Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 878
FOUR JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £127
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Description
KASAMATSU SHIRŌ (1898-1991)
OSAMU SUGIYAMA (B.1946)
20TH CENTURY
Four Japanese woodblock prints depicting landscapes, two by Shirō Kasamatsu, titled Inubo-saki (Inubosaki Cape) and Yuki no Matsu-shima (Snowy Matsushima Island in the evening glow); the two others by Osamu Sugiyama, numbered 1/50 and 5/80, both titled and signed by the artist in pencil in the lower margins, one titled Midsummer, from the series Ten Views of Mount Fuji, and the other possibly depicting Mount Jōnen; 31.8cm x 72.5cm max. (4)
Provenance: previously from the private collection of Ian Wilson (d.2024), County Durham.
WITHOUT RESERVE