Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Yamauba and Kintaro breaking open the Storehouse (Kura biraki)
Estimate: 3.000 - 4.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.528 GBP
Price realised: 3.528 GBP
Description
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Yamauba and Kintaro breaking open the Storehouse (Kura biraki)
Meiji period, late 19 th century
woodblock print, triptych, left sheet signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Yoshitoshi no in, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) in 1891
Here Kintaro is shown cracking kagamimochi (mirror rice cake), Yamauba beside him.
Vertical oban triptych: each sheet approx. 37 x 25.2 cm., 14½ x 10 in.
Yamauba and Kintaro breaking open the Storehouse (Kura biraki)
Meiji period, late 19 th century
woodblock print, triptych, left sheet signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Yoshitoshi no in, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) in 1891
Here Kintaro is shown cracking kagamimochi (mirror rice cake), Yamauba beside him.
Vertical oban triptych: each sheet approx. 37 x 25.2 cm., 14½ x 10 in.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Yamauba and Kintaro breaking open the Storehouse (Kura biraki) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2021. The price achieved of GBP 3,528.00 (€ 4,208.16) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 3,000.00 – 4,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Tsuki junidai (Twelve aspects of the moon) in September 2007 with an auction result of USD 241,000.00 (€ 169,491.53).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Yamauba and Kintaro breaking open the Storehouse (Kura biraki) von Tsukioka Yoshitoshi kam im Dezember 2021 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 3.528,00 (€ 4.208,16) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 3.000,00 – 4.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Tsukioka Yoshitoshi erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Tsuki junidai (Twelve aspects of the moon) im September 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 241.000,00 (€ 169.491,53).
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - Auction history
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