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.
Spazio Bolaffi Torino, corso Verona 34/D
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Lot 511
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Hikawa Shrine at Akasaka (Akasaka Hikawa) Edo period, 1862
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Famous Places in Edo” (Edo meisho zue), publisher Fujiokaya Keijiro.
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 00.1210).
13.78 x 9.21 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 512
TWO PRINTS
Japan, 19th century
Large format (oban) woodcut prints.
Defects.
9.3 x 14.2 in. the largest
Starting price: € 100
Lot 513
Two prints
Japan, Edo period, mid 19th century
Polychrome woodblock prints by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), depicting Kabuki actors, wooden frame and protective glass.
Dimensions include frame.
24 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 514
Three prints
Japan, Meiji period
Polychrome woodblock prints, pages from erotic books (shunga), all with frame and protective glass.
11.6 x 14.7 in. the largest
Starting price: € 100
Lot 515
Chrysanthemum
Japan, Meiji period, 1893
Polychrome woodblock print, double page from the book "Keika's One Hundred Chrysanthemums" (契華百菊, Keika hyakukiku).
17.2 x 12.4 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 516
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Tenpozan Hill in Osaka (Osaka Tenpozan) 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. 11.16754).
13.86 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 517
Ten prints
Japan, Meiji period
Woodcuts, each depicting a composition with birds.
7 x 9.7 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 518
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE 1797-1858
Hara 1840-1842
Medium-sized polychrome woodblock print (chuban) from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido” (Tokaido gojusan tsugi, “Kyoka Tokaido”), published by Sanoya Kihei.
6.30 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 80
Lot 519
Fortress with bridge
Japan, 19th century
Large-format polychrome woodcut (oban), probably the central sheet of a triptych.
13.6 x 9.6 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 520
Print
Japan, Meiji period
Large-format polychrome woodcut print (oban).
Probably the central sheet of a triptych.
22.6 x 18.9 in.
Starting price: € 80