The Size of Scroll Painting : 75 1/2” L x 19 1/4" W. The Painting size : 46 1/4” L x 13 7/8” W. Artist: Reizan, signed on upper right with his two chop seals. Medium: Handpainted Japanese Scroll on Silk w/Brocade.The Subject : Japanese Samurai in Snowy day. The condition of scroll: Very good, no tears. This is Japanese Antique handpainted scroll from Late Edo around 1850-60's...

A beautiful composition from over 200 years ago, the poem on this lovely hanging scroll can be translated to:

Loving the fragrance of orchids deep in the mountain recesses -- My robe and sleeves are pure, untouched by worldly dust -- With a colorful brush, I leave behind traces of their fragrance...

The Size of Makuri Painting Image: 10" W x 53 3/8" L
The scroll　Size : 14 1/2” x 70 1/4”
Artist: Seki Nao
Signed by Artist : Seki Nao with his chop seal.
Medium: Sumi and Wa-enogu(Japanese water color)
The title: Kijyaku (Happy Sparrows)、written on outside.
The condition of scroll: excellent on painting, no stain
neither torn...

Fine Buddhist Hanging Scroll depicting Kannon Bodhisattva (Guanyin)

Polychrome painting on paper mounted as a scroll, Japan, likely late Edo to early Meiji period (19th century).
A serene depiction of Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Mercy, seated in meditation upon a lotus pedestal rising from a rocky base. The figure is rendered in delicate mineral pigments with gold highlights, wearing flowing white robes and an ornate crown depicting a small seated Amitabha Buddha...

A humorous image of blind men trying to describe an elephant, a scene from popular Zen lore, by Okada Kakyo enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is Ink on paper in a silk border featuring porcelain rollers. The scroll measures 55 x 206.5 cm (21-1/2 x 81 inches) and is in overall fine condition.
A group of blind men once came upon an elephant, each wishing to understand what sort of creature stood before them...

Hanging scroll painting. A female ghost hovers while holding a strand of hair. Her eyes are closed. Her face and hand a very pale gray; her mouth a sickly dark gray with purplish-red accents; her garment various shades of gray and white.

The appearance is plain so that it is virtually impossible to identify the ghost and her story.

Black ink, mineral colors and gofun on silk...

Luxurious 19th Century Meiji Period Japanese Dragon Painting on Gold Silk Scroll. A grand six-feet-tall painting of ink and colors on paper. In Japan, the dragon is a benefactor and protector. The dragon in this painting is exploding with protective power and the energy of good fortune. Scroll: 70 x 26 inches (178 x 66 cm), Painting: 55 x 21 inches (140 x 53 cm).

Pair of Cranes – Japanese Hanging Scroll (Kakejiku), Taishō Period, Early 20th Century

A superb and masterfully painted Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku) depicting an elegant pair of cranes, symbols of longevity, fidelity, and good fortune in Japanese culture.
The painting is executed with refined brushwork, emphasizing the delicate plumage and graceful posture of the birds...

A fabulous image of a scholar at rest along the banks of the stream under a cascade of delicate calligraphy by Irie Shikai. Ink and faint color on silk in a blue silk border with large exotic turned-wood rollers enclosed in a custom made kiri-wood box. It is 55 x 203 cm (22 x 80 inches) and is in overall excellent condition.
Irie Shikai was born in Fukuoka prefecture in 1862, the son of an upper level samurai retainer...

A cluster of grapes before a single drying leaf by Buddhist Nun Oishi Junkyo enclosed in a period wooden box. Ink on paper in a silk border patterned with pine needles extended with beig and terminating in wooden rollers. The scroll is 57.8 x 127 cm (23 x 50 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Junkyo’s life is a triumph over tragedy. Born into a low family, she was sent to a tea house where she became an apprentice Geisha...

Large Japanese Scroll of White Fox under the Moon – Inamura Bansui, 20th c.

A striking large Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku) painted on silk by Inamura Bansui (稲村磐水), active in the mid-20th century.
The composition shows a white fox (kitsune) standing at a riverbank beneath a luminous full moon, surrounded by golden autumn grasses and wildflowers...

A heavy vine burgeoning with grapes hangs low with the weight of it sbountiful fruit in sweeping black strokes on this 17th century painting by Toko Shinetsu. Ink on paper with a rough beige silk and rosewood rollers mounted in the Mincho style. It is 59 x 186 cm (23 x 73 inches) in overall fine condition...

The hunched figure of the Daruma, wrapped in robes and seated staring in contemplation at the four lines of calligraphy by 17th century Zen priest Kosetsu mounted as a hanging scroll. Ink on paper in an Edo period mounting of patterned green silk extended with beige silk and featuring ivory rollers. It is 58 x 113 cm (23 x 44-1/2 inches) and is still quite presentable, with some discoloration and stains on the original paper typical of age...

An image of the humble mortar by Hakuin Ekaku in soft ink tones mounted as a scroll suitable for the way of tea or the modesty of monastic life. Hakuin occasionally incorporated household tools like mortars into his Zen paintings and calligraphy, blending folk motifs with spiritual insight...

A powerful Meiji period image of a tiger in vivid color by Kikuchi Unsho depicted with pigment and ink on silk mounted in a superb satin frame with large ivory rollers enclosed in a period kiri-wood box. It is 100.5 x 241 cm (39-1/2 x 95 inches) and is in overall fine condition, with a few minor wrinkles. The ivory will be changed for export.
Kikuchi Unsho was born in Hiroshima in 1878, given name Yasutaro, initially studying the Kishi School of painting under his father. He then studie...

Fudō Myōō Hanging Scroll – Japan, Edo Period (18th c.)

A powerful Edo period depiction of Fudō Myōō, the “Immovable Wisdom King,” painted in mineral pigments and gold on paper. Shown standing upon swirling clouds within a flaming nimbus, he grasps the sword of wisdom to cut through delusion and a rope to bind evil forces. His fierce expression and muscular form embody his role as the protector of Buddhist law.
Mounted in silk brocade typical of the Edo period. Good ...

A radical writhing character for dragon dating from the Edo period recently mounted in green brocade extended in patterned blue retaining the original bone rollers. It is ink on paper, signed Nyoren. The scroll is 36 x 178 cm (14 x 70 inches) and in excellent condition.
Nyoren Osho (no dates, also known as Daiin) was famous for rebuilding the original Main Hall (Hondo) of Jinryuji Temple in the domain of the Tsuchiya clan, near modern day Tsukuba, completed in 1833. He came to Tsukuba at...

A horrifying image of a bloody apparition holding a severed head signed Taizan in gold followed by two stamps (likely an early work by Tatewaki Taizan), the first Suken, the later Taizan. Ink and crimson pigment on silk in a patterned silk border with dark wood rollers. It is 55.5 x 181 cm (21-1/2 x 71 inches) and in excellent condition, completely restored to original condition.
Tatewaki Taizan (1886–1970) was born in 1886 in Hamasaka, Hyōgo Prefecture and demonstrated a fondness for ...