SPECIALIZED SEARCH
|
Ippitsu Daruma, Notorious Zen Priest Nakahara Nantenbo
Catalogue:
Archives:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Pre 1920 item# 1007466 (stock# ALR2838)
|
click for details
|
The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
Sold, Thank you!
|
Considered the epitome of Zen, alongside the Enso, a one-stroke image of the daruma by Nakahara Nantenbo (1839-1925) enclosed in a period wooden box. The ink has washed into the silk, creating a ghostly effect. The inscription reads “The Shape of Daruma facing the wall, is he like a melon or an eggplant From the Hachiman fields of Yamashiro?” (Addiss) The scroll has been fully restored with rough pale silk and ceramic rollers reflecting the minimalist practices of Zen. Ink on silk, it featur ...click for details
|
|
Antique Japanese Screen, Cranes and Turtles, Meiji
Catalogue:
Archives:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Pre 1900 item# 1006598 (stock# ANR2834)
|
click for details
|
The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
Sold, Thank you!
|
A fine painting of cranes and turtles under an aged pine dating from the later 19th century performed with pigment on paper. Clouds of genuine applied gold hem in the mystical realm of longevity, for which the crane, turtle and pine are representatives. We may also notice, peering out from the pine a blossoming plum and a small stand of bamboo, capturing the three friends of winter (shochikubai, plum, pine and bamboo). The scene is bordered in beautiful blue silk with a black lacquered wooden ...click for details
|
|
12 Seasonal Lacquer Panels, Living National Treasure
Catalogue:
Archives:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Pre 1950 item# 1001983 (stock# MOR2833)
|
click for details
|
The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
Sold, Thank you!
|
A set of 12 lacquered panels depicting scenes of the 12 months by 12 different and important artists including Living national Treasures Terai Naoji and Komo Kanzan as well as Pioneering female artist Tenno Bundo, all in the original wooden box signed individually by each artist and dated Showa 24 (1949) and stated to have been assembled under Honma Maika. A list of the artists by month follows: January-Katsuta Seisho, (1890-1975), February-Rokkaku Eiyu, March-Living National Treasure Terai Nao ...click for details
|
|
Large Japanese Art Deco Bronze Vase, Koshun
Catalogue:
Archives:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Pre 1940 item# 1001978 (stock# MOR2833)
|
click for details
|
The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
Sold, Thank you!
|
A large Art Deco Bronze Vase enclosed in the original wooden box signed Koshun (Hiramatasu Hiroharu 1896-1971) and dating from the 1930s. The vase has a deep red, slightly mottled patina typical of the era. The body rises from a clear and simple shape to ringed neck, with sculpted handles that complete the quintessential Deco style. Signed on the base, it is 12 inches (30 cm) tall and in excellent condition. Born in Nagano, Hiramatsu Koshun was one of the top rated bronze artists of the Show ...click for details
|
|
Pottery Bowl by Japanese Zen Priest Mamiya Eishu
Catalogue:
Archives:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Pre 1940 item# 999741 (stock# TCR2830)
|
click for details
|
The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
Sold, Thank you!
|
A lucky ammer in red decorates the inside of this large bowl by Mamiya Eishu enclosed in a period wooden box. It appears to read Kishoho or Kishohon (the method to satisfaction or the root of satisfaction respectively). The bowl is 7-1/2 inches (19 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Eishu (1871-1945)entered the priesthood at the age of nine at Ryutakuji Temple under the training of the priest Tengan. 13 years later he was sent to one of the main temples, Tenryu-ji, in Kyoto to study un ...click for details
|
|
Enso Painting Zen Scroll by Kutsu Deiryu
Catalogue:
Archives:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Pre 1920 item# 998955 (stock# ALR2826)
|
click for details
|
The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
SOld, Thank you
|
An Enso Zen ink work depicting a circle containing a four character phrase by Kutsu Deiryu enclosed in a wooden box. The scroll measures 17 x 44 Inches (44 x 111 cm) and is in fine condition. Likely mounted later, some damage to the paper was repaired upon mounting. Kutsu Deiryu, 1895-1954. Deiryu was born into a military family, and was raised from an early age in the strict environment until being diagnosed with Tuberculosis. He was sent then to serve at a nearby temple but was refused as ...click for details
|
|
Large Antique Japanese Vase, Kiyomizu Rokubei
Catalogue:
Archives:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Pre 1920 item# 994791 (stock# TCR2817)
|
click for details
|
The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
Sold, Thank you!
|
A large rust colored vase titled Seto Yu Karakusa by Kiyomizu Rokube V enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The long neck is scored with horizontal rings, under which floral designs are carved into the body. An excellent example of this artists work circa 1920. It comes with the dark original Rose-wood stand pictured. The vase is 17 inches (43 cm) tall and in excellent condition. Rokubei V (1875-1959),
began by studying painting from the age of 12 under the 19th century master Kono ...click for details
|
|
Scroll by Potter/Artist Mashimizu Zoroku
Catalogue:
Archives:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Pre 1900 item# 994790 (stock# ALR2616)
|
click for details
|
The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
Sold, Thank you!
|
A sparse figurative landscape by multi talented Meiji literati potter Mashimizu Zoroku (1822-1877) dated 1876 enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Ink and light color on paper, wrapped in a copper silk border with ceramic rollers. Very rare! It measures 16 x 79 Inches (41 x 201 cm); Minor wrinkles and 2 spots top center. Works by this artist were exhibited at International Expositions and are held in the Kyoto National Museum among others. For more on this important literati see Robe ...click for details
|
|
Landscape by Important Japanese Artist Komura Suiun
Catalogue:
Archives:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Pre 1920 item# 984420 (stock# ALR2802)
|
click for details
|
The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
Sold, Thank you!
|
The red walls of a mountain monastery appear between the precipitous crags on this large scale painting by Komura Suiun enclosed in the original signed wooden box c. 1920. The composition escalates, guiding ones vision past the lone occupant of the mountain monastery to the quatrain in the top corner. The mature technique of a master painter; it is performed with ink and light color on silk in a fine silk border with large, solid ivory rollers. The scroll measures 26 x 79 inches (65 x 201 cm) ...click for details
|
|
Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl by Zen Priest Shoun (Gempo)
Catalogue:
Archives:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Japanese:
Pre 1920 item# 978397 (stock# TCR2790)
|
click for details
|
The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
Sold, Thank you!
|
A bowl of celebration by the former Abbot of Daitokuji Temple Sohan Gempo (Shoun) enclosed in an old wooden box. According to the former owner, this bowl was created in Taisho 4 (1915) by the potter Seizan, with calligraphy and decoration performed by Shoun to commemorate appointment of rank by the Taisho Emperor. Outside is written, (In large characters) Banzai!, (Horizontal) GoDaiTen, and (vertical) Murasakino followed by the priests Ka-O signature. Inside is a floral scrawl depicting a chr ...click for details
|
|
|
|
|
