82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
82 5364 Hiroshige II 1826 1869 and Kunisada II 1823 1880 
- Lacks 7 prints from the series; album split.
= Combination of Buddhist temples and miracles of Kannon. According to Horst Graebner (Kunisada.de) the total series was intended to consist of 100 prints (33 for the western, 33 for the eastern and 34 for the central provinces), but it is uncertain if the series was ever completed. The prints in this lot represent the temples of the Western Provinces. Present are no. 1-3, 5-12, 14, 16, 18-21, 24, 25, 27-33. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
82 5365 Hôitsu Sakai 1761 1829 and Koson Ikeda 1801 1866 
82 5365 Hôitsu Sakai 1761 1829 and Koson Ikeda 1801 1866 
82 5365 Hôitsu Sakai 1761 1829 and Koson Ikeda 1801 1866 
82 5365 Hôitsu Sakai 1761 1829 and Koson Ikeda 1801 1866 
- Slightly wormholed. Both vols. wr. sl. rubbed/ soiled; later strings.
82 5366 Hokkei 1780 1850 
= From the series Suiko gogyô (Suikoden and the Five Elements). Keyes copies of Surimono 57, copy B.
- Creased; horizontal fold; soiled.
= With unidentified collector's mark "NSL" within red oval on verso. A scene from the play The Palace of Eternal Life by the playwright Hong Sheng, telling the love story between emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his favorite imperial consort Yang Guifei.
82 5368 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5368 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5368 Hokusai 1760 1849 
- Three lvs. w. closed wormhole in inner margin; w. tipped-in slip of paper w. typeface information and annots. Later title-strip on frontcover w. title in ballpoint; rebound. A good copy.
= A work based on classical Confucian writings. Provenance: Felix Tikotin.
Idem. Chinsetsu yumiharizuki (Strange Tales of the Crescent Moon). Vol. 2. Edo (Tokyo), Hirabayashi Shôgorô, (±1807), 1 vol. (of 30), (14) lvs., 17 (double-p.) woodcut ills. by HOKUSAI, bound as a blockbook, later wr.
- Bottom portion of all pages dam./ lacking a section (but all restored); all textp. stuck together in restoration process, only illustrated pages can be read; lower outer corners very fingersoiled.
= Volume 2 (of 30) of an Edo-period novel series by Takizawa Bakin (1767-1848), who was very influential in the proliferation of the yomihon (literally: reading book). The story follows the historical figure Minamoto no Tametomo (1139-1170).
82 5369 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5369 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5369 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5369 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5369 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5369 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5369 Hokusai 1760 1849 
= Restrikes by Takamizawa from recut blocks, with his/ their stamp on verso of the prints.
82 5370 Hokusai 1760 1849 
- Probably a Meiji period edition.
= From the series Hyaku monogatari (One Hundred Ghost Tales). Hillier 273. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
82 5371 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5371 Hokusai 1760 1849 
= Depicting the eruption of Mount Fuji in 1707, which created Hôeizan (Mount Hôei). This volcanic eruption had disastrous consequences for the people in the surrounding areas, resulting in famine and landslides.
ADDED: 2 unidentified leafs of an e-hon, potentially a rendition of Hyakkunin isshu (One hundred poems by one hundred famous poets).
82 5372 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5372 Hokusai 1760 1849 
82 5372 Hokusai 1760 1849 
- Covers sl. creased and one binding cord loose (as a result covers loosening). Contents occas. trifle fingersoiled in lower outer corner, otherwise fine.
= Forrer p.227, B2. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
82 5373 Itchô Hanabusa 1652 1724 
82 5373 Itchô Hanabusa 1652 1724 
- Contents complete and fine. Lacks backstrip; wr. sl. duststained; backwr. loose.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
82 5374 Ito Shinsui 1898 1972 
- A few barely visible spots of foxing in bottom third of the print, and edges of blank margins trifle/ sl. browned, but otherwise fine.
= The New Wave, p.192: "This delicately conceived image, which was exhibited in the Tôkyôkai ten ('Exhibition of the Tokyo society'), is particularly close in style to a painting of the same name by Shinsui created fifteen years later. Compared to many of his prints of beautiful women, the composition of Blizzard is not static.The artist has created an illusion of movement through the woman's (a geisha?) flowing garment and her stance as she braces herself, with umbrella in hand, against the harsh winter wind." No. 184/250. From the series Gendai bijinshû dainishû (Second collection of modern beauties). SEE ILLUSTRATION ON FRONTCOVER.
82/5375 Japanse picture postcards Lot of 5 handcol picture postcards of Japan 
- A few sm. defects, mostly fine. = Comprises 3 views of mount Fuji, 2 views of Nagasaki.
82 5376 Jin Li b 1958 
- Slightly yellowed; a few vague horizontal folds; nevertheless a fine drawing. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.
82 5377 Kasamatsu Shiro 1898 1991 
82/5378 Katagami Lot of 17 mulberry carved paper stencils 
82/5378 Katagami Lot of 17 mulberry carved paper stencils 
82/5378 Katagami Lot of 17 mulberry carved paper stencils 
82/5378 Katagami Lot of 17 mulberry carved paper stencils 
- Paper partly brittle; occas. w. the inevitable sm. imperfections (1x w. fold in margin).
= Showing fans, waves, birds, flowers, decorative ornaments etc. With 2 photograpic plates added; stencils and photographs partly w. pencil annot. concerning reproductions, i.a. "4 OCE drukken niet te zwart", "4 blauwdrukken", "1 diapositief, 1 gewoon, ware grootte". Possibly used as models for tissues produced for Metz & Co. Provenance: De Leeuw family, directors of Metz & Co, Amsterdam; sale Christie's Amsterdam, June 15th 2004, lot 378. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.
82 5379 Kawase Hasui 1883 1957 
- (Slightly) stained at upper right corner and one spot in the center; lower right corner trifle creased; verso edges reinforced w. brown paper and stamp NikkoCo. in lower left corner. A good impression.
= Brown, 424.
82 5380 Keinen 1845 1924 
82 5380 Keinen 1845 1924 
82 5381 Keinen 1845 1924 
82 5381 Keinen 1845 1924 
82 5381 Keinen 1845 1924 
82 5381 Keinen 1845 1924 
- Margins cut short; trifle/ sl. soiled.
= No. 33, from from Keinen kachô gafu (Keinen's Picture Book of Flowers and Birds), vol 4. (Winter).
Maekawa, Bunrei (1837-1917). (Pigeon in a blossom tree). Col. woodcut, 1885, 33x23 cm.
- Margins cut short; with red (collector's?) seal in lower right corner; sl. stained in lower left corner.
= From Bunrei gafu (Bunrei's Picture Book), vol. 1.
AND 2 others: Kôno, Bairei (1844-1895). (Kite in a ginkgo tree. Hawk in a pomegranate tree). Two col. woodcut diptychs (pasted together), both with red artist's seal, from Bairei hyakuchô gafu (Bairei's Picture Album of One Hundred Birds), (1881-1884), both 21x29 cm.
82 5382 Kitao Sekkôsai Tokinobu act 1745 1780 
82 5382 Kitao Sekkôsai Tokinobu act 1745 1780 
- Most lvs. and frontwr. w. closed wormholes; trifle/ sl. fingersoiled. Binding sl. worn; title-strip in brush and ink reading "Kitao Tokinobu ehon"; later ticket on frontwr. (incorrectly) attributing the vol. to Kita[w]o Shigemasa; new string.
= Provenance: Felix Tikotin. Rare work from this relatively unknown artist, active in Osaka in the mid- to late 18th century, showing people of different social backgrounds going about their day.
82 5383 Kiyochika 1847 1915 
82 5383 Kiyochika 1847 1915 
= Caricature of China as a paper tiger during the first Sino-Japanese war, after the fall of Port Arthur. From the series Nippon Banzei Hyakusen Hyakushô (Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories. One Hundred Laughs).
AND 1 other by the same from the same series.