Vintage Japanese Hanging Scroll A Pair of Butterflies

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1940: item #1047603
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Japanese " Kakejiku " or hanging scroll , dated around early Showa (1920-1930). In this narrow scroll, there are 2 butterflies flying freely drawn on silk and details are really refined. Borders have a subtle butterfly pattern too.There are some holes and stains and some flaws around the rims ,but areas on the silk are in good condition. It comes in a box (not original). 66 " H x 8.25 " W ( 167.6cm H x 40.6 cm W ) Weight is 6.5 oz ( 186g )

Hanging scroll, Shoki catches oni, Japan, 20th c.

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1920: item #1047082
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Scroll painting with image of Shoki holding up an oni that he just caught. Black ink and colors on silk. Signed. Seal: Shunsai. Japan, early 20th century.
Painted area 43 x 16.25 inches.
Good condition

First half of the 18th century - erotic hand scroll

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1800: item #1046180

A wonderful hand-scroll of erotic paintings or 'shunga' from the first half of the 18th century. Old, rare and exquisitely painted with high quality ink and pigments. The twelve images form a complete set and are representative of the twelve months of the year. As with most shunga, particularly from the Edo period, the artist has chosen to remain anonymous. There were numerous attempts to suppress shunga by the Tokugawa shogunate though they likely had little lasting effect. Painted on paper ... Click for details

c.1750 Uki-e Yoshiwara pleasure quarters

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1800: item #1046177

A mid 18th century Uki-e or 'floating picture' depicting the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. An interior scene of a splendid inn overlooks Tokyo bay whilst a myriad of tiny figures dot the beaches and boats are in sail in the distance. The magnificence of the architecture is represented using one-point perspective to emphasize the three dimensionality of the scene. This style of painting made its way to Japan in the 1740's through Chinese adaptations of Western pictures and had considerable influen... Click for details

Yoshida Toho (1848-1931) - Summer carp

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1920: item #1045920

Three Japanese koi or carp circling gracefully and rhythmically around an expansive pond. Such paintings were to be hung during the long summer months to evoke feelings of coolness and quietude. The work dates the early 20th century, circa 1920. The lifelike images of the koi have been achieved with ink and gold, the rippled water with ink and soft washes of color. The painting is in good condition. Light foxing is present through the silk though not to the degree projected in the pho... Click for details

Shinobu Keisui (b.1892) - Sea bream & crashing waves

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1940: item #1037781

A large painting of a Japanese sea bream swimming beneath crashing waves. The title reads 'Kouki', which translates to 'rough waves crashing over rocks'. Sea bream are generally associated with celebrations and in particular the New Year. The oversized painting is contained within a double wooden storage box signed, sealed and titled by the artist. The painting dates to the early Showa period, 1930's. Painted on silk with ink, mineral color, gold and gofun the painting is in good to very good... Click for details

Scroll painting, ghost out of skull, Japan Meiji era

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1920: item #1036615
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Hanging scroll with the images of a female spirit ascending from a skull with a broken jaw in a graveyard. Next to the skull lies a broken sotoba. Signed with red seal. Black ink and thin red color and two lines of blue on fibrous paper. Original red paper mounting. Porcelain scroll ends. Japan, Meiji period. Painted area: 44 x 7 ¾”; total height: 70” (111.7 x 19.7; 177.8 cm).
Excellent condition.

Scroll, Kusunoki Masashige, Kano Eishin, Japan, Edo per

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1800: item #1036557
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Hanging scroll with portrait of the samurai Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1366), sitting cross-legged in full armor on a mat made of deer skin. In front of him his bow and a banner with his family crest of a chrysanthemum on water. Signed at lower left: Hogen Eishin hitsu and red seal. Attributed to Kano Eishin. Black ink, mineral colors, gofun and gold on silk. Japan, Edo period, 18th century.
Comes with woorden storage b... Click for details

Scroll, shunga, smoking man and women, Japan Meiji era

Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls Pre 1920: item #1036543
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Painting, hanging scroll with the images of a man and a woman having intercourse, being surrounded by a multitude of other women. Ukiyo-e style. Black ink, gold and color on silk. Unsigned. Japan, Meiji period. Painted area: 12 ¾” x 18 ¼”; total height: 47 ¾” (32.4 x 46.3; 121.3 cm). Typical mounting from the Meiji period, probably original to the painting.
Some foxing , otherwise very good condition.

Japanese Nanga Fan Painting by Nakajima Kaho 1866-1939

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1910: item #1036080
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Fine Japanese Fan Painting on Paper by Nakajima Kaho 1866-1939.

Kaho was born in Kyoto and reputedly studied painting under Mori Kansai and calligraphy with his brother-in-law, Tomioka Tessai.

This fine sumi Nanga style painting with untranslated poem shows the c... Click for details