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80 5139 Hiroshige 1797 1858 80 5139 Hiroshige 1797 1858
80/5139 Hiroshige (1797-1858). Horikiri no hana shobu (Iris garden, Horikiri). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige ga, publ. Uoya Eikichi, date seal (1857) and censor's seal, framed.

- Unobtrusive vague horizontal crease in left side of horizon. Both vertical edges professionally strengthened on verso (not visible on recto); publ. mark cut trifle short. A fine copy.

= From the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred views of famous places in Edo). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.

€ (3.000-5.000) 9000
80 5140 Hiroshige 1797 1858 80 5140 Hiroshige 1797 1858
80/5140 Hiroshige (1797-1858). Lot of 6 pillar prints, all but one of birds on flowering branches, one of a butterfly with flowers. Col. woodcuts, 4 aitanzakuban (approximately 33x11,5 cm.) and 2 ko-tanzaku (7,5x33,5 cm.), all signed 'Hiroshige-hitsu', 3x w. (faded) artist's seal, 1x w. nanushi censor seals of Hama Yahei and Kinugasa Fusajiro, 3x w. publ. seals Yamashiroya Jinbei, Sanoya Kihei and Yamadaya Shohei.

- Four aitanzakuban mounted together under one passepartout. All in poor/ mediocre condition: partly dam., w. scratches, sl. foxed, partly yellowed/ browned. Sold w.a.f.

€ (150-250) 400
80 5141 Hiroshige 1797 1858 80 5141 Hiroshige 1797 1858
80/5141 Hiroshige (1797-1858). Musa. Col. woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige ga, publisher Iseya Rihei, ±1838.

- Somewhat foxed; red colour faded.

= Part of the series of Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi (Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road).

€ (80-100) 350
80 5142 Hiroshige 1797 1858 80 5142 Hiroshige 1797 1858
80 5142 Hiroshige 1797 1858 80 5142 Hiroshige 1797 1858
80/5142 Hiroshige (1797-1858). Plum Estate, Kameido (Kameido umeyashiki). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige ga, publ. Uoya Eikichi, date seal (11/1857) and censor's seal, framed.

- Fine copy.

= The second state. From the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred views of famous places in Edo). Hiroshige's most famous print. SEE ILLUSTRATION ON THE FRONTCOVER.

€ (30.000-50.000)
80 5143 Hiroshige 1797 1858 80 5143 Hiroshige 1797 1858
80/5143 Hiroshige (1797-1858). Seba. Horizontal colour woodcut ôban, signed Hiroshige ga, publisher Iseja Rihei.

- From a later recarved edition; sl. yellowed.

= Station no. 32 from the series Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi (The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road).

€ (60-80) 210
80 5144 Hiroshige 1797 1858  after 80 5144 Hiroshige 1797 1858 after
80 5144 Hiroshige 1797 1858  after 80 5144 Hiroshige 1797 1858 after
80/5144 Hiroshige (1797-1858) (after). Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi (The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road). Series of 55 (of 56) col. woodcut horizontal chûban, w. title-leaf, all printed from early 20th cent. blocks, all laid down in early 20th cent. plain board album, obl. folio.

- Lacks the final woodcut. Album. dam. Contents occas. sl. wrinkled.

€ (80-100) 110
80 5145 Hokusai 1760 1849 80 5145 Hokusai 1760 1849
80 5145 Hokusai 1760 1849 80 5145 Hokusai 1760 1849
80/5145 Hokusai (1760-1849). The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Col. woodcut oblong ôban, 1831, both signed Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu.

- Modern copy; a few creases in right margin. = Cf. Forrer (1991), 11.

AND 1 other similar by the same: Mount Fuji from the mountains of Tôtômi (late 19th/ early 20th cent. copy, somewhat yellowed).

€ (80-100) 180
80 5146 Hokusai 1760 1849 80 5146 Hokusai 1760 1849
80/5146 Hokusai (1760-1849). Hietsu no sakai tsuribashi (The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô), w. kiwame seal, ±1834.

- Margins cut sl. short; former central fold strengthened on verso; sl. rubbed/ yellowed/ faded along edges; fingersoiled; the yellow colours seem faded, turning the green into blue.

= Early impression, from the series Shokoku meikyō kiran (Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces). Forrer 1991, 38.

€ (1.000-1.500) 3500
80 5147 Hokusai 1760 1849 80 5147 Hokusai 1760 1849
80 5147 Hokusai 1760 1849 80 5147 Hokusai 1760 1849
80 5147 Hokusai 1760 1849 80 5147 Hokusai 1760 1849
80/5147 Hokusai (1760-1849). Yoshimine no Munesada (Poem by Sôjô Henjô). Horizontal woodcut ôban, signed Saki no Hokusai manji, publisher Eijudô, 1835-1836.

- A few sm. (worm)holes in the sky; formerly bound w. binding holes near left edge.

= Twelfth print of the series Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki (One Hundred Poems explained by the nurse).

AND 2 other sm. prints.

€ (500-700) 6500
80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969 80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969
80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969 80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969
80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969 80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969
80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969 80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969
80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969 80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969
80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969 80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969
80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969 80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969
80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969 80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969
80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969 80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969
80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969 80 5148 Iida Shikô 1896 1969
80/5148 Iida, Shikô (1896-1969). Hyakunin isshu zuko, ogura no nishiki (Designs inspired by the Hyakunin Isshu, Brokade of Ogura). Kyoto, Unsôdô, 1935-1937, 5 vols., each w. 20 double-p. col. woodcut designs w. silver and gold details, no pagination, orig. unif. leporello w. silk on boards and mounted title, sm. folio.

- Heavily foxed, but particularly in the margins; some designs sl. dam. on the middle fold. Covers soiled and worn along boardedges.

= Each of these striking designs is inspired by one of the 100 poems of the Hyakunin isshu ("One hundred people, one verse"), famously compiled by Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241) when he stayed in Ogura (near Kyoto). The poems are annotated at the end of each volume by Sasaki Nobutsuna, a poet and scholar of Nara- and Heian-period literature, whose work was supposedly the inspiration for Iida Shikô to create these designs. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLV.

€ (400-600) 600
80/5149 Inrô  Five case lacquer inrô with houses and pine trees by a mountain 80/5149 Inrô Five case lacquer inrô with houses and pine trees by a mountain
80/5149 Inrô  Five case lacquer inrô with houses and pine trees by a mountain 80/5149 Inrô Five case lacquer inrô with houses and pine trees by a mountain
80/5149 Inrô  Five case lacquer inrô with houses and pine trees by a mountain 80/5149 Inrô Five case lacquer inrô with houses and pine trees by a mountain
80/5149 [Inrô]. Five-case lacquer inrô with houses and pine trees by a mountain. Wood and lacquer w. some goldleaf, approximately 7x4,5x2,6 cm., w. string and ojime (bead), w. inscription in the top lid (possibly a signature), 18th/ 19th century.

- Worn; some lacquer chipped off along the sides; w. some white powder/ mould(?) on the inside and in the crevices.

AND a four-case lacquer inrô with a dragon, peonies and a phoenix, wood and lacquer w. some goldleaf, 8x6x2 cm., 19th/ 20th century (lid and second compartment stuck together, string broken). - ADDED: a netsuke(?) with leafy decoration, wood and lacquer and goldleaf w. a metal ring, late 19th/ early 20th century (fine).

€ (50-70) 475
80 5150 Ito Nisaburo 1910 1988 80 5150 Ito Nisaburo 1910 1988
80 5150 Ito Nisaburo 1910 1988 80 5150 Ito Nisaburo 1910 1988
80/5150 Ito, Nisaburo (1910-1988). A row of stone lanterns at the Kasugo Shrine in Nara. Col. woodcut ôban, signed 'Nisaburo', publ. Uchida (fine). Gizan, Izuno (1885-1957). Nango. Woodcut ôban, w. artist's seal, publ. Uchida. - AND 1 woodcut of a wave, w. unidentified artist's seal, 'Sakai Hoitsu'(?) in pencil on verso (folded, foxed and sl. browned).
€ (70-90) 110
80/5151 Japan  Lot of 10 woodblock prints and brush and ink drawings 80/5151 Japan Lot of 10 woodblock prints and brush and ink drawings
80/5151 Japan  Lot of 10 woodblock prints and brush and ink drawings 80/5151 Japan Lot of 10 woodblock prints and brush and ink drawings
80/5151 Japan  Lot of 10 woodblock prints and brush and ink drawings 80/5151 Japan Lot of 10 woodblock prints and brush and ink drawings
80/5151 [Japan]. Lot of 10 woodblock prints and brush and ink drawings, i.a. ANONYMOUS, (Two fishes) (col. woodcut on thin Japanese, 32x21,5 cm., 19-20th cent.); KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820), Peonies and Iris (col. woodcut, 20x17 cm., 1810(?)) and HASEGAWA SADANOBU III (1881-1963), Fuwa Banzaemon - kabuki (woodcut, 25x18,5 cm., late 20th cent.).

- Includes one hanging scroll mounted on thick board. All in mediocre state, some faded, some (sl.) yellowed/ browned/ foxed, some rebacked due to wormholes, or mounted (under passepartout).

€ (50-70) 120
80/5152 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 1 Momotaro / No 14 The Princes Fire Flash & Fire Fade 80/5152 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 1 Momotaro / No 14 The Princes Fire Flash & Fire Fade
80/5152 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 1 Momotaro / No 14 The Princes Fire Flash & Fire Fade 80/5152 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 1 Momotaro / No 14 The Princes Fire Flash & Fire Fade
80/5152 Japanese Fairy Tale Series. No.1. Momotaro./ No.14. The Princes Fire-Flash & Fire-Fade. Tokyo, Kobunsha, n.d. (±1880), 2 vols., (9); (12)p., English text, bound as a blockbook, (full-p.) col. woodcut ills. and orig. unif. cordbound wr., printed on crêped paper, sm. 8vo.
€ (50-70) 80
80 5153 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 5 8 80 5153 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 5 8
80 5153 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 5 8 80 5153 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 5 8
80 5153 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 5 8 80 5153 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 5 8
80/5153 Japanese Fairy Tale Series. No.5-8. Tokyo, Kobunsha for Griffith Farran & Co. (London), 1885-1886 (Meiji 18-19), 4 parts in 1 vol., num. col. woodcut ills., printed on crêped paper, contemp. cl.

- The first two tales occas. a trifle foxed in the right margin (unobtrusive), but contents otherwise fine. Spine-ends sl. worn.

= From a series of 16 separate Japanese fairy tales, richly illustrated w. col. woodcuts, of which the following 4 have been bound together: no.5 Kachi-kachi mountain; no.6 The mouse's wedding; no.7 The old man and the devils, and no.8 The firsher-boy Urashima. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLV.

€ (100-150) 140
80/5154 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 22 The Flowers of Remembrance and Forgetfulness Told in English by Mrs T H James 80/5154 Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 22 The Flowers of Remembrance and Forgetfulness Told in English by Mrs T H James
80/5154 Japanese Fairy Tale Series. No.22 The Flowers of Remembrance and Forgetfulness. Told in English by Mrs. T.H. James. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, (1889), 1st ed., (20)p., printed on crêpe paper, w. col. woodcut ills., bound as a bookblock.

- Partly waterst., including frontcover; some of the fold. double-sided pages split open.

= No. 22 of the Japanese Fairy Tale Series.

€ (60-80)
80/5155 Japanese Fairy Tale Series Extra No Princess Splendor The Wood cutter's Daughter English transl E Rothesay Miller 80/5155 Japanese Fairy Tale Series Extra No Princess Splendor The Wood cutter's Daughter English transl E Rothesay Miller
80/5155 Japanese Fairy Tale Series Extra No Princess Splendor The Wood cutter's Daughter English transl E Rothesay Miller 80/5155 Japanese Fairy Tale Series Extra No Princess Splendor The Wood cutter's Daughter English transl E Rothesay Miller
80/5155 Japanese Fairy Tale Series. Extra No. Princess Splendor. The Wood-cutter's Daughter. English transl. E. Rothesay Miller. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, 1895, 2nd ed., (49) lvs., (full-p.) col. woodcut ills. by KOBAYASHI EITAKU, English text, printed on crêped paper, bound as a blockbook.

- Two lvs. stained; 1 leaf splitting on fold. Lacks frontwr.; title-p. and backwr. dam. (restored w. paper tape on verso).

€ (30-50) 30
80/5156 Japanese lacquer album 80/5156 Japanese lacquer album
80/5156 Japanese lacquer album 80/5156 Japanese lacquer album
80/5156 Japanese lacquer album, ±1920, 6 board lvs. w. handpainted dec. layer of silk, handpainted silk doublures, wooden black lacquered covers w. bone and mother of pearl onlay decoration, depicting plants and herons, obl. folio size.

- Lvs. sl. foxed. Frontcover w. cracked spot and one sm. onlay piece lacking.

€ (40-60)
80 5157 Kawatake Mokuami 80 5157 Kawatake Mokuami
80 5157 Kawatake Mokuami 80 5157 Kawatake Mokuami
80 5157 Kawatake Mokuami 80 5157 Kawatake Mokuami
80/5157 Kawatake, Mokuami. Shimoyo no kane jûji no tsujiura. Vol. 4. Ehon, Tokyo, publ. unread, 1880, 1 part in 3 vols., 9; 9; 9 lvs., (col.) woodcut ills. by YOSHITOSHI and 3 col. woodcut frontcover ills. forming a triptych, orig. unif. wrs.

- One vol. (of 5). One vol. frontcover sl. nibbled in upper left corner; all vols. trifle/ sl. soiled; one vol. w. modern cords.

= Shimoyo no kane jûji no tsujiura is a kabuki play in five acts by Kawatake Mokuami, written in 1880. The title is often shortened to Shimoyo no kane (The bell on the frosty night).

€ (70-90) 100
80 5158 Keinen 1845 1924 80 5158 Keinen 1845 1924
80/5158 Keinen (1845-1924). (Birds among Plum Blossoms). Col. woodcut diptych, from Keinen kachô gafu (Keinen's Flower and Bird Picture Album), (1891), 24x37 cm., publ. Nihimura Soemon.

- Both w. binding holes in (trimmed) blank margin; trifle yellowed; right panel of the diptych has "No 21" printed in upper margin, otherwise fine.

€ (120-150)