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74 4506 Anonymous 1st half 18th cent  74 4506 Anonymous 1st half 18th cent
74/4506 Anonymous (1st half 18th cent.). Hyakumonogatari kaidankai (A Gathering of One Hundred Supernatural Tales). Ehon, Kyôhô period (1716-1736), (100)p. w. woodcut text and 15 full-p. ills., bound as a blockbook in orig. wr. w. hashira title, in modern cord-bound wr. w. hashira title.

- Occas. waterstained towards the end; some (restored and unobtrusive) wormholes, also affecting images; orig. wr. worn; "Kanonkyo Riyaku Monogatari" in felt-tip pen on spine.

AND 2 other ehon: an unidentified 18th cent.(?) book with 2 single-p. and 1 double-p. woodcut ills. showing hunting scenes, and a 20th cent. artists' manual w. num. col. woodcut ills.

€ (50-70) 60
74 4507 Anonymous 18th cent  74 4507 Anonymous 18th cent
74/4507 Anonymous (18th cent.). (Two fighting roosters). Watercolour, 17,7x27,3 cm., on laid paper.

- Some scratches and foxing; outer margins laid down under passepartout.

€ (100-150) 100
74 4508 Anonymous early 19th cent  74 4508 Anonymous early 19th cent
74/4508 Anonymous (early 19th cent.). (Study for a triptych with three actors). Drawing, brush and ink, 25x53 cm., ±1820.

= Play unidentified. Osaka School, possibly by Hirosada.

AND 5 other drawings.

€ (70-90) 110
74 4509 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4509 Anonymous 19th cent
74/4509 Anonymous (19th cent.). Album with 29 calligraphed lvs., pen and ink, each 23,5x9,5 cm., 3 seals, bound as orihon, contemp. wooden covers, large narrow 8vo.

= Attributed to Rai Sanyo (1781-1832) by the previous owner.

€ (50-70) 50
74 4510 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4510 Anonymous 19th cent
74 4510 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4510 Anonymous 19th cent
74 4510 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4510 Anonymous 19th cent
74/4510 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Bird). Drawing, brush/ pen and gouache, Japanese, 26x13 cm., laid down on paper-backed silk, unread signature(?) on verso. - AND 2 similar drawings of birds, half hiding behind rocks.
€ (60-80) 60
74 4511 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4511 Anonymous 19th cent
74 4511 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4511 Anonymous 19th cent
74/4511 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Mother and daughter walking past a fence in the evening under a blossoming cherry tree). Col. woodcut ôban, not signed, no publisher, without censor seal (fine). - AND 3 others, i.a. KUNIYOSHI, (Mother and child) (col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi, publ. Kawaguchiya Shôzô, censor seal. Doubled, yellowed, faded and sl. foxed; vague horizontal fold).
€ (80-100) 300
74 4512 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4512 Anonymous 19th cent
74 4512 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4512 Anonymous 19th cent
74 4512 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4512 Anonymous 19th cent
74/4512 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Mouse eating leaves from a flower). Drawing, watercolour and gouache, 28x23 cm.

- Trifle foxed; waterst. in lower left corner.

AND 2 col. Japanese woodcuts showing birds near plants (both ±16x38).

€ (80-100) 210
74 4513 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4513 Anonymous 19th cent
74/4513 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Night view with two men walking through a field towards three fighting men). Col. woodcut ôban triptych, signature [(,...) Kochoro hitsu?], publisher unread.

- Album backing. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVIII.

€ (100-150) 110
74 4514 Anonymous 19th cent  74 4514 Anonymous 19th cent
74/4514 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Three fishes, one catching a fly). Col. woodcut, 35x19 cm.

- Sl. creased and yellowed; pieces of tape in corners verso (shining through on recto).

€ (50-70) 130
74 4515 Anonymous 2nd half 19th cent  74 4515 Anonymous 2nd half 19th cent
74/4515 Anonymous (2nd half 19th cent.). (View of a village amidst the hills). Fold. col. woodcut panorama, 35,2x48 cm., no publisher (unread), second half 19th cent., in orig. wr.

- One wormhole in image; chipped in upper margin.

AND 1 other anonymous col. woodcut: (A boat on a river) (col. woodcut view, 13,5x22 cm., with 3 attached leaves w. num. tinted woodcut flags and mon, total length 13,5x122 cm. Sl. worn on folds). - AND approx. 35 woodcut ills., taken from various late 18th-19th cent. ehon, mostly single-page all but 2 uncoloured. - ADDED: 2 unif. vols. of an unidentified illustrated ehon (prob. a schoolbook. Yellowed; wrappers browned).

€ (80-100) 200
74 4516 Anonymous late 19th cent  74 4516 Anonymous late 19th cent
74/4516 Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (Erotic bath scene). Fan drawing, watercolour, 16x53 cm. (fan), signature stamp(?) unread, Chinese, mounted under silk lined passepartout.
€ (150-250) 150
74 4517 Anonymous early 20th cent  74 4517 Anonymous early 20th cent
74/4517 Anonymous (early 20th cent.). (Landscape with trees, hills and a small village). Watercolour on silk, 22x17 cm.

- Mounted onto board.

€ (30-50) 80
74 4518 Ashiyuki act 1813 1833 74 4518 Ashiyuki act 1813 1833
74 4518 Ashiyuki act 1813 1833 74 4518 Ashiyuki act 1813 1833
74/4518 Ashiyuki (act. 1813-1833). The actor Ichikawa Ebijûrô holding his sword in front of himself. Col. woodcut oban, with embossing, signed Ashiyuki-ga, publisher Shiocho-ban, dated ±1815, no censor seal, framed.

- Not examined outside frame. Creased fold in left half; a few wormholes (partly restored); some soiling.

= Important Osaka artist.

Kuniyasu, Utagawa (1794-1832).The actor Ichikawa Omezô standing in a field with a sword across his shoulder. Col. woodcut oban, signed Kuniyasu ga, publisher Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei, no date, kiwame censor seal, unif. framed.

€ (70-90) 110
74 4519 Bairei 1844 1895 74 4519 Bairei 1844 1895
74 4519 Bairei 1844 1895 74 4519 Bairei 1844 1895
74 4519 Bairei 1844 1895 74 4519 Bairei 1844 1895
74/4519 Bairei (1844-1895). (Flowers). Three col. woodcut hansi-bon, each on two joined lvs., ±1880.

= All numb. in upper blank margin: 10; 13 and 38/ 39. From the series: Senshu no hana (A thousand kinds of flowers).

€ (50-70)
74 4520 Bairei 1844 1895 74 4520 Bairei 1844 1895
74 4520 Bairei 1844 1895 74 4520 Bairei 1844 1895
74/4520 Bairei (1844-1895). (An owl perched on a branch, with the moon shining in the background). Tinted woodcut aiban from Bairei kachô gafu (Bairei's album of birds). - AND 1 other similar prob. from the same album: (A bird eating a praying mantis on a flowering branch) (tinted woodcut aiban).
€ (30-50)
74 4521 Bairei 1844 1895 74 4521 Bairei 1844 1895
74 4521 Bairei 1844 1895 74 4521 Bairei 1844 1895
74 4521 Bairei 1844 1895 74 4521 Bairei 1844 1895
74/4521 Bairei (1844-1895). (Poppy and moorhens). Col. woodcut ôban, ±1880.

= State without decorative border. From the series Kachu-gafu.

Suian Hirafuku (1844-1890). (A Sea Bream). Col. woodcut shikishi, signed Suian, w. seal. - AND 3 others: two fan prints and a col. woodcut ôban by SHOTEI TAKAHASHI showing three puppies playing with a camelia (browned).

€ (100-150) 170
74 4522 Calligraphy  Anonymous late 19th cent  74 4522 Calligraphy Anonymous late 19th cent
74 4522 Calligraphy  Anonymous late 19th cent  74 4522 Calligraphy Anonymous late 19th cent
74/4522 [Calligraphy]. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (Haiku poems). Manuscript, brush and ink, 53 lvs., w. stamped seals, contemp. cordbound pict. silk, obl. 8vo. - AND 2 other manuscripts: part of a diary and a small selection of poems. - ADDED: 3 ehon (2x Japanese and 1x Korean).
€ (50-70) 60
74/4523 Calligraphy  Japanese Buddhist calligraphy 74/4523 Calligraphy Japanese Buddhist calligraphy
74/4523 Calligraphy  Japanese Buddhist calligraphy 74/4523 Calligraphy Japanese Buddhist calligraphy
74/4523 [Calligraphy]. (Japanese Buddhist calligraphy). Manuscript, brush and ink, 1 leaf, 17,5x14,5 cm., signature unread. - AND 12 other lvs. w. printed or manuscript calligraphy, a few on silk, 18th (?)-20th cent.
€ (80-100) 140
74 4524 Cards and cardgames  Hyakunin isshu karuta 74 4524 Cards and cardgames Hyakunin isshu karuta
74 4524 Cards and cardgames  Hyakunin isshu karuta 74 4524 Cards and cardgames Hyakunin isshu karuta
74 4524 Cards and cardgames  Hyakunin isshu karuta 74 4524 Cards and cardgames Hyakunin isshu karuta
74/4524 [Cards and cardgames]. (Hyakunin isshu karuta). Deck of 100 handcol. yomi-fuda and 100 handcol. tori-fuda cards, each 7,2x5 cm., kept in orig. wooden box w. ties, ±1900.

- Some cards sl. smudged. Wooden box dam.

€ (80-100) 80
74 4525 Chikanobu 1838 1912 74 4525 Chikanobu 1838 1912
74 4525 Chikanobu 1838 1912 74 4525 Chikanobu 1838 1912
74/4525 Chikanobu (1838-1912). (Four actors with one holding a large fish). Col. woodcut ôban triptych, signed Yôshû Chikanobu hitsu, publisher seal unread.

- Sl. yellowed.

AND a woodcut ôban triptych by TOSHIHIDE showing boys and an old man watching a cock fight.

€ (100-150) 180
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