Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Shoki gripping an Oni
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints, Lot 92
04.Jul - 11.Jul.2019
From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints, Lot 92
04.Jul - 11.Jul.2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Woodblock print
Published by Ebisuya Shoshichi (Kinshodo), circa 1848-53
Censor's seals Hama (Hama Yahei) and Magome (Magome Kageyu)
The Chinese legend of the demon queller was adopted into Japanese folk mythology during the Kamakura period (1185-1392) and took on the name 'Shoki the Demon Queller'. Kuniyoshi is known to have designed at lease five full-length figure prints of Shoki.
The same print is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, museum no. 24709, go to:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O129097/shoki-the-demon-queller-woodblock-print-utagawa-kuniyoshi/
The same print from the collection of Raymond A. Bidwell Collection is illustrated on the cover of the exhibition catalogue, UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI, An exhibition of the work of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) based on the Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Japanese Prints, The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1980, and cat. no. 164.
For a different design in the collection of The British Museum, accession no. 2008,3037.21410, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspX
Published by Ebisuya Shoshichi (Kinshodo), circa 1848-53
Censor's seals Hama (Hama Yahei) and Magome (Magome Kageyu)
The Chinese legend of the demon queller was adopted into Japanese folk mythology during the Kamakura period (1185-1392) and took on the name 'Shoki the Demon Queller'. Kuniyoshi is known to have designed at lease five full-length figure prints of Shoki.
The same print is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, museum no. 24709, go to:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O129097/shoki-the-demon-queller-woodblock-print-utagawa-kuniyoshi/
The same print from the collection of Raymond A. Bidwell Collection is illustrated on the cover of the exhibition catalogue, UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI, An exhibition of the work of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) based on the Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Japanese Prints, The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1980, and cat. no. 164.
For a different design in the collection of The British Museum, accession no. 2008,3037.21410, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspX
Sold at the upper estimate price
The work Shoki gripping an Oni by Utagawa Kuniyoshi was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2019. The auction ended at the price of GBP 3,000.00 (€ 3,293.80), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of GBP 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Utagawa Kuniyoshi achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Mitsukuni Defying The Skeleton Spectre Conjured Up By Princess Takiyasha (Souma No Furudairi Yokai Ga Shadokuro To Tatakau Oya Notarou Mitsukuni) in November 2019 with an auction result of GBP 200,000.00 (€ 234,848.90).
Zuschlag beim oberen Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Shoki gripping an Oni von Utagawa Kuniyoshi kam im Juli 2019 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 3.000,00 (€ 3.293,80) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 2.000,00 – 3.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Utagawa Kuniyoshi erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Mitsukuni Defying The Skeleton Spectre Conjured Up By Princess Takiyasha (Souma No Furudairi Yokai Ga Shadokuro To Tatakau Oya Notarou Mitsukuni) im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 200.000,00 (€ 234.848,90).
Utagawa Kuniyoshi - Auction history
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