Lot of 2 - Clars Auction Gallery

Clars Auction GallerySaturday, January 14th, 2012LotDescriptionLOWEstimateHIGHEstimateFramed Japanese oversize woodblock printed map, entitled Shinkoku Dai Nihon Zenzu (NewCarved All Japan Map), dated Genji 2 (=1865, 2nd month), featuring the islands of Japan during4056 the late Edo period, with color accents, overall: 29.25''h x 40''w $ 300 ‐ 500Framed Japanese modern woodblock print, Hakubazan [in English] and Hakuba sancho yori(From the the Summit of Hakuba Mountain) [in Japanese], from the Twelve Scenes of theJapanese Alps, dated Taisho 15 (1926), with impressed signature of Hiroshi Yoshida (Japanese,1876‐1950) (some fading, reverse toned, top reverse corners and tacked to backing), 10.75''h x4057 15.625''w $ 150 ‐ 250Framed Japanese color woodblock print (sosaku hanga), Haniwa (1), depicting a pottery tombfigure and two vases, lower left signed in white ink Kiyoshi Saito (1907‐1997), sight: 6.5''h x4058 11.5''w, overall: 12.5''h x 17''w $ 200 ‐ 400Unframed Japanese modern woodblock print, Ueno Kiyomizudo (Kiyomizu Hall, Ueno) from theseries Tokyo nijukei (Twenty Views of Tokyo), [Brown #153], dated Showa 3 (1928), signed Hasui(Kawase Hasui, 1883‐1957), the right margin with Watanabe cartouche (A: 1924‐30) (faded,4059 tear) 15.25''h x 10.25''w $ 75 ‐ 125Unframed Japanese modern woodblock print, Usugure ‐ Evening Glow at Choshi, dated Showa 7(1932), signed Koitsu (Ishiwata Koitsu, 1897‐1987), published by Watanabe (good color),4060 10.125''h x 15''w $ 100 ‐ 200(Lot of 3) Japanese modern prints: first a colored woodblock entitled Natame (Rapeseed), sealedShodo (Kawarazaki Shodo, 1889‐1973), 16''h x 10.75''w; the second multi‐petal white and pinkcherry blossoms, unsigned, 14.25''h x 10.75''w; the third a mezzotint of pansies, edition 10/50,4061 signed in pencil [unread], 15''h x 19.25''w $ 50 ‐ 100Unframed etching, Chamomile, of a nude resting in a field of blossoms beneath billowing clouds,4062 edition notation 9/XXX [sic], signed Mayumi (=Mayumi Oda, Japanese, b. 1941), 18''h x 13.75''w $ 50 ‐ 100(Lot of 2) Japanese woodblock prints: the first a hosoban of an onnagata kabuki actor, signedShunsho (Katsukawa Shunsho 1726‐92), 11.5''h x 5.5''w; the second an oban tate‐e of the kabukiactor Kogawa Yoshitaro, signed Toyokuni, with publisher seal of Kawachiya Genshichi, 15.25''h x4063 10.25''w $ 100 ‐ 150406440654066Unframed Japanese color woodblock print, from the series Genji junijo, entitled Maboroshi(Dream), depicting a high‐ranking courtesan, 1820s, signed Kikugawa Eizan‐hitsu (1787‐1867),with kiwame censor seal and publisher mark of Wakasa‐ya Yoichi, 15.25''h x 10.25''w $ 50 ‐ 100(Lot of 3) Japanese woodblock prints, each by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797‐1861), the first twofrom the series Seicho gishi‐den published by Ebiya, 1847‐48), depicting Kataoka DengoemonTakafusa and Hayami Sozaemon Mitsutaka, 14.5''h x 9.5''w; together with an earlier workdepicting an actor from the Ichimura family (condition problems), 14.75''h x 10''w $ 100 ‐ 150(Lot of 3) Japanese woodblock prints, each by Toyohara Kunichika (1835‐1900) and published byManji: two from the series Sanjuroku ka[ ] no uchi, one entitled Botan (peony), the otherTaku[sha], each with an actor half‐portrait, one with censer/date seal (1865), 14.25''h x 9.5''w;and one of the actor Bando Mitsugoro in role, with censer/date seal (1867.3), 14.625''h x 9.75''w $ 150 ‐ 250Page 6 of 51