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Lot 78081 · 2025 March 20 Masterpieces: Japanese Prints from the Nelkin Collection Signature® Auction

Two Lovers

Torii Kiyomasu · Urushi-e woodblock print with hand applied color and nikawa

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Heritage Auctions — 2025 March 20 Masterpieces: Japanese Prints from the Nelkin Collection Signature® Auction · 20 March 2025
Dimensions
7-5/8 x 11 inches (19.4 x 27.9 cm) (sheet, chūban )
Record ID
TB-2026-13473035
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first seen 6 Aug 2026 · updated 7 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Torii Kiyomasu, Two Lovers. Heritage Auctions, 20 Mar 2025, lot 78081. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13473035.

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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

ArtistLotvs. estimateResult USD, incl. premiumSale
Torii Kiyomasu Torii Kiyomasu (fl.1690s-early 1720s) Sumizuri-e with hand-a $7,050 Christie's, Mar 2001
Suzuki Harunobu Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) Edo period (1615-1868), circa la Bonhams, May 2021
Totoya Hokkei TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850) Edo period (1615-1868), 1829 Bonhams, Sep 2021
Kitagawa Utamaro Niwaka no ni geisha (Two geisha at the Niwaka festival) Christie's, Sep 2020
Totoya Hokkei TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850), YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786?-1868), UTA Bonhams, Dec 2024
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 Toto Hashiba no zu (Views of Hashiba in the Eastern Capital) Christie's, Sep 2021
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 Oyama Roben taki no kei (View of the Roben Falls at Oyama) Christie's, Sep 2025
Suzuki Harunobu Couple reading in a kotasu Christie's, Mar 2022

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