Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part I 28th & Part II 29th June 2022

Fine Asian Art | 28-29 & 30 June 2022 223 Additional information and photographs for all lots can be found at www.adams.ie 574 JAPANESE SCHOOL (JAPAN, ACTIVE SHOWA PERIOD) Erotic subjects - Shunga A suite of seven (7) offset prints, with an imitation of a 5000 yens banknote to the back Dimensions (each leaf): 8,2 x 16,9 cm € 100 - 200 575 NARAZAKI EISHO (JAPAN, 1864-1936) Kingfisher on snowy reeds Hosoban tata-e chirimen woodblock print 30,8 x 13,8 cm € 200 - 400 576 ITŌ SŌZAN 伊藤 総山 (JAPAN, 1884-1926) An egret hunting fishes over a river on a rainy day A chirimen chuban tata-e woodblock print 20,3 x 14,2 cm € 150 - 300 577 BENOIT VARAILLON ALSO KNOWN AS BENO UKI GA (FRANCE, B. 1978) Portrait of a topless actress smoking, her breast with koi carps tattoos 2015 A contemporary handmade yakusha-e oban tata-e woodblock print on Japanese Nishinoushi paper (60 grams) with fourteen (14) color- ed applications Signed on the lower margin Numbered on the lower left margin: 59/80 37,5 x 25 cm € 200 - 400 578 BENOIT VARAILLON ALSO KNOWN AS BENO UKI GA (FRANCE, B. 1978) Portrait of an actor inspired by Toshiro Mifune with forty-seven (47) ronin (chushingura) design coat and a maple leaves 2017 A contemporary handmade yakusha-e oban tata-e woodblock print on Japanese Nishinoushi paper (60 grams) with twenty-three (23) colored applications, embossing (kamedashi) and burnishing (sho- men-zuri) effects Signed on the lower margin Numbered on the lower left margin: 38/47 37,5 x 25 cm € 200 - 400 579 SAIKŌTEI SHIBAKUNI 西光亭芝国 (JAPAN, ACTIVE CIRCA 1821-1833) ‘Arashi Kitsusaburō I’ Circa 1820s Oban tata-e woodblock print 36,5 x 25,8 cm € 150 - 300