Kristan Hauge Japanese Art

Books and Scholars’ Accouterments; Chaekgeori Second half of the 19th century Korean framed panel. Ink and color on paper. This Korean Chaekgeori painting depicts two open shelve...

Kobayashi Shosen (1877-1946) Cherry Blossoms in Moonlight Six-panel Japanese Screen. Ink, color and gofun on paper. The image depicts a stunning scene captured on a six-panel Japa...

Anonymous Surrealist Landscape Showa era, circa 1950 Four-panel Japanese Screen, pigment on paper. A post World War 2 Japanese nihon-ga screen de...

Anonymous Kano school artist 17th century "Karako Asobi: Chinese Children at Play" A two-panel Japanese Furosaki screen. Ink, pigment, gofun and gold-leaf on paper. This small Japanese Karako folding screen vividly depicts various games played by children wearing wearing elaborate Chinese T'ang dynasty costumes. They are dressed in plumed and tasseled hats, ornate jackets, baggy pants, and cloth slippers typical of T'ang period Chinese court dress. The children are depicted pulling a younger child along in a cart, carrying another child as if an important official, riding a wooden horse, leading a puppy and carrying a tethered bird. Executed in fine-quality pigments on gold leaf, the detail, variety and size of the figures is noteworthy. Also notable is the size of this screen itself, which denotes it as a Furosaki screen. A Furosaki screen is part of the equipment used for the Japanese tea-ceremony. It is traditionally placed on tatami mats behind the brazier highlighting the utensils and providing a focal point. Karako is a Japanese term used in art with the depiction of Chinese children playing...

Dimensions (Each screen): H. 176 cm x W. 378 cm (69’’ x 149’’) This pair of Japanese folding screens depict blossoming plum trees amongst young pines. They are designed to capture t...

Osawa Tokan (b. 1899) In the Forest Two-panel Japanese screen. Ink, color and gofun on silk. A major work of oversized proportions combining an intimate, naturalistic depiction of...

Suzuki Shonen (1848-1918) Aged Dragons Meiji period (1868-1912). Circa 1900. A pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink and gold leaf on paper. As with the pair of Shonen pine scr...

Anonymous Late 17th century Puppy & Kittens A six-panel Japanese screen. Ink, color, gofun, gold-leaf and gold-fleck on paper. A medium sized late 17th century Japanese screen fe...

The narrative playfulness of the scene depicted on this Japanese screen sets alight what is at its core a celebration of a bountiful harvest. The screen offers a visual representatio...

A six-panel Japanese folding screen from the leading Maruyama-Shijo artist Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845). Simply featuring three deer and a few sprigs of foliage on a sumptuous gold-leaf background this work emphasizes naturalistic expression and a masterful use of negative space. Reduced to its most basic elements, the blank spaces inspire imagination and evoke the smells, sounds and even the weather of the scene. Whilst deer are traditionally depicted in association with autumn, here the green growth on the tops of the foliage indicates the season of spring. The work references Maruyama Okyo’s two-panel deer screen...

Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons Pair of six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold on paper. Second half of the 19th Centur...

Omori Soun (b. 1704) Chrysanthemums - One Hundred Flowers A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper. Dating ...