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5002 - 5118     FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS

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81 5002 Anonymous 17th/ 18th cent ? 81 5002 Anonymous 17th/ 18th cent ?
81/5002 Anonymous (17th/ 18th cent.?). (An old woman trying to sell a fan to an official in a garden, a boy servant pouring tea). Drawing, brush and ink and watercolour, 23x32,5 cm., on silk, laid down on stiff paper.

- Soiled and browned; several superficial scratches.

AND a larger drawing showing a hedgehog hiding behind a melon, ready to catch a grasshopper.

€ (100-150) 100
81 5003 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5003 Anonymous 19th cent
81 5003 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5003 Anonymous 19th cent
81 5003 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5003 Anonymous 19th cent
81 5003 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5003 Anonymous 19th cent
81 5003 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5003 Anonymous 19th cent
81/5003 Anonymous (19th cent.). Album of brush and ink drawings. Black and (some) col. ink on Japanese paper, 40 lvs., bound as a blockbook.

- Lower corners fingersoiled. Wrs. soiled/ (sl.) worn. Text on covers illegible.

= An album of detailed ink drawings of scenery, flowers, animals and a few people. Some pages w. (unread) annots.

€ (80-100) 90
81 5004 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5004 Anonymous 19th cent
81/5004 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Immortal fighting a demon). Kakejiku (hanging scroll), watercolour, gouache and brush, within silk borders, 115x36,5 cm. (image), 200x50 cm. (scroll), signature unread, w. seal, rolled on wooden stick w. bone ends.

- Soiled in lower part of the drawing; sl. browned; wooden stick at the top detached; cloth near bottom end of scroll split(ting).

€ (40-60) 40
81 5005 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5005 Anonymous 19th cent
81 5005 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5005 Anonymous 19th cent
81 5005 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5005 Anonymous 19th cent
81/5005 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Man standing by a tree next to a wild river). Drawing, brush and watercolour, 34,5x46 cm., on Japanese.

- Remargined w. Japanese. = Attractive drawing.

AND 2 others, a drawing of carps (on linen) and a woodcut table of contents by Kunisada.

€ (80-100) 110
81 5006 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5006 Anonymous 19th cent
81 5006 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5006 Anonymous 19th cent
81/5006 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Poets and their poems from Sanjurokkasen). Lot of 7 drawings, brush and ink and watercolour, each ±27,5x20,5 cm. (leaf).

= I.a. the poets Kiyohara no Motosuke (908-990), Fujiwara no Atsutada (906-943) and ôshikôchi no Mitsune.

€ (80-100) 80
81 5007 Anonymous 19th cent 81 5007 Anonymous 19th cent
81/5007 Anonymous (19th cent.). (A samurai and two courtesans getting on a boat). Scroll, col. pigments on silk, within blue silk borders, 102x35 cm. (image), 165x43,5 cm. (total size), with three red seals (all unidentified) and text in black ink (possibly a poem), rolled on jikugi.

- Silk along top w. (worm)holes, not affecting image; image w. some creases. = With red lacquer jiku.

AND 1 other anonymous scroll: (Dragon in a dark cloud) (black ink on paper, signed and w. red seal (both unidentified). Cracked and creased).

€ (30-50) 80
81 5008 Anonymous 19th cent ? 81 5008 Anonymous 19th cent ?
81/5008 Anonymous (19th cent.?). (A Tang poet holding chrysanthemums, walking under pine trees). Chinese scroll, brush and ink, w. an autumnal poem, 120x32 cm., laid down on paper w. silk borders.

- Various repaired/ restored spots/ areas.

€ (300-500)
81 5009 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent 81 5009 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent
81 5009 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent 81 5009 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent
81 5009 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent 81 5009 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent
81/5009 Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20th cent.). (Dragon in the clouds). Scroll, ink on silk, within green silk borders, 125x27,5 cm. (image), 246,5x39.5 cm. (total size), signed and with red stamp (both unidentified), rolled on jikugi, in a wooden box w. (unidentified) signature and red seal on the inside of the lid.

- Slightly foxed.

€ (50-70) 50
81 5010 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent 81 5010 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent
81/5010 Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20th cent.) (Horse-drawn tram in a Tokyo street). Col. woodcut, 26,5x53,5 cm., signature unread, publisher unread, dated 1882.

- Possibly a restrike. Two sm. tears (0,5-1 cm.) along lower margin; one foxed spot in upper blank margin.

€ (30-50) 30
81 5011 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent 81 5011 Anonymous late 19th/ early 20th cent
81/5011 Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20th cent.). (Young heron in the snow). Col. woodcut ô-hosoban, seal unread, publ. unknown, framed.

- Sl. browned and w. a few very tiny brown spots (barely noticeable), but otherwise a good impression.

€ (50-70) 50
81 5012 Anonymous 20th cent 81 5012 Anonymous 20th cent
81/5012 Anonymous (20th cent.). (Bamboo and grapes). Col. woodcut, ±24,5x25 cm., w. unread artist's seal.

- With some sl. creasing in the upper right corner. = An attractive print.

€ (50-70) 50
81 5013 Anonymous 20th cent 81 5013 Anonymous 20th cent
81/5013 Anonymous (20th cent.). (Marigolds). (Dianthus(?)). Two drawings, ink and watercolour on thin Chinese, 38,5x27 cm./ 46,5x27 cm.

- Mounted on thick paper at the corners; one foxed, one only a few spots.

ADDED: 1 other drawing and 1 sheet of calligraphy.

€ (50-70)
81 5014 Anonymous 20th cent 81 5014 Anonymous 20th cent
81 5014 Anonymous 20th cent 81 5014 Anonymous 20th cent
81/5014 Anonymous (20th cent,). (Red snapper and a sardine). Col. woodcut, ±28,5x37 cm., two attached e-hon lvs., publ. unknown.

- Tipped onto mount. Side margins cut sl. short, w. loss of booktitle(?).

AND 1 other.

€ (50-70)
81 5015 Bairei 1844 1895 81 5015 Bairei 1844 1895
81 5015 Bairei 1844 1895 81 5015 Bairei 1844 1895
81 5015 Bairei 1844 1895 81 5015 Bairei 1844 1895
81/5015 Bairei (1844-1895). (Birds). Lot of 18 tinted col. woodcuts (5x diptych), all from Bairei hyakuchô gafu (Bairei Picture Album of One Hundred Birds), (1881-1884).

= Without the artists's seal, perhaps a later edition from recut plates.

AND 8 others, i.a. a large woodcut of a hare and 4 watercolours showing fishes.

€ (150-250) 160
81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895 81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895
81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895 81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895
81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895 81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895
81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895 81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895
81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895 81 5016 Bairei 1844 1895
81/5016 Bairei (1844-1895). (Two red fox sparrows). Col. woodcut, 29x21 cm., w. red seal (unread).

- Consists of two attached sheets.

= A double-page ill. from Bairei hyakuchô gafu (Bairei's Picture Book of a Hundred Birds), vol. 3.

ADDED: 1 leaf taken from the same work, and 3 more unidentified kachô-ga taken from ehon, showing chickens, ducks, quail(?) and two deer under a cherry blossom tree.

€ (60-80) 70
81/5017 Bindings Japanese lacquer album 81/5017 Bindings Japanese lacquer album
81/5017 [Bindings]. Japanese lacquer album, late 19th-early 20th cent., 25 blank lvs., calfbacked red and black lacquer binding, w. gilt details and inlaid bone elements on frontcover depicting a woman making a flower arrangement while another watches, back cover w. central gilt monogram "JD", w. gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., obl. folio.

- First ten lvs. later and without gilt edges; blank lvs. w. remains of tape. Rebacked w. use of original backstrip, album sl. worn along extremities.

€ (40-60) 50
81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album 81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album
81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album 81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album
81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album 81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album
81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album 81 5018 Bindings Japanese lacquer album
81/5018 [Bindings]. Japanese lacquer album, late 19th-early 20th cent., w. an eagle gripping a snake mounted on frontcover, the eagle is built up w. wood and mother of pearl, to a height of 2,5 cm. above the frontcover, hmor., obl. folio. Contents: 9 silk-covered board lvs. w. handpainted birds, flowers and scenery.

- Pages occas. sl. foxed. Lacks some mother-of-pearl parts (claws and feathers); backcover scratched; edges sl. chipped.

AND 2 other Japanese lacquer albums, late 19th-early 20th cent., both lacking bookblock, (three-dimensional) red and black lacquer (and inlaid mother of pearl elements) w. gold details, 1x depicting cranes and bamboo by a stream w. a boulder on the frontcover and insects and flowers on the backcover, 1x depicting herons in a stream w. lotus on the frontcover and an iris w. butterflies on the backcover (both sl. chipped along edges and one lacking a narrow portion of wood along the edge).

€ (50-70) 50
81 5019 Chikanobu 1838 1912 81 5019 Chikanobu 1838 1912
81/5019 Chikanobu (1838-1912). (Lady with Meiji hairstyle with inset the Chiyoda Castle and the Nijubashi Bridge in Tokyo). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Yôshû Chikanobu, publisher Matsuki Heikichi, dated Meiji 29 (1896).

- A few stains/ spots, mostly in margins.

= From the series Jidai Kagami (Reflections/ mirror of the ages), showing historical hairstyles, dresses and make up.

€ (50-70) 50
81 5020 Chikashige act 1869 1882 81 5020 Chikashige act 1869 1882
81/5020 Chikashige (act. 1869-1882). Daiku Rokusaburô. Onoe Kikugorô. Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichikawa Chikashige-hitsu, n.publ., w. toshidama ring, (1881).

- Doubled, otherwise fine.

= Actor Onoe Kikugorô in the role of Rokusaburô in the play known as Osono Rokusa, shown here as a carpenter (daiku).

€ (50-70) 50
81 5021 Chinese drawings Anonymous late 19th/ early 20 cent 81 5021 Chinese drawings Anonymous late 19th/ early 20 cent
81/5021 [Chinese drawings]. Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20 cent.). (Two peacocks). Gouache on silk, within dec. border of flowers, 40,5x42 cm., framed.

- Vaguely waterst.

€ (100-150)
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