ASIAN ART
AUCTION
Monday 15 December 2025,
from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-213) and from 2.30 p.m. (lots 214-563)
Spazio Bolaffi Torino, corso Verona 34/D
VIEWING
From Wednesday 10 to Monday 15 December, Sunday included.
From 10.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m.
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Lot 501
FAN
Japan, Meiji period
Ink on paper, two-character calligraphy and artist's signature.
9.6 x 19.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 502
Fan
Japan, Meiji period
Ink and colors on paper, depicting bindweed flowers (aogai), signature and seal on the left.
7.9 x 18.4 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 503
Two fans
Japan, Meiji period
Ink on paper, each depicting a traditional poet accompanied by inscriptions.
7.1 x 16.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 504
Four books
Japan, 19th Century
Woodblock-printed books, two from a textbook for learning English, one from Kamigaki Morikuni's three-volume work entitled 養蚕秘録 (Yosan hiroku), a treatise on sericulture published in 1803, the fourt consising of the second volume from the work entitled 尾張名所図会 (Owari
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 505
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Ushi Tenjin Edo period, 1861-1864
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Famous Places in Edo” (Edo meisho zue), .
13.98 x 9.21 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 506
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Maiko Beach in Harima Province (Banshu Maiko no hama) Edo period, 1859
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces” (Shokoku mesh hyakkei).
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. RES.54.190.25).
13.98 x 9.37 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 507
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE E UTAGAWA KUNISADA
Yui: the Sisters Miyagino and Shinobu Edo period, 1854
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Tokaido from two brushes” (Sohitsu goujusan tsugi), publisher Maruya Kyushiro.
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 11.36763.20).
13.78 x 9.06 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 508
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Shinobazu pond (Shinobazu ike) periodo Edo, 1862
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital” (Toto sanjurokkei),
14.37 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 509
UTAGAWA KUNISADA 1786-1865
The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV in the role of Munekiyo and the actor Onoe Kikugoro IV in the role of Tokiwa Gozen Edo period, 1856
Large format diptych of polychrome woodblock prints (oban).
Published in relation to a a Kabuki drama performed in the Ichimuraza theatre in Edo by November 1856.
A similar print is in the British Museum in London(inv. 1920,0606,0.128).
13.98 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 510
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE E UTAGAWA KUNISADA
Numazu: the Ashitaka Mountains and Numazu Station (Ahitakayama, Numazu shuku) Edo period, 1854
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Tokaido from two brushes” (Sohitsu goujusan tsugi), publisher Maruya Kyushiro.
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 11.36763.16).
14.17 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 100