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An image of Mt. Fuji performed with ink on silk dating from the first half of the Edo period (1603-1867) signed Tanyusai-hitsu followed by a gourd shaped stamp reading Morinobu enclosed in an ancient wooden box. The scroll is 27-1/2 x 49 inches (70 x 125 cm), bordered in Edo period patterned blue cloth extended in pale silk and features bone rollers. There are marks in the bottom center of the painting, wrinkles and stains in the border consistent with 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 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 1910
item #1181766
(stock #ALR4179)
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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 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)
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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. The scroll measures 22 x 85-1/2 inches (58 x 217 cm) and is in excellent condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1174570
(stock #ALR4156)
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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...
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1174363
(stock #ALR4155)
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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...
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). It is truly a sketch, very possibly made from life while the young apprentice artist watch...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940
item #1174288
(stock #ALR4153)
The Kura
1,375.00
1,375.00
A ni-gyo-sho 2 line calligraphy, ink on paper by Fukuda Kodojin dating from the 1920s or 30s. The poem reads Sha-sha Kanzanji saranashi ittoso, Shofu akaru sei-sei suigetsu Terasu Jo-Jo There are many allusions in the poem, and taking them into account can change the meaning somewhat. But poetry is interpretive: Reflectons-Reflections… Not a Single bonze in Cold Mountain Temple. Pure wind rustles the pines, dapples of pure light, the moon on the water, clear-clear…
The scroll is 1...
The scroll is 1...
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. There is some wear...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1170736
(stock #ALR4137)
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The lowly spear bearer goose-steps down the street ordering all to bow to the Lord behind, a comic look of distress on his face. The scene is performed with ink on silk attributable to important artist Tanomura Chokunyu and is set in an attractive border of stripes which sets off the comic nature of the scene. The scroll is 20 3/4 x 81 1/2 inches (53 x 207 cm) and in fine condition, but for some wrinkles visible in the photos (as it was lit from above these are far more pronounced in our photo...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1170420
(stock #ALR4137)
The Kura
$450.00
$450.00
The guardian Niomon flexes his muscles, scaring off evil spirits on this simple yet powerful watercolor by Watanabe Kokan. Light color on paper in a crushed paper border with bone rollers. The scroll is 16 1/2 x 77 inches (42 x 196 cm) and in overall fine condition, enclosed in a period wooden box.
Misshaku Kongo, depicted with mouth closed, is the manifestation of the Hindu God Vishnu, and represents death and the end of the Universe. He is usually seen guarding the gates of temples w...
Misshaku Kongo, depicted with mouth closed, is the manifestation of the Hindu God Vishnu, and represents death and the end of the Universe. He is usually seen guarding the gates of temples w...