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Auction Name Landscapes of Japan: Woodblock Prints from Edo to Post-War - bidstart 3/13 Total Sales (USD) 1,228,374.00
Auction Date March 26, 2024 - March 26, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 613,700.00
Sale Number #23138 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 820,100.00
Total Lots 91
Sold Lots 90 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 615,700.00
% of Lots Sold 98.90% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 823,100.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 149.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
11 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Gaifu kaisei (Fine wind, clear weather) ["Red Fuji"]

late 1831 USD 350,000.00 - 450,000.00 USD 478,800.00
12 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido),

circa 1833-35 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 63,000.00
7 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Edo Surugacho Mitsui mise ryakuzu (The Mitsui Shop at Surugacho)

circa 1830-31 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 40,320.00
10 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Koshu Kajikazawa (Kajikazawa in Kai province)

circa 1830-31 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 37,800.00
4 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Otomo no Yakamochi (Poem by Chunagon Yakamochi)

circa 1835-36 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 27,720.00
1 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Hietsu no sakai tsuribashi (The suspension bridge on the border of Hida and Etchu Provinces)

circa 1834 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 25,200.00
9 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato (Sekiya Village on the Sumida River)

circa 1830-33 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,200.00
8 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Toto Sundai (Surugadai in Edo)

circa 1832 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 23,940.00
42 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Suruga Satta kaijo (The sea off Satta in Suruga Province)

1858 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 23,940.00
3 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Poem by Ono no Komachi

circa 1835-36 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 18,900.00
60 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Samidare (Arakawa) (Early summer rain at Arakawa)

1932 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 18,900.00
84 OHARA KOSON (1878-1945)

Yanagibashi no yuki (Snow at Yanagibashi)

1927 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 17,640.00
5 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Fujiwara no Tadahira (Poem by Teishin Ko)

circa 1835-36 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 16,380.00
53 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Amurissaa (Golden Temple in Amritsar)

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 16,380.00
63 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Tago no ura hashi (Tagonoura Bridge)

1930 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 16,380.00
49 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Numazaki bokujo no hiru (Midday rest, Numazaki)

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 15,120.00
52 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Erora daisango kutsuin (Ellora, cave temple no.3)

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 15,120.00
2 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Poem by Onakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason

circa 1835-36 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,860.00
33 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Shono, hakuu (Shono: driving rain)

circa 1833-34 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 13,860.00
54 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Jaipuuru no Ajumeru mon (Ajmer gate, Jaipur)

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 13,860.00
62 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Arakawa no tsuki, Akabane (Moon on the Arakawa River in Akabane)

1929 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 13,860.00
39 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Kameido Tenjin keidai (Inside of Kameido Tenjin Shrine)

1856 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,970.00
65 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Shinagawa

1931 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 10,080.00
61 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Fuyu no tsuki (Toyamagahara) (Winter moon at Toyamagahara)

1931 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,450.00
46 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Asahi (Sunrise)

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,820.00
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