels, decorated with compositions of a phoenix amidst flowers in panels radially arranged around a central medallion.
2.6 x 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 100