Frances Osborne Kellogg

  • Lot 6. SCENE FROM THE DRAMA “HOBASHIRA TAIHEIKI”

    TORII KIYOMASU (B. 1702 (?), d. 1763) as performed at the Ichimura theatre, Edo, first month Gembun 1, i.e. February 1736: Ichikawa Ebizo (the second Danjuro) as Shinazuka Goro; the first Otani Hiroji as Nagasaki Kageyuzaemon. Hoso-e. Urush-e. Signed: Torii Kiyomasu hitsu. Publisher: Tsuru-ya. 1736. Purchaser: Frances Osborne Kellogg Price: $7.50 |

    Lot 6. SCENE FROM THE DRAMA “HOBASHIRA TAIHEIKI”
  • Lot 17. THE ACTOR ONOGAWA ORIYE IN THE ROLE OF ONNA FUGEN

    Image of actual item from the Frederic May sale catalog KONDO KIYOHARU (Worked c. 1715-1735) Shown seated on a white elephant and playing a samisen. Hoso-e. Urushi-e. Signed: Ga-ko (artist) Kondo Kiyoharu hitsu. Kondo Kiyoharu was an early artist whose prints are extremely rare. This one could not be in finer condition. About 1720. Purchaser:…

    Lot 17. THE ACTOR ONOGAWA ORIYE IN THE ROLE OF ONNA FUGEN
  • Lot 41. A WOMAN STANDING IN A PARLOR

    Image is an example from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) One end of her partly tied obi is held between her teeth while she turns to look at bush clover in bloom in the garden. Above is a poem by Minamoto Nobuaki Ason. Chuban. Signed: Harunobu ga.…

    Lot 41. A WOMAN STANDING IN A PARLOR
  • Lot 44. GOING TO THE PUBLIC BATH HOUSE

    Image is an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) Two young women walking under a yellow umbrella in a storm of snow and rain. Chuban. Signed: Suzuki Harunobu ga. In very good condition. About 1766. Purchaser: Frances Osborne Kellogg Price: $400.00 |

    Lot 44. GOING TO THE PUBLIC BATH HOUSE
  • Lot 47. AN INTERRUPTED PICNIC

    Image is an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) A young man and a girl at a picnic under a cherry tree caught by a sudden shower. The girl hastily throws her long sleeve over her head while her companion opens an umbrella. Chuban. Signed: Harunobu ga.…

    Lot 47. AN INTERRUPTED PICNIC
  • Lot 60. WOMEN BOILING COCOONS AND DRYING FLOSS SILK

    Image is an example from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston KITAO SHIGEMASA (B. 1739, d. 1819 One of the Silk Culture series, “Kaiko Yashinai Gusa,” by Shigemasa and Shunsho. Chuban. Signed: Kitao Shigemasa ga. Purchaser: Frances Osborne Kellogg Price: $10.00 |

    Lot 60. WOMEN BOILING COCOONS AND DRYING FLOSS SILK
  • Lot 81. WOMEN AT A BANQUET

    KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) Left hand sheet of a triptych. Oban. Signed: Shuncho ga. About 1790. Purchaser: Frances Osborne Kellogg Price: $25.00 |

    Lot 6. SCENE FROM THE DRAMA “HOBASHIRA TAIHEIKI”
  • Lot 105. GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO SEE A COCK FIGHT

    Image of actual item from the Frederic May sale catalog KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Long surimono. Signed: Shinsai. Purchaser: Frances Osborne Kellogg Price: $50.00 |

    Lot 105. GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO SEE A COCK FIGHT
  • Lot 158. HODOGAYA

    Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago ANDO HIROSHIGE (B. 1797, d. 1858) Shinkame Bridge. [from] TOKAIDO GO-JU-SAN TSUGI NO UCHI The Fifty-three Post-Stations of the Tokaido, known as the First Tokaido series. Yoko-e. Signed: Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Takeuchi. Complete set of fifty-five prints and several duplicates. As this series is so…

    Lot 158. HODOGAYA
  • Lot 174. MARIKO

    Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago ANDO HIROSHIGE (B. 1797, d. 1858) [from] TOKAIDO GO-JU-SAN TSUGI NO UCHI The Fifty-three Post-Stations of the Tokaido, known as the First Tokaido series. Yoko-e. Signed: Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Takeuchi. Complete set of fifty-five prints and several duplicates. As this series is so well known…

    Lot 174. MARIKO