All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1199350
(stock #ANR4258)
The Kura
2,500.00
2,500.00
A 3/4 size six panel screen featuring fans dancing on gold dating from the Bakumatsu Era, end of the Edo to early Meiji period (mid to later 19th century). Numerous scenes of birds, figures and animals, both seen and imagined, vie for presence with historical figures and poetic whims. It is 54 x 109 inches (136.5 x 277 cm); perfect for wall hanging, with a number of old repairs testifying to age...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1196733
(stock #ALR4248)
The Kura
$900.00
$900.00
A superb rendition of Rokusonn-O Minomoto Tsunemoto by Kyoto artist Ono Gyokurei dated the first of summer 1852 enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box. It is performed with pigment and gold on silk, enclosed in the original Silk border. There are a few wrinkles, as one might expect after a century and a half, however is in overall quite good condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1194406
(stock #ANR4228)
The Kura
3,750.00
3,750.00
An egret stands alone and tranquil among the fresh green rush, resting lightly on one leg, a fine painting dating from the Taisho era signed Toko-me (By the female artist Toko). Performed with pigment on silk, it is in overall fine condition, with only minor toning/marks to the silk typical of age and is bordered in green silk with a black lacquer frame typical of the era. It retains the original backing paper and comes enclosed in the original wooden storage box (if desired)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1185296
(stock #ANR4194)
The Kura
1,600.00
1,600.00
A free-form watercolor on silk image of a dancer by Nishimura Goun inside a Kurogaki (black persimmon) frame with patterned brocade border. Who could not fall in love with this unusual expression of early twentieth century Japanese Art. She speaks of an era when a new freedom was growing in Japan, the growth of Democracy and rise of women’s rights. She dances free of care and self-consciousness, a blue ribbon tying her hair...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1910
item #1181766
(stock #ALR4179)
The Kura
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A kitsune leaps playfully over the water in the light of a crescent moon in this large silk painting by Tanami Gyokusho. Ink and light color on silk in a patterned silk border with white satin piping. It is 97.5 x 197 cm (38-1/2 x 77-1/2 inches) and in overall fine condition. There is some cupping to the scroll, not surprising considering its size, and there is one repair to a worm hole just under the upper border...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1181547
(stock #ANR4177 )
The Kura
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A huge three legged toad climbs the back of Gama, while Tekkai exhales his spirit on another journey through the timeless classics of Chinese liturgy, two paintings by Hara Zaizen. Mineral pigments on paper mounted on applied gold and bordered in fine silk with a lacquered wood frame. Each panel measures 94 x 170.5 cm (37 x 67 inches) and is in fine condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1175669
(stock #ALR4161)
The Kura
$980.00
$980.00
Ink on silk in rough silk border with black lacquered wooden rollers and featuring the infamous Skull stamp. It comes enclosed in a very rare original signed wooden box. The scroll measures 21 x 75 inches (53 x 190 cm). Although the cloth is fine it is in need of remounting.
Nakahara Nantenbo, (Toju Zenchu), did not start painting in earnest until he was already more than 65 years old...
Nakahara Nantenbo, (Toju Zenchu), did not start painting in earnest until he was already more than 65 years old...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1174949
(stock #ALR4159)
The Kura
2,200.00
2,200.00
The stag stands alone on a lonely drop calling to the autumn moon in this elegant painting signed Fujiwara Eiyo with accompanying poem by Otagaki Rengetsu mounted as a chagake Tea-room hanging scroll. It reads:
Yama katsu ga, Asu no isogi ni, togu kama no, hikari ni nitaru, yuzuki no kage (In a mountain village, preparing for another day, light on the sharpened sickle, mimicks the evening moon)...
Yama katsu ga, Asu no isogi ni, togu kama no, hikari ni nitaru, yuzuki no kage (In a mountain village, preparing for another day, light on the sharpened sickle, mimicks the evening moon)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1174773
(stock #MOR4158)
The Kura
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An important set of 10 wooden sweet plates with paintings and calligraphy by Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875). Each is entirely unique, with an individual poem.
A wooden beam’s soot, as well as the hearts sullied dross are swept clean at year’s end. (Hotei)
No place at the inn. Humans have a hard lot, but sleeping under blossoms the hazy moon consoles me. (Cherry blossom)
In this world certain forms inspire welcome thoughts. The eggplant calls to mind fortune...
A wooden beam’s soot, as well as the hearts sullied dross are swept clean at year’s end. (Hotei)
No place at the inn. Humans have a hard lot, but sleeping under blossoms the hazy moon consoles me. (Cherry blossom)
In this world certain forms inspire welcome thoughts. The eggplant calls to mind fortune...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1174675
(stock #ALR4157)
The Kura
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A worker makes his way through the autumn tinged hills, home just a few steps away in this brilliant Nanga work by Hashimoto Kansetsu enclosed in the original signed wooden box which is in turn enclosed in a red lacquered wooden box (Nijubako). Light color on silk mounted in a superb frame of blue silk with patterned with dragon dials and featuring large ivory rollers...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1174570
(stock #ALR4156)
The Kura
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Golden eyes gaze at the full moon rising over dried autumn grass and wilted flowers on this fine scroll signed Shuso (Hotta Shuso). Pigment and light color on silk in a patterned silk mounting with bone rollers. The scroll measures 19 x 78 inches (47.5 x 192.5 cm) and is in overall fine condition.
Hotta Shuso (1894-1954) was born in Nagano prefecture and studied under Ikegami Shuho, settling in Tokyo. One of his best students, Shuso later became leader of Shuho's Denshindo atelier. He ...
Hotta Shuso (1894-1954) was born in Nagano prefecture and studied under Ikegami Shuho, settling in Tokyo. One of his best students, Shuso later became leader of Shuho's Denshindo atelier. He ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1174363
(stock #ALR4155)
The Kura
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A beauty in dragonfly printed summer kimono parts the reed curtains, her form lit by the firefly flying over. A beautiful pigment on silk painting signed Suiun-Me (the Me literally means female) enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating from the Taisho period. It is bordered in superb patterned brocades and features porcelain rollers. The scroll measures 31.5 x 198.5 cm (12-1/2 x 78 inches). There is some loss to the depth of the pigment on the face (see photos) but still presents ve...