All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1194407
(stock #ALR4229)
The Kura
4,800.00
4,800.00
Enlightenment through contemplation of a Stone; a powerful work by literati genius Tomioka Tessai, dating circa 1880 when the artist was in his 40s, enclosed in the original Signed wooden box. It is performed with ink and light color on paper bordered in fine silk. It measures 63 x 213 cm (25 x 84 inches) and is in fine condition. The stamps are visible in the monumental book Tessai, as well as on a painting from a similar era page 39 of the book Tomioka Tessai Ten (1986)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1109109
(stock #ANR3045)
The Kura
4,400.00
4,400.00
Four ink on paper paintings of scholarly green tea items by Murata Kokoku mounted on age darkened silver opposite sheer white paper clouded with gold flake. Antique Handles on both sides, the sliver side of dark orbs containing a crescent moon in gold...
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)...
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item #1141324
(stock #ANR4022)
The Kura
3,000.00
3,000.00
Autumn grasses, vines and a spray of flora decorate this anonymous mid Edo period (18th-19th century) Rimpa Floral Screen. After two centuries the white gofun has worn, leaving only a ghostly trace which accentuates the screens age and beauty. It is performed with light color and pigment on paper with applied gold flake and has been completely remounted, bordered in colorful Edo period cloth in a black lacquered frame. Each panel is 34-1/2 x 61-1/2 inches (88 x 156 cm).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1107696
(stock #ANR3029)
The Kura
3,000.00
3,000.00
A hermitage lost in the early blossoms of the plum forest, ink and light color inside a wide gold border typical of the Taisho era by Akashi Shoun (b. 1867). The scene wants to draw one into its environs, the warm colored table loaded with brushes inviting the viewer to share tea and brush a verse. Outside the promise of Spring speaks of warm days to come, and a reawakening of the dream world envisaged. The screen measures 68 x 149 inches (172.5 x 378 cm) and is in fine condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1141327
(stock #ANR4024)
The Kura
2,750.00
2,750.00
The moon rises slowly into the evening sky, draped in the robes of an ancient pine, a fine early 20th century screen by Tatewaki Taizan, performed with ink on silk with a dash of pale gofun. It has been fully Remounted with a simple black lacquered frame accentuating the stately manner of the subject, with sturdy blue cloth backing. At that time some splits in the silk were repaired. Each panel measures 6 feet by 34 inches (182.5 x 86.5 cm)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1700
item #1172178
(stock #ALR4141)
The Kura
2,700.00
2,700.00
An egret stands stone-like on a rock among dried autumn grasses on this Yusho-school ink painting dating from the Momoyama to early Edo period with an inscription by important Zen priest Seikan Bunei. The scene is performed with ink on paper and contained in and Edo period green border extended in raw silk with solid bone rollers. The scroll measures 23 x 72 1/2 inches (58.5 x 197 cm). There has been extensive restoration to the paper performed when the scroll was mounted...
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 #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 1920
item #1174362
(stock #ALR4154)
The Kura
1,850.00
1,850.00
Gazing at the back of the traditional Maiko apprentice, pins and combs hold her coiffure perfect, our eyes travel down to the neck revealed as it joins the white painted shoulders, the luxurious kimono with its signature high and draping sash: She has the two of hearts! A very unusual painting reflecting the oddities of western influence at the opening of the 20th century by Matsumoto Ichiyo (1893-1952)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1115576
(stock #ALR3061)
The Kura
1,800.00
1,800.00
Mt. Fuji rises from the mist, its white peak floating effortless above the clouds in this fine painting by Kamisaka Sekka dating circa 1910. Pigment on silk, mounted in blue-gray satin with pale extensions, the scroll is 21 inches x 6 feet (53.5 x 183 cm) and is in fine condition but for some scattered foxing and minor loss to the white pigment on the mountain. For images of the seal and signature see Kindai no Rimpa, Kamizaka Sekka by Yanagihara (1981) p. 306 fig 23 and page 311...
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...