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TWO LACQUERED BOXES.
19th Century.
A rectangular stationery box and cover inlaid in mother-of-pearl and pewter with a flowering plum tree, 19 x 13 x 7cm, a circular kogo (incense mixture box) decorated with a sprig of camellia in coloured lacquer and gilt, signed Chinkei, 7.5cm diameter. (2)
Provenance: formerly in the collection of Roger Soame Jenyns (1904-1976).
£300-400
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λ AN IVORY KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE.
19th Century.
Well carved in low relief with the gods of good fortune, Fukurokuju and Bentei, hand in hand, the other side engraved with two boys walking each holding a lantern and a hand-drum, signed Kikugawa with a kao on the reverse, 5cm diameter.
Provenance: formerly in the collection of Roger Soame Jenyns (1904-1976).
£450-500
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λ FOUR NETSUKE.
19th/20th Century.
Three wood netsuke, each carved as an oni mask, a tengu hatching from an egg, and an immortal; and one ivory hako netsuke, singed Shujin, various sizes. (4)
Provenance: T.L.Elliott.
£300-400
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λ AN IVORY MANJU NETSUKE.
19th Century.
Decorated in lacquer hiramakie with an eggplant, inscribed Taishin, 3.5cm diameter.
Provenance: formerly in the collection of Roger Soame Jenyns (1904-1976).
£350-400
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A STAG HORN NETSUKE.
19h Century.
Modelled as a cluster of shellfish including clams, an abalone and an octopus, 7cm wide.
£300-400
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λ AN IVORY NETSUKE OF AN IMMORTAL.
18th/19th Century.
Standing wearing a large straw hat, holding a small fish in his left hand, 7.5cm H.
£250-350
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λ WOOD AND IVORY NETSUKE OF KIYOHIME AND A BELL.
19th Century.
Kiyohime as a demon entwining the temple bell of Dojoji while the priest Anchin being trapped inside of the bell, signed Tatsuzan, 4cm H.
£500-600
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TWO WOOD NETSUKE.
19th/20th Century.
An immortal wearing a leaf cape walking with his staff, 4cm H, a dark wood netsuke of a karako standing against a large sack, 2.5cm H. (2)
£200-300
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A KATANA
Blade possibly 20th Century.
In a textured saya, fitted with an iron tsuba and soft metal fuchikashira and menuki, the handle wrapped in leather strips, the blade of shinogi-zukuri, suguha-hamon, the nakago with two mekugi ana, not signed, nagasa 70.5cm, with a wood fitted box.
£600-800
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A JAPANESE SWORD IN SHIRASAYA.
Edo period.
The blade of shinogi-zukuri, suguha-hamon, the nakago inscribed, Omi Otsuka Fujiwara Tadahiro, nagasa 60.5cm, in a shirasaya scabbard.
£800-1,000
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A SUIT OF ARMOUR.
Possibly 20th Century.
Comprising, a helmet with copper maedare and kuwagata dai, a menpo mask, a laced domaru, a lower skirt, arm and shoulder protectors, a pair of suneate, with a fitted wood box.
£1,000-1,500
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A SIX-FOLD SCREEN.
Kano school, 19th/20th Century.
Painted in ink, colour, and splashed gold on paper, depicting Chinese court ladies and groups of karako (Chinese children) playing in a terraced garden, which overlooks rocky mountains and a river, with two red seals, one of which reads 'Takaoka', 150cm H.
£400-500
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A PAINTING OF ONE HUNDRED CRANES.
Attributed to Kano Michinobu (1730-1790).
Mounted as a handscroll, painted in ink, colour and gofun on silk, depicting one hundred cranes in a landscape, bearing a signature Michinobu hitsu with a red seal, 33 x 600cm approx.
£200-300
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FIVE FRAMED SHUNGA PAINTINGS.
20th Century.
Painted in ink and colour on paper, each depicting a couple in an erotic scene, framed and glazed, 24.5 x 35cm. (5)
£250 - 300
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A SILK WEDDING UCHIKAKE KIMONO.
20th Century.
Long-sleeved outer robe of gold and silver coloured brocade ground, embroidered with tsuzumi drums amongst flowering plum trees and chrysanthemums in red, green, blue and metallic threads, a padded hem, 190cm H.
£150-200
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TORII KIYOMITSU.
18th Century.
A woodblock print, a hashira-e, depicting a young woman holding a long pipe, blowing smoke-rings which transform themselves into a poem above, signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga, with a publisher's seal, Urokogataya Magobei, 70.5 x 10.5cm.
£800-1,000
Another impression of this print is in the collection of Museum of Fine Art Boston.
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CHOKOSAI EISHO (fl. 1790s).
A woodblock print, a hashira-e, showing a courtesan promenading with her kamuro under a cherry tree, signed Eisho-ga, the publisher's mark, Yamaguchiya Tadaemon, the censor's seal, kiwame, 60.2 x 11.4cm.
£500-700
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ISODA KORYUSAI (1735-1790).
A woodblock print, a hashira-e, a courtesan standing next to a tokonoma alcove, holding an uchiwa and gazing down at a letter on the floor, signed Koryusai ga, 67 x 12cm.
£400-600
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SHUNSEN.
19th Century.
Kakemono-e, a vertical diptych, a standing courtesan in a black kimono decorated with a design of dragons. (2)£300-400
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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861).
Kakemono-e<$n2o($)>, a vertical diptych, depicting a maiden dancing under a large temple bell at the Dojoji temple from the kabuki play, Musume Dojoji, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. (2)£300-400
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KIKUKAWA EIZAN (1775-1844).
An oban triptych, depicting a group of young women and children at the Sumida river embankment, signed Eizan hitsu, the publisher's mark, Wakasaya, the censor's seal, kiwame. (3)
£700-800
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HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849).
A woodblock print, chuban tate-e, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of Tokaido Road, the post station Ishibe, unsigned, 22.2 x 17cm.
£100-150
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SUZUKI HARUNOBU (circa 1724-1770).
A woodblock print, chuban tate-e, depicting two boys on the shore beside a pine tree, one playing the flute while the other tying his shoelaces, the waves printed in karazuri (gouffrage), the poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze above in a scallop - shaped clouds, signed Harunobu ga, 27.7 x 20.5cm.
£700-800
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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (c.1753-1806).
A woodblock print, oban tate-e, depicting the courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya, seated with a pipe in her hand turning her head around to see her kamuro who is kneeling behind her, a portrait of the poet Sojo Henjo in a circle panel above, signed Utamaro hitsu, the publisher's mark Izumiya Ichibei.
£700-800
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KIKUMARO.
19th Century.
A woodblock print, aiban tate-e from the series 'Rokkasen egao kurabe' (A Comparison With The Six Flowers and Smiling Girls), showing a young girl lying, filling her pipe while she reads a book, signed Kikumaro hitsu, the publisher's mark, Iseya Magobei.
£400-500
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UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865).
A woodblock print, oban tate-e, aizuri-e, the courtesan Nanahito from the Sugataebiya house with her two kamuro in fine attire standing under a cherry blossom, signed Gototei Kunisada ga, the publisher's seal Emoto Kichibei, with a censor's seal, kiwame.
£200-300
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A FRAMED PRINT BY UTAGAWA KUINIYASU (1794-1832).
Oban tate-e,<$n2o($)> depicting the courtesan Hinaogi of the Daikokuya, seated at her desk, holding a book, signed Kuniyasu hitsu, the publisher's mark Iseya Risei, censor's seal, kiwame,<$f$n2o($)> framed and glazed.£200-300
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HOSODA EISHI.
18th Century.
An oban triptych, depicting a group of women at the cherry blossom viewing, signed Eishi ga, the publisher's mark, Wakasaya, the censor's seal, kiwame. (3)
£800-1,000
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REKISENTEI EIRI.
19th Century.
An oban triptych, women performing a parody of Narihira's 'Azuma kudari' (A Journey to the East) from the Tale of Ise, signed Rekisentei Eiri. (3)
£300-400
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UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (1769-1825).
An oban triptych entitled 'Soga kyodai youchi jyuban kiri no zu' (The night raid by Soga brothers), signed Toyokuni ga, the publisher's seal, Eikyudo, the censor's seal, kiwame. (3)
£300-400
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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861).
Oban triptych, entitled ' Yashima Gassen' (The Great Battle at Yashima), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi. (3)
£250-350
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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861).
Two oban tate-e, each depicting a famous samurai, Saito Shimotsuke Tomonobu from the series Koetsu Yushoden, and Sada Mutsuno Arimasa from the series Taiheiki Eiyuden, both signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, the publisher's seal, Sumiyoshiya Masagoro, and Yamamotoya Heikichi, respectively. (2)
£200-300
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UTAGAWA YOSHIKAZU.
19th Century.
Oban <$n2o($)>triptych, entitled 'Dan'no ura daigassen no zu' (The Great Battle of Dan'no Ura), signed Ichijyusai Yoshikazu, the publisher's mark, Yamaguchiya Tobei. (3)£300-400
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AN ALBUM OF PRINTS.
19th Century
Mounted with eight oban triptychs by Chikanobu, Yoshitsuya and Yoshitora, including genji-e, kabuki-e and musha-e, variously signed, 34.7 x 24cm.
£300-350
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A FOLIO OF PRINTS BY TOSHIKATA AND OTHERS.
20th Century.
Mostly kuchi-e prints (frontispieces of novels), by Mizuno Toshikata, Tomioka Eisen, and Kajita Hanko, each 30 x 22cm approx. (37)
£500-600
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A FOLIO OF PRINTS BY KABURAGI KIYOKATA (1878-1972).
20th Century.
Sixteen kuchi-e prints (frontispieces of novels), signed Kiyokata with a seal, each 33.5 x 20.8cm approx, and four small book illustrations 14.5 x 8.5cm. (20)
£400-500
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TWO SMALL ALBUMS OF PRINTS.
An album mounted with twelve oban yoko-e, with a title slip 'Fujin Fuzoku zukushi ' (the manners and customs of fashionable women), unsigned, the publisher's seal Fukuda Hatsujiro dated Meiji 29 (1896), 24 x 18cm, and another small album, mounted with twelve prints depicting each with a woman in a seasonal observance, unsigned dated Meiji 32 (1899), the publisher, Tsunajima Kamekichi, 17 x 12cm. (2)
£250-350
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THREE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS BY HOKUSAI.
'Denshin Kaishu Hokusai gakyo' (Transmitted from the Gods, mirrors of pictures by Hokusai), the colophon giving date Tempo 5 (1834), 25.5 x 18cm, 'Shaka Goichidai zue' (The Life of Shakamuni Illustrated), vol. 2, 25.7 x 18.2cm, and 'Ehon Kanso gundan' (Illustrated Narratives of War of Han and Chu), Vol.10, dated, Tempo 14 (1843), 23 x 16cm. (3)
£600-800
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HOKKEI AND HOKUSAI.
'Hokkei Manga' (Comic sketches by Hokkei) Vol.1, printed in ink and slight pink, published by Eirakuya Toshiro, 22.8 x 15.7cm and 'Fugaku Hyakkei' (The Hundred Views of Fuji) Vol.2, Meiji edition, dated Meiji 9 (1876), the publisher, Katano Toshiro, 24.5 x 16.2cm. (2)
£200-300
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TOBA-E BOOK AND OTHERS.
'Keihitsu Toba kuruma' (A Wagon of Comic Sketches, Toba Style), three vols. bound in one, twenty-six double-page, two single-page illustrations, dated Kyoho 5 on the colophon, but of later edition, 25.6 x 18cm, 'Kanden Kohitsu' (A Collection of Essays by Ban Kokei), 4 vols. a complete set, illustrated by Tanaka Nagon, the colophon of vol.4 giving date Kyoho 1 (1801), 25.6 x 18cm. (5)
£300-400
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THREE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
18th Century.
'Miyako meisho zue' (Pictures of famous places in Kyoto), 1 vol. and 'Shui Miyako meisho zue' (Supplement pictures of famous places in Kyoto), 1 vol., both published by Akizato Rito, illustrated by Takehara Shunchosai, 26 x 18.5cm, 'Ehon Nazashi takara', by Tachibana Morikuni, 22.4 x 15.7cm. (3)
£250-300
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THREE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
'Itsukushima hengaku shakuhon' (The Ema Paintings at Itsukushima Shrine) published by Komeya Heisuke, designed by various artists, 25.5 x 18cm, 'Shinsho senjimon', one thousand Chinese character text, dated Bunkyu 3 (1863), 26.2 x 18cm, Gasen, the motifs of classic Japanese and Chinese pictures, two volumes bound in one, illustrated by Hayashi Moriatsu, dated Kyoho 6 (1721), 25 x 17.5cm. (3)
£250-300
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NINE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
Including 'Hakubutsu shinpen yakukkai', 5 vols. on natural history, science, and technology, Meiji period, 18 x 12cm, 'Budo Geijyutsuhiden zukai', (Martial way, the art of fighting), illustrated by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and three other books. (9)
£300-400
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BUNREI, KEINEN AND OTHER.
19th/20th Century.
'Bunrei gafu' (Picture Book by Bunrei), forty-four single, eleven double-page illustrations, dated Meiji 18 (1885), published by Homushokai, 37.5 x 25cm, 'Keinen Kacho gafu' (Album of Birds and Flowers by Keinen), the spring volume, twenty-two single, nine double-page, illustrations, each numbered in the Western numerals, the colophon bearing the publisher's name Nishimura Sozaemon, the artist, Imao Keinen, date Meiji 24, 37 x 27.5cm, and a collection of twenty-six drawings in ink and slight colour, by anonymous artist, dated Taisho 1 (1912), 16 November, each approx. 39 x 27cm.
£600-800
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THREE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
'Shucho gafu' 1 vol. thirty-eight page illustrations including eleven double-page designs of birds, illustrated by Numata Kashu, published by Kinkado, dated Meiji 18 (1885), 25.2 x 18cm, 'Meika gafu' (Pictures of Famous Painters), 27.4 x 18.7cm, 'Soka Hyakushu' (One Hundred Flowers and Plants), 1vol. 24.2 x 16.5cm. (3)
£250-350
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FOUR ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
Meiji period.
Entitled 'Soka haykushu' (One Hundred Flowers and Plants), by Kono Bairei and Kono Seiko, published by Unseido, 24.4 x 16.5cm. (4)
£300-400
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TEN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
Five volumes of fairy tales including the Mouse's Wedding, Hanasaka Jiji, Saru. Kani kassen, three volume of 'Seiyo dochu hizakurige' (Shank's Mare Round the West), a parody of the humorous novel Tokaido hizakurige, by Kanagaki Robun, illustrated by Yoshiiku, 18.5 x 12.7cm, one volume 'Nihon Rekishi gacho' and 'Yamatoinkaku', a parody of the legend of Amaterasu. (10)
£400-500
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TWO ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND TWO MAPS.
'Echigo tekishi' (A Selective History of Echigo Province), two volumes, including some fold-out illustrations of landscapes, published by Suzuta Heizo, dated Meiji 10 (1877), 22.2 x 14.5cm, a reproduction map of Japan ' Dai Nippon Gyotei Daiezu' and a map of Kyoto, dated Meiji 28 (1895), published by Fugetsu Shozaemon. (5)
£200-300
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BAIREI AND OTHERS.
Meiji period.
'Bairei Hyakucho gafu' (An Album of One Hundred Birds by Bairei), 3 vols. 25 x 16.5cm, 'Shichijyuni ko Meika gacho', eighteen double-page illustrations of flowers and plants, with a seal mark Kose Shoseki 25.4 x 18.5cm. (4)£350-450
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BAIREI AND OTHERS.
'Bairei Hykucho gafu' (An Album of one Hundred Birds by Bairei), one volume only, dated Meiji 14 (1881), the publisher Okura Magohei, 24.5 x 17cm, 'Soka Hyakushu' (One Hundred Flowers and Plants) designed by Kono Bairei and Kono Seiko, the colophon dated Meiji 34 (1901), the publisher's name Unsodo and Yamada Naosaburo, 24.4 x 16.2cm. (3)
£250-350
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