A fisherman reaches out with a long net while egrets take flight under the risign moon from the sheltering branches of willow trees on this beautiful Taisho period painting by Yano Kyoson enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated 1922 and titled Ryuin Hogyo (Catching Fish Under Willows). It is performed with Ink and pigment on silk wrapped in a pale green Kinran border shot with gold thread patterns terminating in solid ivory rollers. The rollers will be changed for export...

A Japanese four-panel screen painted on paper and enriched with gold powder, depicting a dramatic combat scene between a yamabushi and two samurai. The armor, the intense expressions, and the dynamic movement of the figures create an atmosphere charged with tension and energy. On the left panel appears the artist’s signature and seal. Period: Meiji, early 20th century Dimensions: 140 × 188 cm Condition: The screen is in good condition, with minor age-related wear consistent with us...

WEST GATE AREA

Oil on canvas, artist unknown, Japan, 1980. Approx. 27.5 × 22 × 2 cm (10.8 × 8.7 × 0.8 in). A colorful depiction of the area around Namdaemun in Korea (despite the title referencing the West Gate)...

Bold black lines form the structure filled with Mi-fu Dots form a tree sheltered village along the water’s edge, in the distance deftly brushed dry strokes in soft shades of gray form monolithic crags towering over the placid scene, a poem scratched like sunrise along the vertical columns...

Feverish brushstrokes fill the canvas of this exceptional landscape by Shirakura Niho Ink on paper, ivory rollers, The ivory rollers will be changed for export. It is large at 84.3 x 167.5 cm (33 x 66 inches and is in excellent condition, enclosed in a modern kiri-wood storage box.
Shirakura Kinichiro (Niho or Jiho, Kanyu, 1896-1974) was born in Niigata, and initially was inducted into Nanga under Hatta Goro. Moving to Tokyo he began studies of Western oil painting following Ishii Hakutei...

A sparse landscape of country retreats peaking up through the mist of forested valleys by Shirakura Niho in light color and ink on silk dating from the late Taisho to early Showa eras. It is bordered in pale patterned silk and features wood rollers. It is 56.5 x 130 cm (22 x 51 inches) and is in overall fine condition, with some dirtiness along the roller bar and comes in a period wooden box...

A delicate depiction of 4 small landscapes depicting the seasons by Kano Shosenin Tadanobu enclosed in a wooden box titled Shiki Sanzui no Zu decorated with seasonal flowers and annotated by Sakai Hoetsu. Pigment on silk in a fine silk border with red lacquered wooden rollers. The scroll is 65 x 215 cm (26 x 84-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition completely restored in fine silk mounting...

A calligraphic verse by Fukuda Kodojin written in his flowing hand dated the Plum Flower Time of the 14th year of Taisho (early Spring, 1925). Ink on paper in a fine silk border with solid ivory rollers (these will be changed for export) enclosed in a period wooden box. It is 46.5 x 196 cm (18-1/2 x 77 inches) and is in fine condition with minor marks typical of age.
Composing verses at Hanshan Temple:
No monk is even boiling tea...

An elongated sparse landscape in ink on paper by Fukuda Kodojin a humble abode held gently between steep walls in a valley studded with bamboo and shaded by ancient boughs. The lone scholar is visible through the window, quietly passing time in his retreat, swayed only by the coming and going of the leaves. The paper canvas is mounted in pale green cloth and the scroll features black lacquered wooden rollers...

This powerful hanging scroll by Fukuda Kodojin depicts an ancient pine tree, rendered with an intensity and abstraction that typify the painter’s most expressive ink work. Kodojin dissolves the foliage into a dense, radiating mesh of pine needles, built from sharply angled, intersecting strokes. These needle clusters—at moments appearing like bursts of energy or ink “constellations”—convey both the vitality of the living tree and the spontaneous inner movement of the artist’s hand...

An expansive bucolic scene by Fukuda Kodojin making unusual use of color enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Ink and light color on paper in a fine mounting of patterned green silk with bone rollers. It is 31-1/2 x 56 inches (79.2 x 142 cm) and in excellent condition.
Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) was an eccentric self-taught artist, his status as a poet, calligrapher and literati artist has reached legendary status...

In the collection, two hanging scrolls by Fukuda Kodojin, while composed almost identically, reveal dramatically different expressive intentions through brushwork, ink handling, and spatial rhythm. They offer a rare glimpse into Kodojin’s evolving approach to literati painting, and his subtle negotiation between disciplined restraint and spontaneous expression. This second scroll, while depicting the same setting as the previous...

Large Japanese Six-Panel Screen with Pine and Bamboo on Gold Ground

A large six-panel Japanese folding screen depicting a majestic pine tree with sweeping branches and standing bamboo on a rich gold-leaf ground.
The composition highlights the elegant contrast between the dark pine needles, textured trunk, and cool green bamboo.
Age-related wear and small losses to the surface are present, but the painting remains impressive in scale and atmosphere.

Period:late Edo...

A Japanese two-panel folding screen painted on paper with applied gold leaf, depicting Mount Fuji covered in snow. The decisive brushstrokes and tonal contrasts clearly define Mount Fuji, whose snowy silhouette stands out against the broad golden background. A wooden frame completes and protects the work. Signed and sealed by the artist in the lower right corner. Period: Shōwa, mid-20th century Dimensions: 173.5 × 180 cm Condition: The screen is in very good condition with a minor f...

A large panting of an ascending snake painted by Shimizu Rokusho in the year of the snake enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Imagery such as this show a longing for progress in the year of the snake; may the snake stretch to heaven. Ink on paper dated Taisho 6 1917 by Shimizu Rokusho Patterned blue silk border . It is 64 x 180 cm (25 x 71 inches). There is toning to the paper typical of the 112 years since it was painted.
Shimizu Rokusho (1863-1919) was born with the given name T...

The ethereal fox appears in the mist dressed in the robes of a wandering Buddhist, the wispy characters of a poem by Otagaki Rengetsu draped around like rain. The poem reads:
Hito hakaru Tricking people
Sagano no hara no as is his nature
Yuumagure at twilight in these fields of Sagano...
ono ga obana ya is he displaying his tail
hana to misu ran. as if it were a plume of silver grass?
Ink on paper in a silk border the color of autumn grass terminating in bl;...

Lurid Umbrella-shaped hills float like clouds beyond a lone sage standing in contemplation of the rain under a tree rendered in wet washes among a cluster of huts on this small delicate image by Fukuda Kodojin. Ink on paper in the original patterned silk border with white glazed ceramic rollers. The pale ichimonji patterned with clouds accentuates the scene. It is 24.5 x 158 cm (10 x 62-1/4 inches) and in overall fine condition.
Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) was an eccentric self-taught arti...

A small convoluted landscape by Fukuda Kodojin recently restored to its original state. Ink on paper in a blue cloth border retaining the original ivory rollers (these will be changed for export). It is 28 x 111.5 cm (11 x 44 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) was an eccentric self-taught artist, his status as a poet, calligrapher and literati artist has reached legendary status. Born at a time of great change (4 years before the final fall of the Edo Governm...