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Auction Name Fine Japanese and Korean Art - Prints Total Sales (USD) 817,451.00
Auction Date September 11, 2019 - September 11, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 508,800.00
Sale Number #25575 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 752,700.00
Total Lots 149
Sold Lots 94 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 685,900.00
% of Lots Sold 63.09% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,005,200.00
Unsold Lots 55 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 81.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
715 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

An oban yoko-e print entitled Kanagawa-oki nami-ura (Under the Wave off Kanagawa)

circa 1830-1831 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 237,575.00
714 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

An oban tate-e print entitled Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki (The Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province)

circa 1832 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 93,825.00
713 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

An oban tate-e print entitled Washu Yoshino Yoshitsune uma arai no taki (Yoshitune's Horse-washing Falls at Yoshino in Yamato Province)

circa 1832 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 75,075.00
717 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

A nagaban tate-e print entitled Tsuru matsu yuki (Cranes on Snowladen Pine)

circa 1834 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 75,075.00
716 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

An oban tate-e print entitled Toto Aoigaoka no taki (The Falls at Aoigaoka in the Eastern Capital)

circa 1832 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 47,575.00
795 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

An oban tate-e print triptych entitled Meiji jugo mizuno-e uma kishu Kaiga Kyoshinkai shuppinga Fujiwara no Yasumasa gekka fue o moteasobu zu

1882 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,075.00
732 Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858)

An oban tate-e print entitled Suruga Satta kaijo (The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province)

1858 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 13,825.00
733 Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858)

An oban tate-e print entitled Awa

1855 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,950.00
703 Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792)

A hosoban print of actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Nanba no Rokuro

1768 USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,700.00
820 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

A large woodblock print entitled Hansen

1926 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,075.00
822 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

A large woodblock print entitled Hansen

1926 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,200.00
903 Munakata Shiko (1903-1975)

A color woodblock print of Onna zu (Illustration of a Woman)

1963 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,575.00
730 Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858)

An oban tate-e print entitled Fukagawa Susaki jumantsubo (Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo)

1857 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,950.00
719 Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858)

An oban tate-e print entitled Oji Shozoku enoki Omisoka no kitsunebi (New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree

1857 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,325.00
801 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92)

An oban tate-e triptych of Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Benkei in the play Kanjincho

1890 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,325.00
821 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

A large woodblock print entitled Hansen

1926 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,325.00
805 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Comprising two oban tate-e prints;

1886-1892 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,075.00
762 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

An oban tate-e print triptych entitled Mukashibanashi no gi nekomata toshi o hete furudera ni kai o nasu (Ghost Cat of Okazaki)

1847-1852 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,700.00
800 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92)

An oban tate-e vertical diptych entitled Oshu Adachigahara hitotsuya no zu (The Lonely House at Adachigahara in Oshu)

1885 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,700.00
734 Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858)

An oban yoko-e print entitled Oi

1835-1838 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,325.00
823 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

An oban yoko-e print entitled Mitsubishi Fukagawa bettei Matunoshima no yau (Evening Rain on the Pine Island

1920 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,325.00
835 Hashiguchi Goyo (1881-1921)

A woodblock print entitled Nagajuban o kitaru onna (Woman Dressing in Long Underrobe)

1920 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,325.00
718 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

An oban yoko-e print entitled Chuto shoen (Banana Garden at Chuto)

circa 1832 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,075.00
791 Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873)

A watoji (Japanese-style book binding) illustrated book entitled Yokohama kaiko kenmonshi yonhen (Observations on the Opening of Yokohama

1862-1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,075.00
810 Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)

Comprising three oban tate-e and two oban yoko-e prints; the first entitled Yuki no Katada Ukimido (Snow on the Ukimido at Katada)

1933-1939 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,075.00
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