# Shiraga Kazuo - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-18T22:23:30.971Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 385
- Lots with prices: 299
- First auction date: 1997-04-24
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-28
- Median realised price: $466,200
- Price range: $240 to $40,000,000

## Market Takeaway
Shiraga Kazuo shows deep auction liquidity with 375 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $466,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 18 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-04.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($466,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $150,000 and $1,565,000.
- 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: 1.7% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 5.8% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 92.5% (270 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 18
- Previous 12 months sales: 13
- Recent 12 months median: $950,000
- Previous 12 months median: $819,000
- Median shift: 16%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-04
- Days since latest sale: 76
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Mallet Auction: 134 lots
- Christie's: 112 lots
- Sotheby's: 58 lots
- SBI Art Auction Co., Ltd.: 13 lots
- New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions: 10 lots
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- RoGallery: 5 lots
- Tajan: 4 lots
- William J Jenack Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Artcurial: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-07-07 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(Amagasaki, Japan 1924 \- 2008\). UNTITLED. INK ON PAPER. SIGNED LOWER RIGHT | Casa d'Aste Babuino | €600,000
2. 2026-03-28 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Untitled. oil on canvas41 x 32 cm. \(16 1/8 x 12 | Christie's | HK$762,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kazuo-shiraga-1924-2008-untitled-oil-on-canvas41-x-32-cm-16-1-8-x-12-149-c-5dfbed1a7e
3. 2026-03-05 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Yagenko. oil on canvas76 ¼ x 101 ¾in. \(193.6 x 2 | Christie's | £1,636,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kazuo-shiraga-1924-2008-yagenko-oil-on-canvas76-1-4-x-101-3-4in-193-6-x-2-15-c-5e6d16e561
4. 2025-12-04 | Kazuo Shiraga\_Untitled | Mallet Auction | N/A
5. 2025-12-04 | Kazuo Shiraga\_Work | Mallet Auction | N/A
6. 2025-11-14 | Kazuo Shiraga \(Japanese, 1924–2008\) Taki, c. 1970s | Freeman’s | N/A
7. 2025-10-23 | Kazuo Shiraga \(1924\-2008\) Seibaku | Christie's | N/A
8. 2025-10-02 | Kazuo Shiraga\_Work | Mallet Auction | ¥950,000
9. 2025-09-29 | Kazuo Shiraga 白髮一雄 \| Aya No. 5 文 No. 5 | Sotheby's | N/A
10. 2025-09-28 | Kazuo Shiraga 白髮一雄 \| Work 作品 | Sotheby's | HK$11,965,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kazuo-shiraga-work-21-c-b1afc533c9
11. 2025-09-27 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). T 51. oil on canvas96.5 x 130 cm. \(38 x 51 1/8 i | Christie's | HK$6,985,000
12. 2025-09-27 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Goshiki zanmai \(Five colors samadhi\). oil on can | Christie's | HK$571,500
13. 2025-05-31 | WORK | New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions | ¥800,000
14. 2025-04-09 | Kazuo Shiraga \(1924\-2008\). ?? \(Rakushi\). huile sur toile194 × 130.3 cm.Pein | Christie's | €466,200
15. 2025-04-09 | Kazuo Shiraga \(1924\-2008\). ?? \(Shusen\). huile sur toile130.3 × 97.2 cm.Pein | Christie's | €1,056,400
16. 2025-04-03 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Outo Shoukou. oil on canvas161.8 x 130.5 cm. \(63 | Christie's | CN¥11,795,000
17. 2025-03-30 | Kazuo Shiraga 白髮一雄 \| Ranmaru 蘭丸 | Sotheby's | HK$3,048,000
18. 2025-03-29 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Untitled. oil on canvas72.8 x 52.7 cm. \(28 5/8 x | Christie's | HK$1,512,000
19. 2025-03-28 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Onkurodanau Unjaku. oil on canvas193 x 130 cm. \( | Christie's | HK$8,568,000
20. 2025-03-18 | SHIRAGA KAZUO \(1924\-2008\). Untitled. Oil on canvas9 x 6 ¼ in. \(22.9 x 15.9 | Christie's | $50,400
21. 2024-12-22 | UNTITLED 1961 SIGNED KAZUO SHIRAGA | Berkeley Auction Gallery | $4,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-untitled-1961-signed-kazuo-shiraga-325-c-8cb4ec2a6e
22. 2024-11-22 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\) \- Geishou | Christie's | $819,000
23. 2024-10-27 | UNTITLED SIGNED KAZUO SHIRAGA | Berkeley Auction Gallery | $1,500
24. 2024-10-19 | Kazuo Shiraga \(1924\-2008\). 降魔 \(Gouma\). huile sur toile 130 × 97 cm. Peint l | Christie's | N/A

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