Beautifully painted antique Japanese 6 panel screen painting depicting a scene of 3 red-crowned cranes flying low over cresting waves, mineral pigments and gold leaf on paper, Edo Period (circa 1800's).
Size: 68" high x 146" long
A continuous handscroll depicting twelve acts of lovemaking, the more unusual scenes include an older lady, french kissing, a lustful priest and finally a sexual aid.
Painted on paper with ink, gofun and pigments the handscroll is in very good, original condition.
The handscroll measures 12.5'' by 210'' (32 by 530 cm).
It is the work of Yamamoto Tokoku (1839-1890), real name Yamamoto Ryo. He was a Maruyama School painter born in Kyoto. His teachers included Kawakita Shunkoku and Komai ... Click for details
A continuous handscroll depicting twelve acts of lovemaking, the more unusual scenes include an older lady, french kissing, a lustful priest and finally a sexual aid.
Painted on paper with ink, gofun and pigments the handscroll is in very good, original condition.
The handscroll measures 12.5'' by 210'' (32 by 530 cm).
It is the work of Yamamoto Tokoku (1839-1890), real name Yamamoto Ryo. He was a Maruyama School painter born in Kyoto. His teachers included Kawakita Shunkoku and Komai ... Click for details
A herd of cattle rest quietly on the gold panels of this pair of large screens by Kawamura Manshu (1880-1942). A very unusual subject for the era in Japan. These screens are consistent in style and scale with the artists work circa 1910, and bearing in mind the subject matter, are likely a late Meiji (pre-Bunten) set of Exhibition Screens. The paintings are preformed with ink and light pigment on applied gold with a brown patterned silk border. The screens measure 68 x 149 inches (172 x 377 ... Click for details
A herd of cattle rest quietly on the gold panels of this pair of large screens by Kawamura Manshu (1880-1942). A very unusual subject for the era in Japan. These screens are consistent in style and scale with the artists work circa 1910, and bearing in mind the subject matter, are likely a late Meiji (pre-Bunten) set of Exhibition Screens. The paintings are preformed with ink and light pigment on applied gold with a brown patterned silk border. The screens measure 68 x 149 inches (172 x 377 ... Click for details
A snail crawls slowly toward the scrawling gold lines of this tea room scroll by Imai Keiju enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is performed with ink and gold on paper in a crushed paper border with bamboo rollers befitting the humble confines of the tea room. The scroll is 18-1/2 by 43-1/2 inches (46.5 x 110 cm) and is in fine condition. Imai Keiju (1891-1967) was born and lived his life in Kansai, cultural heart of Japan. He studied under Imao Keinen, from whom he received his n... Click for details
A party gathers for tea and scholarly pursuits on the shores of this set of late 18th to early 19th century literati landscapes by So Gessen (1741-1809). Boats head for the hermitage built on stilts over the lakeside shaded by massive foliated trees. In the distance a sage and his attendant cross the bridge leading to the erstwhile hut. The pair is published in the book Jidai Byobu Shuei (pre-restoration, pages 76 and 77). The screens measure 70-1/2 x 150 inches (179 x 382 cm) and have been ... Click for details
Sages gather among the pines for tea and scholarly pursuits on this set of late 18th to early 19th century literati landscapes by So Gessen (1741-1809). The pair is published in the book Jidai Byobu Shuei (pre-restoration, pages 76 and 77). The screens measure 70-1/2 x 150 inches (179 x 382 cm) and have been completely restored (with no over-painting) maintaining the original cloth border. So Gessen was an artist initially trained in Edo under Sakurai Sekkan, and later in Kyoto under Maruyama... Click for details
Sengai was a major Edo Period Zen painter whose work is now in the collections of many major museums around the world. The text reads "kan-getsu" (viewing the moon/moon-viewing ). Kan is the 'kan/kwan' of 'Kannon/Kwan-in', Goddess of great mercy and great sorrow. Signature (written small, left): Sengai (1750-1837). Calligraphy with aozumi (blue-grey ink) on paper. Mounting: Raw silk in blue-gray night colour, silk-brocade with cloud-design (to suit the moon) and black-laquered knobs. This piece ... Click for details
Perhaps an artist struggling with the realities of his time, Red Shinto architecture lies beyond the Goddess of mercy Kanon, supplanted by a roaring tiger and hard industrial forms, the two panel image is signed Sankian and dated 1966. The Tiger called post war Japan struggled with its own identity, losing much of its traditional heritage as it rose to a status of world economic power from the 1950s-1980s.. The screen measures 5 feet by 64 inches (153 x 163 cm) and is in fine condition.
