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Antique Japanese Gajo Book of Paintings, Kodojin
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Pre 1920 item# 843660 (stock# MOR2509)
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Alternating pages of paintings and calligraphy show the mastery of brush for which Kodojin is known. Elegant running cursive lines and strict crisp characters extol virtues between seasonal imagery. The scene of medaka fish is particularly compelling in its freshness and sense of life while the stark ancient pine is unmistakably Kodojin. The snail in soft color is quite an unusual scene signed with his poetic name Haritsu. The book is covered in sea blue satin with a signed dark blue sleeve ...click for details
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Momoyama period Japanese Sansui Kano Screen A
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Pre 1700 item# 842209 (stock# ANR2495)
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A typical Muromachi style Sansui screen showing scholarly travelers in a ragged landscape of precipitous hills and temples dusted with clouds of gold flake likely dating from the late 16th century. It is bordered in fine antique patterned brocade with a black lacquered frame. The gold mist engulfs the scene, giving life to the unusually large figures, a Muromachi-Momoyama trait. In the area about the travelers’ path, gold has been rubbed into the paper, giving it a soft sheen. The screen mea ...click for details
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Momoyama period Japanese Sansui Kano Screen B
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Pre 1700 item# 842206 (stock# ANR2495)
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A typical Muromachi style Sansui screen showing travelers in a ragged landscape of precipitous hills and temples dusted with clouds of gold flake likely dating from the late 16th century. Bordered in fine antique patterned brocade with a black lacquered frame. The gold mist engulfs the scene, with, giving life to the unusually large figures, a Muromachi-Momoyama trait. A softer line seems to bring us toward the later in this era, a departure from the hard cold lines of earlier works. The scr ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Shunga Makimono Scroll
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Pre 1920 item# 837704 (stock# ALR2483)
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A 19th century silk hand scroll depicting love-makers performing various contortions; just short of 18 feet (5.5 meters) long, 1 foot (30.5 cm) wide. Each image is 10 x 14-1/2 inches (25 x 36.5 cm) and are well painted, pigment on silk. The scroll, wrapped ijn silk, opens to crushed silver with each image framed in gold-flaked paper, ending in bone rollers. There is a repair to the opening of the roll, and hard creases in the scroll between each painting, but the paintings themselves are in f ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Scroll, Stacking Luck by Hakurei
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Pre 1920 item# 833868 (stock# ALR2478)
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Men are assisted in their endeavours of piling up pearls of wisdom by auspicious animals in this fine antique scroll signed Hakurei enclosed in a period annotated wooden box. Turtles roll along the burning pearls and cranes fly them in from above, handing off their treasures to a young man who passes them up to a middle aged man who in turn passes them to a vividly dressed elder in court dress who places them on the pyramid. Perfect for the New Year display. The scroll is 22 x 81-1/2 inches ( ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Plum Screen, Ryukyo
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Pre 1910 item# 833157 (stock# ANR2477)
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Two mandarin ducks huddle on the frigid shore overhung by a single gnarled plum, the first blossoms opening to the late winter sun; a fine small six panel screen signed Ryukyo and dating to the Meiji period. The male birds eyes are nearly closed as his colorful body absorbs the suns warmth. She stands alert, ready for any coming stranger. The plum rises in faded gray with dark hollows reminiscent of older Zen imagery. Ink and light color on paper with powdered gold mist rubbed into the surfa ...click for details
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Antique Japanese 4 scroll set by Hayashi Bunto
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Pre 1920 item# 832373 (stock# ALR2475)
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Pigment on silk set of four scrolls depicting animals of the Chinese Zodiac enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Bulls recline under blossoming trees, tigers roar from a rocky crag, monkeys munch on persimmons and dragons vie for power in the stormy night sky. Each is bordered in patterned blue brocade extended with beige. The scrolls are 19 x 76-1/2 inches (48.5 x 194.cm). There is some age spotting, mostly prevalent in the monkey image, as well as water stains in the upper border an ...click for details
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Taisho Japanese Nitten Exhibition Scroll Set, Fuko
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Pre 1920 item# 825629 (stock# ALR2473)
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A pair of original scrolls exhibited at the 1918 Nitten National Exhibition by Ishiwata Fuko enclosed in a period wooden box. One boy throws his arms wide with a loud cry, startling swallows from a leafless tree. The younger boy looks on in amazement, mouth falling open as the birds take flight. Both children are dressed in padded kimonos, a brilliant example for its time. Faint color has been used on the birds, with a stronger color used only on the childrens exposed skin. The scrolls are ...click for details
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19th Century Japanese Erotic Shunga Book
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Pre 1900 item# 814193 (stock# MOR2427)
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A set of ten hand-painted erotic images enclosed in a cloth bound album dating from the late Edo or very early Meiji period. Each scene is performed in typical Ukiyoe style with pigment on age-greyed paper. Each page is 6 x 91/2 inches (15 x 24 cm). There is some staining, toning and marks typical of age. See photos for more details. Pillow books such as these were quite common in Japan, and were often given as wedding gifts by relatives to assist the new couple.
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