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A Satsuma cylindrical koro (incense burner) and en-suite cover with an unusual subjectBy Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely decorated in gilt and enamels with a continuous scene of the autumn ritual shika no tsuno kiri (deer antler-cutting ceremony), depicting a party of seko (stag hunters) in a pine forest, several figures shown chasing the stags with wood batons, others attempting to trap one by throwing a bamboo loop over its antlers and one group holding down a stag whilst cutting off its antlers with a nokogiri (saw), all on a cream ground, the pierced cover embellished with a profusion of tightly clustered chrysanthemums; signed on the base Yabu Meizan within a gilt seal. 9.5cm x 7.5cm (3¾in x 3in) high. (2).Footnotes:Provenance:A private collection, acquired in the 1930s, thence by descent.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Satsuma slender pear-shape vaseBy Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely decorated in enamels and gilt with a continuous scene possibly from the Gion matsuri (Kyoto summer festival) depicting a procession of figures around a large, elaborate tapestry-adorned festival float, a group of participants at the front clutching a rope preparing to pull the impressive portable structure with a platform above seated with musicians, the neck with trailing branches of purple and white wisteria, the foot with a band of a profusion of sprig of peonies, signed on the base with a gilt seal Yabu Meizan; with a wood storage box. 26cm (10¼in) high. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare and fine Satsuma okimono figure of an Oharame (female brushwood gatherer)By Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely decorated in enamels and gilt, modelled seated and resting on a large tied bundle of brushwood, her feet crossed, wearing a dark chequered kimono, tied at the front with a striped obi and a cotton cloth on her head, one hand dipped into a tobacco pouch and the other holding a pipe: signed on the front just behind her legs with a gilt seal Yabu Meizan; with a wood storage box. 22cm x 19.5cm (8 5/8in x 7 5/8in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Satsuma baluster vaseBy Kinkozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt with a continuous scene of a hunting excursion depicting three ox-drawn carriages stationed on the pine-clad shores of a lake, showing several Heian courtiers carrying bows and arrows accompanied by a retinue of attendants, one solitary crane flying in the distance, the shoulder with overlapping elaborate brocade, the neck and foot encircled with a narrow band of repeated geometric motifs, signed on the base with a gilt seal Kinkozan tsukuru; with a blue fabric-covered storage box. 26cm (10¼in) high. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Satsuma small baluster vaseBy Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely decorated in enamels and gilt, the body with a wide central continuous landscape depicting sailing boats on a lake before distant mountains and a village with fishing boats and nets drying in the foreground, the shoulder with a flower-shaped panel enclosing closely clustered chrysanthemum blossoms, the foot with a narrow band of florets, the neck with a narrow band of repeated geometric patterns; signed on the base with a gilt seal Yabu Meizan. 9cm (3½in) high.Footnotes:Provenance:A private collection, acquired in the 1930s, thence by descent.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A gilt-bronze okimono of a pheasant and snakeBy Genryusai Seiya, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryStanding with its head lowered as it spies a snake coiled around its right legs, resting on an unrelated gnarled separate wood stand; signed on the pheasant's belly within a gilt rectangular reserve Seiya iru (Cast by Seiya). The pheasant: 19.5cm x 40cm (7 5/8in x 15¾in), the wood stand: 6cm x 64cm (2 3/8in x 25 3/16in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Inlaid iron rectangular box and coverMeiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryWorked in typical gold overlay, the hinged cover decorated with Kinkakuji sheltered beneath a canopy of overarching pine branches, a fan-shaped title cartouche on the bottom right, the sides of the box strewn with maple leaves, unsigned; with a wood storage box. 3.6cm x 10.7cm x 9.2cm (1 3/8in x 4¼in x 3 5/8in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Bronze cylindrical vase in the form of a bambooBy Tamura Seiun, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryCarved in high relief with a tree frog crawling up at the front towards the rim; signed on the underside with an impressed seal Tamura Seiun. 29cm (11 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Known to be active between Meiji to Taisho era in Tokyo, not much else is known about the artist but Seiun is most likely the go for Tamura Seitaro who was a pupil of a metal worker Nishimura Unsho (1859-1912).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A bronze baluster vaseAttributed to Kibundo Shohei (1813–1892), Meiji (1868-1912), late 19th centuryThe reddish-brown body applied with a tree frog in high relief of bronze crawling up one side towards the top of the vase as it spies a spider on the rim, signed on the base with chiselled signature Kibun tsukuru; with a wood storage box inscribed on the lid Seidoko-shiki kabin (Flower vase in the style of archaic Chinese bronze vase) with a seal, inside the lid signed Kibundo Shohei tsukuru with a seal Kasetsu Nihon Biwako no higashi (Our family is clumsily located to the east of Lake Biwa in Japan). 25.5cm (10in) high. (2).Footnotes:The founder of the Kibundo Company, Kibundo Shohei (also known as Hatano Shohei) was apprenticed at age 11 to the Ryubundo Company of Kyoto, where he studied the art of casting in bronze and iron for 17 years before setting up his own business. After much disruption due to the political upheavals of the late Edo period, he finally settled in the Notogawa district (today's Higashi-Omi City) near Lake Biwa.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A bronze slender vaseBy Hasuda Shugoro (1915-2010), Showa era (1926-1989), 20th centuryCast in a slim, abstract form, with a flat top and angled spout rim at one side meeting at an indented front upper section on the shoulder and cut away below, adjacent to engraved inset lines, signed just above the foot with chiselled characters Shu; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Chudo kaki (Cast bronze flower vase), signed inside the lid Shugoro with seal Shugoro. 32cm (12½in) high. (2).Footnotes:Born in Kanazawa, Hasuda Shugoro is considered one of the principal modernist artists working in bronze during the post-war period. He studied metal craft under Takamura Toyochika (1890 -1972) and in 1960 set up Enshin (The Heart of the Circle), an art crafts group, followed in 1962 by Gendai Kogei Bijutsuka Kyokai (Association for Modern Artist Craftsmen). His first national award was at the Fifth Nitten in 1949 and he subsequently received the Hokuto Award (1953) among many other prizes. In 1987 he was honoured as a Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government and in 1991 he was decorated with the Order of Cultural Merit.For a very similar vase by the artist, see Hasuda Shugoro, Hasuda Shugoro kinzoku zokei (Shugoro Hasuda- Metall Plastik), Kyoto, Kyoto Shoin, 1981, p.40, no.12.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A gold-plated kyobako (box for Buddhist scriptures)Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th centuryThe inrobuta (flush-fitting) cover applied in high relief of gold with a pair of birds of prey, standing opposite each other, the sides of the box similarly decorated with eight horin (dharmic wheels), all reserved on a fragmented rinzu (textile-weave)-patterned ground, two horin on each side of the box attached with a loose ring handle, unsigned; with a black-lacquered wood storage box. 11cm x 42cm x 12cm (4 5/8in x 16¼in x 4¾in); weight: 4300g. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Gold-plated noshi-osae (weight for celebratory papers) in the form of takaramono (auspicious objects)By Nakagawa Joeki IX (1849–1911), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising five different auspicious objects resting against each other: tsuchi (Daikoku's magic mallet), fundo (weight), inscribed senkanme (weight of 1000 kan), makimono (handscroll) representing a cultured life or wisdom leading to good fortune and a takarakagi (storehouse keys) and a loose tama (wish-granting jewel), signed on the mallet's handle Nakagawa Kyusei Joeki kore o tsukuru with a kao; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed on the lid Takara zukushi noshi osae, kinmekki (gilt weight for noshi [celebratory paper decorations]) and signed inside the lid Nakagawa Kyusei Joeki kore o tsukuru with seal Kyusei Joeki. The takaramono: 8.7cm x 9cm (3 3/8in x 3¼in), the tama: 5.3cm (2in) high. (3).Footnotes:Ninth head of a lineage of Kyoto artists who had specialized mainly in making utensils for the tea ceremony, Nakagawa Joeki received the support of the Mitsui family to compensate for the loss of traditional patronage during the Meiji era and turned to creating highly accomplished ornamental pieces such as this.This kind of noshi-osae is usually placed on top of naga-noshi (long rectangular papers used for ceremonial decoration), originally made of stretched dried abalone, resting on a sanpo (stand for ceremonial offerings) as part of the New Year decorations in the tokonoma (alcove) of a tea room.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TOREI ENJI (1721-1792)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th centuryTetsubo (iron rod); a kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and on paper in silk mounts, the massive twisted rod with a loop handle, inscribed to either side Kono waro osoreruru hito . . . (Those who fear this shall be rewarded); with a dharmic succession seal at top right and two seals at bottom left, the first reading Torei no in (Seal of Torei); with a wood storage box. Overall: 214cm x 36cm (84¼in x 14 1/8in); image: 132cm x 28cm (52in x 11in). (2).Footnotes:For a Torei painting of an iron rod with the same inscription, see Audrey Yoshiko Seo and Stephen Addiss, The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin, Boston, Shambhala Publications, 2010, pl.7.1. The iron rod depicted here is traditionally associated with demons that torment sinners in the realms of hell. Born in Omi Province, Tōrei entered monastic life at age nine and became a priest of the Rinzai sect. At 23 he visited Hakuin at Shoinji Temple, staying to become his most renowned pupil, and then went on to found Ryutakuji Temple in Izu Province, finally spending the last years of his life at Reisenji in Mito. His paintings and calligraphies are rich in religious symbolism.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HAKUIN EKAKU (1686-1769)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th centuryKanzeon Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Kannon); a kakejiku (hanging scroll), calligraphy, ink and on paper in silk mounts, brushed with five large characters, sealed Kokantei, Hakuin and Ekaku; with a wood storage box. Overall: 124cm x 25.5cm (48¾in x 10in); image: 61.5 x 13.5cm (24¼in x 5 5/16in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HAKUIN EKAKU (1686-1769)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th centuryFukurokuju or Jurojin (one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune); a kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and on paper in silk mounts, depicting the deity with characteristic tall cranium, long whiskers and benign smile, beneath an inscription, with two artist's seals at right and a dharmic succession seal at top left; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Hakuin Zenshi shinseki, Fukurokuju no zu (Painting of Fukurokuju, a genuine work by Zen priest Hakuin) and singed and sealed inside by the economist and Zen scholar Awakawa Koichi (1902-1977). Overall: 169cm x 36cm (66½in x 14 1/8in); image: 95cm x 24.2cm (37 3/8in x 9 9/16in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

OBA GAKUSEN (1820-1899)Meiji era (1868-1912), 1871Cranes; a kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, mineral colours and gofun (calcified powdered clay) on silk in silk mounts, depicting two male and one female Manchurian cranes; signed at lower left Kanoto-hitsuji no koharu no hi utsusu Gakusen Kaku (Brushed on a day in October 1871 by Gakusen Crane) and sealed twice, the second seal Gakusen; fitted with a modern futomaki (large-diameter roller), a later wood inner tomobako box with a commendation dated 1982, and a lacquered outer box. Overall : 214cm x 86cm (84¼in x 33 7/8in); image: 142cm x 63cm (55 7/8in x 24¾in). (4).Footnotes:Born in the Tokuyama Domain (present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture) the son of a swordsmith, Oba Gakusen completed a painting commission on behalf of his teacher, the local painter Asakura Nanryo (1575-1844), when he was only 11 years old. At 15 he began to study with a follower of Tani Buncho and then, at 18, joined the Kyoto studio of Oda Kaisen (1785-1852), who adopted him 12 years later. The present scroll, an accomplished contribution to a tradition of crane painting initiated by the great Kyoto artist Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), was executed just before Gakusen moved from Kyoto to Tokyo and embarked on a successful career as a public artist, showing his work at official expositions and playing a major role in palace decoration projects.For a similar treatment of crane feathers by the artist, compare Shimonoseki Municipal Art Museum, Oba Gakusen to Meiji zenki Nihonga (Oba Gasen and Paintings in the First Half of Meiji Era), Shimonoseki, 1991, p.44, pl.no.42.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

UEHARA KONEN (1877–1940)Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th centuryOhara no tsuyu (Dew in Ohara); a kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting Lady Kenreimon'in, the former Empress, seated at prayer with her faithful servant Awa no Naishi and others in a dilapidated building of the Jakkoin Temple, Ohara (north of Kyoto); signed and sealed at lower right Konen; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Ohara no tsuyu (Dew in Ohara) and signed inside Konen jidai (Inscribed in person by Koen) and sealed. Overall: 235cm x 96cm (92½in x 37¾in); image: 138cm x 83cm (54 3/8 x 32 5/8in). (2).Footnotes:In this outstanding example of late Meiji-era history painting, Uehara Konen masterfully captures the desolate atmosphere of the closing pages of Heike monogatari, a medieval prose chronicle of Japan's twelfth-century civil war, which tells how Lady Kenreimon'in, daughter of Kiyomori, leader of the defeated Taira clan, and mother of the child Emperor Antoku, retired to a temple outside and devoted herself to prayer. A native of Tokyo, Konen studied under Kajita Hanko and was a member of several of the leading art associations of his day. His work was selected for the Bunten national exhibition in 1911 and 1915.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868–1912), mid-late 19th centurySpring flowers; a kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on satin in silk mounts, depicting flowering branches of plum and camellia in a double bamboo hanging basket, signed at bottom right Zeshin and sealed Koma; with a wood storage box titled Ume tsubaki, Zeshin hitsu (Plum and camellia painted by Zeshin) and a cardboard slipcase. Overall: 128cm x 32cm (50 3/8in x 12 5/8in); image: 23cm x 16cm (9in x 6¼in). (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

KAMISAKA SEKKA (1866-1942)Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryFarmhouse and Cherry Trees; a kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, mineral colours, and sprinkled gold leaf on silk in silk mounts, depicting a rustic dwelling and flowering cherry trees; the artist's red seal at centre right; with a plain wood storage box. Overall: 114cm x 45.2cm (44 7/8in x 17¾in); image: 30.5cm x 28.3cm (12in x 11 1/8in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

IKEGAMI SHUHO (1874-1944)Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912–1926) era, early 20th centuryA pair of deer; a kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in narrow silk mounts, depicting a male and female deer in an autumnal setting with sasa (bamboo grass) and a branch with red berries, signed at bottom left Shuho and sealed twice, the second seal reading Shoho; with a wood storage box and a cardboard slipcase. Overall: 186cm x 131cm (73¼in x 51 9/16n); image: 160cm x 115cm (63in x 45¼in). (3).Footnotes:Born in Nagano Prefecture, Ikegami Shuho trained under his father Ikegami Shuka, a Shijo-school painter, and later received instruction from the important Meiji-era artist Araki Kanpo (1831–1915). Shuho was an exceptionally active participant in national exhibitions, showing major works at the Bunten national salon and its various subsequent iterations over 30 times from 1908 until 1943, as well as running an art academy and, later in his career, dedicating numerous paintings to Shinto shrines. The present large hanging scroll, dating from early in his career, is an excellent example of the Western-inflected Shijo style that prevailed around the end of the Meiji eraThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Senryu and OshoEdo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th centuryTwo unmounted folding-fan paintings, painted in Kano style in ink on mica-covered paper, one depicting a cormorant on a rock in the sea and the other an oxherd seated on the back of an ox playing a flute; the cormorant signed Hokkyo Senryu hitsu, the oxherd signed Osho kore o egaku. The cormorant painting: 51cm (20in) wide; the oxherd painting: 47cm (18½in) wide. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TSUTAKA WAICHI (1911-1995)Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th centurySakuhin (Work); calligraphic abstract painting, ink on paper mounted in silk as a kakejiku (hanging scroll), signed Waichi in hiragana and sealed Waichi in Chinese characters; with a wood storage box and cardboard slipcase. Overall: 155cm x 65cm (61in x 25 5/8in); image: 56cm x 43cm (22 1/16in x 16 15/16in). (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TSUTAKA WAICHI (1911-1995)Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th centurySakuhin (Work); calligraphic abstract painting, ink on paper mounted in silk as a kakejiku (hanging scroll), signed Waichi in hiragana and sealed Waichi in Chinese characters; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Sakuhin (Work) and signed and sealed in Chinese characters on the reverse of the lid Waichi; with a cardboard slipcase. Overall: 147.5cm x 65.5cm (58 1/16in x 25¾in); image: 52.5cm x 43.5cm (20¾in x 17 1/8in). (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TSUTAKA WAICHI (1911-1995)Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th centurySakuhin (Work); abstract painting, oil on canvas, framed, signed in Roman script W. Tsutaka; with a clothbound cardboard box. Overall: 38.5cm x 46cm (15 1/8in x 18 1/8in); image: 38cm x 45.5cm (15in x 17 7/8in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760sA chuban yoko-e shunga print, depicting a young girl and a young man disguised as a komuso (mendicant monk) making love on the tatami floor of a shop; unsigned. 18.2cm x 25.3cm (7 3/16in x 10in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

one by Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) and one attributed to Ippitsusai Buncho (active circa 1765-1792)Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760s and circa 1770Two chuban yoko-e shunga prints: the first by Harunobu, depicting a young man forcing himself on a young girl who is trying to push him away, signed Harunobu ga on a tsuitate (standing screen), 20.2cm x 27.6cm (8in x 10 7/8in); the second attributed to Buncho, depicting a woman dreaming of making love to a young man, unsigned; 19.3cm x 26.4cm (7 5/8in x 10 3/8in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

One by Suzuki Harunobu and one attributed to Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760sTwo chuban yoko-e shunga prints: the first attributed to Harunobu, depicting a husband and a wife making love, in the presence of a child, 20.3cm x 27.7cm (8in x 10 15/16in); the second by Harunobu, no.8 from the series Enshoku Mane'emon (Elegant Erotic Mane'emon), depicting a man and woman enjoying themselves after a bath at a famous hot spring resort, watching the party with a blind ballad singer, the naked bean man Mane'emon coming in from the bath, 21.3cm x 28.3cm (8 3/8in x 11 1/8in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760sA chuban yoko-e shunga print depicting a naked and aroused male pilgrim emerging from inside a mosquito net at an inn, grabbing a maidservant by her obi as she coyly rejects his advances; unsigned. 20.6cm X 28cm (8 1/8in x 11in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760sA chuban yoko-e shunga print from an untitled series, depicting a jealous courtesan spying on a couple making love within an interior and about to hurl a snowball at them; unsigned. 21.5cm x 28.2cm (8½in x 11 1/8in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760sA chuban yoko-e shunga print, depicting a noodle vendor watching a couple making love on a niguruma (Wheel-barrow) at night; unsigned. 20.2cm x 27.6cm (8in x 10 7/8).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760sA chuban yoko-e shunga print of Shiohama no shugetsu (Autumn Moon Shining Over Shiohama Beach) from the series Furyu Edo hakkei (Fashionable Eight Views of Edo), depicting a young couple enjoying themselves on a veranda overlooking the sea and an enden (salt evaporation pond); unsigned. 21.4cm x 28.8cm (8 7/16in x 11 3/8in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

One by Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) and one attributed to Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790)Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760s and early 1770sTwo chuban yoko-e shunga prints: the first by Harunobu, depicting a woman making love to her lover beside her husband sleeping inside a mosquito net, signed Harunobu ga on fusuma (sliding paper doors), 20.4cm x 27.5cm (8in x 10 13/16in); the second attributed to Koryusai, depicting a maid spying on a husband and a wife making love, 17.4cm x 24.9cm (6 7/8in x 9 13/16in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

AnonymousMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century12 oban shunga prints: each depicting a love making scene, including a samurai and a female servant,a courtesan and her client and a townspeople couple, all with black lacquer details on hair or obi, some with silver mica details; unsigned. Each approx., 25cm x 36.7cm (9 7/8in x 14 7/16in). (12).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Yoshu Chikanobu (1838–1912)Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1896 and 1897Two albums bounded with a complete set of 50 oban tate-e prints of okubi-e (bust portraits) of beauties, titled Jidai kagami (Mirror of the Ages), documenting the fashions of former times (from the Kenmu to the Meiji era) in chronological order, each sheet with a beautiful woman in sumptuous costume depicted at the lower section and a rectangular panel at the top which makes a reference to the era, some sheets with lacquer and embossed details, published by Matsuki Heikichi, variously dated Meiji 29 and 30 (1896-7), all signed Yoshu Chikanobu, together with two prints indicating the title and showing the table of contents and a single page opening illustration of three ladies; both with blue brocade covers with a title slip, the first volume with a single-page calligraphy and four page preface by Mr Ichi Daiseki, as commissioned by Mr Uemura, owner of the prints, dated Showa 51 (1976); a further signature and seals belonging to Mr Kosugi Hiroshi (likely the subsequent owner) at the end, dated Heisei 5 (1994), the second volume also bearing the signature and seal of Mr Kosugi Hiroshi inside the back cover. Each sheet approx., 36cm x 24cm (14 1/8in x 9½in). (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1933 and 1947Comprising two oban prints: the first a tate-e, titled on the bottom margin Uji Byodoin Hoodo (Phoenix hall, Byodo temple, Uji), dated Showa hachinen kugatsu saku (Work of the ninth month, Showa 8 [September 1933]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin, 39.5cm x 26.1cm (15½in x 10¼in); the second a yoko-e, titled on the left margin Kiri no Miyajima (Miyajima in the Mist), dated Showa nijuninen saku (Work of Showa 22 [1947]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal on the bottom right corner, 26cm x 39.2cm (10¼in x 15 3/8in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1950, 1951 and 1952Three oban tate-e prints: the first titled Yamato Hatsusedera (Hatsuse Temple, Yamato), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), 39cm x 26.3cm (15 3/8in x 10 3/8in); the second of Meiji Jingu shobuden (Iris Garden at Meiji Shrine), dated Showa nijurokunen saku (Work of Showa 26 [1951]), 39cm x 26.5cm (15 3/8in x 10 7/16in); the last of Otemon no haru no yugure (Springtime Evening at Ote Gate), dated Showa nijunananen saku (Work of Showa 27 [1952]), 38.7cm x 36.3cm (15½in x 14 5/16in); all published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal, signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1932An oban yoko-e print, titled on the left margin Kohan no ame, Matsue (Lakeside Shower, Matsue) depicting a solitary oarsman beneath a sky with heavy thick clouds of dark grey rowing towards orange-brown reeds bending along the shoreline, dated Showa shichinen nigatsu saku (Work of the second month, Showa 7 [February 1932]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu fukyo mosha Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 26.2cm x 39cm (10¼in x 15 5/16in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), both dated 1950Comprising two oban yoko-e prints: one titled on the left margin Saga Kaiunkyo (Kaiun Bridge, Saga), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal on the bottom left corner, 26cm x 39.5cm (10¼in x 15½in); the second titled Byodoin no yu (Dusk at Byodo Temple), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal on the bottom left corner, 26cm x 39.5cm (10¼in x 15½in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1931, 1933 and 1951Three oban prints: the first a tate-e titled Meguro Fudodo (Fudo Temple, Meguro), dated Showa rokunen saku (Work of Showa 6 [1931]), with Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal, 39.5cm x 26.6cm (15 9/16in x 10½in); the second a tate-e of Matsushima Zaimokuto (Zaimoku Island, Matsushima) from the series Nihon fukeishu higashi Nihon hen (Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition), dated Showa hachinen gogatsu saku (Work of the fifth month, Showa 8 [May 1933]), with Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal, 39.2 x 26cm (15 7/16in x 10¼in); the last a yoko-e of Toshodaiji, Nara (Toshodaiji Temple, Nara), dated Showa nijurokunen saku (Work of Showa 26 [1951]), with 6mm round Watanabe seal, 26.4cm x 39.6cm (10 3/8in x 15 9/16in); all published by Watanabe Shozaburo and signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1940 and 1950Comprising two oban tate-e prints: one titled on the left margin Atami Nishikiura (Nishikiura Beach, Atami), dated Showa jugonen saku (Work of Showa 15 [1940]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin, 38.4cm x 26cm (13½in x 10¼in); the second also titled on the left margin Kiyomizudera no bosetsu (Evening Snowfall at Kiyomizu Temple), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo but unsealed, 39.7cm x 26.2cm (15 5/8in x 10¼in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1930An oban tate-e print, titled on the left margin Nikkokaido (The Nikko Highway) depicting in the foreground a solitary figure carrying a basket and walking along the highway bordered with huge cryptomeria trees, one of the avenues leading to the famous shrines at Nikko, dated Showa gonen saku (Work of Showa 5 [1930]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 39cm x 26.4cm (15 3/8in x 10 3/8in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa (1926-1989), dated 1945, 1947 and 1950Three oban prints: the first a yoko-e titled Hirakata Higashi-cho (Higashi Town, Hirakata), dated Showa nijunen saku (Work of Showa 20 [1945]), with a printer's seal of Ono Gintaro; 26.5cm x 38cm (10 3/8in x 14 15/16in); the second a tate-e of Tsukiyo no Fuji, Kawaibashi (Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge) from the series Tokaido fukei senshu (Selection of Views of the Tokaido), dated Showa nijuninen saku (Work of Showa 22 [1947]), 38.6cm x 26.1cm (15 4/16in x 10 5/16in); the last a yoko-e of Daigo no haru, Kyoto (Spring at Daigo, Kyoto), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]); 26.2cm x 39.2cm (10 5/16in x 15 7/16in); all published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm Watanabe round seal, signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1935 and 1937Comprising two oban yoko-e prints: one titled on the left margin Harunako (Lake Haruna), dated Showa junen jugatsu saku (Work of the tenth month, Showa 10 [October 1935]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Watanabe mokuhan bijutsu gaho kosaku seal on the right margin, printed by Ono Gintaro, 26.6cm x 39.5cm (10½in x 15½in); the second titled Hizen Katsuta (Katsuta, Hizen), dated Showa juninen shichigatsu saku (Work of the seventh month, Showa 12 [July 1937]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin, 28cm x 40cm (11in x 15¾in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1930 and 1937Comprising two oban tate-e prints: one titled on the left margin Sanpoji ike, Shakujii (Sanpoji Pond, Shakujii), dated Showa gonen jugatsu saku (Work of the tenth month, Showa 5 [October 1930]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin, 39cm x 26.5cm (15 5/16in x 10 3/8in); the second also titled on the left margin Kumamoto Kasuga-cho (Kasuga-cho, Kumamoto), dated Showa juninen hachigatsu saku (Work of the eighth month, Showa 12 [August 1937]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu fukyo mosha seal on the lower right margin, 40.5cm x 27.5cm (16in x 10¾in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1937An oban tate-e print, titled on the left margin Nikko Yumoto onsen (Yumoto Spa, Nikko), depicting an elaborate branch of harunire (Japanese elm) framing inns nestled at the foot of mountains along the Yu River, the light from the windows reflected in the water, dated Showa juninen shichigatsu saku (Work of the seventh month of Showa 12 [July 1937]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanmoto Tokyo Ginza Watanabe mokuhan gaho seal on the lower right margin; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 39cm x 27.3cm (15 1/8in x 10¾in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1931 and 1950Comprising two oban prints: the first a tate-e titled on the left margin Chuzenji Utagahama (Chuzenji Lake, Utagahama), dated Showa rokunen saku (Work of Showa 6 [1931]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal on the bottom right corner, 38.6cm x 26cm (15 1/8in x 10¼in); the second a yoko-e, titled Byodoin no yu (Dusk at Byodoin Temple), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal on the bottom left corner, 26.4cm x 39cm (10 3/8in x 15 1/8in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1933 and 1950Three oban prints: the first a tate-e titled Tsutanuma no asa (Morning at Tsuta Marsh) from the series Nihon fukeishu higashi Nihonhen (Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition), dated Showa hachinen saku (Work of Showa 8 [1933]), with Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal, 38.7cm x 36.5cm (15¼in x 14 3/8in); the second a tate-e of Daigo Denpoin, Kyoto (Daigo Denpoin Temple, Kyoto), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), unsealed, 39.4cm x 26.3cm (15½in x 10 3/8in); the last a yoko-e of Wakaura Kankaikaku (Kankai Pavilion, Wakaura Beach), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), with 6mm round Watanabe seal, 26.6cm x 39.5cm (10 7/16in x 15 9/16in); all published by Watanabe Shozaburo, all signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1932 and 1933Comprising two oban tate-e prints: one titled on the left margin Morigasaki no sekiyo (Sunset at Morigasaki), dated Showa shichinen ichigatsu saku (Work of the first month, Showa 7 [January 1932]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin, 38.5cm x 26.2cm (15 1/8in x 10 9/16in); the second titled on the right margin Hokkaido Toyako (Lake Toya, Hokkaido) from the series Nihon fukeishu higashi Nihonhen (Collection of Scenic Scenes of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition), dated on the lower right Showa hachinen juichigatsu saku (Work of the eleventh month, Showa 8 [November 1933]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower left margin, 38.7cm x 26cm (15 1/8in x 10¼in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1939, 1949 and 1950Three oban yoko-e prints: the first Tsuki no Enoura (Moon at Enoura Beach), dated Showa juyonen ichigatsu saku (Work of the first month, Showa 14 [January 1939]), with Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal, 27.5cm x 40cm (10 13/16in x 15¾in); the second of Miyajima no kairo (A Corridor at Miyajima), dated Showa nijuyonen saku (Work of Showa 24 [1949]), unsealed, 26.6cm x 39cm (10½in x 15 3/8in); the last of Wakaura Kankaikaku (Kankai Pavilion, Wakaura), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), with 6mm Watanabe round seal, 26.4cm x 39.2cm (10 3/8in x 15 7/16in); all published by Watanabe Shozaburo, signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1948 and 1951Comprising two oban prints: the first a tate-e, titled on the left margin Hizen Yobuko no asa (Morning in Yobuko, Hizen), dated Showa nijusannen saku (Work of Showa 23 [1948]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal on the bottom left corner, 39.2cm x 26.5cm (15½in x 10 3/8in); the second a yoko-e, titled Kabukiza (The Kabuki Theatre), dated Showa nijurokunen saku (Work of Showa 26 [1951]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo but unsealed, 26.2cm x 39cm (10¼in x 15 5/16in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1947 and 1950Comprising two oban tate-e prints: one titled on the left margin Atami no yoru, Abe ryokan yori (Evening in Atami, View from Abe Inn), dated Showa nijuninen saku (Work of Showa 22 [1947]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal on the bottom left corner, 39.2cm x 26.2cm (15½in x 10¼in); the second also titled on the left margin Ako Niihama Shofukuji (Shofuku Temple, Niihama, Ako), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo but unsealed, 39cm x 26.2cm (15¼in x 10¼in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), both dated 1936Comprising two oban tate-e prints: one titled on the left margin Yamanakako (Lake Yamanaka), dated Showa juichinen juichigatsu sha (sketched in the eleventh month, Showa 11 [November 1936]), 34.3cm x 24.8cm (13½in x 9¾in); the second also titled on the left margin Itako no tsuki (Moon over Itako), dated Showa juichinen junigatsu sha (sketched in the twelfth month, Showa 11 [December 1936]), 34.2cm x 25.2cm (13½in x 9 5/8in); both published by Watanabe Shozaburo with Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin, both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1933An oban tate-e print, titled on the left margin Shuzenji no ame (Rain at Shuzenji), depicting two women about to enjoy a soak in a natural hot spring bath at the famous spa town of Shuzenji against the backdrop of evening rain, dated Showa hachinen saku (Work of Showa 8 [1933]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu fukyo mosha Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 38.1cm x 26cm (15in x 10¼in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1937 and 1950Comprising two oban yoko-e prints: one titled on the left margin Nikko Senjogahara (Senjo Plain, Nikko), dated Showa juninen hachigatsu saku (Work of the eighth month, Showa 12 [August 1937]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin, 27.5cm x 40.5cm (10¾in x 16in); the second titled Chiba Onjuku (Onjuku, Chiba), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal on the bottom right corner, 26.3cm x 39cm (10 3/8in x 15 3/8in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1940An oban yoko-e print, titled on the left margin Chosen Suigen Saimon (West Gate, Suwon, Korea) from the series Zoku Chosen fukei (Korean Views Supplement) depicting the West Gate in Suwon, a city of historical significance in the Republic of Korea, dated Showa jugonen saku (Work of Showa 15 [1940]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 26.2cm x 39.6cm (10¼in x 15½in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1933 and 1954Comprising two oban prints: the first a tate-e, titled on the bottom margin Kyoto Chionin (Chionin Temple, Kyoto) from the series Nihon fukeishu II Kansaihen (Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition), dated Showa hachinen hachigatsu saku (Work of the eighth month, Showa 8 [August 1933]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin, 39.1cm x 26.5cm (15 3/8in x 10in); the second a yoko-e, titled Kanagomura, Ibaraki ken (Kanago Village, Ibaraki Prefecture), dated Showa nijukyunen saku (Work of Showa 29 [1954]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal on the bottom left corner, 26.3cm x 38.8cm (10 3/8in x 15¼in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1933An oban tate-e print, titled on the bottom margin Osaka Soemon-cho no yu (Evening at Soemon-cho, Osaka) from the series Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen (Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Section), depicting a night-time winter scene showing two maiko walking past an ochaya (tea house), their highly colourful kimono and elaborate obi (sash) trailing behind them, illuminated by the light streaming from an open door, shadows of figures discernible in the distance, in the foreground a couple huddled against the night chill walk closely together, dated Showa hachinen shigatsu saku (Work of the fourth month, Showa 8 [April 1933]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 39cm x 26.3cm (15 3/8in x 10 3/8in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1931An oban tate-e print, titled on the left margin Oningyo (Doll) from the series Kodomo junidai (Twelve Children), depicting a young girl (Takagi Junko) seated and playing with a doll, dated Showa rokunen shigatsu saku (Work of the fourth month of Showa 6 [April 1931]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 38.2cm x 26.2cm (15in x 10¼in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

20 photographs of famous personnages from the Meiji eraMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century19 small and one larger photographs, mounted on card, consisting as follow: (1) Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922), a feudal retainer of the Choshu Domain; (2) Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (1835-1895); (3) Terashima Munenori (1832-1893), a politician; (4) Saigo Judo (1843-1902), a feudal retainer of the Satsuma Domain; (5) Oyama Iwao (1842-1916), a feudal retainer of the Satsuma Domain; (6) Ito Hirofumi (1841-1909), a former Prime Minister; (7) Sanjo Sanetomi (1837-1891), an imperial court noble; (8) Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840-1900), a feudal retainer of the Satsuma Domain; (9) Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919), a feudal retainer of the Tosa Domain; (10) Inoue Kaoru (1836-1915), a politician; (11) Prince Komatsu Akihito (1846-1903); (12) Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883), an aristocrat and politician; (13) Kido Takayoshi (1833-1877), a feudal retainer of the Choshu Domain; (14) Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (1847-1895); (15) Okubo Toshimichi (1830-1878), a feudal retainer of the Satsuma Domain; (16) Emperor Taisho (1879-1926) as a child; (17) Kuki Ryuichi (1852-1931), a feudal retainer of the Ayabe Domain; (18) Hijikata Hisamoto (1833-1918), a feudal retainer of the Tosa Domain; (19) Suematsu Kenchou (1855-1920), a politician; (20) Larger photograph: unidentified, printed on the reverse in English S. Ichida, Photographer, Hiogo, Japan. The small photographs (including card mount), each approx., 10.6cm x 6.4cm (4 3/16in x 6½in); the large photograph (including card mount); 16.2cm x 10.8cm (6 3/8in x 4¼in). (20).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A red-lacquer four-case inroBy Koma Yasutada, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body embellished red, gold and silver takamaki-e with two pheasants perched together on a flowering plum branch which continues on the reverse, the interior risers of red lacquer with fundame (matt gold) shoulders and rims, signed in gold lacquer on the base Koma Yasutada saku (Made by Koma Yasutada); with a wood storage box. 9cm (3½in) high. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com