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80 5119 Album with 19 painted and calligraphed tanzaku 80 5119 Album with 19 painted and calligraphed tanzaku
80 5119 Album with 19 painted and calligraphed tanzaku 80 5119 Album with 19 painted and calligraphed tanzaku
80 5119 Album with 19 painted and calligraphed tanzaku 80 5119 Album with 19 painted and calligraphed tanzaku
80 5119 Album with 19 painted and calligraphed tanzaku 80 5119 Album with 19 painted and calligraphed tanzaku
80/5119 Album with 19 painted and calligraphed tanzaku. Watercolour and brush and ink on paper/ board, all w. signature and/ or seal of (various) artists, some w. gold edging or background, 6-7,5x36 cm., some w. annotations (transcription or information about the artist) on verso, ±1900-2000 (mostly 1930-1960), loosely inserted in leporello-bound album w. silk cl. over boards and pasted on title.

- Some of the tanzaku (sl.) foxed; some w. sl. dam. corners.

= Tanzaku refers to long, vertical strips of paper on which poems are written. These poems (or paintings) can be displayed on so-called tanzaku-kake (tanzaku-holder or -stand). Tanzaku are also often used during the festival of Tanabata to write wishes on, sometimes in the form of poetry, to be hung on bamboo branches. The tanzaku in this album show a variety of subjects, such as animals, people or natural scenes.

€ (100-150) 110
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent  80 5120 Anonymous late 18th/ early 19th cent
80/5120 Anonymous (late 18th/ early 19th cent.). (A tea plantation in China). Series of 12 gouaches, each ± 38x47,5 cm., framed.

- One drawing with dam. upper left corner, w. sl. loss of the image; one w. sm. tear (±1,5 cm.) in upper edge; one w. tiny hole; a few w. very vague sm. waterstains along left edge; occas. w. handling creases in upper corners/ part; a few soiled spots/ areas.

= Splendid Chinese export watercolours showing the various activities on a Chinese tea plantation, including the transport. The Wellcome collection holds a similar series of 9 scenes (albeit slighty more naive). In 2022 Christie's Paris (collection of Hubert de Givenchy) sold a set of 24 slightly bigger gouaches of which several with almost the exact same composition or very similar to this lot (including mirrored compositions). Besides various small differences (mostly seen in the details), the human figures in our lot seem to be more precise and European, especially in their faces. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIII.

€ (20.000-30.000)
80 5121 Anonymous 19th cent  80 5121 Anonymous 19th cent
80/5121 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Dutch ships in the bay of Nagasaki). Woodcut, printed in black and blue, 18,7x26,5 cm., publisher Bunkindo.

- A few sm. wormholes in lower part.

€ (100-150) 130
80 5122 Anonymous 19th cent  80 5122 Anonymous 19th cent
80 5122 Anonymous 19th cent  80 5122 Anonymous 19th cent
80 5122 Anonymous 19th cent  80 5122 Anonymous 19th cent
80 5122 Anonymous 19th cent  80 5122 Anonymous 19th cent
80/5122 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Landscape with a small village). Fan drawing, brush and ink and watercolour, 17,5x49 cm.

- Laid down on mount.

AND 3 other drawings, i.a. showing 2 hermits(?) near a shore.

€ (60-80) 90
80 5123 Anonymous 19th cent  80 5123 Anonymous 19th cent
80/5123 Anonymous (19th cent.). (Small egret standing on a branch). Drawing, brush and watercolour, 34x26 cm.

= With an annotation on mount attributing this drawing to Sugakudo.

€ (70-90) 70
80 5124 Anonymous 19th cent  ? 80 5124 Anonymous 19th cent ?
80 5124 Anonymous 19th cent  ? 80 5124 Anonymous 19th cent ?
80/5124 Anonymous (19th cent.) (?). (A Chinese official or judge at work in his study). Drawing, watercolour, 31x28 cm., on silk, signature unread, w. seal.

- Laid down on paper.

AND 1 other anonymous drawing, 19th cent., showing Chinese immortals and children.

€ (50-70) 90
80 5125 Anonymous 1st half 20th cent  80 5125 Anonymous 1st half 20th cent
80 5125 Anonymous 1st half 20th cent  80 5125 Anonymous 1st half 20th cent
80/5125 Anonymous (1st half 20th cent.). Scenery of the four seasons. Four gouache paintings w. gold-flecks on silk-covered boards, all 24x27 cm., first half 20th cent., in a wooden box.

- Occas. silk cloth loosening from the board at the corners, otherwise fine.

= Each painting shows a view of the same (unidentified) temple complex in a different season, with various buildings, trees and a lake with a bridge. The title is painted on the lid of the box, and the inside of the lid bears the (unidentified) artist's signature.

€ (50-70) 60
80 5126 Bairei 1844 1895 80 5126 Bairei 1844 1895
80/5126 Bairei (1844-1895). (Two Canaries with Peonies). Col. woodcut diptych, from Bairei hyakuchô gafu (Bairei Picture Album of One Hundred Birds), (1881-1884), 24,5x35,5 cm.

- Both (sl.) waterstained along top; (sl.) faded; w. binding holes in blank margin.

€ (100-150)
80/5127 Bankoku chishi ryaku 80/5127 Bankoku chishi ryaku
80/5127 Bankoku chishi ryaku. Tokyo, publ. unread, 1878 (vol. 1), 3 vols., (1),2,37; 37; 44 lvs., woodcut text and ills., 5 fold. col. woodcut maps, contemp. unif. (2x) cordbound wr. w. mounted title.

- One map edges frayed; two maps w. waterstain; one vol. trifle wormholed. One vol. probably a different ed.

= Three Japanese vols. from the Meiji period aimed at people studying to become teachers, briefly introducing the countries of the world.

€ (50-70) 50
80 5128 Bunchô 1764 1840 80 5128 Bunchô 1764 1840
80/5128 Bunchô (1764-1840). Chihan no kari (Wild Goose by the edge of the pond). Hanging scroll, ink on silk, within dec. silk borders, 91x32,5 cm. (image), 180x43 cm. (total size), signed Bunchô, w. seal Gagakusai-in.

- Foxed. Without the bone/ ivory jiku. = With a wooden box.

ADDED: ANONYMOUS, (Lake scene with a pavilion) (Chinese silk embroidery, ±10x60 cm., late 19th cent.(?), framed. Nice).

€ (80-100) 80
80 5129 Chinese drawings  Anonymous late 19th/ early 20 cent  80 5129 Chinese drawings Anonymous late 19th/ early 20 cent
80/5129 [Chinese drawings]. Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20 cent.). (Two peacocks). Gouache on silk, within dec. border of flowers, 40,5x42 cm., framed.

- Vaguely waterst. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.

€ (200-300)
80/5130 Chinese export watercolours  Man having a tea ceremony 80/5130 Chinese export watercolours Man having a tea ceremony
80/5130 [Chinese export watercolours]. (Man having a tea ceremony). Watercolour on pith paper, 19th cent., 18,5x31,8 cm., framed.

- Some small tears/ cracks; sl. foxed.

€ (70-90) 70
80 5131 Chinese rubbings  Lot of 11 rubbings showing animals 80 5131 Chinese rubbings Lot of 11 rubbings showing animals
80 5131 Chinese rubbings  Lot of 11 rubbings showing animals 80 5131 Chinese rubbings Lot of 11 rubbings showing animals
80/5131 [Chinese rubbings]. Lot of 11 rubbings showing animals, rubbing in black ink and stamps in red, all pre-1966 (cultural revolution), various sizes between 15x15 cm. and 26x22 cm., all on thin paper laid down on stiff paper mounts.

= "For more than 1,500 years rubbings have been a vital medium for preserving China's art, culture, and history. These beautiful works are made by pressing thin sheets of wet paper into carvings or inscriptions cut in stone or other hard materials and carefully inking the surface to create a copy of the original. The resulting rubbing has white impressions where the paper was pressed into the carving surrounded by a typically black ink field. Because they are easily transported, rubbings quickly became the primary means to faithfully reproduce and share historical data, poetry, scholastic texts, calligraphy, and art throughout China. Due to the loss and deterioration of many original stones through the centuries, rubbings frequently are the sole remaining evidence of a significant portion of China's artistic and cultural heritage." (quoted from the website of the Field museum: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/collection/chinese-rubbings-collection).

€ (100-150) 100
80 5132 Chinese rubbings  Lot of 11 rubbings showing seals 80 5132 Chinese rubbings Lot of 11 rubbings showing seals
80 5132 Chinese rubbings  Lot of 11 rubbings showing seals 80 5132 Chinese rubbings Lot of 11 rubbings showing seals
80/5132 [Chinese rubbings]. Lot of 11 rubbings showing seals, rubbing in black ink and stamps in red, all pre-1966 (cultural revolution), all approx. 26x20 cm., all on thin paper laid down on stiff paper mounts.

= "For more than 1,500 years rubbings have been a vital medium for preserving China's art, culture, and history. These beautiful works are made by pressing thin sheets of wet paper into carvings or inscriptions cut in /stone or other hard materials and carefully inking the surface to create a copy of the original. The resulting rubbing has white impressions where the paper was pressed into the carving surrounded by a typically black ink field. Because they are easily transported, rubbings quickly became the primary means to faithfully reproduce and share historical data, poetry, scholastic texts, calligraphy, and art throughout China. Due to the loss and deterioration of many original stones through the centuries, rubbings frequently are the sole remaining evidence of a significant portion of China's artistic and cultural heritage." (quoted from the website of the Field museum: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/collection/chinese-rubbings-collection).

€ (70-90)
80 5133 Furuya Kôrin 1875 1910 80 5133 Furuya Kôrin 1875 1910
80 5133 Furuya Kôrin 1875 1910 80 5133 Furuya Kôrin 1875 1910
80 5133 Furuya Kôrin 1875 1910 80 5133 Furuya Kôrin 1875 1910
80/5133 Furuya, Kôrin (1875-1910). Shima shima. Kyoto, Unsodô, 1904 (Meiji 37), 1st ed., 2 vols., (2)textp.,(20); (20) lvs. w. col. woodcut textile designs on both sides, orig. unif. cordbound col. dec. wr. w. hashira titles (unread).

- Occas. trifle foxed; a few leaves in one vol. sl. wormholed in inner margin, not affecting images. Contents fine. Edges sl. worn.

= Shima shima, or "Stripes", contains a lovely collection of vibrant multicoloured woodcut textile designs by Furuya Kôrin (1875-1910), showing, as the name suggests, mostly stripes. Kôrin was an artist, illustrator and designer active in Meiji period Kyoto. He was heavily influenced by Ogata Kôrin (1658-1716) of the Rinpa school of painting, to the point where he adopted the name Kôrin and referred to himself as "Kôrin of the modern age". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.

€ (250-350) 300
80 5134 Gekko 1859 1920 80 5134 Gekko 1859 1920
80/5134 Gekko (1859-1920). (Fan print with two white mice on the mallet of Good Luck). Col. woodcut, 23x24 cm., signed Gekko, w. seal.

- Sl. dustsoiled; w. contemp. manuscript annotation in Japanese in upper right corner.

= Gekko fan prints (uchiwa-e) are very rare, because they were usually used and laid down on fans.

€ (60-80) 220
80 5135 Harunobu 1724 1770 80 5135 Harunobu 1724 1770
80/5135 Harunobu (1724-1770). Burning Maple Leaves. Col. woodcut, 28x20,5 cm., unsigned, n.publ.

- Browned and faded; horizontal fold in the middle; (unobtrusive) crease along top-right margin. Verso shows traces of mounting; sticker pasted in lower left corner on verso; sm. repaired tear in the sleeve of the lower figure; reinforced section behind head of upper figure.

€ (100-150) 100
80 5136 Harunobu 1724 1770 80 5136 Harunobu 1724 1770
80 5136 Harunobu 1724 1770 80 5136 Harunobu 1724 1770
80 5136 Harunobu 1724 1770 80 5136 Harunobu 1724 1770
80 5136 Harunobu 1724 1770 80 5136 Harunobu 1724 1770
80/5136 Harunobu (1724-1770). (Stepping between the Shoji). Col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs.,18x26,5 cm., publisher Yamazaki Kinbei, ±1771.

- Backed w. modern thin Japanese paper; leaf sl. rubbed and fingersoiled.

= From the ehon Haru no nishiki (The Brocade of Spring).

Toyokuni (1769-1825). (The actor Samuwara Gennosuke). Col. woodcut, 38x26 cm., signed Toyokuni ga, w. publisher seal.

- Closed wormholes.

AND 8 others, i.a. by SHIKIMARO and a small colour woodcut by HIROSHIGE and small actor prints on crepe paper by KUNICHIKA.

€ (150-250) 275
80 5137 Hiratsuka 1895 1997 80 5137 Hiratsuka 1895 1997
80 5137 Hiratsuka 1895 1997 80 5137 Hiratsuka 1895 1997
80/5137 Hiratsuka (1895-1997). (Bitter Melon). Col. woodcut, 12x9,2 cm., signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka" in pencil in lower right corner. Idem. Azami (Thistle). Woodcut, 17x7 cm., signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka" in pencil in lower right corner and signed in the block in Japanese (sl. creased in upper right corner). Idem. (Persimmon). Woodcut, 9,2x17 cm.,signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka" in pencil in lower right corner and signed in the block in Japanese. Idem. (Gardenia pod). Woodcut, 9,3x16,8 cm.,signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka" in pencil in lower right corner and signed in the block in Japanese.
€ (80-100) 80
80 5138 Hiratsuka 1895 1997 80 5138 Hiratsuka 1895 1997
80 5138 Hiratsuka 1895 1997 80 5138 Hiratsuka 1895 1997
80/5138 Hiratsuka (1895-1997). (Village along a river, with a temple on a hilltop). Woodcut, 10,6x11,5 cm., signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1969" in pencil below woodcut, w. artist's seal printed in red. Idem. (Courtyard). Woodcut, 14x15,5 cm., signed "Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1959" in pencil below woodcut, w. artist's seal printed in red. Idem. "Exlibris U. Hiratsuka". Woodcut, 12,6x15,3 cm., signed "U. Hiratsuka 1992" in Japanese and latin script in pencil below woodcut. - AND 2 unsigned woodcuts by the same: "Yamayagi" (Boy rides on a running goat) (col. woodcut, 6,2x6,4 cm., w. separate printed explanatory text) and (Deserted street in a village) (woodcut, signed "Un-ichi" in the block, 22,7x17,3 cm.).
€ (80-100) 80
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