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Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Japanese calligraphy scroll painting by the Confucian scholar, poet, koto musician, calligrapher and artist, Ryū Kōbi (also called Ryû Sôro) (1714-1792). Sumi ink on paper. With three seals, one being his trademark Dragon seal.
This work is Waka poetry done in traditional 5-7-5-7-7 syllables or a 5-line wake poem. Which traditionally calls up an image of nature that then alludes to an emotion...
The Kura
Sold, Thank you! A comic scene in ink on paper of boys herding oxen by Nagasawa Rosetsu spreads across these two low screens. The central characters, one in the lead the second astride one of the behemoths crossing a bridge is distracted by a butterfly floating by above while the beast in front steps on its own rope, pulling his head back to the viewer with a quizzical expression. Other oxen and boys populate the background...
The Kura
Sold, Thank you! The gist of the script is Taoist, something to the effect of: This is my life, I am neither overtly talented nor gifted with genius, like a sail boat alone tossed among the waves I drink freely of sake untouched (unfettered) by others seen only from a distance. Ink on paper in a the rough silk border preferred by Literati artists with exquisite turned ivory rollers enclosed in a period wooden box (the rollers will be changed for something suitable if exporting)...
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Japanese Esoteric Buddhist scroll painting depicting seated Amida Nyorai (Buddha Amitabha) flanked by the 12 Jūniten (Deva Guardians). The 12 Jūniten (6 on either side) are identified as Taishakuten (Skt. Indra) Lord of Jūniten, Katen (Skt. Agni) of Southeast and Fire, Enmaten (Skt. Yama) South and the Underworld, Futen (Skt. Yayu) Northwest and Wind, Bonten (Skt. Brahma) Heaven, Suiten (Skt. Varuna) West and Water, Bishamonten (Skt. Vaisravana) North and Wealth, Rasetsuten (Skt...
Dragon's Pearl
$650.00 Scroll painting, black ink on paper depicting Orchids and Rock.
Attributed to Ike no Taiga (1723–1776).
Sealed and signed Kiuka ( one of the many “go” or style name of Ike no Taiga (1723–1776) was born and lived in Kyoto during the Edo period, he was a prolific painter, calligrapher and a literati with a strong passion for classical Chinese scholar painting technique; he is one of the representative name of the Nanga school of painting though he did many decorative paintings...
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
Sold, Thank You! This Edo period scroll depicts Meota Iwa—a famous Japanese landmark in Mie. Symbolizing the union between two divine deities, Izanagi (said to be the larger rock, though there is no consensus on this point) and his wife Izanami, the two are joined by a shimenawa (heavy straw rope used in Japanese Shinto ceremonies). This straw rope is quite massive and must be replaced several times a year in a special ceremony...
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
Sold, Thank You! Revered Chinese scholar and tea master, Lù Yǔ is known as the “Sage of Tea” and is credited with advancing the practice of tea through the writing of his life’s work,The Classic of Tea. Here we see a masterful rendition of this historic figure done by one of the most iconic Kyoto painters—and founder of the Maruyama school—Maruyama Ōkyo...
Zentner Collection
$4,500.00 Antique Japanese two-panel Byobu folding screen painting of a pair of Pheasants (male and female) and their chick. The male stands on a craggily rock with blooming Peonies nearby and Weeping trees in the background.
The Pheasant is a messenger of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu and represents power, abundance, promise, and duty to the family while the family itself represents marital bliss... Original work of Yanagisawa Kien (1703-1758) Antique Japanese Painting of Jurojin, the God of Longevity
Yanagisawa Kien was a samurai in the middle of the Edo period and a pioneer of Nanga painting style...
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Japanese 2-panel screen painting. The right panel has a scene of a man and woman spending a leisurely day by a stream. Deep in conversation over tea, their wealth is evident by their richly patterned robes and picnic blanket. A robe thrown over knees to keep off the chill and the orange leaves of the maple tree suggest that Autumn is here. The left hand panel has another outdoor scene of a beautiful lady and a young girl out for a stroll by a small stream...
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Japanese six panel oshiebari style screen featuring six paintings in sumi ink and colors on gold leaf (kinpaku) applied paper. Collectively depicting an autumn landscape with ducks and songbirds on and above rolling hills beside a meandering shoreline. The scene punctuated with flowering bushclover (hagi), Chinese bellflowers (kikyo) and eulalia grass (susuki, alt...
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$700.00 NARA-PAINTING Samurai warriors on Horseback. 'Narae' (lit. 'Nara picture') as the Japanese traditional popular illustrations for the use of scrolls and books painted by 'Ebusshi' (Painters who specializes in Buddhist art) belonging to the large temples in Nara area through the late Muromachi - Edo period. Frame: 39.5 x 30.5cm (15.55 x 12.00in), Painting: 21.5 x 14cm (8.46 x 5.51in). Removed its acrylic board for antireflection when shooting the photos.
Tora Tori Gallery
€19,000.00 The theme of this very rare screen traces the story of the great battle of Yashima, in the 12th century, between the Taira and Minamoto clans. It owes its name to the contraction of Minamoto Gen (Chinese reading) and the Taira Hei clan, hence the name Heike. Also called Heike Monogotari. This is a naval battle, the Battle of Yashima (ichi no tani) in 1184, where the Taira clan retreated to an island off Shikoku in the inland sea. The Minamoto were victorious but much of the Taira fleet managed t...
SANAI FINE ART & ANTIQUES
Price on Request Additional Photos for Japanese Screen, 1750's
Each Fan painting size, 21 5/8" Long(55 cm). 1. Kuge servant carrying princess on his back trying to cross the water. 2. Three Sparrows and Bamboo. 3. Six Chinese Boys paying around at the study table, parent observing. 4. Tiger and Dog glaring each other. 5. Pretty Japanese Kikyo, Bellflower and other flowers. 6. Sumie Landscape, ...
SANAI FINE ART & ANTIQUES
Price on Request The size of Screen: 277cm Wide x 138 cm High (109 " x 54 3/8")
The both side Left/Right Panel size: 47.2 cm x 138 cm (18 1/2" x 54 3/8") 4 panels in between size: 45.5 cm x 138 cm (17 7/8" x 54 3/8") Each Fan design size: 55 cm (21 5/8") wide. This is wonderful 6 panels Japanese Byobu screen from 1750's middle 18th Century with 21 Ougi (fans) design with gold leaf background. This type of painting properly called, "Senmenga" with fan design Byobu called "Senmen Byobu". Th...
Zentner Collection
$7,000.00 Antique Two panel Japanese byobu screen depicting the first frost at waters edge.
Japanese herons and mandarin ducks contently rest and foliage with a light dusting of snow screen depicted on the late white plumb blossom tree. Three ducks rest and warm themselves beneath the near barren tree. A pair of Japanese herons are seem amoungst the water with sprouted bamboo and flowering water lilly. In Japan the white heron is known to be able to move between three elements air, earth and water. T...
Zentner Collection
$8,000.00 Japanese two panel painted byobu (screen) depicting a winters evening with resting pair of mandarin ducks siting amongst the late blooming roses at waters edge. A pair of song birds sitting within the white hydrangeas. A banana tree is shown with Painted on silk with flecked fold paper, silk brocade, and black lacquered frame.
Mandarin ducks are regarded as symbols of love, happiness, and marital fidelity because they are believed to be monogamous. Birds have long been a ...
Dragon's Pearl
$1,450.00 A very good and large scroll painting in ink and colours on paper, depicting the Immortal Gama Sennin (Chinese: Liuhai ) the “Toad Hermit”, with the three-legged toad. Gama Sennin is connected to good luck and wealth.
Both Gama Sennin and his toad friend are depicted in a very sweet, humorous manner.
It was probably part of a sliding door, later remounted as a scroll with a very beautiful, high quality brocade.
The painting is from early Edo period, 17th.
Size: total measurement: L 1...
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