Mainichi Auction has closed its 863rd sale of paintings, prints and sculpture, with the house's schedule page marking the auction "Finished" and noting that bidding ended at 6 p.m. Japan time on 1 October 2026. The sale — listed as "Sale 863 Paintings, Prints and Sculpture" — is the house's regular-format offering of modern art across media, and its catalogue was previewed in international auction listings dated to the first days of October. Estimates published ahead of the sale sketched a catalogue anchored in the mid-market. Highlights included the Kamisaka Sekka hand warmer estimated at ¥1 million to ¥1.5 million and Shimamoto's "Untitled," guided at ¥2 million to ¥3 million, the highest estimate among the works previewed. Mid-tier lots were led by Suda's "Composition," Umehara's "Venus," Nakagawa's "Nissaka" and Hiramatsu's "Road: spring," each estimated in the ¥500,000 to ¥800,000 range. Print highlights included Onchi's "Circle wave" and Obata's "Passing Rain" at ¥300,000 to ¥500,000, Yoshida's "The fishing fleet returns with a big catch" and Kawase's "Nishikigaura, Atami" at ¥200,000 to ¥300,000, and a Hiroshige "Sanno Festival" at ¥70,000 to ¥100,000. Regular sales of this format form the backbone of Mainichi's calendar, moving modern paintings, woodblock prints and small sculpture to collectors on a steady rhythm. An international auctions-calendar listing carried the same event under the date Friday, 2 October 2026 — a reflection of the timezone spread between the Tokyo bidding close at 18:00 JST on the 1st and overseas listings. With bidding now closed, the sale's results will feed into the house's published records and into market tracking of the autumn season.