AFTER SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) Samurai Mouse Chasing Off Demons Edo period (1615-1868), 1864

AFTER SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) Samurai Mouse Chasing Off Demons Edo period (1615-1868), 1864 A hanging scroll brushed in ink, light color, and gold, depicting a white mouse dressed in formal samurai

SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) Two Woodblock Prints Edo period (1615-1868), 1887 A shikishiban print depicting crows in flight at sunset, signed Hachijūichi-ō Zeshin (Zeshin, age 81) and sealed

STYLE OF SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) A Lacquer Tonkotsu (Tobacco Container) in the Form of an Ink Cake Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Of rectangular section with internal

(lot of 2) Japanese two-case inro, Edo/Meiji period, reddish brown lacquered with a dragon fly and lotus leaves, signed 'Zeshin" (Shibata Zeshin 1807-1891); together with a brown lacquered three-case

SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) Cormorant Fishing Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1880 Hanging scroll, painted in ink and colors on silk, depicting in the foreground two cormorant fishermen and their assistan

UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864) Edo period (1615-1868), 1853 A set of 55 chūban tate-e prints from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Road)

UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1864) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1836 A vertical nagaban-e print entitled Goko shōgun no uchi Kan'u (General Kan'u, One of the Five Tiger Generals), from

SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) A Black-Lacquer Tray Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century The rectangular tray with slightly rounded walls and a stepped rim lacquered with an seidō-nuri ground, th

AFTER SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) An Urushi-e (Lacquer Painting) of a Maple Tree Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1872-1890 Colored urushi (lacquer) on paper, mounted in silk and paper as a kakejiku (hangi

Collection of Eight Edo Period Japanese Woodblock Prints Edo period (1615-1868), includes six woodblock prints by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864) of various kabuki actors and women from Ja

ANONYMOUS (18TH-19TH CENTURY) Flock of Cranes Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century A six-panel folding screen in ink, color, and gold on paper depicting a flock of 17 cranes standing on the shore

RAKU RYŌNYŪ (KICHIZAEMON IX, 1756-1834) A Red Raku Ware Tea Bowl Edo period (1615-1868), after 1811 The earthenware chawan featuring a variegated glaze of shades of red, orange, gray, black,

A LACQUERED AND GILT-WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI Probably Edo period (1615–1868) The Buddha seating on a lotus throne with the right hand in vitarka mudra, the left hand resting on his thigh, tw

ANONYMOUS Cranes with Prunus Blossoms Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century A two-panel folding screen, ink, colors, gofun (calcified crushed oyster-shell gesso), and gold on paper within a double silk

A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Rectangular with an inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with kirigane and hirame embe

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1832 An oban yoko-e print of Izumizaki yagetsu (Night Moon at Izumizaki) from the series Ryukyu hakkei (Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands),

THIRTEEN KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLES) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century All chiselled and inlaid with gold, silver, shakudo, or shibuichi, the first four copper; the first with a flying crane and

KISHI GANTAI (1782-1865) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1836-1853 A pair of hanging scrolls in ink on paper depicting on the right scroll a dragon grasping in its claws a branch of flowering prunus, an

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) Edo period (1615-1868), 1843-1847 An ōban tate-e triptych entitled Kiyomori Nyudo Nunobiki no taki yuran Akugenda Yoshihira no rei Nanba Jirō o utsu (During the

TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892) A Group of Six Woodblock Prints Edo period (1615-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912), 1860s and 1878 Each an ōban tate-e, the first, of a beauty next to a bottle of sa

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) Edo period (1615-1868), 1851 An ōban tate-e print triptych entitled Nanke yūshi Shijō-Nawate nite uchijini (Last Stand of the Kusunoki Heroes at Shijō

A FIREMAN'S JACKET Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)The back of the hikeshi-banten (fireman's jacket) finely decorated with a wrathful tiger standing on a rock above a river, his head raised towards a fly

Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826–1869) A True Picture of Itsukushima in Aki Edo period (1615-1868), middle of 19th century A four-panel folding screen in ink and colors on paper of the world-famour Sh

A KOSHIRA-E (MOUNTING) FOR A DAISHO (MATCHING LONG AND SHORT SWORD) Edo period (1615-1868), mid 19th century with some earlier components The saya (scabbards) finished in an irregular mosaic of greeni