Live Auction
5 December 2025 at 10 AM CET
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We're delighted to present Fine Japanese Art — a live auction featuring 600 exceptional lots that span every era of Japan’s rich artistic heritage.
The first 360 lots are featured in our printed catalog, beginning with Bronzes & Meiji metalwork, including a superb selection of silver works and notable pieces by celebrated masters such as Kitagawa Hokusen I and Jomi Eisuke II. These are followed by an outstanding group of samurai artworks, showcasing works by the Myochin family, intricate jizai okimono, exquisite tsuba from the Kotler Collection, and a distinguished array of armors, helmets, and swords. Learn more.
    AUCTION OVERVIEW     LOTS
Lot 496 - KOGETSU: A FINE NAGOYA SCHOOL NETSUKE OF A WASP INSIDE A DECAYING PEAR
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 503 - ÉŽ A VERY RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF A BUCKET-HEADED YOKAI SAMURAI SUBDUING A MONKEY
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 505 - ÉŽ A CHARMING WALRUS TUSK KARAKURI (TRICK) NETSUKE OF DAIKOKU WITH A MOVABLE RAT
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 506 - EIKO: AN EXQUISITE WOOD NETSUKE OF SHOKI AND ONI
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 507 - Ɏ KOGYOKU: A SMALL AND FINE ‘DARUMA AND COURTESAN’ TOKYO SCHOOL INLAID IVORY NETSUKE
Sold for €4,160
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 508 - ÉŽ TANSAI: A LARGE AND UNUSUAL WOOD AND MARINE IVORY NETSUKE OF TWO PUPPIES
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 515 - Ɏ GYOKUSEKI: AN IVORY ‘BOTAN SHISHI’ MANJU NETSUKE
Sold for €715
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 523 - ÉŽ SHOUNSAI: A FINE IVORY RYUSA MANJU NETSUKE WITH ORCHIDS AND WAVES
Sold for €1,820
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 524 - ÉŽ A DELICATE WALRUS TUSK NETSUKE OF CHIDORI AMONG TURBULENT WAVES
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 526 - A LARGE SILVER INLAID ANTLER KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE DEPICTING A SHISHI AMONG PEONIES
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 527 - AN IWAMI SCHOOL BOAR TUSK NETSUKE OF A MUKADE (CENTIPEDE)
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 528 - A RARE MIXED METAL NETSUKE WITH CHIDORI AGAINST TURBULENT WAVES
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 531 - A RARE SENTOKU BRONZE MATCHLOCK TINDER BOX FLOWER LIGHTER (HIUCHI) NETSUKE WITH FLOWERS
Sold for €3,380
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 537 - SHUGETSU: A FINE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF A KARASU TENGU
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 543 - DEME UMAN: A FINE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF SHISHIGUCHI
Sold for €1,690
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 554 - AN UNUSUAL AND AUSPICIOUS HARDWOOD BOKUTO (DOCTOR’S SWORD) WITH A DRAGON-FISH HEAD
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 555 - A RARE IRON KAKURE KIRISHITAN (HIDDEN CHRISTIANITY) TSUBA
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 560 - KIKUOKA MITSUMASA: A FINE SHINCHU ‘SHISHI’ TSUBA
Sold for €780
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 561 - SHOAMI KAISAN: A SHOAMI SCHOOL IRON TSUBA WITH SNAILS
Sold for €650
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 565 - AN UNUSUAL LACQUERED IRON TSUBA WITH SEVEN DRAGONFLIES
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 566 - KATO SHIGEMITSU: A FINE ‘ISE-EBI’ IRON TSUBA
Sold for €2,600
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 567 - A FINE SOTEN SCHOOL IRON TSUBA WITH IMMORTALS, DRAGON, AND TIGER
Sold for €910
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 569 - UNNO YOSHIMORI: A FINE IRON TSUBA WITH JUROJIN AND BENTEN
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 571 - OMORI HIDETOMO: A FINE OMORI SCHOOL SHAKUDO ‘CORMORANT FISHERMAN’ TSUBA
Sold for €1,950
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 578 - ISHIGURO MASAYOSHI: A FINE IRON TSUBA WITH A HAWK AND SPARROW, DATED 1852
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 579 - YANAGAWA NAOMASA: A FINE YANAGAWA SCHOOL IRON TSUBA WITH FIVE HORSES
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 586 - SHOZUI: A FINE ‘FALCONERS’ KOZUKA WITH INSCRIBED BLADE
Sold for €1,300
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 587 - GOTO ZENJO: A SUPERB GOLD-PLATED SHAKUDO NANAKO ‘DRAGON’ KOGAI
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 592 - ISHIGURO MASACHIKA: A FINE SHAKUDO NANAKO ‘HERON AND MOON’ FUCHI AND KASHIRA
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 594 - A FINE SHAKUDO AND GOLD ‘BAMBOO’ FUCHI AND KASHIRA
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 595 - A FINE SHIBUICHI ‘MEMENTO MORI’ FUCHI AND KASHIRA
Sold for €1,560
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 598 - TOSHINAGA: A FINE NARA SCHOOL SHAKUDO ‘EAGLE AND MONKEYS’ FUCHI AND KASHIRA
Sold for €1,040
including Buyer's Premium