# Yoshu Chikanobu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T16:53:48.618Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 123
- Lots with prices: 74
- First auction date: 2002-03-22
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-03
- Median realised price: $160
- Price range: $20 to $8,000

## Market Takeaway
Yoshu Chikanobu has 123 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $160. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 12 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 \($160\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($95 to $461\) 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: 82.4% (61 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 17.6% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 12
- Previous 12 months sales: 12
- Recent 12 months median: $75
- Previous 12 months median: $80
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-03
- Days since latest sale: 59
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Bonhams: 24 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 8 lots
- Arcimboldo Auctions: 6 lots
- Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf: 5 lots
- Roseberys: 5 lots
- Subastas Segre: 5 lots
- Akiba Galleries: 4 lots
- Artemis Fine Arts: 4 lots
- Christie's: 3 lots
- Nagel Auction: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-17 | YOSHU CHIKANOBU \(Japanese 1832\-1912\), 'Court Ladies of the Chiyoda Palace in the Gardens'. Woodblock print, seal lower left. Circa 1. | Raffan Kelaher & Thomas | A$70
2. 2025-01-05 | TRIPTYCH JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY YOSHU CHIKANOBU | Antique Arena Inc | $80 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-triptych-japanese-woodblock-print-by-yoshu-chikanobu-21-c-c8f42c3806
3. 2024-10-26 | TRIPTYCH JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY YOSHU CHIKANOBU | Antique Arena Inc | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-triptych-japanese-woodblock-print-by-yoshu-chikanobu-14-c-11a4d0aa32
4. 2024-06-06 | YOSHU CHIKANOBU \(JAPANESE, 1838 \- 1912\) | Vallot Auctioneers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yoshu-chikanobu-japanese-1838-1912-211-c-e544e9a8ef
5. 2024-03-16 | ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK BY YOSHU CHIKANOBU | Antique Arena Inc | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-original-japanese-woodblock-by-yoshu-chikanobu-12-c-f184951a9a
6. 2024-03-16 | ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK BY YOSHU CHIKANOBU | Antique Arena Inc | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-original-japanese-woodblock-by-yoshu-chikanobu-10-c-a7841e4a21
7. 2023-08-05 | ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK BY YOSHU CHIKANOBU | Antique Arena Inc | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-original-japanese-woodblock-by-yoshu-chikanobu-28-c-da740ab9b2
8. 2023-08-05 | ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK BY YOSHU CHIKANOBU | Antique Arena Inc | $250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-original-japanese-woodblock-by-yoshu-chikanobu-25-c-7c74dde8f3
9. 2022-05-12 | YOSHU CHIKANOBU \(1838\-1912\) AND KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA \(1847\-1915\) Meiji era \(1868\-1912\), late 19th/early 20th century \(11\) | Bonhams | £800
10. 2014-02-09 | YOSHU CHIKANOBU \(1838 \- 1912\): PROCESSION OF HOMAGE | Galerie Zacke | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yoshu-chikanobu-1838-1912-procession-of-homage-431-c-f5a489528d
11. 2026-03-03 | 3 Japanese Kabuki Woodblock Prints by Yoshu Chikanobu | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-3-japanese-kabuki-woodblock-prints-by-yoshu-chikanobu-141-c-76ce0d8b8e
12. 2026-01-27 | Yoshu Chikanobu \(Japanese, 1838\-1912\) Meiji Ukiyo\-e Woodblock Print | Akiba Galleries | $125
13. 2026-01-27 | Yoshu Chikanobu \(Japanese, 1838\-1912\) Meji Ukiyo\-e Woodblock Print | Akiba Galleries | $75
14. 2026-01-27 | Yoshu Chikanobu \(Japanese, 1838\-1912\) Ukiyo\-e Meji Woodblock Print | Akiba Galleries | $50
15. 2026-01-24 | Yoshu Chikanobu \(1838–1912\) \- Chiyoda Palace: Saruwaka Kyogen | Clars Auctions | $50
16. 2025-12-29 | 3 Japanese Kabuki Woodblock Prints by Yoshu Chikanobu | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-3-japanese-kabuki-woodblock-prints-by-yoshu-chikanobu-136-c-ec275b0e7f
17. 2025-12-06 | YOSHU CHIKANOBU \(1838\-1912\), SAITO KAORU \(BORN 1931\), AND YAMAMOTO HISASHI \(1905\), MEIJI ERA \(1868\-1912\) AND SHOWA ERA \(1926\-1989\), CIRCA 1898 AND 20TH CENTURY | Alastair Gibson Auctions | N/A
18. 2025-10-24 | 3 Japanese Kabuki Woodblock Prints by Yoshu Chikanobu | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-3-japanese-kabuki-woodblock-prints-by-yoshu-chikanobu-126-c-daed35a2d6
19. 2025-10-07 | Yoshu Chikanobu \(1868\-1912\), "No. 11 Courtesans Ainosuke of Inamoto and Kan of Nakanocho," from the "Praise for multi\-colored blossoms" series, 1884 | John Moran Auctioneers | $132
20. 2025-08-28 | YOSHU CHIKANOBU \(1838\-1912\), THE ODUR OF THE PLUM BLOSSOMS C.1890S, A BIJIN\-GA PRINT BY CHIKANOBU, SHOWING A YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING LANTERN BENEATH A BLOSSOMING PLUM TREE NOTE SOME STAINING, MOUNTED ON BOARD | Albion Antique Auction Centre | A$95 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yoshu-chikanobu-1838-1912-the-odur-of-the-plum-blossoms-c-1890s-a-bijin-ga-print-by-chikanobu-showing-a-young-woman-holding-lantern-beneath-a-blossoming-plum-tree-note-some-staining-mounted-on-board-129-c-38343e798c
21. 2025-08-28 | YOSHU CHIKANOBU \(1838\-1912\), DOMESTIC INTERIOR WITH WOMAN AND CHILD, 1880S\-1890S WOODBLOCK PRINT, MEIJI PERIOD SIGNED SHUNPO WITH ARTISTS SEAL, | Albion Antique Auction Centre | A$20 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-yoshu-chikanobu-1838-1912-domestic-interior-with-woman-and-child-1880s-1890s-woodblock-print-meiji-period-signed-shunpo-with-artists-seal-127-c-02a4b12aa5
22. 2025-06-20 | 3 Japanese Kabuki Woodblock Prints by Yoshu Chikanobu | Artemis Fine Arts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-3-japanese-kabuki-woodblock-prints-by-yoshu-chikanobu-44a-c-7ca4a84b59
23. 2025-03-15 | Japanese woodblock Print Yoshu Chikanobu | Woodblock Prints World | $100
24. 2025-01-05 | YOSHU CHIKANOBU \(1838\-1912\) | John McInnis Auctioneers | $40

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