Japanese Two Panel Screen, Cherry Blossoms in Willow Landscape

Mineral pigments on silk. Signature and seal read: Shunsei (or Haruo).

Japanese two-panel screen: Peony and Cherry, Edo period (circa 1800) painting, formerly fusuma (Japanese sliding doors), executed in the Kano school style, featuring a cherry tree in...

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Trees in Floral Landscape, Edo period painting (mid 19th century) of pine and other trees amongst flowers, with bamboo shoots on the right panel, and white...

A lotus scene with flowers in bloom floating on the water's surface. As the lotus rise from below for an enlightening process that brings an abundance of purity and beauty. Mineral p...

Cherry blossoms and maples among ragged pines. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold mist clouds. Completely remounted utilizing an antique silk brocade...

Japanese six-panel screen: waterfall and cherry in Audubon landscape, Edo period painting, 18th century, depicting summer and spring. A Kano Schoo...

Serene Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting a large spring blossoming prunus tree or plum tree. Beautifully painted with ink and natural color pigments on m...

Dramatic Showa period two panel folding byobu screen depicting a large white goose in flight in an evening snow covered winter landscape. Made in the American school style watercolor...

Exceptional Japanese Meiji period two-panel screen, circa 1900. Featuring songbirds amid sakura cherry trees and flowering peony. Made in the Nihonga School style on handcrafted mulb...

Cherry Blossoms Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981) Showa period, circa 1930 2-panel Japanese Screen Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper Against a backdrop of gold-leafed ground, the lichen covered trunk and branches of the life-sized cherry blossom tree reach out and beyond the confines of the pictorial surface. The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly applied shell-white gofun detail the voluminous blossoms and cover large areas of this tour-de-force of Japanese Nihonga painting. By simplifying the background, minimizing the number of colors and depicting the blossoms with such heavy relief, the artist has emphasized the stunning presence of the cherry tree. The type of tree depicted is the Yae-Zakura; a double-layered type of cherry blossom famed for its beauty and strength. When we think of Japanese cherry blossoms, the first thing that comes to mind is Somei Yoshino variety, which has a single flower with five almost white petals. This type is fragile and easily blown away by strong wind or rain. Most of the double-flowered cherry blossoms begin to bloom when the Somei-Yoshino falls, and the flowering period lasts longer than that of the Somei-Yoshino. Kano Sanrakuki originally studied painting at the Kyoto City Arts and Crafts School under the tutelage of Yamamoto Shunkyo...

Stunning Japanese two-panel folding screen featuring a gold leaf landscape signed by Yoshikawa. Delicate scene of cherry and willow trees near a village with high mountains in the ba...

Magnificent Japanese four-panel 19th century Meiji screen. Made in the Rimpa School style depicting a serene floral autumn landscape. Beautifully painted sumi ink and color pigments ...