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1797–1861

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

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583results on record
83%sell-through
$3,472median result (USD, incl. premium; 96% observed, 4% estimated from hammer)
$239,596record in our coverage

Drawn from 583 recorded results (544 sold · 39 passed) across 21 auction houses, 1998–2026. 2 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 96% observed, 4% estimated from hammer method · log scale

$8.5K$17K$26K1998: $5.4K median, 4 sold1999: $9.0K median, 2 sold2001: $2.5K median, 22 sold2002: $1.1K median, 4 sold2003: $1.3K median, 1 sold2004: $8.3K median, 1 sold2005: $1.7K median, 18 sold2006: $3.3K median, 15 sold2007: $4.6K median, 133 sold2008: $4.3K median, 33 sold2009: $5.4K median, 11 sold2010: $1.9K median, 14 sold2012: $797 median, 3 sold2013: $6.4K median, 9 sold2014: $2.8K median, 9 sold2016: $32K median, 1 sold2017: $1.7K median, 46 sold2018: $4.5K median, 7 sold2019: $1.0K median, 10 sold2020: $4.2K median, 12 sold2021: $15K median, 51 sold2022: $1.7K median, 21 sold2023: $499 median, 14 sold2024: $3.3K median, 48 sold2025: $2.8K median, 36 sold2026: $750 median, 19 sold19982005201220192026

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The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.

$3.5K$62$240K

Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.

By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line

MediumResultsSell-throughMedian result (USD)
prints 279 89% $4,125
ceramics & design 14 n/a $3,045
works on paper 13 0% $3,725
other 8 n/a $3,897
sculpture 6 n/a $3,226

Medium is recorded for 320 of 583 results (55%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Utagawa Hiroshige Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 Utagawa Hiroshige

$8.5K$17K$26K1998: $15K median1999: $3.5K median2000: $3.8K median2001: $4.5K median2002: $4.5K median2003: $279 median2004: $3.1K median2005: $2.3K median2006: $3.6K median2007: $5.8K median2008: $5.7K median2009: $9.9K median2012: $3.8K median2013: $7.5K median2014: $4.3K median2015: $2.8K median2016: $5.5K median2017: $2.9K median2018: $3.0K median2019: $4.1K median2020: $5.0K median2021: $3.8K median2022: $2.8K median2023: $2.5K median2024: $2.4K median2025: $1.9K median2026: $1.3K median1998: $5.4K median1999: $9.0K median2001: $2.5K median2002: $1.1K median2003: $1.3K median2004: $8.3K median2005: $1.7K median2006: $3.3K median2007: $4.6K median2008: $4.3K median2009: $5.4K median2010: $1.9K median2012: $797 median2013: $6.4K median2014: $2.8K median2016: $32K median2017: $1.7K median2018: $4.5K median2019: $1.0K median2020: $4.2K median2021: $15K median2022: $1.7K median2023: $499 median2024: $3.3K median2025: $2.8K median2026: $750 median19982005201220192026
MetricUtagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳Utagawa Hiroshige
Median result$3,472$3,052
Record price $239,596 $367,077
Results on record5831,993
Years active at auction 1998–2026 1998–2026

Related artists: Utagawa HiroshigeKatsushika HokusaiKunisada UtagawaKawase Hasui

Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method

78/ 100
  • Sell-through83%
  • Meets estimate61%
  • Market depth583 results

How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →

Where this artist sells best

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. estimate
Christie's 386 89% $4,375 —
Heritage Auctions 79 95% $1,875 —
Lempertz 46 89% $801 —
Bonhams 27 63% $1,741 0.96×
Lyon & Turnbull 4 — $1,127 2.08×
PASAREL 8 50% $244 0.49×
A10 by Artmark 4 100% $565 —
Aste Dams 4 75% $336 0.56×
Kavanagh Auctions 3 100% $204 —
Marques dos Santos Leilões 7 29% $369 —
Dorotheum 3 67% $283 —
Chiswick Auctions 2 50% $289 —
Bertolami Fine Art 1 100% $206 0.60×
Keystone Auctions 1 100% $2,794 0.63×
Willow Auction House 1 100% $62 0.33×
Clark's Auction Company 1 100% $194 0.34×
Palácio do Correio Velho 1 100% $1,093 0.67×
KASTERN GmbH & Co KG Das Kunst & Auktionshaus 1 100% $213 —
The Bidder 2 0% — —
Ishtar 1 0% — —
Viscontea auction house 1 0% — —

The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →

Prices realized 585 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 39 passed lots

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
2026·09 Two figural drawings $541–$811 upcoming Chiswick Auctions
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2026·07 Woman With Dog And Scroll, Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print $300–$600 Clark's Auction Company
2026·07 Japanese Woodblock Print, Asazuma Dance $100–$200 Willow Auction House
2026·05 Japanese Woodblock Print Battle Scene — Kavanagh Auctions
2026·05 Japanese Woodblock Print Samurai Battle Scene — Kavanagh Auctions
2026·05 Japanese Woodblock Print Samurai Hatakeyama Shigetada seated by a Go board — Kavanagh Auctions
2026·05 Untitled — Chiswick Auctions
2026·05 Edo period $1,360–$2,040 Bonhams
2026·03 Group of Two Triptychs, Battle Scene, 1840s-50s Woodblock print triptych — Heritage Auctions
2026·03 Group of Six Woodblock Prints, from the series Heroic Stories of the Taiheiki (Taiheiki eiyu den) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2026·03 Yoshitsune and His Twenty-One Retainer on a Ship, c. Woodblock print triptych — Heritage Auctions
2026·03 Seibokkan Kakushibun, Kyusempo Sakucho, and Temmokusho Hoki, from the series The 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyaku-hachi-nin no hitori) Woodblock print triptych — Heritage Auctions
2026·03 Two woodblock prints, from the series Stories of A Hunfred Heroes of High Renown (Meiko hyaku yu den) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2026·03 Gomô, from series Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijûshi-kô dôji kagami) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2026·03 Rainbow at Surugadai, from the series Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2026·03 Group of Six Woodblock Prints, from the series Heroic Stories of the Taiheiki (Taiheiki eiyu den) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2026·03 Sanuki no in kenzoku o shite Tametomo o sukuu zu (Picture of Retired Emperor Sanuki sending allies [tengu] to rescue Tametomo) $20,000–$30,000 Christie's
2026·03 Minamoto Yorimitsu ko no yakata ni tsuchigumo yokai o nasu zu (The Earth Spider generates monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu) $6,000–$8,000 Christie's
2026·03 Koma-kurabe banjo taiheiki (Battle of the chess pieces: prosperity and peace across the board) $2,000–$3,000 Christie's
2026·03 Oniwakamaru and the Giant Carp $10,000–$20,000 Christie's
2026·03 Untitled $932–$1,198 Chiswick Auctions
2026·02 oban tate-e. The actor Arashi Kichisaburo $80–$120 The Bidder
2025·11 (1797-1861) Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century (23) $1,051–$1,314 Bonhams
2025·11 (1798-1861), UTAGAWA KUNIMORI II 二代歌川国盛 (ACTIVE CIRCA 1840–60), AND OTHERS Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century (15) $657–$920 Bonhams
2025·11 Edo to Showa era $788–$1,051 Bonhams
2025·11 (1797-1861) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1850s (2) $15,764–$19,705 Bonhams
2025·10 Onoe Baiko IV as Daughter Yushide and Sawamura Sojuro V as Shindozaemon Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·10 Tanmejiro Genshogo Fighting Under Water, from the series Modern Life-Size Dolls Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·09 Mt. Fuji in the Evening from the Sumida River Embankment, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji from the Eastern Capital Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·09 A Human Textile Pattern to Stop You From Yawning Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·09 Flowers of Yoshinoyama Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·09 The Descent of the Star of Wisdom on the Thirteenth Night of the Ninth Month (Kugatsu jusan yoru i chiboshikou), from the series Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren (Koso go-ichidai ryakuzu) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·09 Ichikawa Ebizo V as the Priest Kumagai Rensei $1,500–$2,000 Christie's
2025·09 The Capture of Kidomaru by Minamoto no Yorimitsu $3,000–$5,000 Christie's
2025·09 Kanzeon no reigen (A Miracle of Kannon) $2,000–$3,000 Christie's
2025·09 Ushiwakamaru fights Benkei on Gojo Bridge with the help of the Tengu $2,000–$3,000 Christie's
2025·09 The false Ikkyu preaching to the bill collectors $2,000–$3,000 Christie's
2025·09 Oyama Roben taki no kei (View of the Roben Falls at Oyama) $4,000–$6,000 Christie's
2025·09 Nitta Tadatsune encountering the goddess of Mount Fuji and her dragon $2,000–$3,000 Christie's
2025·09 Sashu Tsukahara setchu (Nichiren in the snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island) Woodblock print, from the series $4,000–$6,000 Christie's
2025·09 Oyama Roben taki (The Roben Falls at Oyama) $4,000–$6,000 Christie's
2025·09 Musashi no kuni Chofu Tamagawa (The Chofu Jewel River in Musashi Province) $2,000–$3,000 Christie's
2025·09 Komei mutabi Mokaku o toriko ni su (Kong ming's sixth capture of Meng Huo) Woodblock print triptych, from the series $2,000–$3,000 Christie's
2025·09 Hito katamatte hito ni naru (Men come together to make a man) $7,000–$9,000 Christie's
2025·05 Wood Block $3,000–$4,000 Keystone Auctions
2025·04 [no title recorded] — Dorotheum
2025·03 Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Hakoōmaru, Ichikawa Ebizō V as Musashibō Benkei, and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Shinchūnagon Tomomori in the play Genke Hachidai Megumi no Tsuwamono Woodblock prints — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Nakayama Bungorō II as Sagisaka Bannai, Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Hayano Kanpei, and Bandō Shuka I as Okaru in Kanadehon Chūshingura (triptych) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Tōken Gombei, from the series Men of Ready Money with True Labels Attached, Kuniyoshi Fashion (Kuniyoshi moy ō sh ō fuda tsuketari genkin otoko) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Ōmori, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Bijin Enjoying The Crystal River of Bush Clover in Ōmi Province ( Ōmi no Kuni Hagi no Tamagawa) (triptych) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Prayer for Rain Answered at Ryōzengasaki in Kamakura (Bun'ei hachi Kamakura Ryōzengasaki ame inoru), from the series A Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren (Kōso Goichidai ryakuzu) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Actor Caricatures, from the series Graffiti on a Storehouse Wall (Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Keyamura Rokusuke, from the series Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety (Honchō nijūshi kō) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Akazawa-yama ō-sumō (triptych) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Genshōgo (Ruan Xiaowu), from the series Suikoden of Women's Customs from 108 Heroes: Salt Gathering (Fūzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no uchi: Shiogumi gobantsuzuk) Surimono woodblock print with gaufrage, embellished with gold and silver mica — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Keyamura Rokusuke Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Mt. Fuji Across the Sea from the Shrine at Susaki, from the series Five Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji goban no uchi) Surimono woodblock print, embellished with gold and silver mica — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Popular Faces of the Present Day (Ryūkō menzukushi) (complete series, two works) Woodblock prints — Heritage Auctions
2025·03 Tokiwa Gozen Woodblock print, from the series $800–$1,200 Christie's
2025·03 Yamashiro kuni Ide no Tamagawa (The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province) Woodblock print triptych, from an untitled triptych series of $3,000–$5,000 Christie's
2025·03 Teppozu Woodblock print, from the series $30,000–$40,000 Christie's
2024·12 Trois estampes $2,116–$3,174 Bonhams
2024·11 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861), UTAGAWA KUNIMORI II (ACTIVE CIRCA 1840–60), AND OTHERS Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century (15) $1,016–$1,269 Bonhams
2024·11 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century (23) $1,904–$2,539 Bonhams
2024·09 Descending Geese at Takadono from the series Parody of Eight Views $400–$600 Bonhams
2024·09 Nuregami Chogoro; Danshichi Kurobei; Teranishi Kanshin, each from the series Men of Ready Money (three works) Woodblock prints — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Kandegawa no Yokichi Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Two Dragons Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Goshaku Somegoro, from the series Men of Ready Money with True Labels Attached, Kuniyoshi Fashion Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 To Ei (Dong Yong), from the series Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Horikawa Seiran (Clearing Weather at Horikawa), from the series Yobuhakkei (Military Brilliance of the Eight Views) Woodblock prints — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Group of Four Works Woodblock prints — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Inuta Kobungo, from the series Selections for the Twelve Zodiac Signs (Mitate jûnishi); No. 48 Saito Toshimoto Nyudo Ryuhon (Heroes of the Great Peace) (two works) Woodblock prints — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Nozarashi Gosuke; Tōken Gombei; Ude Kisaburo, all from the series Men of Ready Money with True Labels Attached, Kuniyoshi Fashion (Kuniyoshi moyō shōfuda tsuketari genkin otoko) (three works) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 The Last Stand of the Kusunoki at Shijō-nawate Under a Hail of Arrows (Shijō-nawate ni te Nanke no eiyū taiteki o hikiukete ōi ni sōsen shite batsugun no kōmyō o arawasu no zu) (triptych) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 The Great Battle of Kawanakajima (Kawanakajima dai gassen) (triptych) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Wu Yong, the Clever Star (Chitasei Goyō), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Men Come Together to Make a Man (Hito katamatte hito ni naru), from the series A Figures' Face (Yose-e mensō giga) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 The Actor Ichikawa Ebizō V, in the Role of a Samurai with a Long Pipe in Hand Surimono woodblock print with gaufrage embellished with gold and silver mica — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 He Looks Fierce, But He is Really a Kind Person, from the series A Figures' Face (Yose-e mensō giga) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Dragon and Tiger (Ryūko), from the series Pictures of Birds and Beasts (Kinjū zue) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Actor Caricatures, from the series Graffiti on a Storehouse Wall (Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki) Woodblock print — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Ōboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio; Muramatsu Sandayū Takanao, both from the series Portraits of Loyal and Righteous Samurai (Seichū gishi shōzō) (two works) Woodblock prints — Heritage Auctions
2024·09 Sanuki no in kenzoku o shite Tametomo o sukuu zu (Picture of Retired Emperor Sanuki sending allies [tengu] to rescue Tametomo) $20,000–$30,000 Christie's
2024·09 Yoshitsune ichidaiki Gojo-no-hashi no zu (Biography of Yoshitsune: Gojo Bridge) $7,000–$9,000 Christie's
2024·09 The Ghosts of the Taira Attack Minamoto Yoshitsune in Daimotsu Bay $25,000–$35,000 Christie's
2024·09 Sanuki no in kenzoku o shite Tametomo o sukuu zu (Picture of Retired Emperor Sanuki sending allies [tengu] to rescue Tametomo) $36,000–$40,000 Christie's
2024·09 Hito katamatte hito ni naru (Men come together to make a man) $8,000–$10,000 Christie's
2024·06 Masks Dedicated for Good Fortune (Ataru hono negai ogaku men), also known as Noh and Kyogen Masks (triptych) Woodblocks on paper — Heritage Auctions
2024·06 Group of Seven Warrior Portraits Including Oboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio, from the series Portraits of Loyal and Righteous Samurai (Seichu gishi shozo) Woodblock on paper — Heritage Auctions
2024·06 A Poem Card and a Seascape with Cranes Surimono woodblock on paper — Heritage Auctions
2024·06 The Last Stand of the Kusunoki at Shijo-nawate (Kusunoki-ke yushi Shijo Nawate nite uchijini), (triptych) Woodblocks on paper — Heritage Auctions
2024·06 Tanmeijiro Gen Shogo (Ruan Xiaowu), from the series One of the Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no Hitori) Woodblock on paper — Heritage Auctions
2024·06 Someone Who Makes a Fool of People (Hito o baka ni shita hito da), from the series A Figures' Face Yose-e (menso giga) Woodblock on paper — Heritage Auctions
2024·06 Otome (Maiden) Akko Kayofujinken, from the series Japanese and Chinese Comparisons for the Chapters of the Story of Genji (Wakan nazorae Genji) Woodblock on paper — Heritage Auctions
2024·06 It's A Young Woman Who Looks Like An Old Lady (Toshiyori no yo na wakai hito da), from the series A Figures' Face Yose-e (menso giga) Woodblock on paper — Heritage Auctions
2024·06 The Incomparable Hidari Jingoro, the Master Sculptor (Meiyo migi ni tekinashi Hidari Jingoro) (triptych) Woodblocks on paper — Heritage Auctions
2024·06 Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island (Sashu Tsukahara Secchu), from the series Sketches of the Life of the Great Priest (Koso goichidai ryakuzu) Woodblock on paper — Heritage Auctions
2024·06 Evening View of Mt. Fuji (Fuji no Yukei) Surimono woodblock on paper — Heritage Auctions

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