Bidspirit auctions | JG AUCTIONS Auction Jul 25

JG AUCTIONS, Jul 25. 300 lots, estimates 10 - 95000 £.

JG AUCTIONS - Fine Japanese art and antiques in 300 lots, opening with samurai arms and armour of exceptional pedigree, including NBTHK Jūyō Tōken and Tokubetsu Hozon certified blades. The body of the sale is devoted to Japanese woodblock prints across the ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions, complemented by netsuke, inrō, lacquerware, hanging scrolls, and more.

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Lots in this catalog (300)

• Lot 1: Koto Katana, attributed to Ayanokoji, NBTHK Juyo Token * — £95,000 - £100,000
• Lot 2: Shinto Katana Signed Yukihiro, NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon * — £30,000 - £35,000
• Lot 3: Shinto Katana Signed Tadahiro, NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon * — £44,000 - £49,000
• Lot 4: Koto Katana Mumei, attributed to Den Osafune Kagemitsu * — £75,000 - £80,000
• Lot 5: Shinto Katana Mumei attributed to Arihira * — £2,000 - £3,000
• Lot 6: Katana Mumei attributed to Kaneue * — £2,000 - £3,000
• Lot 7: Katana Mumei with Military Leather Koshirae — £400 - £500
• Lot 8: Gendaito Katana Signed Gassan Sadakatsu, Tokubetsu Hozon — £7,500 - £9,500
• Lot 9: Shinto Katana Signed Tadahiro, NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon — £17,000 - £22,000
• Lot 10: Shinto Katana, Tsunahiro, NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon — £7,500 - £9,500
• Lot 11: Shinshinto Katana signed Kunihiro with Koshirae — £1,500 - £2,500
• Lot 12: Shinshinto Tanto Mumei with Koshirae — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 13: Koto Tanto Signed Fuyuhiro, NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon * — £16,000 - £21,000
• Lot 14: Koto Tanto Signed Bizenkoku ju Osafune Sukesada * — £26,000 - £31,000
• Lot 15: Koto Tanto Signed Sukesada, NBTHK Hozon — £6,000 - £8,000
• Lot 16: Dutch Steel Naginata Signed Yukihiro II, NBTHK Hozon — £5,500 - £7,500
• Lot 17: 19th-century Menpo Signed Myochin, Menoshita hou — £3,600 - £4,600
• Lot 18: Iron 62-Plate Ridged Helmet (Suji Kabuto), Tokubetsu Kicho * — £20,000 - £25,000
• Lot 19: 19th Century Japanese Tsuba with a Fan design, NBTHK Hozon — £340 - £440
• Lot 20: Iron Tsuba, Landscape Design and Copper Inlay, Signed Kaneie — £100 - £200
• Lot 21: Iron Tsuba, Man and Frog Design, Signed Hidetoshi — £180 - £280
• Lot 22: 19th Century Tsuba depicting Inari Fox, Signed Masayuki — £650 - £850
• Lot 23: 19th Century Iron Tsuba, Wild Horses and Grass Design — £100 - £200
• Lot 24: Japanese Menuki, Sanbaso Dancing, NBTHK Hozon — £300 - £400
• Lot 25: 19th Century, Japanese Menuki, Kabuto Helmets Design — £150 - £250
• Lot 26: Book of Biographies of Modern Men, Irezumi Woodblock Prints — £150 - £250
• Lot 27: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, Watanabe no Tsuna and Demon at Rashomon — £2,600 - £3,600
• Lot 28: Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Vengeance at Iga Pass, Musha-e — £600 - £800
• Lot 29: Set of 3, Toyonobu, Biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Ukiyo-e — £150 - £250
• Lot 30: Yoshitoshi, Evening Bell at Kotokuji, Tales of Warriors — £200 - £300
• Lot 31: Toyonobu Utagawa, Hideyoshi Playing the Sho, Meiji Ukiyo-e — £100 - £200
• Lot 32: Toyonobu, Lord Baba, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Samurai — £150 - £250
• Lot 33: Toyonobu, Holding of Ueda Castle, Quadriptych Print — £200 - £300
• Lot 34: Toyonobu, Hideyoshi Hunting in Snow, Japanese Print — £100 - £200
• Lot 35: Toyonobu, Lord Tokichiro Releasing Herons, Hideyoshi — £100 - £200
• Lot 36: Yoshitora, Samurai Warriors Attacking Castle, Edo Print — £700 - £900
• Lot 37: Yoshitora, Battle of Ikuta no Mori, Japanese Woodblock Print — £800 - £1,000
• Lot 38: Migita Toshihide, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Battle of Okehazama — £400 - £500
• Lot 39: Kuniteru II, Rise and Fall of Heike and Genji Clans in Renga — £100 - £200
• Lot 40: Rosetsu, Great Battle of Kawanakajima, Antique Print * — £130 - £230
• Lot 41: Nobukazu Yosai, Honno-ji Incident, Antique Samurai Print * — £100 - £200
• Lot 42: Katsukawa Shuntei, Warrior Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo — £460 - £550
• Lot 43: Kunisada II Utagawa, Act 12, Sengaku-ji Temple, 47 Ronin — £100 - £200
• Lot 44: Kuniyoshi, Liu Tang, Red-haired Devil, Suikoden, Tattoo — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 45: Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Li Ying and Mu Hong, Suikoden, Irezumi — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 46: Kunichika, Azuma Meibutsu Uwasa no Shinmei, Irezumi — £400 - £500
• Lot 47: Kunichika Toyohara, Actors and Salary Ranking, Tattoo Print — £100 - £200
• Lot 48: Kunichika, Satsukiame Gonin Inazuma, Kabuki Irezumi — £700 - £900
• Lot 49: Kunichika Toyohara, Kabuki Play, Yakusha-e, Tattoo Print — £600 - £800
• Lot 50: Kunichika, Actor Nakamura Shikan IV, Meiji Irezumi-e — £200 - £300
• Lot 51: Kunichika Toyohara, Dashing Men with Tattoos, Kabuki — £500 - £700
• Lot 52: Toyokuni III, Modern Styles, Edo Period Tattoo Ukiyo-e — £200 - £300
• Lot 53: Toyokuni III Utagawa, Moonrise, Ashikaga Yorikane, Ukiyo-e — £300 - £400
• Lot 54: Toyokuni III, Moonrise, Ashikaga Yorikane, Kabuki — £100 - £200
• Lot 55: Toyokuni III, Thirteenth Night, Kozaru Shichinosuke, Ukiyo-e — £100 - £200
• Lot 56: Toyokuni III Utagawa, Actor Kataoka Nizaemon II, Edo Jidai — £300 - £400
• Lot 57: Toyokuni III, Sawamura Tanosuke, Five Festivals — £120 - £220
• Lot 58: Toyokuni III, Kambara, Actors at the Tokaido Road — £90 - £110
• Lot 59: Toyokuni III / Hiroshige I, Narumi, Two Brushes Tokaido — £600 - £800
• Lot 60: Toyokuni III Utagawa, Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III, Onnagata — £500 - £700
• Lot 61: Toyokuni III, Courtesan Tamagiku of Nakamanji-ya, Moon — £200 - £300
• Lot 62: Yoshiiku, Courtesan Shirotae, House of Koshi, Bijin-ga — £50 - £70
• Lot 63: Eisen Keisai, Manhachiro, Yanagibashi, Ryogoku, Beauty Print — £200 - £300
• Lot 64: Eisen Keisai, Ueno, Eight Views of Edo, Antique Ukiyo-e — £300 - £400
• Lot 65: Eishi Chobunsai, Komurasaki, Tea House Kadotamaya, Beauty — £2,000 - £3,000
• Lot 66: Kiyonaga Torii, Viewing Bush Clover, Eastern Brocade — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 67: Utamaro I Kitagawa, Mother and Child with an Owl, Bijin-ga — £2,000 - £3,000
• Lot 68: Utamaro Kitagawa, Baby in a Cypress Bath Tub, Beauty Print — £2,000 - £3,000
• Lot 69: Yoshitora Utagawa, Courtesans Trio Playing, Meiji Print — £100 - £200
• Lot 70: Fusatane Utagawa, News of the Civil Peace, Meiji Era — £100 - £200
• Lot 71: Chikanobu Yoshu, Tea Ceremony, Tokugawa Era, Bijin-ga — £100 - £200
• Lot 72: Chikanobu Yoshu, Girl with Toy and Flying Birds, Beauty — £100 - £200
• Lot 73: Chikanobu Yoshu, Poem Writing, Tokugawa Era, Meiji — £100 - £200
• Lot 74: Chikanobu, Making a Small Garden, Tokugawa Era — £100 - £200
• Lot 75: Chikanobu, Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Mogi, Japanese Print — £100 - £200
• Lot 76: Chikanobu Yoshu, Wedding Ceremony, Chiyoda Palace — £200 - £300
• Lot 77: Chikanobu Yoshu, Musical Ensemble, Tokugawa Era — £100 - £200
• Lot 78: Chikanobu Yoshu, New Years Day, Japanese Art — £100 - £200
• Lot 79: Chikanobu Yoshu, Tea Ceremony and Flower Arranging (Ikebana) — £100 - £200
• Lot 80: Chikanobu Yoshu, Noble Ladies Going Out, Chiyoda Palace — £100 - £200
• Lot 81: Chikanobu Yoshu, Etiquette of Lady, Tea Ceremony, Meiji — £100 - £200
• Lot 82: Chikanobu, Imperial Court Monthly Poetry Meeting, Bijin-ga — £100 - £200
• Lot 83: Chikanobu, Choyo, Crysanthemum Festival, Beauty Print * — £80 - £100
• Lot 84: Kunisada II, Four Seasons, Cherry Blossoms, Genji-e — £300 - £400
• Lot 85: Kunisada II, Wind from Kachofugetsu, Beauty of Nature, Genji — £120 - £220
• Lot 86: Toyokuni III, Genji Fording the River Oi, Mount Fuji — £200 - £300
• Lot 87: Kunisada II, Prince Genji and Abalone Divers, Ukiyo-e * — £600 - £800
• Lot 88: Kunisada II Utagawa, Yokkaichi, Tokaido Road, Landscape — £100 - £200
• Lot 89: Sadahide Utagawa, Futakawa, Fan of the Tokaido Road — £100 - £200
• Lot 90: Kuniteru II Utagawa, Seki, Tokaido Road, Edo Period — £100 - £200
• Lot 91: Set of 2 Prints, Hiroshige III, Famous Products of Japan — £100 - £200
• Lot 92: Set of 2 Prints, Hiroshige III, Famous Products of Japan — £100 - £200
• Lot 93: Set of 2 Chuban Prints, Hiroshige III, Products of Japan — £100 - £200
• Lot 94: Set of 2 Ukiyo-e, Hiroshige III, Famous Products of Japan — £100 - £200
• Lot 95: Set of 2 Prints, Hiroshige III, Products of Japan, Ukiyo-e — £100 - £200
• Lot 96: Toshi Yoshida, Two Lanterns, Sosaku-Hanga, Pencil Signature — £200 - £300
• Lot 97: Toshi Yoshida, Valley of Fire (Edition 23/100), Sosaku-Hanga — £800 - £1,000
• Lot 98: Kawakami Sumio, Modern Landscape Print — £100 - £200
• Lot 99: Kaoru Kawano, Girl Holding a Fan, Sosaku-Hanga — £120 - £220
• Lot 100: Kaoru Kawano, Dream, Sosaku-Hanga — £200 - £300
• Lot 101: Kaoru Kawano, Two Girls, Sosaku-Hanga — £120 - £220
• Lot 102: Goyo Hashiguchi, Hot Spring Hotel, Onsenyado — £3,000 - £4,000
• Lot 103: Sentaro Iwata, Early Spring, Beauties in Woodblock Prints — £200 - £300
• Lot 104: Sentaro Iwata, Returning From Practice, Beauty Print — £200 - £300
• Lot 105: Sentaro Iwata, Flow of Stars, Shin-Hanga Beauty — £200 - £300
• Lot 106: Paul Jacoulet, Les Papillons "Tropiques", Pencil Signature — £600 - £800
• Lot 107: Paul Jacoulet, Sous les Bannaniers, Tomil: Yap, 96/350 — £1,200 - £2,200
• Lot 108: Paul Jacoulet, Le Tabouret de Porcelaine, Mandchoukuo — £800 - £1,000
• Lot 109: Masamitsu Ota, No. 3 Ichimura Uzaemon XV, Showa Stage — £800 - £1,000
• Lot 110: Masamitsu Ota, No.6 Nakamura Kichiemon, Showa Stage — £400 - £500
• Lot 111: Masamitsu Ota, No.7 Lady Masaoka, Onnagata, Kabuki — £400 - £500
• Lot 112: Konobu IV Hasegawa, Kanadehon Chushingura, Joruri Plays — £50 - £70
• Lot 113: Hideki Hanabusa, Noh Theatre Play, Shakkyo — £50 - £70
• Lot 114: Bakufu Ono, Yellow Rose, Shin-Hanga — £140 - £240
• Lot 115: Kunio Kaneko, Let Me Whisper, 67/200, Koi Fish — £100 - £200
• Lot 116: Toshi Yoshida, Tiger, Pencil Signature, Shin-Hanga — £320 - £420
• Lot 117: Toshi Yoshida, Tranquillity Amongst Autumn Leaves — £650 - £850
• Lot 118: Toshi Yoshida, Ostrich, Pencil Signature — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 119: Toshi Yoshida, Dance of Eternal Love, Snow Scene — £2,000 - £3,000
• Lot 120: Toshi Yoshida, Hummingbird and Fuchsia, Pencil Signature — £650 - £850
• Lot 121: Koson Ohara, Peacock and Hen, Shin-Hanga * — £2,000 - £3,000
• Lot 122: Koson Ohara, Two Green Peacocks and Flowering Tree * — £2,000 - £3,000
• Lot 123: Koson Ohara, Owl and Crescent Moon, Taisho Era * — £700 - £900
• Lot 124: Koson Ohara, Small bird and Blossoming Plum * — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 125: Koson Ohara, A Couple of Pheasants, First Edition Print* — £3,000 - £4,000
• Lot 126: Koson Ohara, White Peacocks, First Edition, Japanese Art * — £3,000 - £4,000
• Lot 127: Koson Ohara, Songbird on Barley Stalk, Japanese Antique * — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 128: Koson Ohara, Eagle with Outspread Wings, Shin-Hanga — £600 - £800
• Lot 129: Koson Ohara, Pagoda and Rainbow, Antique Landscape — £3,000 - £4,000
• Lot 130: Gekko Ogata, White Rabbit, Japanese Woodblock Print — £500 - £700
• Lot 131: Tetsuya Abe, One Stroke Dragon Painting: Good Luck — £80 - £100
• Lot 132: Tetsuya Abe, One Stroke Dragon Painting — £100 - £200
• Lot 133: Kyosai Kawanabe, Hawk and Plum Tree, Hanging Scroll — £400 - £500
• Lot 134: Yoshimori Utagawa, Tengu, Painted Japanese Scroll — £100 - £200
• Lot 135: Sho'un Yamamoto, Young Lady and Cherry Blossoms — £600 - £800
• Lot 136: Seisuisei, Female Ghost, Antique Japanese Scroll Painting — £200 - £300
• Lot 137: Eizan, Courtesan Komurasaki and Gonpachi, Pillar Print — £150 - £250
• Lot 138: Kiyonaga Torii, Two Women by a River, 18th Century Hashira-e — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 139: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Master of Poem, Edo Pillar Print — £500 - £700
• Lot 140: Kiyonaga Torii, Beauty by the River, Antique Hashira-e — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 141: Toyonobu Ishikawa, Young Man and Pleasure Quarter, Ukiyo-e — £1,600 - £2,600
• Lot 142: 19th Century Lacquer Calligraphy Box, Suzuribako — £2,000 - £3,000
• Lot 143: Wooden Netsuke Signed Tomokazu, Dog Design, Japanese Art — £600 - £800
• Lot 144: 19th Century Wooden Netsuke of Oni, Antique Woodwork — £800 - £1,000
• Lot 145: Lacquer Inro, Dutch Sailing Boat Design, Signed Jozu — £6,000 - £8,000
• Lot 146: Yabu Meizan, A Pair of Vases, Design of Children Playing — £6,000 - £8,000
• Lot 147: Japanese Silver-overlaid Bronze Vase, Bamboo Grove Design — £400 - £500
• Lot 148: Japanese Cloisonne Box with Floral Motif, Peonies — £1,600 - £2,600
• Lot 149: Shogetsu Toshu, National Exhibition at Ueno Park, Meiji Era — £100 - £200
• Lot 150: Chikanobu Yoshu, Meiji Emperor at Ueno Race Course — £300 - £400