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.
80 5199 Papercuttings Zhang Zhu 
- Booklet and part of prints dampstained; a few prints trifle foxed, otherwise fine. Box trifle foxed.
= One hundred prints of paper cutting designs, some multicoloured, showing i.a. people, animals and flowers.
80/5200 Persian miniatures A man on horseback 
80/5201 Persian miniatures Seated nobleman on a terrace holding a flower in one hand and a necklace in the other hand 
80/5201 Persian miniatures Seated nobleman on a terrace holding a flower in one hand and a necklace in the other hand 
- Doubled; closed tear in upper left corner; two restored patches in left margin.
80 5202 Qi Baishi 1864 1957 
80 5202 Qi Baishi 1864 1957 
80 5202 Qi Baishi 1864 1957 
- Fine copy.
80 5203 Qi Baishi 1864 1957 
- Trifle foxed.
80 5204 Ryûkatei Tanekazu 
80 5204 Ryûkatei Tanekazu 
- All vols. sl. fingersoiled on lower left corner of front cover, 1 vol. also fingersoiled on lower corners of contents. Nevertheless a fine lot.
80 5205 Ryûtei Senka 1804 1868 
80 5205 Ryûtei Senka 1804 1868 
80 5205 Ryûtei Senka 1804 1868 
- One vol. of 56(?); sl. wormholed in upper inner corners; rebound w. modern cords, otherwise a fine copy.
= Ichimei hakkenden inu no soushi, an alternate title to Setsubai houtan inu no soushi, is a shorter version of Kyokutei Bakin's original 106 volume novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden, commonly translated as the Eight Dog Chronicles or the Tale of Eight Dogs. The Eight Dog Chronicles is considered to be the longest novel in Japanese literary history. This vol. has a charming dog pattern on the back of both vols.