Antique Japanese 4 scroll set by Hayashi Bunto

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1920: item #832373
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Pigment on silk set of four scrolls depicting animals of the Chinese Zodiac enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Bulls recline under blossoming trees, tigers roar from a rocky crag, monkeys munch on persimmons and dragons vie for power in the stormy night sky. Each is bordered in patterned blue brocade extended with beige. The scrolls are 19 x 76-1/2 inches (48.5 x 194.cm). There is some age spotting, mostly prevalent in the monkey image, as well as water stains in the upper border an... Click for details

Maruyama School screen pair - A procession of ducks

Japanese: Paintings: Screens Pre 1837 VR: item #832361

An exceptional pair of six-fold screens painted by a follower of the Maruyama School of Art in the late 18th or early 19th century. An incredible array of ducks native to Japan have been described with minute and wondrous detail. Consumate linear techniques define the water and create a fascinating interplay of compositional elements with the billowing clouds. This unique pair of screens revel in the unification of realism and stylization and pulsate with a visual and sensual richness that is no... Click for details

Maruyama School screen pair - A procession of ducks

Japanese: Paintings: Screens Pre 1837 VR: item #832360

An exceptional pair of six-fold screens painted by a follower of the Maruyama School of Art in the late 18th or early 19th century. An incredible array of ducks native to Japan have been described with minute and wondrous detail. Consumate linear techniques define the water and create a fascinating interplay of compositional elements with the billowing clouds. This unique pair of screens revel in the unification of realism and stylization and pulsate with a visual and sensual richness that is no... Click for details

Unusual Antique Japanese Seasonal 4-Scroll Set

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1950: item #831913
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A set of four individual hand-painted silk scrolls enclosed in a custom Kiri-wood box signed Sanmon-Sato (Town with Three Gates). The vibrant brushwork is relaxed yet approaches the scenery in an unusual manner, lending exuberance to the work. A cow gazing slyly from fallow rice fields opens the set, followed by budding leaves on a willow draping over a seaside village. Summer is as if taken from one of the southernmonst islands, steep crags and palms, and autumn leaves burn in the grounds o... Click for details

Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) - 'Flowing on and on'

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1900: item #830181

An earlier Rengetsu work of a delightfully brushed ink turtle accompanying a typically elegantly inscribed poem. "For 10,000 generations, Flowing on and on, Giving life to the world -- The pure mountain water, Descending from kameno'o". There is a playful pun on the name of the mountain - "Turtle Tail" - and the turtle painted on the lower left at the "tail" of the flowing water. The work dates to the 1850's. The painting is in good original condition. The image measures 12 inc... Click for details

Lurid Ink Landscape Scroll by Mizuta Chikuho, 1925

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1930: item #829810
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A wet three stage landscape of ascending pinnacles separated by mist dated 1925 by prominent early 20th century Nanga artist Mizuta Chikuho enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The ink on paper work is bordered in mustard cloth with gray piping and features bone rollers. The scroll measures 18 x 81 inches (45.5 x 205 cm) and is in fine condition but for minor wrinkles typical of handling. Mizuta Chikuho (1883-1958) was born in Osaka, where he studied under the stalwart artist Himejima ... Click for details

Kato Eishu (1873-1939) - Bird netting screen pair

Japanese: Paintings: Screens Pre 1920: item #828552

A magnificently detailed pair of kacho-e screens by Kato Eishu depicting the highly unusual subject matter of bird netting songbirds. Historically the art of bird netting was a privilege and pleasure of royalty and nobility. In the latter half of the 19th century restrictions were significantly eased and netting became widely practiced. In the small wooden cage in the painting is a male decoy who's signing soon attracts other birds of the same species who find themselves entangled in the fine ne... Click for details

19c - crane & rising sun

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1900: item #826248

A large Edo period image of a stylized crane centered in front of a rising crimson sun - two of the more distinctive and recognizable symbols of Japan. In the Japanese language, the characters which represent the word Japan (pronounced Nippon or Nihon) literally mean 'the sun's origin' and are often translated as 'land of the rising sun'. Cranes have been central to japanese art and design for many centuries and continue to be so. This powerful juxtaposition of imagery is an unmistakeable and co... Click for details

18c - Silver bamboo screen

Japanese: Paintings: Screens Pre 1800: item #826247

Dating to the 18th century this is a rare six-fold screen depicting a bamboo grove on a silver ground. Throughout the orient bamboo is a revered plant and is representative of strength, resilience and flexibility and also has strong associations with summer and the moon. The silver leaf ground of this screen has a most welcome cooling effect during the summer months and also brings to mind the reflections of a brightly shining moon. The spatially open composition allows the slightest traces of b... Click for details

Taisho Japanese Nitten Exhibition Scroll Set, Fuko

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1920: item #825629
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A pair of original scrolls exhibited at the 1918 Nitten National Exhibition by Ishiwata Fuko enclosed in a period wooden box. One boy throws his arms wide with a loud cry, startling swallows from a leafless tree. The younger boy looks on in amazement, mouth falling open as the birds take flight. Both children are dressed in padded kimonos, a brilliant example for its time. Faint color has been used on the birds, with a stronger color used only on the childrens exposed skin. The scrolls are ... Click for details