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71 4797 Anonymous 1st half 19th cent 71 4797 Anonymous 1st half 19th cent
71/4797 Anonymous (1st half 19th cent.). (A monkey appearing to a lady in her dream). Col. woodut kuchi-e, 22,5x29 cm.
€ (60-80)
71 4798 Anonymous 19th cent 71 4798 Anonymous 19th cent
71/4798 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Attributes for Japanese soldiers). Handscroll, num. drawings in brush and ink on 60 joined leaves, total size: 25x1080 cm., rolled.

= Interesting scroll with drawings showing the various parts of a soldier's uniform and his armour and weapons, as well as flags, banners and other accoutrements. Rare, nothing comparable traced. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.

€ (700-900)
71 4799 Anonymous 19th cent 71 4799 Anonymous 19th cent
71 4799 Anonymous 19th cent 71 4799 Anonymous 19th cent
71/4799 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Draughtsman holding his brush and his inkpot). Drawing, brush and ink on thin paper, 34,3x22,5 cm.

- Sl. dam. and sl. wormholed in lower margin, just touching image. = Attractive drawing.

Hokusai (1760-1849) (style of). (Running devil holding a brush and ink in his hands). Drawing, brush and ink on paper, 7,8x8 cm.

- Laid down on mount. = Attribution to Hokusai and "Coll. Hayashi" in pencil on passepartout.

AND 3 other drawings.

€ (100-150) 100
71 4800 Anonymous 19th cent 71 4800 Anonymous 19th cent
71 4800 Anonymous 19th cent 71 4800 Anonymous 19th cent
71 4800 Anonymous 19th cent 71 4800 Anonymous 19th cent
71 4800 Anonymous 19th cent 71 4800 Anonymous 19th cent
71/4800 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Sketches and studies). Lot of 17 drawings, brush and (col.) ink, ±35x50 to 50x71 cm., kept in a wooden box.

- Rolled.

= Drawings of animals, landscapes and people, i.a. cranes in flight, a grotesque portrait of a man with a toad on his shoulder, a group of clothed mice climbing a sheaf of wheat, a large group of tortoises.

€ (200-300) 240
71 4801 Anonymous 19th cent 71 4801 Anonymous 19th cent
71/4801 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Winter scene with travellers on horseback arriving at their lodging). Chinese drawing, 37,5x44 cm.

- Laid down on board; sl. creased and some sl. worn spots; vaguely waterstained and sl. yellowed.

€ (40-50)
71 4802 Anonymous 19th cent 71 4802 Anonymous 19th cent
71/4802 Anonymous (19th cent.). Lot of 6 kakuroku cards, col. woodcuts, each 7x11 cm. (all yellowed).
€ (60-80) 60
71 4803 Anonymous 19th cent ? 71 4803 Anonymous 19th cent ?
71/4803 Anonymous (19th cent.?). (Dog lying under blossoming branches). Chinese painting on silk, ±45,5x32 cm., framed.

- Browned and sl. rubbed at places; apparently brittle, w. several repaired cracks and damages and w. sm. tear and 2 tiny holes in the body of the dog.

€ (100-150) 750
71 4804 Anonymous 19th cent ? 71 4804 Anonymous 19th cent ?
71/4804 Anonymous (19th cent.?). (A golden or chinese pheasant). Watercolour, on 2 attached sheets, 22x46,2 cm.

- Doubled w. thin Japanese.

€ (80-100)
71 4805 Anonymous late 19th cent 71 4805 Anonymous late 19th cent
71/4805 Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (Bird perched on a scarecrow). (Birds chasing each other through flowering plants). Two watercolours by two different artists, both signed w. artist's stamp in red (unread), 10,5x31,5 and 8,5x31,4 cm.

- Both with horizontal fold (1x vague).

€ (60-80)
71 4806 Anonymous late 19th cent 71 4806 Anonymous late 19th cent
71/4806 Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (Frog on a leaf). Watercolour, on two joined leaves, 26,2x38 cm. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Bird on a branch). Drawing, pen and brush and black and grey ink, 34,8x29,7 cm.

- Doubled; sl. duststained.

€ (60-80)
71 4807 Anonymous early 20th cent 71 4807 Anonymous early 20th cent
71 4807 Anonymous early 20th cent 71 4807 Anonymous early 20th cent
71 4807 Anonymous early 20th cent 71 4807 Anonymous early 20th cent
71 4807 Anonymous early 20th cent 71 4807 Anonymous early 20th cent
71/4807 Anonymous (early 20th cent.). (Lake Biwa and surroundings). Album containing 60 drawings, 1916, brush and watercolours, contemp. dec. silk binding w. title-strip reading "Nihon shinkei oomi nishi mizuumi".

- Some wormholing, almost throughout and in various sizes.

= Despite its defects a nice album, with two attractive large panoramas of the lake (one stretching over 8 leaves (total size: 29x161 cm.); both affected by wormholes); also containing several views of temples and mountains.

€ (150-250) 160
71 4808 Anonymous early 20th cent 71 4808 Anonymous early 20th cent
71/4808 Anonymous (early 20th cent.). (Two views with sailing ships on a lake on a calm day). Two watercolours, both 15x48,5 cm., both signed and w. artist's mark painted in red.

- Both fading under former passepartout. = Attractive views.

€ (80-100) 80
71 4809 Anonymous early 20th cent 71 4809 Anonymous early 20th cent
71/4809 Anonymous (early 20th cent.). (A village in the mountains). Drawing, brush and black and red ink, 31x8 cm., signed and w. artist's stamp (unread). Anonymous (early 20th cent.). (A woman seated outside her house, a brook, some deer and mountains in the background). Drawing, brush and col. ink, 9,2x31 cm., signed and w. artist's stamp (unread).

- Both w. (vague) horizontal fold.

€ (50-70) 60
71 4810 Anonymous 1st half 20th cent 71 4810 Anonymous 1st half 20th cent
71/4810 Anonymous (1st half 20th cent.). Album with 22 double-p. watercolours, 1931, (4)p. w. manuscript text in brush and ink, watercolours each 24x36 cm., most with artist's seal, bound as blockbook, orig. dec. light brown silk w. silk title-strip on frontcover, a.e.g.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Small moth-eaten spot on backcover. Otherwise fine.

= I.a. drawings of a moored ship; a group of 6 deer on a grassy patch; two houses in front of a high mountain; fishermen and women selling their catch on the beach and various landscapes.

Anonymous (1st half 20th cent.). Album with 12 double-p. watercolours, 1934, (2)p. w. manuscript text in brush and ink, watercolours each 24x36 cm., most w. artist's seal, bound as a blockbook, orig. dec. light brown silk w. white silk title-strip, a.e.g.

= Some names: Masayoshi and Kakuyu; some subjects: a seated lady with a pine tree branch in her hand; a bird on a branch with red berries; two turned-over mushrooms with 2 yellow leaves; a sketch of a monk seated in front of a fire. Attractive album.

€ (80-100)
71 4811 Anonymous 1st half 20th cent 71 4811 Anonymous 1st half 20th cent
71 4811 Anonymous 1st half 20th cent 71 4811 Anonymous 1st half 20th cent
71/4811 Anonymous (1st half 20th cent.). (Flower diary). N.d. (±1920), (48) manuscript pages in pen and grey ink, w. 48 watercolours of flowers, mostly 23,5x15,6 cm. (a few double-p.), orig. wr.

= Attractive collection of watercolours.

Anonymous (late 18th cent.). "Kiku gen hiden nijukyu kajo ezu mokuroku" (Surveyor's Illustrated Handbook). N.d. (±1800), (34) manuscript pages, pen and grey ink, 18 ills. in brush and grey and red ink, orig. wr.

- Some wormholing; a few light brown stains.

€ (150-250) 150
71 4812 Anonymous 20th cent 71 4812 Anonymous 20th cent
71/4812 Anonymous (20th cent.). (Two ladies in an interior). Chinese drawing, brush and ink and watercolour on linen, 41x30,6 cm., with an unidentified artist's stamp, mounted on decorated linen.

- Soiled spots on the faces and hand of the ladies.

€ (30-50)
71/4813 Artists' manuals The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy 71/4813 Artists' manuals The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
71/4813 Artists' manuals The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy 71/4813 Artists' manuals The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
71/4813 Artists' manuals The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy 71/4813 Artists' manuals The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
71/4813 [Artists' manuals]. (The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy). Beijing, n.publ., 1952, 4 vols., 62/ 72/ 72/ 78 col. and/ or embossed woodcuts, orig. unif. gold speckled wr., in orig. dec. silk portfolio w. bone clasps, 4to.

- Very fine set. One vol. sm. tear (15 mm.) in frontwr.

= Beautiful reprint of the Shih Chu-Chai Chien-p'u (Collection of decorated writing paper from the Ten Bamboo Studios); after the edition published by Hu Cheng-yen in 1644. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.

€ (600-800) 650
71 4814 Bairei 1844 1895 71 4814 Bairei 1844 1895
71/4814 Bairei (1844-1895). (Eagle on a branch looking down upon a small emerging bird). Woodcut ôban, printed in shades of grey, black and orange.

- With holes in right margin from former binding; soiled.

AND 3 others by the same, probably all from the same work, all in similar condition, showing white cranes, a woodpecker and small spotted birds.

€ (100-150) 140
71 4815 Bairei 1844 1895 71 4815 Bairei 1844 1895
71/4815 Bairei (1844-1895). Lot of 4 drawings, brush and black/ grey ink, used in Kôgyô Zushiki (Sketches for artisans), each ±10x14 cm.

= Attractive drawings, i.a. a doctor inspecting the mouth of fishlike creature, a man on horseback crossing a river and a mouse, a cock and a chicken near a river.

€ (70-90) 70
71 4816 Bairei 1844 1895 71 4816 Bairei 1844 1895
71/4816 Bairei (1844-1895). (Owls./ Geese./ Geese among the reeds./ Geese flocking together near a haystack). Four double-p. tinted woodcut hanshi-bon from Kacho-ga, each 20,5x29,5 cm.
€ (70-90) 70
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