This sweeping vertical landscape by Fukuda Kodojin captures the sensation of wind moving through a mountainside of pines, conveyed not through literal depiction but by the charged rhythms of the brush. Kodojin builds the mass of the forest with layered dots and broken ink strokes—an almost calligraphic “texturing” that seems to quiver with motion—while faint mineral washes in rose and grey lend the scene a hushed, dreamlike atmosphere...

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A quiet, classical oil painting on canvas, F4 size. Artist unknown. Japan, Shōwa period (20th century). Framed size: approx. 43 × 52 × 4 cm (16.9 × 20.5 × 1.6 in)...

A Japanese six-panel folding screen painted on silk with a golden ground, depicting two Manchurian cranes perched on a pine (matsu) branch. The work bears the signature and seal of Kawakita Kahō (1875–1940), a painter of the traditional Japanese nihonga school, a student of Kōno Bairei and Kikuchi Hōbun, and a regular participant in the Bunten exhibitions. A comparable folding screen by Kawakita Kahō was sold at Bonhams in 2013. Period: Taishō, circa 1920 Dimensions: 137.5 × 27...

A pair of rare Six Panel Screens opposing calligraphic verse with a painting of a solitary pine by Fukuda Kodojin. Rendered with expressive, calligraphic brushwork, the pine—a classic emblem of steadfastness and integrity—is depicted with bold, almost sculptural vigor. Kodojin’s brush alternates between dry, rugged strokes that describe the gnarled bark and sweeping wet washes that soften the contours, evoking both age and vitality...

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. In this first scroll, the brushwork is restrained, lyrical, and highly controlled...

Rendered in a few spontaneous strokes of deep, fluid ink, the painting shows a thatched hut beneath a pine, its form distilled to abstraction. Within, a solitary figure—perhaps a recluse or sage—is indicated by a few lines and a faint touch of cinnabar on the nose. The surrounding negative space conveys the vastness of sky and mind alike. Kodōjin’s brush alternates between dry, broken lines and rich, saturated washes, expressing a rhythmic tension between emptiness and form...

In this unusually warm and pared-down landscape, Kodojin renders a solitary hermitage nestled among steep rose-tinted cliffs, their surfaces glowing with a mineral luminosity reminiscent of sunset stone. Instead of the ink-heavy vapor of his more austere mountainscapes, here the terrain is suggested through soft vermilion washes, lightly breathing into the paper as though the cliffs themselves were exhaling warmth. The composition is profoundly vertical: everything ascends...

A waka poem accompanies the image of cockscomb on this painting by Fukuda Kodojin signed with his Japanese poetry name Haritsu. Ink on rough paper in beige silk with wooden rollers enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated 1924. The scroll is 43 x 204 cm (17 x 80-1/2 inches) and is in fine 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 this unusually spare and vertical composition, Fukuda Kodōjin reduces the landscape to its most essential gesture: a winding mountain path that slips upward into seclusion, terminating in the faint shelter of a thatched pavilion tucked among high crags. The work reads less as geographical description than as state of mind—a visual correlative to poetic reclusion. The road, rendered in a broken sequence of short, pulsing strokes, is less traveled way than rhythm of thought...

Rendered in an exquisitely restrained monochrome palette, this hanging scroll by literati genius Fukuda Kodojin evokes the quiet shimmer of moonlight filtering through a stand of bamboo. Kodōjin situates the viewer at the threshold of a secluded scene, a dwelling, half-hidden among swaying stalks and drifting mist, where the presence of human life recedes into near-emptiness...

The size of Scroll: 19 1/2 Wide with Jiku (scroll) end. Scroll, 17 5/8” Wide without Jiku End x 72” Long., Image area size: 12 1/2” Wide x 51”Long. This scroll has nice autumn scenery with Deer painted beautifully with mountain scenery. It has nice brush works with the combination of sumie (black ink) and colors. Deer with brown color. There maple tree with red color. Some autumn white pampas grass painted in lower area...

A Japanese two-panel folding screen with floral decoration depicting blooming peonies, sparrows and rocks against a light ground. The panels are framed by two splendid silk brocade borders, while a lacquered wooden frame completes and protects the screen. Signed at lower right. Period: Meiji, early 20th century. Dimensions: 173 x 209 cm. Condition: The screen is in excellent condition. Minor wear, restorations or small imperfections may be present, consistent with the age.

A six-panel folding screen with applied paper on a ground of gold and silver leaf, featuring six motifs inspired by traditional Japanese symbolism...

A pair of rare Six Panel Screens opposing calligraphic verse with a bamboo stand in white on red by Fukuda Kodojin Published p. 230-231 No. 70 The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin (Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2023). Not only is a pair of screens by this artist rare, but this, depicted in white on paper dyed with Kakishibu Persimmon oil in a deep, burnt red color with a red frame, is unprecedented. Seen in dim light, the works appear almost as negative calligraphy, inscriptions of light on darkne...

This monumental hanging scroll by Fukuda Kodōjin dated early winter 1915 presents a lofty mountain landscape enveloped in drifting mists, a consummate expression of his mature literati ideal. Combining the monumental grandeur of Chinese Song and Yuan prototypes with the delicacy and introspection of Japanese Bunjin taste, it reveals Kodōjin’s unique capacity to merge spiritual vision with expressive abstraction. The composition ascends dramatically from the foreground to towering peaks that ...

A window glows pink with warmth in the hermitage lost in the pair of vast winter landscapes by Fukuda Kodojin enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sekkei Sansui So-Fuku. In the first composition, jagged, snow-covered peaks rise into an empty sky, their stark forms rendered with Kodōjin’s distinctive textured ink wash—alternating dry brush and delicate rubbing to create both monumentality and ethereality. At the foot of the mountains, a modest thatched hut nestles into the snow....

Mount Fuji rises majestically beyond a blossoming plum, and a scholars studio displays a fine assortment of natural objects in this complimentary pair of paintings by Fukuda Kodojin and female artist/Poet Miura Eiran with calligraphy by Kokufu Seito. The poems read:
1: The mountains connect, draped in eternal snow; From the land of the sages, one branch brings forth spring.
2: From whence comes the crane, seeking rest? Moss spreads thick upon the earth, ever deepening.
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The burgeoning moon filters through the needles of an ancient pine on this powerful image by Fukuda Kodojin enclosed in in the original signed wooden box titled Gekka Oimatsu Zu date the sumer of 1923. Ink on silk in a green satin border patterned with soaring geese with bone rollers, it is 53 x 202 cm (20-3/4 x 79-1/2 inches). There are a few scattered marks typical of handling and age.
Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) an eccentric self taught artist, his status as a poet, calligrapher and lit...