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KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), 1885-1974
kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on paper, depicting a humorous scene of the shichifukujin (seven gods of good fortune) during the new year celebrations, each god in a state of merriment accompanied by an attribute, cavorting, drinking sake, dancing, or playing the board game sugoroku
198 x 68 cm
May 18, 2023 • Bonhams
KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), 1885-1974
kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on paper, depicting a humorous scene of the shichifukujin (seven gods of good fortune) during the new year celebrations, each god in a state of merriment accompanied by an attribute, cavorting, drinking sake, dancing, or playing the board game sugoroku
198 x 68 cm
May 18, 2023
Bonhams • London, New Bond Street
Samurai, Beauties, and Townsmen: Japanese Art in Peace and War
Lot 209
KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), late 19th century
kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, gofun, gold, and colours on silk, depicting shoki the demon-queller seen from an unusual angle in a dramatic pose, emerging from the swirling smoke, wielding a sword in one hand, poising to strike a terrified oni grabbed by the scruff of the neck in his other hand, an elaborate dragon-handled staff and a ritual ceremonial stand and banner in the foreground
179 x 49 cm
May 18, 2023 • Bonhams
KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), late 19th century
kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, gofun, gold, and colours on silk, depicting shoki the demon-queller seen from an unusual angle in a dramatic pose, emerging from the swirling smoke, wielding a sword in one hand, poising to strike a terrified oni grabbed by the scruff of the neck in his other hand, an elaborate dragon-handled staff and a ritual ceremonial stand and banner in the foreground
179 x 49 cm
May 18, 2023
Bonhams • London, New Bond Street
Samurai, Beauties, and Townsmen: Japanese Art in Peace and War
Lot 208
KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), late 19th century
kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, gold, and colours on silk, depicting daikoku and ebisu, two of the seven gods of good fortune, accompanied by otafuku (goddess of mirth), each inebriated and raucously ushering in the new year, daikoku seated in front of a tray laden with food beside a wine ewer, leaning against his treasure sack and playing a hand drum, ebisu, his fishing rod discarded, beating another drum, both looking up and cheering on otafuku, dancing to the beat of their drums, performing an acrobatic fan dance whilst standing atop a winnowing basket balanced on a larger drum
163 x 51 cm
May 18, 2023 • Bonhams
KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), late 19th century
kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, gold, and colours on silk, depicting daikoku and ebisu, two of the seven gods of good fortune, accompanied by otafuku (goddess of mirth), each inebriated and raucously ushering in the new year, daikoku seated in front of a tray laden with food beside a wine ewer, leaning against his treasure sack and playing a hand drum, ebisu, his fishing rod discarded, beating another drum, both looking up and cheering on otafuku, dancing to the beat of their drums, performing an acrobatic fan dance whilst standing atop a winnowing basket balanced on a larger drum
163 x 51 cm
May 18, 2023
Bonhams • London, New Bond Street
Samurai, Beauties, and Townsmen: Japanese Art in Peace and War
Lot 210
Daikokuten Beating Slackers
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
31.8 x 62.5 cm
Mar 29, 2023 • Christie's
Daikokuten Beating Slackers
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
31.8 x 62.5 cm
Mar 29, 2023
Christie's
Arts of Asia Online
Lot 32
Rising Sun and Crane
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
138 x 33.5 cm
Mar 21, 2023 • Christie's
Rising Sun and Crane
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
138 x 33.5 cm
Mar 21, 2023
Christie's
Japanese and Korean Art
Lot 18
Kyosai's Intoxicaed Drawings (Kyosai suiga), 1882-1884
woodblock printed illustrated book (ehon), 3 volumes (complete)
Nov 4, 2022 • Sotheby's
Kyosai's Intoxicaed Drawings (Kyosai suiga), 1882-1884
woodblock printed illustrated book (ehon), 3 volumes (complete)
Nov 4, 2022
Sotheby's • London
Books and Manuscripts from the Japan Society Library
Lot 57
KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889), 19th century
a hanging scroll brushed in ink and colors on silk depicting a king of hell holding up a mirror, looking gleefully down at the courtesan and attendant reflected on it
123 x 49.5 cm
Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams
KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889), 19th century
a hanging scroll brushed in ink and colors on silk depicting a king of hell holding up a mirror, looking gleefully down at the courtesan and attendant reflected on it
123 x 49.5 cm
Sep 21, 2022
Bonhams • New York
Japanese and Korean Art
Lot 593
KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889)
a hanging scroll in ink and light color on silk of a beauty wearing a kimono and obi sash with a design of phoenix and dragons, a cat treading on the hem, standing in front of a two-panel folding screen depicting geese flying in front of a full moon partially obscured by clouds
50 x 25 7/8in (127 x 65.7cm)
Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams
KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889)
a hanging scroll in ink and light color on silk of a beauty wearing a kimono and obi sash with a design of phoenix and dragons, a cat treading on the hem, standing in front of a two-panel folding screen depicting geese flying in front of a full moon partially obscured by clouds
50 x 25 7/8in (127 x 65.7cm)
Sep 21, 2022
Bonhams • New York
Japanese and Korean Art
Lot 595
KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889), 1889
a woodblock print book
8 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 1/2in (21.2 x 12.2 x 1.3cm)
Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams
KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889), 1889
a woodblock print book
8 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 1/2in (21.2 x 12.2 x 1.3cm)
Sep 21, 2022
Bonhams • New York
Japanese and Korean Art
Lot 638
KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889), 1876
a hanging scroll in ink and colors on silk of a kitchen worker using a mallet to smash a block of tofu, splattering a female colleague with fragments of bean curd
64.1 x 43.8 cm
Sep 21, 2022 • Bonhams
KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889), 1876
a hanging scroll in ink and colors on silk of a kitchen worker using a mallet to smash a block of tofu, splattering a female colleague with fragments of bean curd
64.1 x 43.8 cm
Sep 21, 2022
Bonhams • New York
Japanese and Korean Art
Lot 594
KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), circa 1870s-1880s
pair of kakejiku (vertical hanging scrolls), ink and colour on paper, the right-hand scroll with daikoku and otafuku leaning over the former's large treasure sack, watching three rats enacting an amusing new year performance, one rat standing on one leg, while simultaneously balancing a ball on a teacup resting on a pole held in its mouth, the other two rats beating a drum
189 x 47.5 cm
May 12, 2022 • Bonhams
KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), circa 1870s-1880s
pair of kakejiku (vertical hanging scrolls), ink and colour on paper, the right-hand scroll with daikoku and otafuku leaning over the former's large treasure sack, watching three rats enacting an amusing new year performance, one rat standing on one leg, while simultaneously balancing a ball on a teacup resting on a pole held in its mouth, the other two rats beating a drum
189 x 47.5 cm
May 12, 2022
Bonhams • London, New Bond Street
Polish and Poise: Japanese Art across the Centuries
Lot 303
Crow on withered plum branch, 1868-1935
hanging scroll: ink on paper
145 x 52 cm
Mar 24, 2022 • Sotheby's
Crow on withered plum branch, 1868-1935
hanging scroll: ink on paper
145 x 52 cm
Mar 24, 2022
Sotheby's • London
Fine Japanese Prints
Lot 90
Three woodblock prints from the series Japanese Brocades from the Genroku Period (Genroku Yamato nishiki), late 19th century
each a woodblock print, from the series japanese brocades from the genroku period (genroku yamato nishiki)
37.3 x 25.1 cm
Mar 24, 2022 • Sotheby's
Three woodblock prints from the series Japanese Brocades from the Genroku Period (Genroku Yamato nishiki), late 19th century
each a woodblock print, from the series japanese brocades from the genroku period (genroku yamato nishiki)
37.3 x 25.1 cm
Mar 24, 2022
Sotheby's • London
Fine Japanese Prints
Lot 89
Comic One Hundred Turns of the Rosary (Doke hyakumanben), 19th century
woodblock print, triptych, from the series one hundred wildnesses by kyosai (kyosai hyakkyo), the left sheet signed seisei kyosai giga, the centre and right sheet signed kyosai, censor's seal aratame, published by daikokuya kinnosuke (kinjiro), 3rd month 1864
37.6 x 25.8 cm
Mar 24, 2022 • Sotheby's
Comic One Hundred Turns of the Rosary (Doke hyakumanben), 19th century
woodblock print, triptych, from the series one hundred wildnesses by kyosai (kyosai hyakkyo), the left sheet signed seisei kyosai giga, the centre and right sheet signed kyosai, censor's seal aratame, published by daikokuya kinnosuke (kinjiro), 3rd month 1864
37.6 x 25.8 cm
Mar 24, 2022
Sotheby's • London
Fine Japanese Prints
Lot 88
Kyosai hyakki gadan (Kyosai's Pictures of 100 Demons), 1889
A woodblock print book with an envelope enclosure; An orihon accordion-style book
30 x 12 x 1.3 cm
Mar 23, 2022 • Bonhams
Kyosai hyakki gadan (Kyosai's Pictures of 100 Demons), 1889
A woodblock print book with an envelope enclosure; An orihon accordion-style book
30 x 12 x 1.3 cm
Mar 23, 2022
Bonhams
Japanese and Korean Art
Lot 599
1) Thirty-nine sheets of drawings mounted as a double-sided accordion album; 2) Plum flowers and painting goods in front of a tiger screen, 1878
ink and light color on paper; woodblock print
32.4 x 22.9 cm
Mar 22, 2022 • Christie's
1) Thirty-nine sheets of drawings mounted as a double-sided accordion album; 2) Plum flowers and painting goods in front of a tiger screen, 1878
ink and light color on paper; woodblock print
32.4 x 22.9 cm
Mar 22, 2022
Christie's
Japanese and Korean Art Including the Collection of David and Nayda Utterberg
Lot 232
Never Seen Before: True Picture of a Tiger from the West, 1860
woodblock print
37.5 x 25.1 cm
Dec 6, 2021 • Sotheby's
Never Seen Before: True Picture of a Tiger from the West, 1860
woodblock print
37.5 x 25.1 cm
Dec 6, 2021
Sotheby's
Fine Japanese Prints
Lot 134
Picture of a Real, Wild Tiger Drawn from Life (Shojin moko shasei no zu), 1861
woodblock print
37.9 x 25.8 cm
Dec 6, 2021 • Sotheby's
Picture of a Real, Wild Tiger Drawn from Life (Shojin moko shasei no zu), 1861
woodblock print
37.9 x 25.8 cm
Dec 6, 2021
Sotheby's
Fine Japanese Prints
Lot 135
Horibe Yasubei Taketsune, 1886
woodblock print
37.5 x 26.2 cm
Dec 6, 2021 • Sotheby's
Horibe Yasubei Taketsune, 1886
woodblock print
37.5 x 26.2 cm
Dec 6, 2021
Sotheby's
Fine Japanese Prints
Lot 136
Jigoku dayu (Hell courtesan), 1874
Woodblock print
35 x 23.5 cm
Sep 21, 2021 • Christie's
Jigoku dayu (Hell courtesan), 1874
Woodblock print
35 x 23.5 cm
Sep 21, 2021
Christie's
Important Japanese Art
Lot 237
Comic One Hundred Turns of the Rosary (Doke hyakumanben), 1864
woodblock print
35.5 x 23.2 cm
May 21, 2021 • Sotheby's
Comic One Hundred Turns of the Rosary (Doke hyakumanben), 1864
woodblock print
35.5 x 23.2 cm
May 21, 2021
Sotheby's
Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection
Lot 131
A crow on a branch, 1870
woodblock print
37 x 25.5 cm
May 21, 2021 • Sotheby's
A crow on a branch, 1870
woodblock print
37 x 25.5 cm
May 21, 2021
Sotheby's
Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection
Lot 132
Kyosai hyakki gadan [Kyosai's Pictures of One Hundred Demons] (Orihon)
woodcut
21.3 x 12.3 cm
Jan 23, 2021 • Mainichi
Kyosai hyakki gadan [Kyosai's Pictures of One Hundred Demons] (Orihon)
woodcut
21.3 x 12.3 cm
Jan 23, 2021
Mainichi
Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
Lot 55
Sojobo to Ushiwakamaru [Sojobo and Ushiwakamaru] (triptych)
woodcut
36.6 x 25.1 cm
Nov 14, 2020 • Mainichi
Sojobo to Ushiwakamaru [Sojobo and Ushiwakamaru] (triptych)
woodcut
36.6 x 25.1 cm
Nov 14, 2020
Mainichi
Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
Lot 212
Two Crows on a Plum Branch with Rising Sun
woodblock print
69.5 x 26.4 cm
Sep 22, 2020 • Christie's
Two Crows on a Plum Branch with Rising Sun
woodblock print
69.5 x 26.4 cm
Sep 22, 2020
Christie's
Japanese and Korean Art
Lot 205
Yokihi (Yang Guifei)
Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold and gold leaf on silk
138.1 x 71.1 cm
Sep 22, 2020 • Christie's
Yokihi (Yang Guifei)
Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold and gold leaf on silk
138.1 x 71.1 cm
Sep 22, 2020
Christie's
Japanese and Korean Art
Lot 5
Kyokaku no Yamato-damashii Meifu ni oite Daimoyu o Arawasu (triptych)
woodcut
36.8 x 25.4 cm
Jun 6, 2020 • Mainichi
Kyokaku no Yamato-damashii Meifu ni oite Daimoyu o Arawasu (triptych)
woodcut
36.8 x 25.4 cm
Jun 6, 2020
Mainichi
Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
Lot 18
New Year's Day, 1850
ink and mineral colours on silk in silk mounts
194 x 64.7 cm
Nov 7, 2019 • Bonhams
New Year's Day, 1850
ink and mineral colours on silk in silk mounts
194 x 64.7 cm
Nov 7, 2019
Bonhams
Fine Japanese Art
Lot 160
Okame or Otafuku (Goddess of Mirth) in a roundel above an oni (demon) below holding his hat over his head to protect himself from beans thrown by the goddess at New Year, 1880
ink and colours on paper in silk mounts
156 x 30 cm
May 16, 2019 • Bonhams
Okame or Otafuku (Goddess of Mirth) in a roundel above an oni (demon) below holding his hat over his head to protect himself from beans thrown by the goddess at New Year, 1880
ink and colours on paper in silk mounts
156 x 30 cm
May 16, 2019
Bonhams • London
Fine Japanese Art
Lot 240
Daikoku (God of Wealth), Otafuku (Goddess of Mirth), and a shojo (drunken spirit), 1860
ink and colours on silk in silk mounts
162 x 53 cm
May 16, 2019 • Bonhams
Daikoku (God of Wealth), Otafuku (Goddess of Mirth), and a shojo (drunken spirit), 1860
ink and colours on silk in silk mounts
162 x 53 cm
May 16, 2019
Bonhams • London
Fine Japanese Art
Lot 239
Shoki (Zhong Kui)
ink and color on paper
131.3 x 45.7 cm
Jan 19, 2019 • Mainichi
Shoki (Zhong Kui)
ink and color on paper
131.3 x 45.7 cm
Jan 19, 2019
Mainichi • Tokyo
Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
Lot 41
Shobu-e (Battle Scenes), 1868
12 small woodblock prints, ink and colours on paper
10 x 13.5 cm
Nov 8, 2018 • Bonhams
Shobu-e (Battle Scenes), 1868
12 small woodblock prints, ink and colours on paper
10 x 13.5 cm
Nov 8, 2018
Bonhams • London
Fine Japanese Art
Lot 276
COCKEREL ON A BAMBOO BRANCH AT DAWN, 1886
ink and colour on silk, silk mounting
82.3 x 33 cm
Dec 5, 2017 • Christie's
COCKEREL ON A BAMBOO BRANCH AT DAWN, 1886
ink and colour on silk, silk mounting
82.3 x 33 cm
Dec 5, 2017
Christie's • London
Art of Japan
Lot 104
Sensation from India Elephant Play; Cats and Foxes, 1863
Two oban tate-e prints
52.2 x 40.3 cm
Sep 13, 2017 • Bonhams
Sensation from India Elephant Play; Cats and Foxes, 1863
Two oban tate-e prints
52.2 x 40.3 cm
Sep 13, 2017
Bonhams • New York
Fine Japanese Art
Lot 1172
NINE PRINTS FROM THE SERIES SCENES OF FAMOUS PLACES ALONG THE TOKAIDO ROAD, 1863
prints
35.8 x 24.6 cm
Dec 7, 2016 • Christie's
NINE PRINTS FROM THE SERIES SCENES OF FAMOUS PLACES ALONG THE TOKAIDO ROAD, 1863
prints
35.8 x 24.6 cm
Dec 7, 2016
Christie's • London
Art of Japan
Lot 99
The Six Poetic Immortals, 1870
ink and slight colors on paper in silk mounts
128 x 63 cm
Nov 10, 2016 • Bonhams
The Six Poetic Immortals, 1870
ink and slight colors on paper in silk mounts
128 x 63 cm
Nov 10, 2016
Bonhams • London
The Ethereal Brush - Important Japanese Paintings From a London Collection
Lot 131
Sitzende Kannon Bosatsu
ink on paper
81.99 x 27 cm
Dec 7, 2015 • Schuler Auktionen
Sitzende Kannon Bosatsu
ink on paper
81.99 x 27 cm
Dec 7, 2015
Schuler Auktionen • Zurich
Auktion 139
Lot 6344
A Comic Triptych, A Diptych and Two Sheets from an Incomplete Triptych by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
woodblock triptych
38 x 26.01 cm
Dec 3, 2015 • Christie's
A Comic Triptych, A Diptych and Two Sheets from an Incomplete Triptych by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
woodblock triptych
38 x 26.01 cm
Dec 3, 2015
Christie's • London
Japanese Prints - Online
Lot 39
A rakan (arhat, direct disciple of the Buddha)
ink and slight color on silk
116.99 x 41 cm
Nov 12, 2015 • Bonhams
A rakan (arhat, direct disciple of the Buddha)
ink and slight color on silk
116.99 x 41 cm
Nov 12, 2015
Bonhams • London
Fine Japanese Art
Lot 231
Tortoise caricatures
color on paper
27.99 x 2023.01 cm
Jul 4, 2015 • Ise Art Co. Ltd.
Tortoise caricatures
color on paper
27.99 x 2023.01 cm
Jul 4, 2015
Ise Art Co. Ltd. • Tokyo
Auction No. 38
Lot 79
A characteristically grotesque and comic composition of an oni (demon) waving a fork with the severed head of a mythological animal in front of Buddha Sakyamuni
ink, color and gold on paper
110.01 x 48.49 cm
May 14, 2015 • Bonhams
A characteristically grotesque and comic composition of an oni (demon) waving a fork with the severed head of a mythological animal in front of Buddha Sakyamuni
ink, color and gold on paper
110.01 x 48.49 cm
May 14, 2015
Bonhams • London
Fine Japanese Art
Lot 243
An artist, kneeling and gesticulating in alarm as the oni (demon) he is in the midst of painting comes to life from the scroll
ink and color on silk mounted on a gold-leaf paper ground
34.01 x 89.51 cm
May 14, 2015 • Bonhams
An artist, kneeling and gesticulating in alarm as the oni (demon) he is in the midst of painting comes to life from the scroll
ink and color on silk mounted on a gold-leaf paper ground
34.01 x 89.51 cm
May 14, 2015
Bonhams • London
Fine Japanese Art
Lot 244
Chinese Immortals
ink and color on silk
116.84 x 43.48 cm
Nov 16, 2014 • Bonhams
Chinese Immortals
ink and color on silk
116.84 x 43.48 cm
Nov 16, 2014
Bonhams • San Francisco
Period Art and Design
Lot 3755
A Hawk perched on a gnarled pine branch above the rising sun
ink and slight color on silk
89.51 x 31.5 cm
Nov 5, 2014 • Bonhams
A Hawk perched on a gnarled pine branch above the rising sun
ink and slight color on silk
89.51 x 31.5 cm
Nov 5, 2014
Bonhams • London
The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art, Part V
Lot 248
Rats by a rice bread. In the background the rising sun., 1887
painted on paper in ink and red color
62.99 x 30 cm
Jun 10, 2014 • Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner
Rats by a rice bread. In the background the rising sun., 1887
painted on paper in ink and red color
62.99 x 30 cm
Jun 10, 2014
Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner • Bredgade
Internationale malerier, antikviteter og moderne kunst
Lot 334
Plum tree grove at winther
painted in pale colors and ink
76 x 26.01 cm
Jun 10, 2014 • Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner
Plum tree grove at winther
painted in pale colors and ink
76 x 26.01 cm
Jun 10, 2014
Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner • Bredgade
Internationale malerier, antikviteter og moderne kunst
Lot 333
Rooster on bamboo branch with rising sun in the background
painted with elegant strokes of ink, white and red
81.99 x 32.99 cm
Jun 10, 2014 • Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner
Rooster on bamboo branch with rising sun in the background
painted with elegant strokes of ink, white and red
81.99 x 32.99 cm
Jun 10, 2014
Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner • Bredgade
Internationale malerier, antikviteter og moderne kunst
Lot 332
Kyosai hyakki gadan [Kyosai's illustrations of 100 demons], 1889
woodblock print
18.69 x 592.99 cm
May 15, 2014 • Bonhams
Kyosai hyakki gadan [Kyosai's illustrations of 100 demons], 1889
woodblock print
18.69 x 592.99 cm
May 15, 2014
Bonhams • London
Fine Japanese Art
Lot 251
Three skeletons
ink on paper
116 x 31.8 cm
May 15, 2014 • Bonhams
Three skeletons
ink on paper
116 x 31.8 cm
May 15, 2014
Bonhams • London
Fine Japanese Art
Lot 267
Oni no Nembutsu
ink and color on paper
106.5 x 29.79 cm
Mar 19, 2014 • Bonhams
Oni no Nembutsu
ink and color on paper
106.5 x 29.79 cm
Mar 19, 2014
Bonhams • New York
Fine Japanese Works of Art
Lot 3073
