# Keinen Imao - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:36:04.667Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 107
- Lots with prices: 67
- First auction date: 2004-06-09
- Latest auction date: 2026-01-14
- Median realised price: $140
- Price range: $10 to $16,510

## Market Takeaway
Keinen Imao shows solid auction liquidity with 107 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $140. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($140\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $70 and $280.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 85.1% (57 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 11.9% (8 sales)
- $10,000\+: 3% (2 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 13
- Recent 12 months median: $100
- Previous 12 months median: $100
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-14
- Days since latest sale: 35
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 24 lots
- JG Auction: 17 lots
- Christie's: 7 lots
- District Auction: 5 lots
- John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers: 4 lots
- Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 4 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Clark's Auction Company: 3 lots
- Galerie Zacke: 3 lots
- Nagel Auction: 3 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. 2025-03-22 | KEINEN IMAO, CROW, CHERRY BLOSSOM, JAPANESE ART | JG Auction | N/A
5. 2025-01-31 | KEINEN IMAO \(1845\-1924\), MASAHARU INOUE \(act. early 20th century\): BIRDS AND FLOWERS; four original early 20th | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | N/A
6. 2025-01-31 | KEINEN IMAO \(1845\-1924\): FROM THE SERIES OF KEINEN'S ALBUM OF BIRDS AND FLOWERS; eight original late 19th cent | John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers | £65
7. 2024-10-19 | IMAO KEINEN \(JAPANESE, 1845\-1924\) BIRD ON FLOWER WOODBLOCK PRINT | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates | $86
8. 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
9. 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
10. 2024-07-20 | Keinen Imao, Set of 2, Original Japanese Woodblock Print | JG Auction | N/A
11. 2024-05-18 | Imao Keinen, Kacho\-ga, Set of 3, Japanese Woodblock Print | JG Auction | £100
12. 2024-05-18 | Imao Keinen, Set of 2, Heron, Japanese Woodblock Print | JG Auction | N/A
13. 2024-05-18 | Keinen Imao, Kacho\-ga, Geese, Japanese Woodblock Print | JG Auction | N/A
14. 2024-03-02 | Keinen Imao, Bird and Flower, Japanese Woodblock Print | JG Auction | £110
15. 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
16. 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
17. 2023-06-17 | Keinen Imao, Pigeons, Original Japanese Antique Woodblock Print | JG Auction | £30
18. 2023-06-17 | Keinen Imao, Pigeons, Original Japanese Antique Woodblock Print | JG Auction | £30
19. 2023-06-14 | IMAO KEINEN \(1845\-1924\): TITLE: ' KEINEN KACHÔ GAFU'/ FLOWERS AND BIRDS OF THE FOUR SEASONS. 4 VOL. | Nagel Auction | €2,000
20. 2023-04-15 | Keinen Imao, Kacho\-ga, Original Japanese Woodblock Print | JG Auction | £130
21. 2023-04-15 | Keinen Imao, Birds, Original Japanese Woodblock Print | JG Auction | £60
22. 2022-11-27 | IMAO KEINEN \(1845\-1924\) | Gibson's | N/A
23. 2022-09-28 | Vijf houtsneden met afbeeldingen van vogels | Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes | €65
24. 2022-08-13 | Imao Keinen woodblock | Rachel Davis Fine Arts | $60

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