YOSHITOSHI, HASUI, YOSHIDA, AND HIROSHIGE IN RAGO’S ASIAN ART AUCTION - LIVE AND ONLINE ONLY ON BIDSQUARE - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 AT 10 AM

Lambertville, NJ: On Thursday, September 10 at 10 a.m., The Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold a live, online only auction of 100 lots of Japanese woodblocks and other Asian art exclusively on Bidsquare.com.

The auction features work by Kawase Hasui, Hiroshi Yoshida, Utagawa Hiroshige and other printmakers, as well as original Asian watercolors and ink scrolls. It includes Tsukioka Yoshitoshi’s complete series The Faithful Samurai (lot 4031), estimated at $4,000-6,000. The woodcuts (all framed) tell the story of forty-seven Ronin who, in the early 18th century, sought revenge for the humiliation that led their Lord, Asano Takumi-no-Kami of Ako, to commit ritual suicide (seppuku).

Auction Preview

• Catalogue online at ragoarts.com or bidsquare.com beginning on August 21.
• Preview the sale in person: September 5–8, 12–5:00 pm or by appointment. Closed Monday, September 7 for Labor Day. September 9, 12 noon–7:00 pm. Doors open September 10 at 9:00 am. Rago’s is located midway between New York City and Philadelphia. Directions online at ragoarts.com.

How To Bid

• All bidding – live and absentee - takes place at www.bidsquare.com.

For more information, please contact Rago Auctions at 609.397.9374 or info@ragoarts.com.

Lot 4002: Kawase Hasui, Woodblock print, "Golden Pavillion, Kyoto", $100-200
Lot 4010: Ohara Koson, Woodblock print, "Owl and Cherry Blossoms", $75-100

Lot 4021: Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki), Woodblock print, "Hiroo", $100-150

Lot 4031: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 47 woodblock prints, Complete 47 Ronin series, "The Faithful Samurai", $4,000-6,000

Lot 4035: Bakufu Ohno, Woodblock print, "Iris, Variant 1", $60-80

Lot 4047: Kitagawa Utamaro, Three small woodblock prints, $20-40

Lot 4052: Natori Shunsen, Woodblock print, "Ichikawa Sumizo VI as Shirai Gonpachi", $200-400

Lot 4058: Victor Hsu Yao, Watercolor and ink on paper, Cherry Blossoms, $300-500

Lot 4062: Utagawa Hiroshige, Woodblock print, "Kyoto", $200-300

Lot 4067: Asian Scroll , Watercolor on paper scroll, $200-300

Lot 4071: Two Asian Watercolors, Floral motif and landscape, $200-300

TO THE EDITOR

High-resolution images available on request.

About Rago Arts and Auction Center

Rago is a leading U.S. auction house with $30 million in annual sales. It serves thousands of sellers and buyers yearly with a singular blend of global reach, personal service and competitive commissions for single pieces, collections and estates. Rago holds auctions of 20th/21st c. design, fine art, decorative arts, furnishings, jewelry, Asian, militaria, coins and currency, silver, historic ephemera, and ethnographic property. Rago also provides a range of appraisal services conducted by USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) compliant appraisers, performed to the highest standards set by the IRS, insurers and the Appraisers Association of America. Rago is located in New Jersey, midway between New York City and Philadelphia.

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