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Auction 21 June 2022 BUSHIDO! The Way of the Warrior - Praha 7

Bid on the lot list Arcimboldo : 21 June 2022 - Bushido! The Way of the Warrior is dedicated to the world of the samurai. In addition to several extremely rare historical sets of armor, swords, helmets, iron masks, sword guards, and other authentic treasures of Japanese handicraft related to the Way of Warrior, the auction also features other works of Japanese art, such as antique folding screens and woodblock prints and a selection of works by contemporary Japanese master Hideo Takeda. The pre-auction exhibition is open Tue-Fri 14:00-18:00 CEST, Sat 11:00-18:00 CESTFor more information about individual lots, please email info@arcimboldo.czOr contact :(English only)<span style="color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: Muli, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">T:420725175550 Arcimboldo Auctions - Praha 7

BUSHIDO! The Way of the Warrior

Tuesday 21 June 2022 - 18:00 (CEST) - Live

U měšťanského pivovaru 6a - 17000 Praha 7, République Tchèque

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Lot n° 1

A 16-plate Akoda-nari suji bachi kabuto [helmet with raised ridges] signed Nobuie

Hachi and mabizashi in sabimono style, kuro nuri 4-lamella shikoro laced in sukage style, fukigaeshi with a gilt copper fukurin, with a pair of gilt shippo ni hanabishi kamon nanako ground plaque, in rear part of hachi kasa jirushi no kan with rust-colored...

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Lot n° 2

A 62-plate koboshi kabuto [helmet with small standing rivets]

Koboshi style Akoda-nari kabuto, kuro-nuri finish, sukage style lacing, mabizashi with nashiji and makie lacquer technique with paulownia and karakusa motifs, fukigaeshi with egawa, excellent maedate with gilt kijin demon carving, in rear part of hachi...

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Lot n° 3

A suji-bachi kabuto [helmet with raised ridges] with menpo [face mask]

62-plate sabimono-style hachi, kuro ishime nuri shikoro laced in sukage style with dark blue odoshi ito, with a brown-lacquered ressei men mempo with removable nose plate. Gilt Akechi clan kamon maedate, ox horn form wakidate

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Lot n° 4

A ho-ate [face mask], signed Takayoshi

Ho-ate mask with good patina, symmetrical yadome plates and odome pins for better kabuto no o lacing, the interior with a red urushi finish, yodare kake laced in sugake style with Hachiman-guro colored odoshi ito.

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Lot n° 5

A ressei-style menpo [face mask with fierce expression]

Typical me no shita bo with removable nose plate, four-part yodare kake laced in sugake style, only mimi ito in distinct bright color, in cheek parts symmetrical orikugi hooks. Yodare kake in kuro nuri, main body of mask in aka urushi red color.

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Lot n° 6

A ryubu-style menpo [face mask with noble expression]

In typical me no shita bo style, with small holes for missing tare cords in the lower section of the main body of mask, perfect patina, pair of yadome and one odome pin in chin section. detachable nose plate, imitation of ears, inner part of mask with...

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Lot n° 7

A karasu tengu menpo [crow goblin face mask], signed Takeyasu

Good patina uchidashi (repousse) formed iron, aka urushi finish to the interior, with a detachable nose plate in the shape of karasu tengu crow beak, two-part yodare kake, an imitation mustache made from yak hair, pair of orikugi and odome in hanabishi...

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Lot n° 8

A somen [full face mask]

Rare uchidashi ressei high-ranking samurai full-face mask, with a detachable nose plate, interior in red urushi surface finish, four-tier tare no sane laced with red odoshi ito, odome. Unsigned high-quality mempo.

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Lot n° 9

A tosei gusoku [armor] yoroi, signed Ki Munetoshi, dated 1748

High quality mid-Edo period armor made by the Myochin familly, gomaido in Sendai-do style, with a uchidashi bonji character "fudo myo o" also in ita-sode together with a "Nyorai" character, tsutsu sode and suneate, suji bachi kabuto with a wooden "banrin"...

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Lot n° 10

A tate hagi do gusoku [armor] yoroi

In sabimono style, 12 plate kabuto with a kuwagata and maedate in form of Shimazu daimyo kamon (Shimazu mon also in tekko and gyoyo), mabizashi with nawa fukurin, kasa jirushi no kan in rear part of hachi, egawa in big fukigaeshi, kabuto with inscription....

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Lot n° 11

A do-maru yoroi from the Myochin workshop

Late Edo period Myochin family archaic style armour, maru bachi hoshi-bachi kabuto with a large fukigaeshi and shinodare, kuwagata, wooden maedate in shape of karasgishi lion, agemaki from kasa jirushi no kan. Mempo in ressei style with a tengu goblin...

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Lot n° 12

A signed chiisai katana

Signed "Omi daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro 近江大掾藤原忠廣", hon zukuri, chu kissaki, iori mune, konuka hada with ji nie, nioideki suguha, horimono - kurikara and suken with tsune, kiri box with a Mori daimyo property inscription (hakogaki), with a high-quality Edo...

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Lot n° 13

A shin shinto katana, signed Jiro Taro Naokatsu, with a tameshigiri inscription in shirasaya

Nambokucho sugata, hon zukuri, iori mune, larger chu kissaki, ashi iri choji gunome hamon, muji ko itame hada. Healthy blade with a full, original shape (ubu sugata), in shirasaya. With tameshigiri rio gruma inscription. With a NBTHK Hozon kanteisho.

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Lot n° 14

A katana attributed to Hojoji Kuniteru with saidan mei, with the inscription “three bodies” from tameshigiri [test cutting]

Nagasa 69 cm, hon zukuri, iori mune, chu kissaki, o mokume hada with chikei, nie deki suguha with ko ashi, kuro nuri saya, iron Myochin-style shakudo fukurin tsuba with a unryu dragon motif, iron takazogan fuchi, shakudo horse motif katachibori menuki,...

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Lot n° 15

A jo-jo saku ko wakizashi, signed Muramasa (nidai)

Nagasa 36,8 cm, hira zukuri, iori mune, tanago bara nakago, nijimei: Muramasa, kagami nioideki notare hamon, in mokume hada with a chikei, hira zukuri toshin, in shirasaya with Kanzan Sato sayagaki inscription, NBTHK kanteisho.

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Lot n° 16

An o-suriage tachi by Sekishu Naotsuna, hi zukuri

Nagasa 77,5 cm, o suriage mumei, hi zukuri, iori mune, smaller chu kissaki, itame hada with ji nie, nie deki gunome midare with extensive hataraki, oborogin kanagu tachi koshirae, iron tsuba attributed to Higo, saya covered with imported 18th century...

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Lot n° 17

A rare Juyo token suriage itomaki no tachi, mumei, attributed to Rai Kunitoshi

Nagasa 70,33 cm, sori 2,12 cm, osuriage mumei, nakago with 2 mekugi ana, hon zukuri, chu kissaki, ko ashi iri hiro suguha hamon, Rai hada (ko itame with chikei), sugu ni saki ko maru boshi, itomaki no tachi koshirae with a Tokugawa family kamon in makie...

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Lot n° 18

A Tetsugendo tsuba, signed Eiju

Iron, signed Eiju (Tetsugendo school). Marugata, ji bori sukashi and suritsuke zogan, with motifs of a kobeshimi (Noh theatre character) mask, kai-oke (lacquered game box) and mai ogi (fan used in traditional dance), all symbols of upper class culture...

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Lot n° 19

A Marugata tsuba, signed Nagatsune

Marugata, ji migaki iron, iroe taka zogan, with a motif of manzai stand-up comedian pair cukkomi and boke. Signed Nagatsune.

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Lot n° 20

A Hikonebori tsuba, signed Soten

Iron, marugata, Hikonebori (ji bori sukashi with zogan inlay), ryohitsu filled by umegane, mimi gilded in suritsuke zogan technique, with a motif of a Genpei War battle. Signed "Soten living in Hikone" 彦根住宗典,

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Lot n° 21

A Mito tsuba with a motif of the dream of Minamoto Raiko

Iron, marugata,mumei, ji borinsukashi, taka zogan, suritsuke zogan, with a motif of Minamoto Yorimitsu Raiko's dream and a Tsuchigumo earth spider monster.

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Lot n° 22

A harimaze byobu [folding screen] with floral and bird motifs [kacho-ga]

Six-panel folding screen with black lacquer frames and paper hinges. Ink, white chalk, and colors on paper, brocade borders, framed by strips of fused silver with localized corrosion.

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Lot n° 23

A byobu [folding screen] with quails under hagi bushes on a silver background, Rinpa school

A six-panel folding screen with black lacquer frame. Ink and colors on paper edged with silver strips, mounted on the screen with brocade borders. Marked with a small cinnabar stamp, unreadable.

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Lot n° 24

A pair of byobu [folding screens] with tigers among rocks in the style of the Kano School, signed Ito

A pair of six-panel folding screens with blue brocade borders and black lacquer frames. Ink, colors (saishoku) and gold flakes (nashiji) on heavy ganpi paper. Signed Ito Gon no Kami Kishi Ryu-sha 伊東権守岸龍写. Positive and negative cinnabar seals.

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Lot n° 25

A byobu [folding screen] with pine groves on a gold background, in the style of the late Kano school

A six-panel folding screen with a brown lacquered frame. Natural pigments on gold leaf-covered paper.

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Lot n° 26

A byobu [folding screen] with monkeys, signed Unkei

A six-panel folding screen with black lacquer frame. Ink and dilute colors on paper. Signed Unkei. Positive and negative square cinnabar seals.

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Lot n° 27

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): A rare hardbound album of 61 prints from two series of musha-e [heroic warrior pictures]: “Heroes of the Grand Pacification (Taiheiki eiyu den)” and “A Hundred Biographies of High Renown (Meiko hyaku yuden)”

An album of 61 prints, comprising: A complete set of 50 prints from “Heroes of the Grand Pacification (Taiheiki eiyu den)”, nishiki-e, oban tate (35 x 24 cm). Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi-ga, personal seal of a paulownia blossom, kiri. Published by Yamamotoya...

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Lot n° 28

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): The Suicide of the Warrior Morozumi Masakiyo in Battle

From the series “Biographies of Brave Generals from the Provinces of Kai and Echigo (Koetsu yusho den)”.

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Lot n° 29

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): The Warrior Iga Jutaro Pulls His Opponent from Horseback in Ambush

From the series “Japanese and Chinese Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji (Wakan Nazorae Genji E Awase)”. Nishiki-e, oban tate-e (36 x 24 cm). Signed: Ichiyudsai Kuniyoshi-ga. Block carver (hori): Shoji. Publisher: Iseya. Censor's seals aratame and...

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Lot n° 30

TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839 - 1892): Asabe Bungonosuke Sadaaki Escaping on Horseback in the Sumida River

From the series “Tales of the Floating World on Eastern Brocade (Azuma nishiki ukiyo kodan)”. Nisihiki-e, oban tate-e (36 x 24 cm). Signed: Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi-hitsu with red personal seal yoshikiri. Publisher: Masuda. Block carver: Hagi Masahisa. Dated...

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Lot n° 31

MIZUNO TOSHIKATA (1866-1908): The Samurai Nawa Nagatoshi Standing in Full Armor Under a Staircase

From the series “Instruction in the Fundamentals of Success (Kyodo risshi no motoi)”. Nishiki-e, oban tate-e (26 x 24 cm). Signature and personal seal: Toshikata. Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi. Dated 1888.

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Lot n° 32

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): The warrior Akechi Mitsuharu with his great white horse resting under the old pine tree of Karasaki on the shore of Lake Biwa (Sono Seki Kokon Muso no Yushi Samanosuke Mitsuhara wa)

Cartouche inscription: Sono Seki Kokon Muso no Yushi Samanosuke Mitsuhara wa. Nishiki-e, triptych (sanmaitsui), oban tate-e (37 x 76 cm). Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi-ga in a gourd-shaped cartouche, with a paulownia (yoshikiri). Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi,...

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Lot n° 33

UTAGAWA YOSHITSUYA (1822-1866): Yoshitsune Crossing the Sea at Daimotsu Bay (Daimotsu no ura Yoshitsune tokai no zu)

Nishiki-e, triptych in oban tate-e format (36 x 72 cm). Signed: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya-ga (student of Ichiusaie Kuniyoshi of the Utagawa school). Publisher: Sawaya Kokichi. Two censors' seals. Dated 1847-52.

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Lot n° 34

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): Yoshitsune Reaching for His Dropped Bow in the Naval Battle at Yashima (Yoshitsune yumi nagare no zu),

Inscription in red horizontal cartouche: Yoshitsune yumi nagare no zu. Nishiki-e, triptych (sanmaitsui), oban tate-e (37 x 76 cm). Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi-ga in a gourd-shaped cartouche with a paulownia (yoshikiri). Publisher: hayashiya Shohei, Edo....

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Lot n° 35

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): The Great Naval Battle at Yashima in the Genpei War (Yashima ogassen)

Inscription in horizontal cartouche: Yashima daikassen. Nishiki-e, triptych (sanmaitsui), oban tate-e (37x76 cm). Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi-ga in a gourd-sahped cartouche with a paulownia (yoshikiri). Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi, Edo. Two censors'...

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Lot n° 36

UTAGAWA TOYONOBU (?-1886): Imagawa Yoshimoto’s Death at the Battle of Okehazama in the Province of Oshu (Okehazama no honjin Imagawa Yoshimoto uchijimi zu)

Inscription: Battle of Okehazama in the Province of Oshu (Okehazama no honjin Imagawa Yoshimoto uchijimi zu). Nishiki-e, triptych in oban tate-e format (36x70 cm). Signed: Ichiyosai Toyonobu-ga. Artist's real name as gaho: Utagawa Kintaro, Kameido (Tokyo)....

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Lot n° 37

HIDEO TAKEDA (b. 1948): Minamoto no Yoritomo Raises His Battle Standard.

Silkscreen print. From the acclaimed series "Genpei", chronicling the 12th century war between the Minamoto and Taira clans for supremacy over Japan. Framed. Numbered 40/200.

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Lot n° 38

HIDEO TAKEDA (b. 1948): The Battle at Fuji River

Color silkscreen print. From the acclaimed series "Genpei", chronicling the 12th century war between the Minamoto and Taira clans for supremacy over Japan. Framed. Numbered 77/185.

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Lot n° 39

HIDEO TAKEDA (b. 1948): The Female Warrior Tomoe

Color skilkscreen print. From the acclaimed series "Genpei", chronicling the 12th century war between the Minamoto and Taira clans for supremacy over Japan. Framed. Extremely rare artist’s proof.

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Lot n° 40

HIDEO TAKEDA (b. 1948): The Mark of a Fan

Color silkscreen print. From the acclaimed series "Genpei", chronicling the 12th century war between the Minamoto and Taira clans for supremacy over Japan. Framed. Numbered 57/185.

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Lot n° 41

HIDEO TAKEDA (b. 1948): The Drifting Bow of Yoshitsune

Color silkscreen print. From the acclaimed series "Genpei", chronicling the 12th century war between the Minamoto and Taira clans for supremacy over Japan. Framed. Numbered 130/200.

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Lot n° 42

HIDEO TAKEDA (b. 1948): On the Palm of the Great Buddha of Nara

Color silkscreen print. From the acclaimed series "Genpei", chronicling the 12th century war between the Minamoto and Taira clans for supremacy over Japan. Framed. Numbered 177/185.

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Auction 21 June 2022 BUSHIDO! The Way of the Warrior - Praha 7

BUSHIDO! The Way of the Warrior

A 16-plate Akoda-nari suji bachi kabuto [helmet with raised ridges] signed Nobuie

Hachi and mabizashi in sabimono style, kuro nuri 4-lamella shikoro laced in sukage style, fukigaeshi with a gilt copper fukurin, with a pair of gilt shippo ni hanabishi kamon nanako ground plaque, in rear part of hachi kasa jirushi no kan with rust-colored...

A 62-plate koboshi kabuto [helmet with small standing rivets]

Koboshi style Akoda-nari kabuto, kuro-nuri finish, sukage style lacing, mabizashi with nashiji and makie lacquer technique with paulownia and karakusa motifs, fukigaeshi with egawa, excellent maedate with gilt kijin demon carving, in rear part of hachi...

A suji-bachi kabuto [helmet with raised ridges] with menpo [face mask]

62-plate sabimono-style hachi, kuro ishime nuri shikoro laced in sukage style with dark blue odoshi ito, with a brown-lacquered ressei men mempo with removable nose plate. Gilt Akechi clan kamon maedate, ox horn form wakidate

A ho-ate [face mask], signed Takayoshi

Ho-ate mask with good patina, symmetrical yadome plates and odome pins for better kabuto no o lacing, the interior with a red urushi finish, yodare kake laced in sugake style with Hachiman-guro colored odoshi ito.

A ressei-style menpo [face mask with fierce expression]

Typical me no shita bo with removable nose plate, four-part yodare kake laced in sugake style, only mimi ito in distinct bright color, in cheek parts symmetrical orikugi hooks. Yodare kake in kuro nuri, main body of mask in aka urushi red color.

A ryubu-style menpo [face mask with noble expression]

In typical me no shita bo style, with small holes for missing tare cords in the lower section of the main body of mask, perfect patina, pair of yadome and one odome pin in chin section. detachable nose plate, imitation of ears, inner part of mask with...

A karasu tengu menpo [crow goblin face mask], signed Takeyasu

Good patina uchidashi (repousse) formed iron, aka urushi finish to the interior, with a detachable nose plate in the shape of karasu tengu crow beak, two-part yodare kake, an imitation mustache made from yak hair, pair of orikugi and odome in hanabishi...

A somen [full face mask]

Rare uchidashi ressei high-ranking samurai full-face mask, with a detachable nose plate, interior in red urushi surface finish, four-tier tare no sane laced with red odoshi ito, odome. Unsigned high-quality mempo.

A tosei gusoku [armor] yoroi, signed Ki Munetoshi, dated 1748

High quality mid-Edo period armor made by the Myochin familly, gomaido in Sendai-do style, with a uchidashi bonji character "fudo myo o" also in ita-sode together with a "Nyorai" character, tsutsu sode and suneate, suji bachi kabuto with a wooden "banrin"...

A tate hagi do gusoku [armor] yoroi

In sabimono style, 12 plate kabuto with a kuwagata and maedate in form of Shimazu daimyo kamon (Shimazu mon also in tekko and gyoyo), mabizashi with nawa fukurin, kasa jirushi no kan in rear part of hachi, egawa in big fukigaeshi, kabuto with inscription....

A do-maru yoroi from the Myochin workshop

Late Edo period Myochin family archaic style armour, maru bachi hoshi-bachi kabuto with a large fukigaeshi and shinodare, kuwagata, wooden maedate in shape of karasgishi lion, agemaki from kasa jirushi no kan. Mempo in ressei style with a tengu goblin...

A signed chiisai katana

Signed "Omi daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro 近江大掾藤原忠廣", hon zukuri, chu kissaki, iori mune, konuka hada with ji nie, nioideki suguha, horimono - kurikara and suken with tsune, kiri box with a Mori daimyo property inscription (hakogaki), with a high-quality Edo...

A shin shinto katana, signed Jiro Taro Naokatsu, with a tameshigiri inscription in shirasaya

Nambokucho sugata, hon zukuri, iori mune, larger chu kissaki, ashi iri choji gunome hamon, muji ko itame hada. Healthy blade with a full, original shape (ubu sugata), in shirasaya. With tameshigiri rio gruma inscription. With a NBTHK Hozon kanteisho.

A katana attributed to Hojoji Kuniteru with saidan mei, with the inscription “three bodies” from tameshigiri [test cutting]

Nagasa 69 cm, hon zukuri, iori mune, chu kissaki, o mokume hada with chikei, nie deki suguha with ko ashi, kuro nuri saya, iron Myochin-style shakudo fukurin tsuba with a unryu dragon motif, iron takazogan fuchi, shakudo horse motif katachibori menuki,...

A jo-jo saku ko wakizashi, signed Muramasa (nidai)

Nagasa 36,8 cm, hira zukuri, iori mune, tanago bara nakago, nijimei: Muramasa, kagami nioideki notare hamon, in mokume hada with a chikei, hira zukuri toshin, in shirasaya with Kanzan Sato sayagaki inscription, NBTHK kanteisho.

An o-suriage tachi by Sekishu Naotsuna, hi zukuri

Nagasa 77,5 cm, o suriage mumei, hi zukuri, iori mune, smaller chu kissaki, itame hada with ji nie, nie deki gunome midare with extensive hataraki, oborogin kanagu tachi koshirae, iron tsuba attributed to Higo, saya covered with imported 18th century...

A rare Juyo token suriage itomaki no tachi, mumei, attributed to Rai Kunitoshi

Nagasa 70,33 cm, sori 2,12 cm, osuriage mumei, nakago with 2 mekugi ana, hon zukuri, chu kissaki, ko ashi iri hiro suguha hamon, Rai hada (ko itame with chikei), sugu ni saki ko maru boshi, itomaki no tachi koshirae with a Tokugawa family kamon in makie...

A Tetsugendo tsuba, signed Eiju

Iron, signed Eiju (Tetsugendo school). Marugata, ji bori sukashi and suritsuke zogan, with motifs of a kobeshimi (Noh theatre character) mask, kai-oke (lacquered game box) and mai ogi (fan used in traditional dance), all symbols of upper class culture...

A Marugata tsuba, signed Nagatsune

Marugata, ji migaki iron, iroe taka zogan, with a motif of manzai stand-up comedian pair cukkomi and boke. Signed Nagatsune.

A Hikonebori tsuba, signed Soten

Iron, marugata, Hikonebori (ji bori sukashi with zogan inlay), ryohitsu filled by umegane, mimi gilded in suritsuke zogan technique, with a motif of a Genpei War battle. Signed "Soten living in Hikone" 彦根住宗典,

A Mito tsuba with a motif of the dream of Minamoto Raiko

Iron, marugata,mumei, ji borinsukashi, taka zogan, suritsuke zogan, with a motif of Minamoto Yorimitsu Raiko's dream and a Tsuchigumo earth spider monster.

A harimaze byobu [folding screen] with floral and bird motifs [kacho-ga]

Six-panel folding screen with black lacquer frames and paper hinges. Ink, white chalk, and colors on paper, brocade borders, framed by strips of fused silver with localized corrosion.

A byobu [folding screen] with quails under hagi bushes on a silver background, Rinpa school

A six-panel folding screen with black lacquer frame. Ink and colors on paper edged with silver strips, mounted on the screen with brocade borders. Marked with a small cinnabar stamp, unreadable.

A pair of byobu [folding screens] with tigers among rocks in the style of the Kano School, signed Ito

A pair of six-panel folding screens with blue brocade borders and black lacquer frames. Ink, colors (saishoku) and gold flakes (nashiji) on heavy ganpi paper. Signed Ito Gon no Kami Kishi Ryu-sha 伊東 権守岸龍写. Positive and negative cinnabar seals.

A byobu [folding screen] with pine groves on a gold background, in the style of the late Kano school

A six-panel folding screen with a brown lacquered frame. Natural pigments on gold leaf-covered paper.

A byobu [folding screen] with monkeys, signed Unkei

A six-panel folding screen with black lacquer frame. Ink and dilute colors on paper. Signed Unkei. Positive and negative square cinnabar seals.

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): A rare hardbound album of 61 prints from two series of musha-e [heroic warrior pictures]: “Heroes of the Grand Pacification (Taiheiki eiyu den)” and “A Hundred Biographies of High Renown (Meiko hyaku yuden)”

An album of 61 prints, comprising: A complete set of 50 prints from “Heroes of the Grand Pacification (Taiheiki eiyu den)”, nishiki-e, oban tate (35 x 24 cm). Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi-ga, personal seal of a paulownia blossom, kiri. Published by Yamamotoya...

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): The Suicide of the Warrior Morozumi Masakiyo in Battle

From the series “Biographies of Brave Generals from the Provinces of Kai and Echigo (Koetsu yusho den)”.

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): The Warrior Iga Jutaro Pulls His Opponent from Horseback in Ambush

From the series “Japanese and Chinese Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji (Wakan Nazorae Genji E Awase)”. Nishiki-e, oban tate-e (36 x 24 cm). Signed: Ichiyudsai Kuniyoshi-ga. Block carver (hori): Shoji. Publisher: Iseya. Censor's seals aratame and...

TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839 - 1892): Asabe Bungonosuke Sadaaki Escaping on Horseback in the Sumida River

From the series “Tales of the Floating World on Eastern Brocade (Azuma nishiki ukiyo kodan)”. Nisihiki-e, oban tate-e (36 x 24 cm). Signed: Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi-hitsu with red personal seal yoshikiri. Publisher: Masuda. Block carver: Hagi Masahisa. Dated...

MIZUNO TOSHIKATA (1866-1908): The Samurai Nawa Nagatoshi Standing in Full Armor Under a Staircase

From the series “Instruction in the Fundamentals of Success (Kyodo risshi no motoi)”. Nishiki-e, oban tate-e (26 x 24 cm). Signature and personal seal: Toshikata. Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi. Dated 1888.

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): The warrior Akechi Mitsuharu with his great white horse resting under the old pine tree of Karasaki on the shore of Lake Biwa (Sono Seki Kokon Muso no Yushi Samanosuke Mitsuhara wa)

Cartouche inscription: Sono Seki Kokon Muso no Yushi Samanosuke Mitsuhara wa. Nishiki-e, triptych (sanmaitsui), oban tate-e (37 x 76 cm). Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi-ga in a gourd-shaped cartouche, with a paulownia (yoshikiri). Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi,...

UTAGAWA YOSHITSUYA (1822-1866): Yoshitsune Crossing the Sea at Daimotsu Bay (Daimotsu no ura Yoshitsune tokai no zu)

Nishiki-e, triptych in oban tate-e format (36 x 72 cm). Signed: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya-ga (student of Ichiusaie Kuniyoshi of the Utagawa school). Publisher: Sawaya Kokichi. Two censors' seals. Dated 1847-52.

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): Yoshitsune Reaching for His Dropped Bow in the Naval Battle at Yashima (Yoshitsune yumi nagare no zu),

Inscription in red horizontal cartouche: Yoshitsune yumi nagare no zu. Nishiki-e, triptych (sanmaitsui), oban tate-e (37 x 76 cm). Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi-ga in a gourd-shaped cartouche with a paulownia (yoshikiri). Publisher: hayashiya Shohei, Edo....

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): The Great Naval Battle at Yashima in the Genpei War (Yashima ogassen)

Inscription in horizontal cartouche: Yashima daikassen. Nishiki-e, triptych (sanmaitsui), oban tate-e (37x76 cm). Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi-ga in a gourd-sahped cartouche with a paulownia (yoshikiri). Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi, Edo. Two censors'...

UTAGAWA TOYONOBU (?-1886): Imagawa Yoshimoto’s Death at the Battle of Okehazama in the Province of Oshu (Okehazama no honjin Imagawa Yoshimoto uchijimi zu)

Inscription: Battle of Okehazama in the Province of Oshu (Okehazama no honjin Imagawa Yoshimoto uchijimi zu). Nishiki-e, triptych in oban tate-e format (36x70 cm). Signed: Ichiyosai Toyonobu-ga. Artist's real name as gaho: Utagawa Kintaro, Kameido (Tokyo)....

HIDEO TAKEDA (b. 1948): Minamoto no Yoritomo Raises His Battle Standard.

Silkscreen print. From the acclaimed series "Genpei", chronicling the 12th century war between the Minamoto and Taira clans for supremacy over Japan. Framed. Numbered 40/200.

HIDEO TAKEDA (b. 1948): The Battle at Fuji River

Color silkscreen print. From the acclaimed series "Genpei", chronicling the 12th century war between the Minamoto and Taira clans for supremacy over Japan. Framed. Numbered 77/185.

HIDEO TAKEDA (b. 1948): The Female Warrior Tomoe

Color skilkscreen print. From the acclaimed series "Genpei", chronicling the 12th century war between the Minamoto and Taira clans for supremacy over Japan. Framed. Extremely rare artist’s proof.

A pair of six-panel folding screens with blue brocade borders and black lacquer frames. Ink, colors (saishoku) and gold flakes (nashiji) on heavy ganpi paper. Signed Ito Gon no Kami Kishi Ryu-sha 伊東権守岸龍写. Positive and negative cinnabar seals.