Katsushika Hokusai
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Lot 96. RYOGOKU BASHI YU-RYO HANABI KENBUTSU NO ZU
Image of actual item from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) SHIMPAN UKI-E New block perspective views. [From] a rare, very early series. Crowd of people cooling off in the evening at Ryogoku bridge and viewing fireworks. This must have been a popular print and a good seller, for…
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Lot 97. DAIMYO PROCESSION PASSING ALONG THE BEACH AT SHlNAGAWA
Image of actual item from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) SHIMPAN UKI-E New block perspective views. [From] a rare, very early series. Signature probably on the margin, which has been trimmed off. Yoko-e. Publisher: Iwatoya. Purchaser: John T. Spaulding Price: $10.00 |
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Lot 98. OJI INARI ASUKAYAMA NO ZU
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) SHIMPAN UKI-E New block perspective views. [From] a rare, very early series. View of the Inari shrine at Oji and Asukayama. Many pink-flowered cherry trees in bloom. Yoko-e. Signed: Katsu Shunro ga. Fine impression. Slightly toned. Publisher: Ise-ya Rihei. Purchaser: John T. Spaulding Price: $20.00 |
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Lot 99. YAYOI. THE THIRD MONTH
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Boys celebrating the Hina Matsuri or Doll Festival. Series: Furyu Kodomo Asobi Gosekku. Elegant Boys’ Sports on the Five Festival Days. Oban. Signed: Gunbatei zu, the rarest of Hokusai’s signatures and one of the earliest. Publisher: Omi-ya. Purchaser: Armand de Richelieu Price: $12.50 |
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Lot 100. BOYS CELEBRATING THE BOYS’ FESTIVAL
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Fifth day of the fifth month. Same series as the preceding lot; but this sheet not signed. Purchaser: Armand de Richelieu Price: $7.50 |
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Lot 101. SCENE FROM A DRAMA
Image is an example from the Honolulu Museum of Art KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Ichikawa Monnosuke as Taro, the spy. Arashi Tatsuzo as Yuri no Hachiro. Hoso-e. Signed: Shunro ga. Purchaser: Charles H. Chandler Price: $5.00 |
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Lot 102. THE SEVEN FORTUNE GODS STORING THE RICE CROP
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Oban. Ink proof from the key-block of one sheet of a triptych. Not signed, but presumably by Hokusai in his Shunro period. Publisher: Eijudo. Purchaser: Mary Ainsworth Price: $5.00 |
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Lot 103. SURUGADAI SUIDO NO KEI
Image is a modern reprint example KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) View of the aqueduct at Surugadai, Edo. Yoko-e. Signed: Hokusai ga. Publisher: Eijudo. Rare early work. In good condition. Purchaser: Robert Stunzi Price: $10.00 |
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Lot 104. BUSH CLOVER, AND A HARE IN THE MOON
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Long surimono issued by the Okuramai Renju (society) to accompany an invitation to a recital by the woman teacher, Sumida Ben, and the musicians of the Nakamura, Ichimura, and Morita Theatres. The names of fifty-eight of these musicians are given. Signed: Sori ga. Hare Year, 1795. Purchaser: Earl T.…
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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 |
