Six-Panel Japanese Screen with Autumn Grasses, Chrysanthemums and Butterflies

A refined six-panel Japanese folding screen depicting chrysanthemums, autumn grasses, and delicately rendered butterflies.
The composition is quietly balanced, with clusters of flowers emerging from a subdued ground, leaving generous areas of open space that enhance the sense of calm and seasonal atmosphere.
Rather than bold decoration, this screen relies on restraint, natural rhythm, and subtle ...

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...

Japanese Silver Two-Panel Folding Screen with Diamond Pattern and Abstract Floral Motifs

A Japanese two-panel folding screen finished in silver leaf, composed with a repeating diamond pattern and abstract floral forms.
Within the diamond structure, soft, flower-like brushwork appears across the surface, creating a gentle and rhythmic impression.
The design is restrained and balanced, allowing the silver ground to reflect light quietly without a decorative or ornate feel....

An orchid by the tragic nun Oishi Junkyo enclosed in a fine kiri-wood box. Ink and light color on paper in a fabulous silk border like a sunset sky filled with clouds and featuring ceramic rollers. The scroll is 57.5 x 125.5 cm (23 X 49-1/2 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...

A sparse image of a humble thatched hut emanating a welcoming soft pink glow by Literatus Fukuda Kodojin. Ink on paper in the original patterned silk border with a touch of luxury in the ichimonji fabric. It features black lacquered wooden rollers and comes enclosed in a wooden box. The scroll is 39 x 131 cm (19-1/2 x 51 5⁄8 inches) and is in overall fine, original condition, with minor wrinkles...

A weasel leaps through this vivid autumnal scene accented with gold in radical sweeping strokes by Tamamura Hokuto enclosed in a period wooden box. Pigment on silk in a patterned satin border with solid bone rollers. It is 48.5 x 207 cm and in fine condition.
Tamamura Hokuto (Zennosuke, 1893-1951) was born in Kyoto to a family dealing in wooden shoes...

Skeletons gleefully cavort about the heavy robes of a courtesan on this impressive silk painting dating from late 19th to early 20th century Japan (Meiji to Taisho period). Ink on silk in a rough patterned silk border with suitable bone rollers. It is 64.5 x 224 cm (26 x 88 inches) and is in overall fine condition wit some toning typical of age.

In this richly atmospheric hanging scroll, Shirakura Niho evokes the inner world of the Japanese literati ideal: the solitary scholar in quiet dialogue with nature. Niho’s freely brushed textures, selective use of color, and expressive ink tonality reveal his mastery of Nanga (literati) aesthetics while rendering a work distinctly modern and vibrant. The scroll is enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated an Autumn day in 1921 titled Shokei Yutsu (Among the Pines, a Subtle Communion)...

A Japanese six-panel paper folding screen depicting a garden of white and yellow chrysanthemums, with delicate touches of red, arranged along an elegant fence against a background of gold and silver leaf. The raised flowers, executed in gofun, stand out for their luminosity and painterly precision...

A fox dressed in the robes of a priest walking under the moonlight by Otani Kubutsu enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Ink and light color on silk in a fine slik border, the scroll is 48.5 x 192 cm (19-1/2 x 75-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Otani Kubutsu (1875〜1943 ) was a monk of the Jodo Shinsyu sect, and served as the 23rd head monk of Higashi Honganji temple He was born as the second son of Ōtani Kōei...

A contemplation stone in dramatic ink work accompanied by a jagged poem by Kikuchi Keigetsu dated 1922 enclosed in a period wooden box. Ink on paper in a silk mounting featuring solid ivory rollers. It is 43 x 217 cm ’17 x 85-1/2 inches) and in overall fine condition, with toning to the paper consistent with age and exposure.
Kikuchi Keigetsu (1879-1955) was born in Nagano, and studied Nanga under Kodama Katei before apprenticing to Kikuchi Hobun in Kyoto...

Ota Shumin (1884-1950, Japanese)
View of Mt. Fuji (given title).
Date: 1930s.
Size: Oban. 11.25 x 4.75 inches.
Signed "Shumin" by the artist.
Medium: Japanese watercolor.
Condition: Matte line in image.

A theatrical image in vibrant color by Shigemori Yoko featuring precipitous crags dotted with pavilions, deep gorges spanned by bridges, soaring birds and contorting trees populated by myriad characters. This is one of several ink and colored sketches we received from her estate and had mounted as scrolls. Blue ink on paper, it has been freshly prepared in a cloth border terminating in ceramic rollers. The scroll is 46.3 x 196 cm and is in excellent condition...

Boatman pass under the watchful eye of a grand tower perched atop cliffs tumbling to the sea on this serene image by Hirai Baisen enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shuko Seika (Midsummer Boat Journey). The character used for Bai in his name is indicative of early work from the Taisho era. Ink on paper wrapped in a linen border of cool summer blue patterned with wispy clouds terminating in bone rollers...

Golden characters fall like rain down this calligraphy work by Buddhist Nun Oishi Junkyo enclosed in the original signed wooden box containing an explanation of the poem and biography of Junkyo dated 1964. Gold on blue paper mounted in beige silk extended with light blue and featuring festive red lacquered wooden rollers. It is 33 x123 cm (13 x 49 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 s...

A wispy landscape of verdant hills reflecting the Taisho aesthetic by Yano Kyoson dated the sixth month of 1922 enclosed in the original signed wooden box and titled Hakuun Izan. Ink and pigment on silk in a light green satin border with porcelain rollers. It is 50 x 198 cm (20 x 78 inches) and in overall fine condition.
Yano Kyoson (1890-1965) was born in Ehime prefecture, on the Island of Shikoku, and studied under Nakamatsu Shunyo. He exhibited consistently with the Nihon Nanga-in, of ...

BRANCH AFTER TIME

Work on canvas with washi paper, Japan. Approx. 32 × 41 × 2 cm (12.6 × 16.1 × 0.8 in). A delicate drawing of a withered branch, originally sketched during the Taishō period (early 20th century) by a craftsman who painted hanging scrolls, and mounted onto canvas in present times. Condition as shown.


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