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Samurai and Dragon, Mythic Japanese Screen by Chokusen browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Paintings: Pre 1920: item # 929644 Please refer to our stock # ANR2649 when inquiring.
The Kura 16-1 ShimoWakakusa-Cho Murasakino Kita-ku Kyoto 603-8234 tel.81-75-432-6980 Guest Book 3,200.00 |
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| Taira Tsunemasa charming a dragon with his lute signed Chokusen (Kichi Jiro, b 1878), a Kyoto artist and student of Kono Bairei. The scene is in reference to an event which took place during the Heikei wars in 1183, on the night of the 18th moon. Taira no Tsunemasa, on his way North to battle, stopped at Chikubushima in Omi to pray at the shrine. As it was late, he decided to stay the night at the shrine, and took up his lute with a sorrowful tune. The Guardian deity of the shrine was so moved by the tune that he turned himself into a white dragon and danced about the shoulders of the warrior. This, of course, Tsunemasa took as a favorable portent, and he was successful in the following campaign (he was killed the following year however). The watercolor on paper scene is bordered in green brocade embellished with twisting vines over a geometric lattice, with a small inner border of pale brocade and features a black lacquered wooden frame. Forest green paper covers the back. There are two small tears in the backing paper. The painting has been fully remounted, with a number of repairs affected at that time. The screen measures 74-1/4 by 67 inches (188.5 x 170 cm) | |||||||||||||||
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