1067 1068 1067 FOUR BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ITEMS 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Including two large Japanese dishes, one with cranes under bamboo and the other of foliate shape with boys and bats; together with two small dishes, each delicately painted with a bird perched on a flowering branch of peony, 34.8cm max. (4) £200-300 1068 A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE BOWL MEIJI PERIOD OR EARLIER, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER The flaring body raised on a short foot, the exterior painted with a continuous design of five cranes in flight above branches of pine, the well left undecorated, the base with a stylised seal mark possibly for the character kin (gold), 22.5cm. £300-500 1069 1070 1069 TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The first an Arita tokkuri sake bottle of square section, each side decorated with flowering chrysanthemum and other plants; the other a Kyoto mizusashi water container shaped as a well bucket, delicately painted with chidori birds and sprays of flowers, a small circular lid to the top, 20cm and 22cm. (3) £300-500 See the British Museum, access. no.1977,0228.3 for a related water jar painted with flower sprays. 1070 FOUR BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS WITH DRAGONS 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Including two large Japanese plates and a pair of bowls, all decorated with ferocious-looking dragons writhing amongst scrolling clouds, the two bowls possibly South-East Asian, 30.5cm max. (4) £300-500 49

1071 FOUR JAPANESE SATSUMA TEACUPS AND SAUCERS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY All decorated in gilt and polychrome with designs of flowers and butterflies, one set with wisteria signed Nikko, another with a maple tree signed Shuzan, the third with flowerheads and butterflies with a signature for Oguri Seizo, and the fourth inscribed Satsuma, 13.7cm max. (8) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £100-200 1072 FOUR JAPANESE MINIATURE SATSUMA ITEMS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The first a cylindrical vase with a continuous design of a procession in between bands of flowers and butterflies, signed; the second a baluster-shaped vase with panels enclosing figures in an interior and a landscape on a ground of flowers, the signature partially erased; a scalloped bowl with a kaleidoscope of butterflies to the well and flowerheads to the outside, signed Kinkozan in gilt and with an impressed mark for Kinkozan zo; the last a spherical box and cover with many butterflies, chrysanthemum and other blooms, signed Kinzan, 8cm max. (4) £300-500 50 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1073 1074 A JAPANESE SATSUMA TEA SERVICE THREE JAPANESE SATSUMA ITEMS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Comprising: a teapot, a sugar bowl, a milk jug, two saucers and two teacups, The first a small globular koro raised on three short feet, the incense burner all decorated with bamboo and morning glory and with gilt rims, each piece painted with fourteen Immortals; the second a lobed bowl painted with signed Shinzan/Kamiyama in a rectangular cartouche, 13.5cm max. (10) pheasants in a luxuriant garden, the outside with chrysanthemums; the last a large dish decorated with shaped panels enclosing figures at leisure and PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Immortals, all reserved on dense brocade designs and with a dragon writhing behind them; the three pieces each with a signature, one for Yasuda zo, £100-200 Fuzan, and possibly Donryusai, 29.8cm max. (4) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £100-200 1075 FOUR JAPANESE SATSUMA ITEMS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Comprising of a pair of trumpet-shaped vases decorated with beauties and children in a garden between bands of geometrical designs, the rims with gilt ho-o birds in medallions, both signed Hozan; the larger bowl painted to the well with many figures in an interior watching a dancer, all framed by complex floral borders, the outside with further flowers, the gilt signature erased; the smaller bowl painted with a thatched building by a lake, signed Furuyama/ Kozan, 15cm max. (4) £200-300 1075 51

1076 A JAPANESE SATSUMA DOUBLE-HANDLED VASE BY KINKOZAN MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The urn-shaped body raised on a flared foot and with elegant signature handles applied to the shoulder, decorated with a continuous band of beauties, children, and a man in a mountainous river landscape, on a dense ground of spirals and flowerheads painted in gilt on the midnight-blue ground, the base impressed with a mark reading Kinkozan zo, 18cm. £400-600 1077 A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The tall cylindrical body decorated in polychrome with a brocade pattern enclosing floral and ho-o shaped mon, the base with a six-character mark for Dai Nihon Taizan sei, 22.5cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 1078 signature A JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY KINKOZAN MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The well decorated with a large flower-shaped panel enclosing a scene of two beauties and a little girl in a mountainous river landscape, a lone fisherman on a sampan and two thatched huts behind, the exterior decorated with gilt flowers and scrolling tendrils on a dark navy-blue ground, the base with a gilt seal mark reading Kinkozan tsukuru, 13.1cm. £400-600 52 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1079 A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The trumpet-shaped body richly decorated with a multitude of fans on a dense ground of small gilt triangles, each fan painted with a different design including flowers, landscapes, butterflies, figures, and brocade patterns, a band of flowerheads underneath the rim, the base with a black cartouche and an impressed mark reading Kinkozan zo, 20cm. £1,500-2,000 Provenance: an English private collection, Surrey. signature 53

1080 1081 A JAPANESE HIRADO TEA KETTLE AND COVER A SMALL JAPANESE VASE BY SAKAIDA MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY KAKIEMON XIII (1906-1982) TAISHO OR SHOWA, 20TH CENTURY Modelled as a minogame, the mythical creature standing four-square on short feet, the shell with a honeycomb The ovoid body painted with a ho-o bird in flight, with pattern highlighted in underglaze blue, the seaweed flowering sprays of chrysanthemum issuing from rockwork trailing behind its back forming the handle, the lid topped beside it, the base signed Kakiemon with kao, together with a small seashell, the seal mark to the base with three with a fitted tomobako wood box, the cover signed and lines of characters, 22cm. (2) sealed by the artist, 10cm. (3) £200-300 £150-250 Provenance: from the collection of Joseph Gordon (d.1969), of Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh, and thence by descent. See Los Angeles County Museum of Art, access. no.1997.273.36.1-.2, for another minogame-shaped ewer with flowerheads painted on its shell. 1082 1083 A JAPANESE VASE AND COVER BY MAKUZU TWO LARGE JAPANESE BALUSTER VASES KOZAN (1842-1916) MEIJI OR TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY MEIJI OR TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY The first decorated with an armour-clad samurai riding a The tall baluster body painted in underglaze blue and rearing horse, the warrior carrying a large sack over his polychrome enamels with a continuous design of a shoulder and looking at a fortress from which flaming kaleidoscope of butterflies fluttering above flowering arrows are being fired; the other vase painted with peonies, the lid similarly decorated and with a flattened a dismounted samurai gazing at the moon whilst his bulbous knop, signed underneath the lid and to the base attendant tends to his mount, both with a signature Makuzu Kozan sei, 34cm overall. (2) painted to the side and an impressed circular mark, possibly for Kayuki Minoru, Tsukisho, 41.8cm and £200-300 42.5cm. (2) £300-500 1084 1085 A JAPANESE SHINO WARE BOWL TWO JAPANESE CHAWAN FOR THE SHOWA OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY TEA CEREMONY SHOWA ERA OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY The well painted with branches of prunus with large white blooms, the creamy ground scattered with bubbles, the The first teabowl Bizen ware with a u-shaped body and design continuing on the underside; with a two character left unglazed, raised on a circular foot and with subtle signature to the base, 20.5cm. vertical firing marks; the other with tall straight sides and raised on a short foot, the sides decorated with dripping PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED blue glaze, tortoiseshell patterns, and calligraphy, both WITHOUT RESERVE. with an incised mark, each with a wood tomobako box, 11.8cm and 11.9cm respectively. (6) £80-120 PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED Provenance: from an English private collection, West WITHOUT RESERVE. Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. £150-250 54 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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KOREAN ART LOTS 1086-1090 1086 A KOREAN FACETED BOTTLE VASE JOSEON DYNASTY OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The globular body with a tall neck and painted with stylised leaves in underglaze brown, the creamy-white ground peppered with black specks, together with a modern wood box, 22.3cm. (2) £200-300 1087 A KOREAN SILVER-INLAID IRON TOBACCO BOX AND COVER JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY The rectangular body decorated to each side with auspicious Chinese ideographs including the character fu (luck), the hinged cover with the circular symbol for shou (longevity), all reserved on a complex background of key fret, spirals and other geometric patterns, the inside of the box lined in wood, 9.2cm x 10.6cm x 14.5cm. £400-600 See Asian Art II, 15th November 2016, lot 515 for a comparable box from the collection of John Newall Esq. sold in these rooms. 56 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1088 A KOREAN WHITE GLAZE MOON JAR MODERN, 20TH CENTURY The elegant bulbous body raised on a short foot and with an everted neck rim, the surface covered with a lustrous white glaze with a subtle light blue tinge, the base inscribed with four-character in underglaze blue reading Han Qing gu zuo (old Korean celadon ware), 34cm. £200-400 1089 A TALL KOREAN WHITE GLAZE MOON JAR MODERN, 20TH CENTURY The elegant vessel made of two halves joined in the middle, raised on a short foot and with a flared neck rim, the surface covered with a lustrous white glaze with subtle light blue drips, the design with a spiralling manufacturing line rising from the foot, 34cm. £400-600 1090 A KOREAN WHITE GLAZE FACETED JAR JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY The squat bulbous body raised on a short foot and with a straight neck rim, the surface with a little peppering and some areas with a light crazing, 18cm. £500-1,000 1089 1088 1090 57

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1091 A FINE JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER KOBAKO (BOX AND COVER) MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The lid shaped as a paper fan decorated with a traditional house on stilts in a luxuriant garden with prunus to the side, a small bird depicted in relief on the veranda resting on a branch of pine, the fan’s sticks made of inlaid silver; the sides decorated with another view of the gardens, a stream flowing between rocks and with further flowering trees along it, with pines issuing from behind wooden fences, the decoration rendered in inlaid gilt, gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, okibirame and togidashi mokume on gyobu nashiji and nashiji grounds, together with a fitted tomobako box and cover, and a Spink catalogue entitled Japanese Lacquer, 21.4cm x 12.3cm x 6.7cm. (5) £1,000-2,000 Provenance: a private English collection, purchased from Spink in July 1997. A copy of a letter from Christopher Knapton, Director of Spink Oriental Department, informing the owner that the piece is ready to be collected, is available. Cf. Spink, Japanese Lacquer, Miyabi transformed, p.27, no.17 where this very piece is illustrated and discussed. The decoration is a reference to The Tale of Genji and it shows the Prince’s Rokujo mansion as described in the 23rd Chapter of the Genji Monogatari entitled Hatsune (The First Warbler). Spink Japanese lacquer catalogue 60 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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1092 A JAPANESE INLAID LACQUER BOX AND COVER IN THE STYLE OF RITSUO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The rectangular body and lid decorated in relief with a variety of fish and seashells in polychrome ceramic, the animals swimming amongst seaweed rendered in gold lacquer, all on a dense ground of mother of pearl inlays, 7cm x 9.6cm x 12.2cm. (2) £500-800 1093 A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX, COVER, AND INNER TRAY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The rectangular body and cover decorated in red, gold and silver nashiji and takamaki-e lacquer with a mountainous river landscape, with many sail boats in the distance and a thatched hut underneath pines in the foreground, a lone fisherman in a sampan visible in the lower right corner, a small stream meandering on the sides; the underside of the lid decorated with a vase containing flowering branches of prunus, narcissi in a jardinière and small birds flying above; the inner tray with sprays of chrysanthemum, prunus and peony floating amongst scrolling waves, the rim with the three hollyhock leaves gosanke mon; the base of the box signed Kajikawa Masaharu in gold lacquer, 6cm x 13.7cm x 10cm. (3) £400-600 See the San Diego Museum of Art, Access. no.1976.236.a-c, for a related box, cover and inner tray by Kajikawa Masaharu also depicting a mountainous river landscape. 62 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1094 A JAPANESE WOOD CARVING OF JIZO BOSATSU KAMAKURA PERIOD OR LATER, 14TH CENTURY OR LATER The bodhisattva carved as an itinerant monk, standing on a lotus flower raised on a rocky outcrop and holding a hoju (sacred jewel) in his left hand, an elaborate necklace resting on his bare chest, with remnants of paint and gilt to the surface, together with a fitted tomobako wood box, 45cm. (3) £500-1,000 Provenance: formerly from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. See Birmingham Museum of Art, access. no.2005.16a-b, for another wood carving of Jizo Bosatsu offered to the museum through Sondra Milne Henderson. Jizo Bosatsu is the protector of children, women in childbirth and travellers. 63

1095 A RARE JAPANESE WOOD DOLL’S HOUSE MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Constituted of three connected structures: the main two-storey building to the left with movable shoji paper walls, the removable roof revealing the upstairs rooms furnished with low cabinets; a small teahouse with railings facing a pond to the centre, and a shrine to the right with a torii-shaped entrance, together with two small Chinese wood carvings of seated ladies, 40cm x 72cm x 31cm. (4) £400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Cavendish Morton (1874-1939). Morton was a British actor, photographer, and art director. Many of his photographs are today on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London. 1096 1097 A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD RECTANGULAR STAND A JAPANESE LACQUER TABAKO-BON (SMOKING SET) MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Raised on four scrolling legs, decorated in gold and black lacquer on the Of typical rectangular form with three drawers to the front, the top inset chocolate-brown ground, with a border of shippo-tsunagi cash to the top and with two metal containers for the coal and ashes, the body decorated in gold a river landscape with sail boats to the apron, with chidori (plovers) flying lacquer on the brown nashiji ground, with a flowering prunus tree and further above, 21cm x 33cm x 45cm. blooms scattered across the surface, 21cm x 21cm x 13.5cm. (8) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £100-200 £150-250 Provenance: purchased c.1960 from the collection of British artist Ernest Cole (1890-1979), by repute. 64 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1098 A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Comprising of a koto (zither), a biwa (lute) and a kotsuzumi (drum); the koto embellished with details in yosegi-zaiku marquetry, with areas in tortoiseshell painted with tennin and a dragon; the biwa with remnants of painted decoration and a moon inlaid in silver, with a black lacquer wooden case and a silk purse containing two wood plectrums; the drum in leather and wood, decorated with leafy tendrils in gold lacquer on the black ground, approx. 189cm max. (7) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Cavendish Morton (1874-1939). Morton was a British actor, photographer, and art director. Many of his photographs are today on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Cavendish Morton (1874-1939) 1099 1100 TWO JAPANESE IKEBANA HANAKAGO (BAMBOO BASKETS) TWO JAPANESE BAMBOO SUMITORI (CHARCOAL BASKETS) MEIJI OR TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY MEIJI OR TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY Each with a tall body surmounted by a loop handle, the bamboo strips tightly The first a na-kago style basket with a square bottom and a wide circular plaited to create complex weave patterns, one raised on four short feet and mouth, raised on four short feet; the other of rounded form with two ring the other on a circular base, the underside featuring a six-armed star-like handles, the body featuring a double wall of woven bamboo strips, both pattern, 46cm and 43cm. (2) signed, one possibly Toeisai, 27cm and 33cm. (2) £200-300 £200-300 Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset. Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset. 65

1101 A PAIR OF JAPANESE IKI NINGYO (LIVING DOLLS) OF SUMO WRESTLERS MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY The two men realistically depicted in gesso and pigments over carved wood, with glass eyes and human hair applied to their torso, one darker-skinned and attempting to lift the other by his mawashi (loincloth), the paler wrestler trying to counter the move by using his right leg in a technique known as the Kawasu gake throw, both raised on a base shaped as tied-up straw bales, inscribed in Danish underneath ‘Gave fra Herr Henny. Haag i Aug.1907’ (Gift from Mr Henny, The Hague, August 1907), 39.5cm overall. (2) £3,000-4,000 Iki-ningyo (living dolls) are a type of Japanese traditional dolls popular in the Edo and Meiji periods which were often included in misemono (special exhibitions used to raise funds for shrines). Many were life-size and depicted gruesome subjects with a realism that equally shocked and attracted viewers. The larger models were at first intended for the domestic market, but smaller examples later became popular with Western collectors, museums and Institutions. Yokohama workshops started producing them for export, and the Smithsonian and the Peabody Essex Museum commissioned examples for their own collections. The Kawazu gake (Kawazu entanglement) is named after Kawazu no Saburo Sukeyasu who defeated Matano Goro Kagehisa at a sumo tournament before Minamoto no Yoritomo on Mount Akazawa in 1177. The fight is highly significant in the history of sumo, and it is often depicted in Japanese art, in particular in woodblock prints series dedicated to the story of the Soga Monogatari (The Revenge of the Soga Brothers). The darker-skinned wrestler depicted here is Kawatsu Saburo and the other is Matano Goro. See Museums Sheffield, access. no. K91.11 for another iki-ningyo model of sumo wrestlers donated to the City of Sheffield in 1891. Cf. A Scott Pate, Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll, pp.64-65 for another example of iki-ningyo wrestlers at Detroit Institute of the Arts. Museums Sheffield’s example of iki-ningyo dolls modelled as wrestlers 66 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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1102 A LARGE JAPANESE EMBROIDERED WALL HANGING MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The rectangular panel worked in silk and metallic threads in a variety of embroidery techniques, depicting a large eagle perched on a rock amongst crashing waves, a ferocious-looking dragon holding a sacred pearl emerging from the waters underneath; with three cranes flying amongst scrolling clouds high above, 215cm x 149cm. £300-500 1103 A JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The panel of rectangular shape and depicting woodlands, with tall trees by a pond and the orange glow of the sun in the distance, the scene rendered in warm tones suggesting the first light of dawn, framed and glazed, 21.3cm x 29cm. £100-200 1104 A JAPANESE YUZEN BIRODO CUT VELVET PAINTING MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY Depicting a lone figure in a sail boat navigating calm waters, with a building and many trees visible in the distance and Mount Fuji in the background, framed and glazed, 30cm x 26.3cm. £100-200 1102 1103 1104 68 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1105 A JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERY BY NISHIMURA SOZAEMON (1855-1935) MEIJI PERIOD, C.1910 Depicting two young women illuminated by a paper lantern, one holding a brush and about to write on a sheet of paper, the dimmed light cleverly rendered by minimal stitch work, on a dark chocolate-brown ground, in its original wood and silk frame with chrysanthemum-shaped rings to the sides, the back with an elaborate paper label reading ‘S.Nishimura, Kyoto, Japan, Manufacturer of High Class Embroideries, Fancy Cut-velvets and Silk Goods in General’, 31.8cm x 43.3cm overall. £1,800-2,200 Cf. the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Threads of Silk and Gold, Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan, pp.154-155 for two related embroideries by Nishimura Sozaemon depicting beauties lit by a weak light. Label at the back Another S.Nishimura embroidery at Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum, access. no. Ll1956.17 69

1106 LITERATURE A SMALL LIBRARY OF REFERENCE BOOKS Mostly relating to Japanese art. (a lot) £2,000-4,000 Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. 1107 1108 LITERATURE LITERATURE THE BAUR COLLECTION A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES AND REFERENCE BOOKS Two volumes, one dedicated to netsuke and the other to Japanese lacquer. (2) Mostly relating to Japanese and Korean Art, the auction catalogues from Sotheby’s and Christie’s. (16) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £80-120 £100-200 70 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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1109 part lot illustrated 1109 A JAPANESE SIX-FOLD PAPER SCREEN, BYOBU EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY In ink, gold and colour on paper, with six panels depicting many figures in gardens and pavilions, some dressed in Chinese style, the first panel to the right painted with the God of Thunder Raijin amongst clouds, another panel with a large tiger crouching before a boy, 167cm x 324cm. (3) £200-300 1110 A JAPANESE SIX-FOLD PAPER SCREEN, BYOBU MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Painted in ink, gold and colour on paper, with six panels depicting many figures in mountainous river landscapes, with courtiers in Heian-style garments receiving visitors, some scenes possibly inspired by the Tale of Genji, 173cm x 366cm. £200-300 72 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1111 A PAIR OF JAPANESE SIX-FOLD PAPER SCREENS, BYOBU MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY With six panels on a gold paper ground, each panel painted in ink and colour with figures amongst mountainous river landscapes, the frames in negoro lacquer, each screen 170cm x 372cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £200-300 73

1112 A RARE JAPANESE PAINTING OF THE SANJUBANJIN MUROMACHI OR MOMOYAMA PERIOD, 16TH CENTURY Painted in ink, colour and gilt on paper with portraits of the thirty Shinto kami representing the thirty days of the month, the gods depicted sitting on dais and wearing rich garments, each portrait with an inscription identifying the day and deity represented; the upper part of the painting with drawn curtains, an illegible inscription following the drapery to the right; the sun and moon amongst scrolling clouds below, and an inscribed panel reading Namu Myoho Renge kyo (Glory to the Dharma of the Lotus Sutra); the lower section with a pair of shishi and two divine archers, the lion dogs and guards on either sides of a flight of stairs, the lower left corner with a four-character signature reading Hoin (Seal of the Law - the highest rank awarded to Buddhist artists) and possibly Nichihisa with kao, the painting with a silk mount on board and framed, the painting 98.5cm x 47cm. £3,000-5,000 Provenance: from the collection of an aristocratic Spanish family, purchased from Shreve, Crump \& Low of Boston in the late 1970s or early 1980s. See Chishaku-in Temple, Kyoto, for a comparable scroll painting of the Sanjubanshin dated 1580. Also, see Daihoji Temple, Takaoka City, from another similar depiction of the thirty gods by Hasegawa Tohaku (1539-1610) dated 1566. The thirty kami are said to protect the peace and happiness of the nation during the thirty days of the lunar month. Legends says that the abbot Ennin (794-864) invited the gods to Mount Hiei to protect a copy of the Lotus Sutra that he had enshrined in the mountain. The earliest records of the Sanjubanjin however date from the late 11th century and they became particularly popular in the Muromachi period (1333-1573). Paintings like this one were used during Buddhist rituals of the Tendai Lotus School and the Nichiren sect. Signature Detail of the inscription top right The thirty Kami tutelaries of the 30 days of the lunar month The painting in a family picture (late 1970s - early 1980s) 74 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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1113 A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE PAINTING OF THE SHAKA TRIAD MUROMACHI OR LATER, 14TH CENTURY OR LATER Painted in ink, colour and gilt on silk with the central figure of Buddha Shakyamuni raised on a lotus throne, with a jewelled canopy above him and a double halo behind, his hands in the vitarha mudra; Fugen Bosatsu seated beside him on his white elephant and holding the long stem of a lotus flower, Monju Bosatsu on the other side riding his shishi whilst holding a nyoi sceptre, the Historical Buddha and the two bodhisattvas depicted in gilt; the Shaka Triad surrounded by twenty other guardian deities, protectors of the Sutra and all those who recite it, including Xuanzang (602-664), the translator of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra painted in the lower right corner, the Chinese Buddhist monk holding a scroll and brush, his protector the Great General of the Desert Jinja Daisho standing before him; the central panel surrounded by a painted border of gilt dragons amongst scrolling clouds, and large peony flowerheads amongst scrolling tendrils imitating a silk mount, framed and glazed, the central panel 129.5cm x 57.5cm, 211.5cm x 85.5cm overall. £7,000-10,000 Provenance: from the collection of Baron Eberhard Bodenhausen-Degener (1868-1918); Baroness Juli (Luli Deste) Bodenhausen-Degener (1902-51) of Schloss Neubeuern, Bavaria; Gottfried Eberhard von Meyern-Hohenberg, and by descent to the current owner, a Lady of title. Baroness Juli Bodenhausen-Degener (1902-51) was a German-American actress also known under the name ‘Luli Deste’. She grew up at Schloss Neubeuern in Bavaria. The castle was owned by her uncle, Jan von Wendelstadt (1856-1909), who was an avid art collector. He often invited her father, Baron Eberhard Bodenhausen-Degener (1868-1918), to stay with him at the castle. Under Jan, the Schloss also became a cultural centre with many German artists and intellectuals visiting him. Jan brought back a large number of souvenirs from his trips to the East, including Chinese bronzes, Japanese screens, and porcelain. A massive pair of Chinese lion dogs were displayed in pride of place in the gardens of the castle. See the Metropolitan Museum, New York, access. no. 2012.18 for another painting of the Historical Buddha with attendants with a similar composition dated to the late 14th century. Baroness Juli Bodenhausen-Degener (Luli Deste) The Shaka Triad and other Guardian deities Schloss Neubeuern, Bavaria 76 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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1114 1115 1116 1114 ANONYMOUS, KANO SCHOOL EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY A Japanese painting in ink on paper depicting a farmer in a bamboo grove, the man using an adze to dig out bamboo shoots while snow falls around him, together with an ink painting of a monk holding a broom, possibly Jittoku, both framed and glazed, 50cm x 35cm max. (2) £300-500 Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. The larger painting may be a depiction of Moso, one of the Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety often represented digging for bamboo shoots to feed his sick mother. 1115 TWO JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTINGS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Both kakemono painted in ink on paper, one with calligraphy, the main characters forming a shape reminiscent of the God of Good Fortune Jurojin’s elongated forehead; the other with an enso circle, both inscribed and with red seal marks, 132cm x 61cm max. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £200-300 1116 ANONYMOUS MOMOYAMA PERIOD (1573-1615), 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY A Japanese fan painting in ink and gold wash on paper, depicting two pheasants perched on a gnarly branch of pine, unsigned, mounted on board; together with two other fans, one painted with a flowering branch of prunus and the other with a cat wearing a kimono, both signed, 20cm x 55cm max. (3) £400-600 Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. 78 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1117 1117 ANONYMOUS, TOSA SCHOOL EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER Two Japanese album leaves depicting scenes from the Genji Monogataori (The Tale of Genji), in ink, colour and gold on paper, one depicting chapter 39, scene 7 (‘Evening Mist’), the other with a group of monks, possibly for the funeral of Genji’s wife Aoi, both framed and glazed, both approx. 29.5cm x 24.3cm; together with a portrait of a woman wearing Heian garments, possibly the poetess Murasaki Shikibu (c.973-1031), mounted on board and framed, 27.5cm x 23cm. (3) £400-600 Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. 1118 1118 ATTRIBUTED TO SUMIYOSHI GUKEI (1631-1705) EDO PERIOD, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY Three album leaves decorated in ink, colour and gold on paper, each depicting a chapter of the Soga Monogatari (The Tale of the Soga Brothers): one with chapter 7, book 5 (entitled ‘Where the Brothers ask for Yoichi’s assistance’); another with chapter 4, book 3 (‘A Mother’s Lament’) and the last chapter 16, book 2 (‘The Death of Kanetaka’), all framed and glazed, all approx. 23.2cm x 16.5cm; together with two double leaves mounted on board, one depicting chapter 2, book 1 (‘The Horse Race at Ukon no Baba’) and the other chapter 2, book 6 (‘Benzaiten’), both approx. 23.2cm x 33.2cm. (5) £400-600 Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. See the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, access. nos. AFI.8.2012, AFI.9.2012, AFI.10.2012 and AFI.11.2012 for four other album leaves by Sumiyoshi Gukei depicting chapters from the Soga Monogatari. These were purchased in 1993 from Sondra Milne Henderson, London, and they may belong to the same album of paintings. 79

1119 A COLLECTION OF SEVEN JAPANESE PREPARATORY DRAWINGS FOR WOODBLOCK PRINTS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY The gako sketches variously depicting figures engaged in daily life, two framed and glazed and the others mounted on board; together with four ink paintings on paper and a small collection of album covers, 29cm x 20cm max. (11) £200-400 Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. 1120 A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Including depictions of actors, historical figures, beauties and birds, two prints by Nishikawa Sukenobu (1641-1750) depicting women at their toilet, four portraits from the series ‘One Hundred Poets’ by Katukawa Shunsho (1762-92), three pictures framed and glazed, 33cm x 23cm max. (12) £400-600 Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. 80 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1121 part lot illustrated 1121 AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE CONCERTINA ALBUM OF PRINTS EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY One side of the book made of Japanese prints of European-style technical drawings, the sketches depicting guns, canons, and horse fittings; the other side used as a scrap book with 108 small engravings pasted on the paper sheets, some of banzuke type listing various professions in a specific town or region, the others of keidaizu type, the copper plates depicting bird’s-eye views, maps and other depictions of various locations including Arashiyama and Kiyomizudera, each picture with calligraphy identifying the view or the event depicted; the album with wooden covers, one side inscribed in ink with characters from a poem by Chinese Ming dynasty scholar Shixing Shen (1535-1614), referring to the shadow produced by low clouds, the sound of rain and the deep roots of ancient trees, the album 25.2cm x 17.9cm. £500-1,000 1122 1123 1122 A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Ink and colour on paper, depicting a troop of monkeys, one an adult carrying its young on its back, some primates resting on a rocky outcrop and others climbing on a branch of pine, a waterfall in the background, signed Sozan on the lower right corner and with two red seal marks, 113cm x 55cm. £300-400 1123 SEIHO TAKEUCHI (1864-1942) MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY A Japanese woodblock kacho-e print entitled ‘Dancing Monkey’ from the series ‘Twelve Signs of the Zodiac’, the animal depicted in nihonga style holding a bamboo stick, signed and sealed, framed and glazed, 36cm x 49.2cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £200-300 81

AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS LOTS 1124-1134 1124 1125 1124 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) EDO PERIOD, C.1847-52 A Japanese giga (humorous) woodblock print triptych entitled Shiritori nenashi gusa (Stories Told from End to End), published by Jakurindo, with censors’ seals Fuku and Muramatsu, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi giga and with the artist’s kiri paulownia seal, oban tate-e, approx. 35.7cm x 74.2cm. £300-500 See the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, access. no.11.36496a-c for another example of this triptych. 1125 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) EDO PERIOD, C.1830-40 Four rare and unrecorded Japanese giga (humorous) woodblock prints depicting figures and bats, the many silhouettes of the animals hidden in the figures’ hair and clothing, two prints per sheet, published by Ibasen, signed Hiroshige giga with artist’s seal Hiro, each sheet approx. 35.3cm x 25.1cm. (2) £200-300 82 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1126 1126 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI 1127 (1797-1861) EDO PERIOD, C.1852 A Japanese woodblock print triptych entitled Seichu Gishi no kikigaki no uchi: uchi-iri hommo no zu (The Forty-Seven Ronin scaling the wall of Moronao’s Palace with bamboo ladders by moonlight), embellished with splashed gofun for the snow, published by Mitaya Kihachi in April/May 1852, with censors’ seals for Kinugasa and Watanabe, the left-hand side sheet signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and the two other sheets Chooro Kuniyoshi, oban tate-e, each approximately 36cm x 25cm. (3) £600-800 See the British Museum, access. no. 2008,3037.18806 for another example of this rare print. 1127 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) EDO PERIOD, C.1849-50 A Japanese woodblock print triptych entitled Banshu Sodegawa-jiri Fugito hama Sasaki Moritsuna kiba ni te umi o wataru (At Fujito Harbour in Nishikawajiri Sasaki Moritsuna Crosses the Inland Sea on Horseback), published by Yamaguchiya Tobei, with censors’ seals Kinugasa and Watanabe, signed by the artist Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and with kiri (paulownia) seal, oban tate-e, approx. 74.5cm x 35.8cm. £500-800 See the British Museum, access. no.2008,3037.18512 for another example of this triptych. 1128 UTAGAWA SADAHIDE (1807-C.1878) EDO PERIOD, C.1848-50 A Japanese woodblock print triptych entitled Zen Taiheiki Tsukushi kassen no zu (Fire under the Stars - Battle at Tsukushi from the Taiheiki Chronicles), published by Yamaguchiya Tobei, signed Gyokuran Sadahide ga, oban tate-e, 36.2cm x 72.8cm. £400-600 1128 83

1129 THREE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT TRIPTYCHS EDO PERIOD, C.1850 The first by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) and entitled The Revenge of the Soga Brothers; the second by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) and depicting the Night Attack at the Obaka Inn; the third by Utagawa Yoshitora (1836-80) with armour-clad horse riders preparing to go into battle, the silhouettes of their armies visible in the distance, all oban tate-e, all approx. 36cm x 74.5cm. (3) £400-600 See the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, access. no. 11.38083a-b for another example of the Obaka Inn triptych. 84 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1130 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) EDO PERIOD, C.1850 Three Japanese woodblock print triptychs, one entitled Gishi hyojo no zu (Forty-Seven Ronin in Council in their Lord’s Palace), published 1851-52; another Igagoe katakiuchi no zu (Vengeance at Iga Pass), published 1849-52; the third depicting Oguri Hangan Kaneiji, published in 1851, each triptych approximately 36cm x 74.5cm. (3) £400-600 See the British Museum, access. no.2008,3037.18802 for another example of the Forty-Seven Ronin print. Also, see the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, access. no.11.27032-4 for another Vengeance at Iga Pass triptych. 85

1131 1131 UTAGAWA YOSHITORA (ACT.1850-80) EDO PERIOD, C.1850 A rare Japanese woodblock print hexaptych entitled The Inundation Tactics of the Akamatsu Castle, published by Izumiya Ichibei, signed Ichimosai Yoshitora ga, six oban panels, 146cm x 36cm. £600-800 This panorama depicts the attack of the Akamatsu clan in the early 14th century by general Kusunoki Masashige. He is represented here at the bottom of the fourth panel from the left pointing at the flooded castle. 1132 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) EDO PERIOD, C.1847-50 A Japanese woodblock print triptych entitled Heike no kyoshaku akugaku (Minamoto Yoshitsune fights Benkei on Gojo Bridge with the help of tengu demons), published by Enshuya Hikobei, with censors’ seals Mera and Murata, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, oban tate-e, each approximately 36cm x 25cm. (3) £1,500-2,500 See the British Museum, access. no.2008,3037.20507 and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, access. no.11.28763VR for other examples of this triptych. 1133 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) EDO PERIOD, C.1847-52 A Japanese woodblock print triptych entitled Gen Ushikawamaru Sojobo ni shitagai bujutsu o oboeru zu (Minamoto no Ushiwakamaru/ Yoshitsune attended by Kisanda, practises fencing with the tengu in the forest at night under the direction of their king, Sojobo), published by Enshuya Hikobei, censors’ seals Mera and Watanabe, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, oban tate-e, each sheet approximately 36cm x 25.5cm. (3) £1,000-1,500 See the British Museum, access. no.1907,0531,0.623.1-3 for another example of this triptych. 86 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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1134 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) EDO PERIOD, C.1849-52 A Japanese woodblock print triptych entitled Minamoto no Yoshitsune Miyako wo uchitachi Saikoku e (The Ghosts of the Taira Warriors attack Yoshitsune’s Ship in Daimotsu Bay), published by Enshuya Hikobei, with censors’ seals for Fuku and Muramatsu, each sheet signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and sealed Yoshiriki, oban tate-e, each approximately 36cm x 24.8cm. (3) £20,000-30,000 88 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

See the British Museum, access. no.1907,0531,0.230.1-3, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, access. no. JP1565 and the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, access. no. 11.30566a-c, 1992.568a-c for other examples of this triptych. Also, see Christie’s London, From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints Online, 5-12 July 2018, lot 62, for another example. This triptych is a good example of Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s use of dynamic compositions and large objects (in this case, the ship and waves) spilling out of one sheet onto the other. Kuniyoshi established the warrior print, depicting legendary figures performing heroic achievements, as a major genre. Many of his designs feature yokai (spectres and other monsters), and these demonic depictions catapulted him to success. This striking design depicts the Ghosts of the Taira Clan attacking Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-89) in Daimotsu Bay after their brutal defeat. According to legend, all ends well as the devout monk Benkei prays to the Gods of the Sea who dispel the ghosts and put an end to the storm. Some say that the cries of the restless Taira ghosts can still be heard emanating from the waters at the site of the legendary battle. Crabs that can be found nearby bear markings similar to samurai masks and they are believed to carry the souls of the restless warriors. 89

1135 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858) EDO PERIOD, 1857 A Japanese woodblock prints triptych entitled Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei (Eight Views of Kanazawa at night, Province of Musashi), published by Okazawaya Taheiji on the 7th month of 1857, with censors’ seals for Aratame and Mi Shichi, the left sheet signed Hiroshige hitsu and sealed Ichiryusai, oban tate-e, each approximately 36.5cm x 25.4cm, together with a glazed triptych frame bearing a label for Maple \& Co Fine Art dealers dated 10/11/10 (1910). (4) £10,000-15,000 Provenance: from the collection of G R A Murray and thence by descent. 90 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

See the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, access. no.JP3509a-c and Minneapolis Institute of Art, access. no.P.75.51.342a-c for two other examples of this triptych. Also, see Christie’s New York, Important Japanese Art, 21st September 2021, lot 36, for another triptych formerly in the Raymond A Bidwell collection. This triptych belongs to a series created by Hiroshige depicting monumental landscape panoramas and illustrating the concepts of snow, moon and cherry blossoms (setsugekka). The theme comes from this poem written by Chinese writer Bo Juyi (772-846): ‘In snow, moon, and cherry blossoms, I think of you’. The full moon occupies the central position in this composition which is reminiscent of another Chinese theme, the ‘Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers’ (shosho hakkei). Hiroshige also displays his knowledge of Western perspective, with rocky outcrops guiding the eyes towards the horizon. His use of subtle colouring and graduations (fukibokashi) gives this moonlit landscape a painterly character which was popular both for the domestic market and to Western collectors. 91

1136 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) EDO PERIOD, C.1840-50 Eight Japanese woodblock prints depicting landscapes, one horizontal yoko-e picture entitled ‘Yoshiwara’ from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road), the seven others taken from various series entitled ‘Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces of Japan’, ‘Famous Sights of the Fifty-Three Stations’ (‘The Vertical Tokaido’), ‘Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, ‘One Hundred Views of Famous Places in the Provinces’ and ‘One Hundred Famous Views of Edo’, all approx. 35.4cm x 24cm. (8) £1,000-2,000 See the Minneapolis Insititute of Art, access. no.P.75.51.531 for another example of the Yoshiwara print. 92 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1137 HOICHI SAKAI (1761-1829) MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY Twenty-one Japanese woodblock prints from a series entitled Shiki no Hana (Flowers of the Four Seasons), fourteen of the sheets depicting a variety of floral designs, the others with calligraphy listing the flowers depicted and giving individual descriptions, some in English and others in Japanese, all approx. 27.5cm x 35cm. (21) £400-600 part lot illustrated 93

1138 1139 A SMALL COLLECTION OF SIX JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS TORII KIYONOBU (1664-1729) EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD, C.1715 One after Kitagawa Utamaro (c.1753-1806) entitled Ryogokubashi no ue A Japanese tan-e woodblock print depicting a courtesan holding a hozuki (On top of Ryogoku Bridge), the other depicting various beauties, two physalis, a child attendant by her side, signed and sealed by the artist, framed portraits showing the women carrying small pet rats, all framed and glazed, and glazed; together with an album of prints by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92) 37.2cm x 25.5cm max. (6) entitled ‘Handsome Heroes of Suikoden’ published in 1866, and another print depicting a beauty and a little girl observing a cat, 58cm x 31cm max. (3) £200-300 PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 Provenance: property from a deceased estate, Cheshire. 1140 1141 A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-TWO JAPANESE WOODBLOCK FIVE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS PRINTS EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Including a depiction of a woman and child before Mount Fuji by Utagawa Variously depicting characters from famous stories, beauties in interiors Hiroshige II (1826-69) and Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1865) from the series and other figures engaged in daily life, landscapes, birds and other subjects, ‘Pride of Edo’ published c.1864; another by Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) 36.5cm x 24.8cm max. (22) from the series ‘Eight Views of Beauties and Restaurants’ published in 1875; together with three other woodblock prints portraits, all approx. £500-1,000 33.5cm x 22cm max. (5) £300-500 Provenance: from a private Cornish country estate. 94 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1142 UTAGAWA KUNISADA I/ TOYOKUNI III (1786-1864) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II/ SHIGENOBU (1826-69) EDO PERIOD, 1859 Thirty-three Japanese woodblock prints entitled Kannon Reigenki (The Miracles of Kannon), depicting the goddess performing various miracles and other scenes from history, each image with a descriptive text, the prints signed Toyokuni ga and Hiroshige ga, oban tate-e, all approx. 36.5cm x 24.5cm. (33) £2,000-3,000 This fascinating series of prints was divided into three parts: 33 prints for the Western provinces, 33 prints for the Eastern provinces and 34 for the central provinces. This set depicts the Western regions. 95

1143 THREE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS TRIPTYCHS OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR MEIJI PERIOD, C.1904-5 The first by Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921), entitled Dai Nihon teikoku kaigun daihori banzai (A Great Victory for the Great Japanese Imperial Navy, Banzai!); the second by Migita Toshihide (1863-1925) entitled Nichiro ryokantai nigatsu yoka no yo Ryojun-ko taikaisen ni meiyo naru waga no suiraitei tekkan niseki o gekichin-su (In the Great Sea Battle between the Japanese and Russian Navies on the Night of 8 February at the Straits of Lushun, Our Illustrious Torpedo Boat Sinks Three Enemy Ships), together with a third triptych depicting another naval battle, all framed and glazed, all approx. 35cm x 70.5cm. (3) £500-800 See the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, access. no.2000.466a-c for another example of the triptych by Ikeda Terukata and the British museum, access. no.1946,0209,0.100.1-3 for another example of the print by Migita Toshihide. 96 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1144 JOICHI HOSHI (1913-79) SHOWA ERA, 1974 AND 1976 Two Japanese woodblock prints with metallic pigments depicting trees, the first rectangular picture entitled Soshun (Early Spring) with a single birch, framed and glazed; the second loose square print entitled Fuyu kodachi (Trees in Winter) depicting a small grove, both signed in pencil and dated by the artist, 24.5cm x 24.5cm max. (2) £300-500 Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. 1145 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) SHOWA ERA, 1941 A Japanese woodblock print entitled ‘Lake Matsubara on a Morning, Shinshu’ signed Hasui with a seal reading Kawase, the rectangular oban yoko-e depicting a lone fisherman by a lake, 39.3cm x 26.9cm; together with a woodblock print by Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956) entitled ‘Lama Priest. Peking’, published in 1922 and signed in green pencil to the lower right corner, 38.7cm x 26.3cm. (2) £100-200 Provenance: from a private Cornish country estate. 1146 JUNSUKE WATARAI (1936-) SHOWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY Two Japanese limited editions colour etchings, one entitled ‘The Marionette’s Travels’, numbered 5/60, the other entitled ‘On Stage (G)’, numbered 12/50, both signed in pencil underneath, framed and glazed; together with four loose sketches depicting musicians, possibly by Watarai, 36.1cm x 59.1cm max. (6) £500-1,000 Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. 97

1147 IWAO AKIYAMA (1921-2014) SHOWA ERA, 1980 A Japanese woodblock print entitled Dou ni mo naranai (There is nothing else I can do) depicting a small black owl and the large shadow of another bird behind it, a poem by Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) above reading as ‘tottering, tottering, there’s nothing else I can do’, signed in pencil by the artist, numbered 13/200 and dated 1980, framed and glazed, 57cm x 43.5cm. £200-300 Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art. Cf. the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, Akiyama Iwao: prints and poems, Winter 1985, no.40. 1148 AOYAMA SEIZAN (ACT. 1920-30) SHOWA PERIOD, C.1930 A Japanese woodblock print of a kitten, the small cat depicted carrying an unfortunate frog in its mouth, with a red seal mark to the lower right corner, framed and glazed, 26.5cm x 39cm. £300-400 98 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices