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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
82/5378 [Katagami]. Lot of 17 mulberry carved paper stencils, partly strengthened w. silk threads, various sizes (lvs. ±15x35 to 45x60 cm.), early 20th cent.

- 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.

€ (300-500)
82 5379 Kawase Hasui 1883 1957
82/5379 Kawase, Hasui (1883-1957). Tsuki no Kiyosumi-en (Moon over Kiyosumi Garden). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Hasui w. red seal, publ. Watanabe Shôzaburô, w. publ. seal, 1938.

- (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.

€ (200-300) 400
82 5380 Keinen 1845 1924
82 5380 Keinen 1845 1924
82/5380 Keinen (1845-1924). (Red-billed leiothrix amongst flowering peonies). Col. woodcut ôban from the series Keinen kachô gafu. - AND 3 others from the same series.
€ (200-300) 200
82 5381 Keinen 1845 1924
82 5381 Keinen 1845 1924
82 5381 Keinen 1845 1924
82 5381 Keinen 1845 1924
82/5381 Keinen (1845-1924). (Shrike in a flowering tree). Col. woodcut, 1892, 32x23 cm.

- 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.

€ (100-150) 120
82 5382 Kitao Sekkôsai Tokinobu act 1745 1780
82 5382 Kitao Sekkôsai Tokinobu act 1745 1780
82/5382 Kitao Sekkôsai Tokinobu (act. 1745-1780). (Ehon). N.pl. (Osaka?), publ. Uchiharaya(?) Heibei, 1757 (Hôreki 7), signed Kitao Tokinobu-hitsu, (11) lvs., 11 (double-p.) woodcut ills. by KITAO SEKKÔSAI TOKINOBU, bound as a blockbook, contemp. wr.

- 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.

€ (60-80) 130
82 5383 Kiyochika 1847 1915
82 5383 Kiyochika 1847 1915
82/5383 Kiyochika (1847-1915). (Japanese soldier attacking a large puppet in the shape of a Chinese man). Col. woodcut ôban, signed publisher Matsuki Heikichi, Tokyo, 1894.

= 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.

€ (100-150)
82 5384 Kodera Tousen 1883 1945
82 5384 Kodera Tousen 1883 1945
82 5384 Kodera Tousen 1883 1945
82/5384 Kodera, Tousen (1883-1945). (Little bird sitting on a robe). Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and brush, within silk borders, 124,5x30,7 cm. (paper section including signature), 29x28 cm. (image), signed, w. seal, rolled on wooden stick w. wooden ends, in signed wooden box. - AND 4 other scrolls: two 20th cent. facsimile reproductions of ink drawings by SESSHU (with wooden boxes) and two mounted watercolour drawings showing pattern designs, 19th cent., (20th cent. scrolls). - ADDED: a Japanese wooden box with 8 pairs of jiku (end knobs of scrolls) (4x bone and 4x lacquered wood) - AND 2 large ink and brush drawings, Chinese (?).
€ (200-300) 210
82 5385 Kôgyo 1869 1927
82/5385 Kôgyo (1869-1927). Stoba Komachi, from the series "Noh-gaku Hyaku Ban" (One Hundred Noh Plays). Col. woodcut printed w. gold and silver, 25,5x37,7 cm., signed w. artist's stamp, publ. Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya).

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.

ADDED: 2 col. woodcut ôban by/ after HIROSHIGE I and II (a modern restrike of an unidentified print and a browned and creased copy of Iga Province).

€ (100-150) 100
82 5386 Koichi Okada 1907 ?
82/5386 Koichi Okada (1907-?). Kawaguchi-ko no Fuji Mount Fuji seen from lake Kawaguchi. Col. woodcut, 36,2x24 cm., publ. unread, signed in lower right corner.
€ (80-100) 110
82 5387 Kokunimasa Utagawa 1874 1944
82/5387 Kokunimasa, Utagawa (1874-1944). Shinkoku meiyô Kidan (A remarkable episode in the glory of the Divine land). Col. woodcut ôban triptych, signed (...) Kokunimasa, artist's seal, publisher Sawa Hisajirô, 1894.

= Chaïkin, p.150: "On the day of the battle in the Yellow Sea, before the start, two doves came flying to our Navy, and in the evening, after the battle, even during the battle, a falcon flew in and settled on the Takachiho's mast, as a sign of good omen. The bird was caught and later presented to the Emperor, at his headquarters. It was fully unexpected and taken as an omen of victory. The flight of crows was regarded as standing for the downfall of the Chinese".

€ (100-150)
82 5388 Kôtô Okura 1873 1910
82/5388 Kôtô, Okura (1873-1910). Nichigun Heijô dai-shingeki no zu (Fierce attack by Japanese forces against Pyongyang). Col. woodcut ôban triptych, signed Kôtô, publisher Ôgura Hanbei, 1894, on 3 loose sheets.

= The Battle of Pyongyang was the second major land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War. It took place on 15 September 1894 in Pyongyang, Korea between the forces of Meiji Japan and Qing China.

€ (100-150)
82 5389 Kuniaki 1835 1888
82 5389 Kuniaki 1835 1888
82 5389 Kuniaki 1835 1888
82 5389 Kuniaki 1835 1888
82/5389 Kuniaki (1835-1888). (Actor Nakamura Shikan). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kuniaki-ga in Toshidama cartouche, publ. Shimizuya Naojirô, 1862.

- One closed hole in upper right corner; sl. soiled along margins. = Probably part of a triptych or diptych.

Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). (Actor, seated on the floor). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi-ga, publ. Ômiya Heihachi, w. kiwame seal.

- Two sm. closed wormholes. = Appears to be a sl. later reprint/ restrike (1880s?).

AND 2 other col. woodcuts ôban by KUNITERU III (act. ca. 1880-1900) and HOKUEI (±1824-1837) (mounted under passepartout).

€ (120-150) 120
82 5390 Kunichika 1835 1900
82 5390 Kunichika 1835 1900
82/5390 Kunichika (1835-1900). (Actor Ichikawa Sadanji). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kunichika-hitsu, publ. Ôhashiya Yashichi, 1870.

- With some closed wormholes along top and bottom; left blank margin and corners sl. creased.

Kunisada (1786-1865). (Samurai in the show with blossom tree). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Shimoto no ôju Toyokuni-ga, w. toshidama ring, publ. Moriya Jihei, w. two censor seals, 1847.

- Fold along right side of print; (sl.) browned and w. some light offsetting of red ink from another print.

Keisai Eisen (1790-1848) (after). (Woman lighting a lantern from under a mosquito net). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Keisai Eisen-ga (rebacked w. thin (used) Japanese; sl. browned) - AND 1 other col. woodcut ôban.

€ (120-150) 120
82 5391 Kunichika 1835 1900
82/5391 Kunichika (1835-1900). (Kabuki scene with five actors). Col. woodcut ôban triptych, signed Kunichika ga, publisher unread (Hori..?), 1865, framed.

- A vertical narrow hole on the edge between the left and middle section; a few other tiny holes.

€ (50-70) 50
82 5392 Kunichika 1835 1900
82 5392 Kunichika 1835 1900
82 5392 Kunichika 1835 1900
82/5392 Kunichika (1835-1900). Kawarasaki Gonjûrô as Yume no Ichirôbê. Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kunichika-hitsu, publisher Kiya Sihurô, w. toshidama ring and censor seal, 1866

- Edges sl. wrinkled, otherwise fine. = A character in a play called Musume Soga Gaijin Yashima.

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)
82 5393 Kunichika 1835 1900
82/5393 Kunichika (1835-1900). Onoe Kikugorô V as the Englishman Spencer and Onoe Ushinosuke II as Spencer in the play Riding the Famous Hot-Air Balloon. Col. woodcut ôban, signed ôju Kunichika-hitsu w. red toshidama ring, publ. Fukuda Kumajirô, 1893.

- Doubled; left margin cut sl. short w. partial loss of publishing information; minor traces of mounting tape in upper blank margin.

= From the series Baiko hyakushu no uchi (One Hundred Kabuki Roles by Onoe Baiko).

€ (80-100) 120
82 5394 Kunichika 1835 1900
82 5394 Kunichika 1835 1900
82 5394 Kunichika 1835 1900
82/5394 Kunichika (1835-1900). (Scene of a kabuki play). Col. woodcut ôban triptych, signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu with toshidama seal, publ. Horinoya Tasuke.

- A few small wormholes.

€ (80-100) 80
82 5395 Kunichika 1835 1900
82/5395 Kunichika (1835-1900). Uesugi Kenshin played by Ichikawa Danjuro and samurai Wada Masayuki performed by Nakamura Shikan IV. Col. wooduct triptych, from the series Tosei komei kagami, signed Toyohara Kunichika (Mirror of famous actors of the day), publ. Kurata Tasuke, ±1882.

- Middle leaf trifle duststained. Otherwise fine.

€ (80-100)
82 5396 Kunimaru 1794 1829
82/5396 Kunimaru (1794-1829). (Courtesan with a kamuro). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichiensai Kunimaru, publisher Yamadaya Shōjirō, ±1820.

- Colours faded and leaf yellowed.

= (Very) rare. Part of the series of Furyu Mutamagawa (Six fashionable Tama rivers) (6 prints). With the collector's mark of S. Take on verso.

€ (150-250) 150
82 5397 Kunisada 1786 1865
82 5397 Kunisada 1786 1865
82/5397 Kunisada (1786-1865). The actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Ishikawa Goemon Col. woodut ôban diptych, signed Toyokuni ga, publ. Yamaguchiya Tôbei.

- Tipped onto mount. The two woodcuts should probably be attached vertically instead of horizontally (left print below the right print).

€ (100-150)
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