Ishikawa Toyonobu Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ishikawa Toyonobu Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 25, 2024
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) and Isoda KoryÅ«sai (1735-1790) Japanese, Color Woodblock Prints
Est: $300 - $450
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) and Isoda KoryÅ«sai (1735-1790) Japanese, Color Woodblock Prints. Similar look, but different artist, colors, details, and subjects. KoryÅ«sai's shows two women by a river with bats flying above them; this is the "Summer" print of the FÅ«ryÅ«shiki Asobi (Elegant Play in the Four Seasons) series, originally printed around 1774. Toyonobu's shows a woman with her breasts exposed holding a fan, while her kamuro (child helper) offers her tea; originally printed around 1749. Both have prior gallery tags on the back. Both have artist names and some dates written on the back. Overall (both): 17 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Sight (both): 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. #2911 . Ishikawa Toyonobu was born in 1711 in Japan. He is theorized to be the same person as Nishimura Shigenobu, a contemporary ukiyo-e (“floating world”) artist about whom very little is known. A pupil of Nishimura Shigenaga, Toyonobu produced many monochrome urushi-e (“lacquer prints”) of kabuki actors and beautiful women, experimenting with semi-nude forms that were a foundational basis for the future of shunga (“erotica”) as a Japanese art style. Later in his career Toyonobu became the leading producer of color prints, chiefly benizuri-e (“rose prints”), but stopped making ukiyo-e shortly after Suzuki Harunobu pioneered the nishiki-e (“full-color print”) in 1765. He had one notable pupil, Ishikawa Toyomasa, who is known chiefly for his depictions of children at play, and who may have been Toyonobu's son. Today his vibrant depictions of prostitutes and courtesans alike are found all over the world in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museo Nacional del Prado, and countless more exhibitions. He died in July 1785. Isoda KoryÅ«sai was born in 1735 in Japan, and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a rÅnin after the death of the head of the clan and moved to Edo (modern-day Tokyo) where he settled near RyÅgoku Bridge in the Yagenbori area, around 1760. He became a pupil of the ukiyo-e master Suzuki Harunobu, taking the art name Haruhiro in 1769 and first making samurai-themed designs. Harunobu died in 1770, and KoryÅ«sai took up his work as a master. KoryÅ«sai became a prolific designer of individual prints and print series, with 2,500 known designs total, an average of four a week during his working life. The series “Hinagata wakana no hatsumoyÅ” (Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh Young Leaves) ran for 140 prints, the longest ukiyo-e print series of beauties in history. He designed at least 350 hashira-e pillar prints, numerous kachÅ-e bird-and-flower prints, a great number of shunga erotic prints, and 90 nikuhitsu-ga paintings as well. According to art historian Allen Hockley, “KoryÅ«sai may… have been the most productive artist of the eighteenth century.” In 1782 KoryÅ«sai applied for and received the Buddhist honor hokkyÅ (“Bridge of the Law”) from the imperial court, and used the title as part of his signature from then on. His output slowed after this, however, although he continued to design prints until his death in 1790. His work can be found in dozens of permanent collections in museums worldwide, including the British Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum, and the Suntory Museum of Art.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Jul. 18, 2024
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) | The actors Nakamura Shichisaburo II and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I | Edo period, 18th century
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
The Property of a Private Collector Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) The actors Nakamura Shichisaburo II and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I Edo period, 18th century woodblock print, benizuri-e, signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu (Pictured by Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu), artist's seals Ishikawa Uji and Toyonobu, published by Urokogataya Magobei, 1756 Vertical o-oban: 37.1 x 24.9 cm., 14⅝ x 9⅞ in.
Sotheby's
Jul. 18, 2024
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) | Actors performing in the play The Maiden at Dojoji Temple (Musume Dojoji) | Edo period, 18th century
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
The Property of a Private Collector Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) Actors performing in the play The Maiden at Dojoji Temple (Musume Dojoji) Edo period, 18th century woodblock print, benizuri-e, signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu (Pictured by Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu), artist's seals Ishikawa uji and Toyonobu, inscribed Yakusha goko, published by Maruya Kohei (Hosendo), circa 1750-54; collectors' seals Hayashi Tadamasa and H.V Vertical o-oban: 42 x 29.4 cm., 16½ x 11⅝ in.
Sotheby's
Jun. 09, 2024
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) Japanese, Woodblock
Est: $100 - $200
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) Japanese, Woodblock Print. Title: "Torioi with Onoe Kikugoro and Nakamura Kiyosaburo. Depicts two musicians playing samisens together. Overall size: 21 X 16 in. Sight size: 15 1/2 X 10 1/2 in. #1609 . Ishikawa Toyonobu was born in 1711 in Japan. He is theorized to be the same person as Nishimura Shigenobu, a contemporary ukiyo-e (floating world) artist about whom very little is known. A pupil of Nishimura Shigenaga, Toyonobu produced many monochrome urushi-e (lacquer prints) of kabuki actors and beautiful women, experimenting with semi-nude forms that were a foundational basis for the future of shunga (erotica) as a Japanese art style. Later in his career Toyonobu became the leading producer of color prints, chiefly benizuri-e (rose prints), but stopped making ukiyo-e shortly after Suzuki Harunobu pioneered the nishiki-e (full-color print) in 1765. He had one notable pupil, Ishikawa Toyomasa, who is known chiefly for his depictions of children at play, and who may have been Toyonobu's son. Today his vibrant depictions of prostitutes and courtesans alike are found all over the world in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museo Nacional del Prado, and countless more exhibitions. He died in July 1785. Location Box 9
Sarasota Estate Auction
Jul. 20, 2023
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) | The actors Nakamura Shichisaburo II and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I | Edo period, 18th century
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
The Property of a Private Collector Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) The actors Nakamura Shichisaburo II and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I Edo period, 18th century woodblock print, benizuri-e, signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu (Pictured by Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu), artist's seals Ishikawa Uji and Toyonobu, published by Urokogataya Magobei, 1756 Vertical o-oban: 37.1 x 24.9 cm., 14⅝ x 9⅞ in.
Sotheby's
Jun. 10, 2023
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU(1711-1785): BENIZ
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Ishikawa Toyonobu(1711-1785): benizuri-e ''Smoking courtesan reading the letter of a suitor'', probably historical reprint around 1750, jap. woodblock print on paper, mounted, very damaged, signed ISHIKAWA SHUHA TOYONOBU ZU, 47x33,5cm
Historia Auctionata
Apr. 03, 2023
SHIGENOBU, NISHIMURA(=ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, 1711-AFTER 1740): ''THE ACTOR OGINO ISABURO'', PUBLISHER:
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Shigenobu, Nishimura(=Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1711-after 1740): ''The actor Ogino Isaburo'', publisher: Iseya Kimbei, jap. woodblock print on paper, 33x15,5cm(hoso-e) Shigenobu, Nishimura(=Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1711-nach 1740): ''Der Schauspieler Ogino Isaburo'', Verleger: Iseya Kimbei, jap. Farbholzschnitt auf Papier, 33x15,5cm(hoso-e)
Historia Auctionata
Nov. 03, 2022
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711-1785) Edo period (1615-1868), mid/late 18th century
Est: £800 - £1,000
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711-1785) Edo period (1615-1868), mid/late 18th century A hosoban benizuri-e print of the kabuki actor Nakamura Denkuro (unidentified lineage) as Asahimaru, wielding an axe beneath branch of plum blossoms, with the publisher's seal Hirano; signed Ishikawa Toyonobu hitsu. 31cm x 14.3cm (12¼in x 5 5/8in).
Bonhams
Sep. 24, 2022
TOYONOBU, Ishikawa Shuha (1711-1785).
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TOYONOBU, Ishikawa Shuha (1711-1785). "Awabi- shell diver on the seashore, standing to the right, looking to the left, wringing out her loin skirt. Woodcut, ca. 59x10 cm (so-called post picture), signed" Ishikawa Shuhu". Signs of age, such as small water and foxing stains, upper left rectangular lack in the paper (about 2x4.5 cm in size), various creases due to transverse folding. Framed behind glass,60x11.2 cm
Auktionshaus Eppli
Jun. 25, 2022
TOYONOBU, Ishikawa Shuha (1711-1785).
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TOYONOBU, Ishikawa Shuha (1711-1785). "Awabi- shell diver on the seashore, standing to the right, looking to the left, wringing out her loin skirt. Woodcut, ca. 59x10 cm (so-called post picture), signed" Ishikawa Shuhu". Signs of age, such as small water and foxing stains, upper left rectangular lack in the paper (about 2x4.5 cm in size), various creases due to transverse folding. Framed behind glass,60x11.2 cm
Auktionshaus Eppli
May. 12, 2022
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711-1785) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1740
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711-1785) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1740 A woodblock print with hand colouring, sumizuri-e kakejiku (hanging scroll) format, depicting a full-length portrait of the actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as a young man-about-town carrying in his right hand a small folding lantern bearing the crest of Sanogawa Ichimatsu, with publisher's mark of Izumiya Ichibei; signed Sojodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu with seals Ichikawa uji and Toyonobu above the collector's seal of Henri Vever. 58.5cm x 25cm (23in x 9 7/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 16, 2021
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711-1785) The actor Nakamura Kiyosaburo I, Kagyo as Hi
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711-1785) The actor Nakamura Kiyosaburo I, Kagyo as Hisamatsu Hosoban: 15 5/8 x 6 ¾ in. (39.7 x 17.1 cm.)
Christie's
Jul. 28, 2020
Ishikawa Toyonobu, Japanese 1711-1785, Beauty with a Young Boy, late 18th century, Benuzuri-e woodbl
Est: £400 - £600
Ishikawa Toyonobu, Japanese 1711-1785, Beauty with a Young Boy, late 18th century, Benuzuri-e woodblock print in colours, signed Ishikawa Toyonobu hitsu, published by Urokogataya Sanzaemon, vertical hosoban 30.6 x 14.3cm (unframed) The sheet in overall good condition, toned and faded with some surface dirt commensurate with age.
Roseberys
Jul. 22, 2020
UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I (1769-1825), OKUMURA GENROKU (DATES UNKNOWN), ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711-1785) and TERASAWA MASATSUGU (UNKNOWN-1790) Edo period (1615-1868), 1730-1818
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I (1769-1825), OKUMURA GENROKU (DATES UNKNOWN), ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711-1785) and TERASAWA MASATSUGU (UNKNOWN-1790) Edo period (1615-1868), 1730-1818 Comprising an oban tate-e and three hosoban tate-e prints; Actor Baiko aratame (changing name to) Onoe Kikugoro, 1818, published by Matsumura Tatsuemon, censor's seals kiwame, futakata, signed Toyokuni ga; Actor Sanokawa Ichimatsu I, late 1730s, published by Izumiya Gonshiro, signed Yamato eshi Okumura Genroku; Ane ototo (Sister and Brother), 1750s, published by Urokogataya Magobei, signed Ishikawa Toyonobu hitsu; the last signed Terasawa Masatsugu ga (4) 14 3/8 x 10 3/8in (36.5 x 26.4cm) 11 1/4 x 6 1/16in (28.6 x 15.5cm) 12 5/16 x 5 11/16in (31.3 x 14.5cm) 10 3/4 x 4 3/4in (27.1 x 12cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Dec. 12, 2019
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711 - 1785)
Est: €400 - €600
L'acteur Segawa Kikujiro (1720 – 1756) jouant le rôle de Kumo no Taema dans la pièce Wakamidori nishiki Soga. Editeur Maruya Kohei. Format : Hoso-ban. 330 x 142 mm Provenance: Collection de Monsieur B. Spécialiste et passionné d'art Nippon ayant vécu sur place entre 1980 et 2000. Réf : Sotheby’s Japanese Prints Collection 08 JUIN 2004, Londres, lot numéro 49.
Asium
Jun. 15, 2019
Japanese Woodblock Prints Collection, Utamaro, Sharaku
Est: $200 - $400
(lot of 18) Japanese woodblock prints collection: various artists including Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806 ), Toshusai Sharaku (active 1794-1795), Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) and others, prints reprinted in Taisho 13-14(=1924-25), print: 11.75"h x 8.25"w, folder: 16"h x 11.5"w x 1.5"thick
Clars Auctions
Oct. 21, 2018
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (JAPANESE 1711-1785) WOODBLOCK PRINT, HANGING POEMS ON A CHERRY TREE, SIGNED AND SEALED. SHEET 22 3/4 X 10 1/4"; FRAMED AND GLAZED 40 X 20 3/4"
Est: $160 - $250
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (JAPANESE 1711-1785) WOODBLOCK PRINT, HANGING POEMS ON A CHERRY TREE, SIGNED AND SEALED. SHEET 22 3/4 X 10 1/4"; FRAMED AND GLAZED 40 X 20 3/4"
William J Jenack Auctioneers
Nov. 28, 2017
SIX JAPANESE PRINTS: woodcut by Ishikawa Toyonobu
Est: $200 - $300
SIX JAPANESE PRINTS: woodcut by Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785), woman with child and instruments; two woodcuts after Kiyonaga (1752-1813), three figures in the snow; two woodcuts of women by the water; reproduction print of two women, one tying a drum. Openings measure from 12" x 5.25" to 39" x 16.5". In wood frames.
O'Gallerie
Sep. 13, 2017
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) Edo period (1615-1868), mid-18th century
Est: $500 - $700
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-18th century A hosoban benizuri-e print of two actors portraying a young man removing snow from a woman's geta, publisher Urokogataya Magobei, signed Ishikawa Toyonobu hitsu 11 6/8 x 5 1/2in (29.8 x 14cm)
Bonhams
Apr. 16, 2016
Japanese Woodblock Prints, Ishikawa Toyonobu
Est: $150 - $250
(lot of 4) Group of Japanese woodblock prints (some later editions): Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785), depicting Oiran and her male companion holding a parasol for her, later edition; an Otsue print of a woman carrying flowers; Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), 'Crane above the Sun'; Mori Ippo (1798-1872) depicting a maiden, largest: (sight): 16.5"h x 11.75"w, frame: 20"h x 16.25"w
Clars Auctions
Nov. 13, 2015
*Toyonobu (Ishikawa, 1711-1785). Girl with flo
Est: £300 - £500
*Toyonobu (Ishikawa, 1711-1785). Girl with flower-basket passing a shrine, from Ehon Kotowaza-gusa (Picture Book of Proverbs), Edo, 1752, book illustration on two sheets, obon sumizuri-e, tipped onto later mount, mount annotated in early 20th century hand, 21.5 x 28cm (8.5 x 11ins), together with a manuscript letter from Jack Hillier on his embossed headed paper to Dick (Dr Richard Iling) thaking him for the loan of this print See Hillier AJB 253. (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Mar. 15, 2014
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (JAPANESE 1711-1785), 1700S, Courtesan Smoking a Pipe
Est: $300 - $500
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (JAPANESE 1711-1785) 1700s/span Courtesan Smoking a Pipe Japanese print, signed Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu with Ishikawa Uji and Toyonobu benzuri-e seals
Freeman's | Hindman
Aug. 24, 2012
JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711-1785).
Est: $800 - $1,200
18th Century. This unframed print depicting four children at play signed upper right. SIZE: 12-1/2" x 8-1/4". CONDITION: Colors faded. Paper toned. Overall fair. 9-24310
James D. Julia
Feb. 04, 2012
JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711-1785).
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
18th Century. This unframed print depicting four children at play signed upper right. SIZE: 12-1/2" x 8-1/4". CONDITION: Colors faded. Paper toned. Overall fair. 9-24310
James D. Julia
Mar. 23, 2011
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) Slipping out of a Robe at the Bath Woodcut printed in red and green (benizuri-e) of a woman slipping off her light robe before she enters the bath, a willow tree visible through the open shoji window above, signed Ishikawa Toyonobu hitsu, mark of publisher Urokogataya--good impression, slightly faded, a few stains and minute holes, trimmed into poem left hosoban tate-e: 10 5/8 x 5 3/8in. (27 x 13.7cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 22, 2010
ISHIKAWA SHUHA TOYONOBU (JAPAN, 1711-1785) COLOR
Est: $170 - $250
ISHIKAWA SHUHA TOYONOBU (JAPAN, 1711-1785) COLOR WOODCUT, depicting a lady with scroll, 28" x 10.50". Well framed.
O'Gallerie
Sep. 17, 2010
Toyonobu Ishikawa (1711-1785)
Est: -
Toyonobu Ishikawa (1711-1785) Une scène d'un kyogen (intermède comique) : Natorigawa. Attaque d'un voyageur que l'on voit agenouillé, de face, par un homme qui se trouve derrière lui et qui saisit...
Pierre Bergé & Associés
May. 05, 2010
ISHIKAWA SHUHA TOYONOBU (JAPAN, 1711-1785) COLOR
Est: $300 - $500
ISHIKAWA SHUHA TOYONOBU (JAPAN, 1711-1785) COLOR WOODCUT, depicting a lady with scroll, 28" x 10.50". Well framed.
O'Gallerie
Apr. 08, 2009
Toyonobu (Ishikawa, 1711-1785). The actor Kikijiro
Est: £150 - £200
Toyonobu (Ishikawa, 1711-1785). The actor Kikijiro Segawa as a lady, colour woodblock print, 32.5 x 14 cm, margins trimmed, mounted (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Mar. 17, 2009
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) Castle-toppler (Keisei) Signed Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu, sealed Ishikawa uji and Toyonobu; poem with four seals Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper 32 7/8 x 12in. (83.5 x 30.5cm.) Wood box signed by Takeoka Toyota
Christie's
May. 14, 2008
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)
Est: £600 - £800
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) and others Two boys playing shoji, watched by a friend, a benizuri-e signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu and sealed Ishikawa uji and Toyonobu, published by Urokogataya Magobei, fair impression, slight fading, soiled, worn, repairs; and a group of drawings attributed to Utagawa Hiroshige, further manga fragments, a book, and a set of eight facsimiles of the series Eight Snow Scenes in the Eastern Capital after Hiroshige Various sizes
Christie's
Nov. 06, 2007
An Indian Miniature Painting, late 20th century,
Est: £80 - £120
An Indian Miniature Painting, late 20th century, depicting a nobleman riding an elephant with an attendant on horseback in a landscape, opaque watercolour on paper, 23.5x18cm: After Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu, Japanese 1711-1785- Kabuki actor; colour woodblock print, signed and sealed, 28.5x13cm., (2)
Roseberys
Nov. 05, 2007
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711 - 1785)
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU (1711 - 1785) A young girl stepping out from her bath, signed Ishikawa Toyonobu hitsu, published by Yama (Maru-ya Kohei), good impression, colours faded, good condition Hashira-e
Christie's
Nov. 05, 2007
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)
Est: £1,000 - £1,200
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) and others Two boys playing shoji, watched by a friend, a benizuri-e signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu and sealed Ishikawa uji and Toyonobu, published by Urokogataya Magobei, fair impression, slight fading, soiled, worn, repairs; and a group of drawings attributed to Utagawa Hiroshige, further manga fragments, a book, and a set of eight early 20th century facsimiles of the series Eight Snow Scenes in the Eastern Capital after Hiroshige Various sizes
Christie's
Jun. 14, 2007
Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764) Attribué à Torii Kiyoshige (vers 1695) Nishimura Shigenaga (1697-1756) Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) Torii Kiyomitsu (1735-1785) Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1819)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
ensemble de dix-huit estampes dont le hosoban de l'acteur Segawa Kikunojo figurant une courtisane, signé Masanobu ga Quantity: 18
Sotheby's
Mar. 29, 2005
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Onoe Kikugoro Benizuri-e of the actor in a female role holding a short sword and dancing beneath a pine tree beside a waterfall simulated by a Shinto shimenawa rope, signed Ishikawa Toyonobu hitsu and published by Maruya--good impression, faded, stained, soiled, repair below hand holding sword, attached to mat upper corners verso hosoban: 31.1 x 14.3cm.
Christie's
Jun. 08, 2004
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), C.1760'S
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
standing on the sand with waves breaking at her feet as she wrings the water from her wet skirt, a haiku poem inscribed above: Chirachira to / mieshi ya kai no / nami no hana 'The shells blinking as they catch sight of the flower of the wave' publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei, signed Meijodo Ishikawa Shuha ga with seal Toyonobu Condition Note: Good impression, rather toned and soiled, laid-down
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2004
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85)
Est: £600 - £800
the former as Yoshitsune, walking ahead, holding a flute, whilst the latter in the role of Reizei, Joruri's maid-servant, follows behind with a lamp in the play Genji junidan no soshi which tells of the love story between Joruri-hime (the pure-emerald maid) and Yoshitsune, publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei, signed Meijodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu with seal Toyonobu Condition Note: Good impression, considerably toned
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2004
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), 1755
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
the actor dancing beneath overhanging wisteria and pine, his left hand holding a sword, in the play Wakamidori nishiki Soga performed in the 1st month of Horeki 5 [1755] at the Nakamura-za; publisher's mark of Maruya Kohei, signed Ishikawa Toyonobu hitsu Apparently an unrecorded print Condition Note: Very good impression, soiled and stuck down onto cardboard with one wormhole, full margins
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2004
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), C.EARLY 1760'S
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
characteristically depicted as two Chinese boys with long straight hair denoting their supernatural essence, one holding a salver of treasures and a reishi staff, the other a stalk of blooming lotus, other assorted takaramono lie strewn on the ground including coral and manji, no publisher's mark, signed Ishikawa Shuha ga with seal Toyonobu Condition Note: Good impression, considerably toned and laid-down
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2004
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85)
Est: £600 - £800
the first, c.early 1770's, depicting a group of young boys arranging a cock fight during the fifth month of the Boy's Festival, no publisher's mark, unidentified collector's seal on recto; the other, c.late 1760's, of a woman holding a child in her arms and pointing to the full moon, another girl seated at a kinuta (fulling block), publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei; signed respectively Ishikawa Toyonobu zu and Ishikawa Shuha ga Condition Note: Good impressions, the first slightly faded, the second considerably toned A COCK FIGHT FROM THE SERIES AZUMA WARABE GOSEKKU NO ASOBI (AMUSEMENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE EASTERN CAPITAL IN THE FIVE ANNUAL FESTIVALS) AND ONE OTHER
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2004
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), EARLY 1780'S
Est: £700 - £900
depicting a courtesan seated by a basin of goldfish and looking up towards her kamuro who holds a tortoise, one of the attributes of Jurojin, an uchikake draped over a lacquer kimonokake behind them, no publisher's mark, signed Ishikawa Shuha ga with seal Toyonobu Condition Note: Good impression, rather soiled and faded
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2004
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), C.EARLY 1760'S
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
depicting a boy pulling a woman towards the moored boats by the riverside, a waka poem inscribed beside the figures: Asakiseni / saosahinoboru kawabuneno / kokoro mo yukanu / yowo wataruran 'Like a boat crossing a shallow river, against my will, I too will cross over to another world.' publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei, signed Ishikawa Shuha hitsu Condition Note: Fine impression, slightly faded and soiled but otherwise in good state
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2004
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), C.1750'S
Est: £10,000 - £12,000
the former parading in geta, accompanied by her customary kamuro following behind, the latter imitating both the posture and walk of her mistress, the fan decoration on their kimono possibly indicates that they are from the House of Ogiya, publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei, a poem inscribed above: Iro kaenu / matsu wa yuki nimo / najimi kana '[the leaves of] pine trees, which never fade, are thus familiar even with the snow [of Winter]' signed Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu with seals Ishikawa Uji and Toyonobu Condition Note: Superb impression with exceptional preservation of colour, a little soiled with wormage but otherwise in very good condition
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2004
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), C.1750'S
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
in a play in the hinamatsuri (doll's festival), probably the Hinayagata Fuji o miru kyo, perfomed in the 3rd month of Horeki 1 [1751] at the Nakamura-za; Sanogawa Ichimatsu kneeling beside a toy set of bows and arrows and holding a sword whilst Segawa Kichiji II is seated at a higher level as if on display on a tiered stand, a nazo nazo (riddle) inscribed above: Sanogawa Ichimatsu Segawa Kichiji to kakete / Hinaningyo no hakoiri to toku / kokoro wa jochu ga mitagaru 'Women are attracted by Sanogawa and Segawa and in their hearts would like to take them home and put them amongst their dolls' publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei, signed Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu with seals Ishikawa Uji and Toyonobu Apparently an unrecorded print Condition Note: Very fine impression, areas of wormage, laid-down
Sotheby's
Jun. 08, 2004
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), 1750
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
the young actor (b.1741), performing a combined dance simultaneously, his right hand manipulating a shishimai costume and his left, a shakkyo costume against a background of butterlies hovering above peonies in the play, Aki no chogatami no hane, performed in the 9th month of Kanen 3 [1750] at the Nakamura-za, an inscription above indicates that Segawa would be eight years old which would date the performance to 1748 (but he is actually ten), publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei, signed Meijôdô Ishikawa Shûha Toyonobu zu with seals Ishikawa Uji and Toyonobu Condition Note: Very fine impression, two areas of restored wormage but otherwise in fine condition
Sotheby's
Mar. 25, 2003
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Two boys wrestling and two cocks preparing to fight, a benizuri-e signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu and sealed Ishikawa uji and Toyonobu, published by Urokogataya Magobei--moderately good impression, good color, stains and soil, small tears restored, horizontal creases dai oban tate-e : 43.1 x 30.3cm.
Christie's
Sep. 18, 2002
Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
Benizuri-e of a young couple waking in a strong wind under a willow tree, poem in the background, signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu, sealed Ishikawa uji and Toyonobu, published by Maruya Kohei--fine impression, soiled on right and left edges dai oban tate-e : 42 x 30.1cm. PROVENANCE Henri Vever (1854-1942), sold Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I, 26 March, 1974, no. 33 EXHIBITION Paris, Mus‚e des Arts Decoratifs, "Estampes Japonaises Primitives," 1909.2 NOTES PUBLISHED: C. Vignier, T. Inada & R. Koechlin, Estampes Japonaises Primitives Expos‚es au Mus‚e des Arts D‚coratifs en F‚vrier 1909, (Paris: 1909), no. 221, pl. LIV. Yoshida Teruji, ed., Hanga soshi jidai (Prints of the early period), vol. 3 of Ukiyo-e taisei (Tokyo: Toho Shoin, 1931), pl. 12.
Christie's