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Japanese Art Site
SOLD 18th Century Japanese Two Panel Painted Screen. All four seasons are represented here, with the background representing Winter and the kimono patterns representing Spring, Summer, and Fall. This is an unusual and creative take on the tagasode (whose sleeves?) genre of screen painting that usually depicts interiors. The pair of kimono poetically speak of a romantic liaison. The colors are breathtaking and the painting technique is pure master work. 68 inches (173 cm)w x 60 inches (152.5 cm)h...
The Kura
Sold, Thank you A skeleton sits in meditation, dried autumn grasses rustling in the wind the only sound on this unusual Edo period scroll. Above is an epitaph reading: Impermanence takes life like wind strips the petals from a flower, Neither Gods nor Saints can evade, Evil within mars the spirit, Lofty stature or humble servitude, All fall prey, Yet all can be forgiven. To the right of the seated figure is a tablet covered in Sanskrit characters...
Japanese Art Site
$25,000.00 A very rare Momoyama Period masterpiece Japanese two-panel screen with chrysanthemum and other flowers and foliage. Exquisitely painted on gold leaf, with original sumptuous silk brocade. 72w x 21h inches, 183w x 53h cm.
Welcome To Another Century
$2,500.00 Very small scroll painting for in the back of a house shrine. Sumie. Daruma standing on a reed stalk crossing the river Yangtse. In the upper part a commentary or a poem. Black ink on silk. Red seal to the left...
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
Sold, Thank You! This soulful image of a Japanese hamlet in the depths of winter was done by one of the most renowned and loved waka poets of the 19th century, Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875).
Born into a Samurai family but soon after adopted by the Ōtagaki family, from the age of seven to sixteen Rengetsu was a lady in waiting at Kameoka castle where she was trained in the arts and courtly graces...
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$340.00 Ink wash landscape. Painted with ink on silk. Signed and sealed.
Some insignificant light marks are present on the painting and mounting, otherwise the piece is in very good condition. It is accompanied by a paulownia wood storage box. Painting: 10 1/4” x 42 1/2” (26cm x 108cm)
Vintage Japanese Showa period ink and color on paper scrolled painting of trees by Uda Tekison (1896-1980). The black ink signature and red artist’s “Tazen” seal are at the lower right. Included is a signed tomobako wood presentation box. Mid-20th century. Painting: 16 1/2” x 20 3/8” (scroll: 55 1/2” x 26 1/4"). Very good overall condition. From a Tucson, Arizona estate.
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$450.00 Bijinga - a painting of a beautiful woman depicts otogoze/otafuku beauty. Finely painted with ink and pigments on silk. The back ground of her is decorated with gold on fan shaped design. Signed and sealed.
Some insignificant light marks and light foxing are present on the painting itself, otherwise the painting is in very good condition with age. Some insignificant light marks and a small scrach is present on the scroll end, otherwise it is in very good condition...
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$560.00 Eggplant. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed and sealed.
Some insignificant light marks and light foxing are present on the painting itself, otherwise the painting is in very good condition. The scroll mounting is in very good condition with the age. It is accompanied by a paulownia wood storage box. Painting: W6 1/8” x H31 1/4” (W15.5cm x H79.5cm)
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$760.00 A hermit under a plum tree. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Shumei and sealed.
The hermit seems to be relaxing under the plum tree, as if meditating. It is depicted with so much presence that he almost pop off the screen...
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$650.00 Boating in the serenity. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed and sealed.
Shirakura Kanyu(1896-1974) was a Nanga painter(the Southern school of Chinese painting), born in Niigata Prefecture in Japan. He studied under Hattori Goro(1869-1930), and after moving to Tokyo he studied Western painting under Hakutei Ishii(1882-1958).Afterwards, he returned to Nanga, and after moving to Kyoto, studied under Tajika Chikuson(1864-1922)...
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$400.00 Beautiful Autumn Landscape with maple leaves. Painted with ink and pigments on paper. Signed Tetsuzan and sealed.
Some light marks are present on the painting itself, otherwise the painting is in very good antique/vintage condition. Some insignificant light marks are present on the scroll mounting, otherwise the piece is diplayed well and in very good condition...
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$900.00 Bodhidharma. Painted with ink on silk. Signed and sealed.
Bodhidharma is a monk who is said to be the founder of Zen Buddhism in China...
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$340.00 Bodhidharma and Zen word - Mujinzo. Painted with ink on paper. Signed and sealed.
Mujinzo - 無尽蔵: Inexhaustible is a phrase taken from the poem "Inexhaustible in all things" by the Chinese Song Dynasty poet Su Dongba. In Zen, if you let go of attachment, there will be no earthly desires or delusions. There is an infinite world in nothingness or emptiness, where there should be nothing. Signed by the monk from Myoshinji temple which is Japan's largest Zen temple. So...
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$600.00 Calligraphy haiku poem depicted with strawberry and loquat. Painted with ink and pigments on paper. Signed and sealed.
Ogiwara Seisensui (1884 – 1976) was a Japanese haiku poet active during the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan. Although he attended Seisoku Junior High School, Ogiwara was expelled after publishing a student newspaper criticizing the school's educational methods and administration. After entering Azabu Junior High School, he quit drinking and smoking, seriously engage...
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$450.00 Ichiyo Kannon/guanyin Bodhisattva, the Goddess of Mercy with heart sutra. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed and sealed. It is dated as painted in 1922. It is based on a legend that is said the Kannon Bodhisattva saved Zen Master Dogen(1200-1253) while he was traveling to China for Zen Buddhism. On the way home, he was hit by a terrible storm, so he recited the kannon heart Sutra with all the heart, the Kannon Bodhisattva appeared on the lotus petal, and the wind and rain cal...
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$640.00 Title: Traveling. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed and sealed.
Katsuda Tetsu(1896-1980) was a Japanese painter from the Taisho(1912-1926) and Showa era (1926-1989). He studied Western painting at Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of the Arts). He turned to Japanese painting and became an apprentice to Yamamoto Shunkyo(1872-1933) in 1923. He graduated from Kyoto City Painting College (currently Kyoto City University of Arts) in 1930.His history paintings ``Amak...
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$900.00 Bijinga. The title: Summer evening. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed and sealed.
Katsuda Tetsu(1896-1980) was a Japanese painter from the Taisho(1912-1926) and Showa era (1926-1989). He studied Western painting at Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of the Arts). He turned to Japanese painting and became an apprentice to Yamamoto Shunkyo(1872-1933) in 1923. He graduated from Kyoto City Painting College (currently Kyoto City University of Arts) in 1930.His history ... |
