# Imao Keinen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T09:08:36.856Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 81
- Lots with prices: 48
- First auction date: 2004-06-09
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-14
- Median realised price: $192
- Price range: $10 to $16,510

## Market Takeaway
Imao Keinen has 81 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $192. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($192\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($90 to $280\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 87.5% (42 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 10.4% (5 sales)
- $10,000\+: 2.1% (1 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $100
- Previous 12 months median: $100
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 108
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 24 lots
- Christie's: 5 lots
- District Auction: 5 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Clark's Auction Company: 3 lots
- Galerie Zacke: 3 lots
- Nagel Auction: 3 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 3 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 2 lots
- Braswell Galleries: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-05 | JAPANESE MEIJI BOOK BY IMAO KEINEN | Litchfield Auctions | $60
2. 2025-11-02 | Imao Keinen \(1845\-1924\) Woodblock on Paper, Japanese Morning\-Glory, Chestnut\-Eared Bunting | Hughes Auctions | $100
3. 2025-10-24 | IMAO KEINEN \(Japan, 1845\-1924\), Kingfisher and Irises., Woodblock print, 14.5" x 7.5". Framed 21" x 14". | Eldred's | $325
4. 2024-10-19 | IMAO KEINEN \(JAPANESE, 1845\-1924\) BIRD ON FLOWER WOODBLOCK PRINT | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $86
5. 2024-09-18 | IMAO KEINEN \(1845\-1924\) Wild Geese in Flight Meiji \(1868\-1912\) or Taisho \(1912\-1926\), late 19th/early 20th century | Bonhams | N/A
6. 2024-08-08 | Imao Keinen \(Japanese, 1845\-1924\) \(shin\-hanga movement\) A suite of four woodblock print diptychs, Four Seasons series, 31cm x 43.5cm, each diptych framed as one, 51cm x 64cm overall | Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd | £280
7. 2024-05-18 | Imao Keinen, Kacho\-ga, Set of 3, Japanese Woodblock Print | JG Auction | £100
8. 2024-05-18 | Imao Keinen, Set of 2, Heron, Japanese Woodblock Print | JG Auction | N/A
9. 2023-12-01 | A MAGNIFICENT FOUR\-PANEL BYOBU SCREEN OF AN EAGLE PERCHED ON PINE, ATTRIBUTED TO NISHIMURA SOZAEMON, THE DESIGN BY IMAO KEINEN | Galerie Zacke | €2,200
10. 2023-09-12 | Imao Keinen \(1845\-1924\) and another, Three Japanese woodblock prints depicting birds and flowers, Meiji period, late 19th century | Sotheby's | £16,510
11. 2023-06-14 | IMAO KEINEN \(1845\-1924\): TITLE: ' KEINEN KACHÔ GAFU'/ FLOWERS AND BIRDS OF THE FOUR SEASONS. 4 VOL. | Nagel Auction | €2,000
12. 2022-11-27 | IMAO KEINEN \(1845\-1924\) | Gibson's | N/A
13. 2022-08-13 | Imao Keinen woodblock | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $60
14. 2021-09-25 | Japanese Woodblock Prints by Imao Keinen | Wealthier Art & Auction | $10
15. 2021-09-25 | JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT FLOWERS BY IMAO KEINEN | Antique Arena Inc | $90
16. 2020-12-05 | Imao Keinen | Auktionshaus Dr. Fischer | N/A
17. 2018-11-05 | A Japanese scroll painting by Imao Keinen | AAG Auctioneers | €480
18. 2017-11-12 | Imao Keinen \(1845\-1924\) Pair Woodblock Prints | District Auction | $60
19. 2017-09-23 | Imao Keinen woodblock | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $70
20. 2015-11-14 | IMAO KEINEN \(1845 \- 1924\): AHORN UND ELSTERN | Galerie Zacke | €800
21. 2014-10-22 | IMAO KEINEN \(\(1845\-1924\) Woodblock, Jay on oak | Mallams | N/A
22. 2014-07-10 | Imao Keinen \(1845\-1924\), TWO VIEWS OF DUCKS, 13" x 9.1" \- 33 x 23 cm. | Waddington's | N/A
23. 2012-06-16 | IMAO KEINEN \(1845 \- 1923\): KYOTO LANDSCAPE WITH TEMPLES | Galerie Zacke | N/A
24. 2012-06-04 | Imao Keinen \(1845\-1924\) FIVE VIEWS OF BIRDS | Waddington's | CA$336

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