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Antique hanging scroll of Japanese cat/Late Edo-Meiji period/Cat painting
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This is a picture of a cat drawn by a person named "Toshizumi Nitta" from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period.
She is a very simple and cute cat.
He is a vassal of the Tokugawa Shogunate, born in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture (southern part of Gunma Prefecture).
He was related to the Tokugawa family and lived in a large mansion in the Ota clan in Gunma prefecture.
However, the Nitta family's territory was very small, and they were by no means a wealthy vassal.
He seems to have lived quite poorly.
So he painted cats and sold them to people.
The Nitta family continued to draw pictures of this cat for four generations.
"Nitta toshizumi" is equivalent to the fourth generation.
During the Edo period, sericulture was thriving in the Kanto region.
Cats were said to be the gods of silkworms, as they drive away mice, the natural enemies of silkworms.
It was the Nitta family who drew such a cat on paper, pasted it in the silkworm chamber, and sold it as a mouse repellent.
There were also other monks who painted pictures of cats, but the Nitta family in particular was related to the Tokugawa family, so people believed that paintings of cats had special powers. , a lot of paintings were sold.
Even today, the paintings of cats drawn by the Nitta family (from the late Edo period to the early Meiji period) are very popular and highly regarded in Japan.
This time I was able to obtain this painting from a collector using a special route.
I think this plump cat with soft brushstrokes is a very nice painting.
I think this is a special painting that is different from ordinary paintings.
In the past, an art museum in Gunma Prefecture held an exhibition of cat paintings drawn by the Nitta family. I have attached the photo.
The part circled in red is the era in which "Nitta toshizumi" lived.
Please handle with care as it is a very old hanging scroll.
A dedicated storage box is included.
Weight: 0.2kg
size
width
Including the tip of the hanging scroll tree: 47.5 cm
Width of paper only: 41.5 cm
Total length (paper part only): 106.5 cm
- Dimensions:Height: 41.93 in (106.5 cm)Width: 18.71 in (47.5 cm)Depth: 0.08 in (2 mm)
- Style:Edo (Of the Period)
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- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1855-1880
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Sammu-shi, JP
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5487232182592
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