A Kano School Triptych of Fukurokuju, Attributed to Kano Isenin (1775–1828), Ink on Silk Hanging Scrolls. Edo Period.

This elegant triptych depicts Fukurokuju, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, revered as a symbol of longevity, prosperity, and wisdom. Rendered with refined ink work, the composition carries a quiet, auspicious presence...

Tadpoles scatter in the water like blossoms in the wind on this playful image by Usuda Aro in the original signed wooden box dated the 7th month of 1934 titled Yamazakura (Mountain Cherry). In the poem the artist compares tadpoles after the end of the rainy season to blossom petals scattered in the water. Ink on paper in a fresh green silk border with large bone rollers, the scroll is 38.5 x 203 cm and is in overall fine condition...

Delicate washes of color define this landscape by Hashimoto Dokuzan enclosed in the original signed double wooden box. Pigment and ink on paper in a kinran border threaded with genuine gold terminating in solid ivory rollers (these will be changed if exporting. The scroll is 47.5 x 212 cm (19 x 83-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Hashimoto Dokuzan (Gengi, 1869-1938) was born in Nigata, and was sent to Kyoto at the age of 16 to study painting and philosophy under Tomioka Tessai...

This vertical landscape by Nakabayashi Chikuto unfolds in layered bands of softly modulated ink, revealing a secluded mountain settlement enveloped in drifting mist. Chikuto’s distinctive brushwork—built from finely striated texture strokes and rounded, rhythmic touches—creates a sense of sculpted stone surfaces and dense, breathing forests...

A fisherman finds harmony in the waves, a tiny vessel dwarfed by mountains on this ink painting by Irie Shikai. Ink on paper in a silk border with faux ivory rollers enclosed in an old kiri-wood storage box. It is 45.6 x 197 cm. There is toning to the paper typical of age with some wrinkles and scattered light stains.
Irie Shikai was born in Fukuoka prefecture in 1862, the son of an upper level samurai retainer...

The size of Scroll: 57” Long x 28 3/4” Wide.
Painting area: 19 5/8” Square.
This scroll Painting work done by Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942)
The subject of Scroll: Hina Matsuri, Hina Festival.
The Emperor and Empress. Painting is done in Old Japanese,
Style from Heian. Painting done on silk brocade background.
Scroll end with Makie finish with mother’s pearl shell.
It came with Kiri wood awase bako(box), not Tomobako...

Sleet blasts a winter village, a lone group of birds flying for cover in this superb rendition by Hayashi Bunto enclosed in the original wooden box titled Rei-un (frozen cloud). Looking into the scene one can almost hear the wind whipping the bare willow branches. It is performed with pigment and ink on silk in a silk border with bone rollers. It is 40 x 193 cm (16 x 78 inches) and is in fine condition...

Dreamy color washes delineate a house among the trees flying a carp-shaped wind sock by Hirai Baisen enclosed in the original signed red lacquered double wood box titled Nara no Gogatsu (May in Nara). A tiled pink wall climbs the trail, a dilapidated companion on your journey to the distant home. Pigment on silk in a superb patterned silk border with solid ivory rollers, it is in excellent condition. The rollers will be changed if exporting...

A humorous image of colorful birds by female ceramicist Shigemori Yoko mounted as a hanging scroll. Ink and color on paper mounted in a field of dark cloth with ceramic rollers. It is 47 x 195 cm (18-3/4 x 76-3/4 inches) and in excellent condition.
Shigemori Yoko (1953-2021) was born in Kagoshima...

A large and very early landscape strictly following traditional Nanga tenets by Shirakura Niho signed with his abbreviated given name Kinro dated 1919 and enclosed in the original wooden box signed with his artist name Niho...

Taisho period Mystical landscape by Shirakura Niho; rendered in a soft, atmospheric palette, this painting depicts a solitary hillside retreat nestled among pines and weathered stone. At the center of the composition sits a humble scholar’s hut, its sliding screens partially opened to reveal a single figure resting at the window—an understated symbol of cultivated leisure and the Daoist ideal of freedom from worldly obligations. The architecture is lightly suggested rather than fully delinea...

Magnificent dark ink forms a lurid summer landscape on this scroll by Irie Shikai enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated the 4th month of 1922. Ink on paper in a white cloth border with dark wood rollers. It is 54.5 x 195 cm (21-1/2 x 76-3/4 inches).
Irie Shikai was born in Fukuoka prefecture in 1862, the son of an upper level samurai retainer. He studied Nanga and Chinese style painting under Yoshitsugu Haizan and Daiju Ekizan among others. Eschewing the contemporary trend to ex...

A family rests from their labors under the willow trees on this delicate landscape emulating the tradition of the great 19th century literatus Tanomura Chikuden by Kimura Seiun. A long verse in subtly articulated characters scrolls down the right side. Ink and light color on paper in a green silk border with pale piping featuring hard-wood rollers. The scroll is 48 x 197 cm (19 x 77-1/2 inches) and is in overall fine condition, enclosed in a wooden box.
Kimura Seiun (1885–1967) was a Ja...

The sliver of a moon rising over a mountain, water or mist flowing past a tree dotted crag in the fore scratched out in dry brushstrokes on hand made Obara paper by Fujii Tatsukichi enclosed in the originals signed wooden box titled Futsuka Tsuki (2nd Day Moon). It is mounted in a ield of eggshell paper in Edo period Ginran cloth border with ceramic rollers. The scroll measures 42 x 134 cm (16-1/2 x 52-3/4 inches) and is in overall fine condtion, with minor age spots.
Fujii Tatsukichi (18...

An austere ink landscape by the ordinarily more outlandish female ceramicist Shigemori Yoko mounted as a hanging scroll. Ink on paper in a field of dark cloth wit ceramic rollers. It is 46.5 x 167 cm (18-1/2 x 65-1/2 inches) and in excellent condition.
Shigemori Yoko (1953-2021) was born in Kagoshima. Yoko came to Kyoto where she initially studied painting at the Kyoto Tankidai Art College, then moved to ceramics at the Kyoto Municipal Art University where she studied traditional pottery...

A classical Nihonga scene of the four seasons featuring Asian Blue tails among red Momiji (maple) leaves, pine boughs and cherry blossoms filling the air over flowing blue water, the shore dotted with flowering plants. This is a very large scroll by Tsutaya Ryukoku depicted with heavy pigment on silk in a patterned cloth border with solid ivory rollers. The scroll is 91 x 240 cm (36 x 94.5 inches) and is in overall excellent condition, dating circa 1925.
Tsutaya Ryukoku (1886-1933) was bor...

Sparrows plump with winter fat huddle together against the cold on a snow covered branch on this exquisite painting by Shirakura Niho enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Niho Ga Setsuen Kosuzume Zu. Ink, Gofun & Light color on Silk, in a silk border with sculpted bone rollers. The scroll is 41 x 197.5 cm (16-1/4 x 77-3/4 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Shirakura Kinichiro (Niho or Jiho, Kanyu, 1896-1974) was born in Niigata, and initially was inducted into Nanga under ...

A pair of scrolls depicting lotus flowers in swift, dynamic strokes mounted in antique Sarasa cloth with black lacquered wooden rollers enclosed in a hand-made wooden box. Signed Hakkuun, they are 45 x 186.5 cm (18 x 73-1/2 inches) each and in overall fine condition.
Although the bname is common (meaning white cloud) these are likely the work of Aichi born Takasu Hakuun (b. 1900) a specialist in Nanga studied under Yamamoto Baitsu and Mizuta Chikuho who lived and worked in Kyoto. He exhib...