Pair of Japanese Emperor and Empress Framed Paintings

An antique Meiji period imperial portrait painting on silk. The piece was shown at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. It is one of a group of six diff...

An antique Meiji period imperial portrait painting on silk. The piece was shown at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. It is one of a group of six diff...

Japanese Meiji period pair of wooden doors featuring carvings of an owl and a parrot on perch, with birds and flowers. The carvings are executed i...

Japanese Meiji/Taisho period two panel folding screen richly painted on Mulberry paper and depicting chrysanthemums and morning glories on a ivory background. The piece is framed by ...

A highly unique antique Japanese four-panel screen, produced circa 1880s, in painted paper, decorated with a samurai figure on horseback, inset within a wooden frame; the image portrayed appears to be based on the painted hand-scroll entitled 'Ayusi Scattering Rebels with Upraised Spear' by 18th century Italian missionary and artist Giuseppe Castiglione...

A two panel Japanese folding screen depicting an owl and bamboo on a white background. Signed and sealed Kou-ro. 4998

refined Japanese brush painting of Bodhisattva sitting by stream, waterfall and pine tree, ink and color on silk, 19th century, conservation fr...

Two framed panels by Yamamoto Shunkyo depicting a carp (koi) leaping from a river. Ink and gold leaf on paper. Instinctively brushed in a freehand s...

An ink painting on the fan surface by Japanese Zen artist Hidaka Tetsuo (1791-1871), now framed in a traditional Japanese carved wood frame with silk fabric mat and decorative hangin...

Tanaka Tessen (b.1890) Dahlias and Roosters Taisho period, circa 1920 Framed painting. Mineral pigments and ink on silk. Dimensions (framed): H. 159 cm x W. 97 cm x D. 2.5 cm (62.5” x 38” x 1”) An ornate and complex composition in which the artist explores almost the entire painting surface. The coloration is bold and evocative and the tinted silk ground recreates the warm golden glow of sunset. Soft, luminous brushwork details the black feathers of the roosters, which seem to cloud and blur in counterpoint to the sharper points of the eyes and beaks. Their brilliant red combs balance the composition, echoing the rich burgundy hues of the dahlias; the flowers exquisite and lifelike. Dahlias were an exotic subject favored by painters of the Taisho era. The painting belongs to the school of Kyoto Nihonga, exemplifying the principles of decorative elegance and consumate brush technique with which it was intimately associated. Painters of the time relied on the Shijo school method, basing the forms of the composition from life sketches. Sometimes they were then integrated with elements derived from Chinese bird and flower...

A large and incredible Japanese painting of a Buddhist temple hall with Amida Nyorai, late Edo or early Meiji period, mid-19th century, Japan. Mounted wit...

Fine Japanese brush painting of cherry blossom festival, ink and color on silk, 19th century, museum conservation framed. Overall size: 68" hi...