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Place of Origin: Japanese
Pair of Japanese Edo Six Panel Screens the Seven Sages
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic pair of 19th century Japanese late Edo/early Meiji period six-panel screens titled The seven sages of the bamboo grove. The Kano school screens...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Pair of Japanese Edo Rimpa School Screens after Tawaraya Sotatsu
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive pair of 17th century Japanese Edo period Rinpa school screens made in the manner and style of Autumn Grasses by Tawaraya Sotatsu (1570-1640). Beautifully decorated with wi...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Kiyoshi Ishii Abstract Oil on Canvas, Japan c1984
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fantastic abstract oil on canvas with a wonderful color palette by famous Japanese artist, Kiyoshi Ishii, born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1941. In 1963 he traveled to Northern Europe ...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Japanese Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Japanese Antique Wall Hanging Painting/1800-1900/Wabi-Sabi Painting/Edo-Meiji
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
JOICHI HOSHI (1911-1979), Blue Tree, Woodblock, signed lower right, Dated 1973
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Joichi Hoshi Blue Tree Top woodblock with gold pigment. This is a fine example of the artists genre.
Joichi Hoshi was born in Niigata, Japan in 1913. He worked as a teacher in Tai...
Category
1970s Vintage Japanese Paintings
Materials
Paper
Japanese antique panel painting / 1750-1868 / mountain and horse painting
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a panel painting from the late Edo period in Japan.
It is thought that this was originally a picture drawn on a wooden door, cut into squares, and later framed.
The framed pe...
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Late 18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese antique board painting/1750-1868/picture of summer vegetables
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a panel painting from the late Edo period in Japan.
It is thought that this was originally a picture drawn on a wooden door, cut into squares, and later framed.
The framed pe...
Category
Late 18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese wooden wall hanging painting/Mid 20th century/Japanese painting
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is part of a wooden storage cabinet door used in old Japanese houses.
In Japan, there is a built-in storage shelf for storing futons, etc. This is the sliding door of the stora...
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Japanese Paintings
Materials
Beech
Japanese Mid-Size 6-Panel Byôbu 屏風 Screen with Chicken Family in a Flower Field
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A charming medium-size six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a vibrant polychrome painting of a rooster with its family amidst a luscious flower garden.
The garden is filled with al...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silk, Lacquer, Paper
Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Egrets in Japanese Red Pine with Gold Ground
Located in Hudson, NY
Seven graceful Egrets perched upon very vibrant pine. Representing strength, luck, and longevity. A harmonious balance in nature. Mineral pigments on Mulberry paper with dark brown ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
Set of 6 Large Kakemonos Japanese Mythology, 19th Century Japan circa 1800 Edo
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful set of 6 large kakemonos from 19th century Japanese mythology.
Paper support with a canvas pasted on the paper
Wonderful set that is part of Japan's history and beliefs
When not hung, the Kakemonos are rolled up.
circa 1800 - Japan - Edo Period
A kakemono translates as "object to hang". In Japan this refers to a painting or calligraphy, most often done on silk or paper framed in a scroll that was intended to be hung on walls or in public lighting. This particular form, which allows them to be in a roll, dates back to the Tang dynasty in China (this would be related to the copying and preservation of ancient Buddhist texts). A Kami is a deity or spirit worshipped in the Shinto religion. A Yokai is a spirit, ghost, demon, or strange apparition from the creatures of Japanese folklore.
Each of these kakemonos represents a unique story:
- A kami, a Japanese deity, is shown painting a rainbow. Indeed, he performs the action with his right hand while his left hand holds a kind of basket with three pots of paint. This kami has a rather closed attitude. He is standing in a dark and tormented sky. Below this figure, 8 villagers are dressed in traditional Japanese clothes. Their faces are softened. They are not afraid of the elements made by the kami above their heads.
- A character with an unreal look is holding a kind of jar with his two hands, which he spills on human figures above. This being is floating in the air, probably a character from mythology, perhaps Susanoo. Underneath, villagers on umbrellas. They are trying to protect themselves as best they can from what is falling on them. One of them is carrying baskets with fish on her shoulders. A character in the background is thrown forward and falls.
- On this kakemono, the god Raijin, dressed in a white and blue outfit, strikes the sky with his two drum hammers to create lightning and its thunderous sound. Surrounded by Tomoe and a long red scarf, Raijin, enraged and with dishevelled hair, creates a dark and violent storm. The villagers seem frightened by this meteorological phenomenon. One of the villagers can be seen fainting in the arms of a man. This scene may seem chaotic, but Japanese legend tells us that once a field is struck by lightning, the harvest is good.
- On this kakemono, we see an unreal-looking figure holding a fan, as if he were sweeping away the bad weather, or simply producing gusts of wind. He is probably the kami of wind and air, Shina tsu-hiko. The figures below him seem surprised by so much wind. An umbrella flies away on the left, the women hold their hair and scarf, the clothes are caught in the power of the wind, there is even a woman on the ground on the bottom left.
- This Kakemono represents a short moment. This Raiju is a yokai (ghost spirit...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Paper
Pair of Japanese Mid-Size 6-Panel Byôbu with a Bridge Crossing the Uji River 宇治川
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of exceptional high quality medium-size six-panel byôbu (room divider) with an outstanding continuous painting on gold leaf of a bridge crossing the Uji river in southeast Kyôto with a waterwheel turning next to it and surrounded by willows (yanagi).
Under a moonlit sky, a golden bridge sweeps upward in a strong diagonal from the right screen to the left above the deep blue river with silver swirls. The three willows at the right, middle, and left have small, delicate leaves, which is a sign of spring. The impressive tree trunks are executed in a thick shiny layer of lacquer accentuated by sprinkled mother-of-pearl (raden) in the curves, creating more depth.
The embankments are protected by four stone-filled baskets (three on the left screen and one on the right). In between the ones on the left, a waterwheel is turning in the stream. The waves created by this movement are extra emphasised by being heightened in gofun, which is the refined powder of the itabo oyster (Ostrea denselamellosa).
The bridge itself is executed in glistening gold-leaf and flanked by gold-specked white railings in low relief.
The scene is shone upon by the glowing silver moon high in the sky and surrounded by gold-speckled clouds.
Paintings that combine willows with a bridge and waterwheel over the Uji river, are a view long celebrated in literary works such as The Tale of Genji, or associated with Buddhist beliefs in salvation. Paintings of the Uji Bridge...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
17th Century Japanese Screen Pair, Cranes
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cranes
Anonymous, Kano School.
Edo period, second half of the 17th century.
Pair of six-panel screens. Ink, pigment gofun and gold l...
Category
1670s Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Japanese Abstract Oil on Canvas Yoshi c1979
Located in San Francisco, CA
Handsome vintage abstract oil on canvas by unknown Japanese artist, signed "Yoshi 1979". Excellent use of color and texture, mounted in ...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Japanese Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Tiger & Dragon by Kaiho Yusetsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677)
Tiger and Dragon
Early Edo Period, Circa 1650
A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink and slight color on paper.
Dimensions:
Each screen: H. 171 cm x W. 380 cm (67.5’’ x 149.5’’)
In this pair of early Edo period Japanese screens a group of tigers prowl in a bamboo grove whipped with fierce wind, while a dragon claws through clouds and mist. The dragon embodies elemental qualities - looming out of the mist, the coils of its body disappearing in the clouds. The dragon is calling for rain, symbolizing spring which is considered the fountain of life. On the other side, the tigers calls for the wind, symbolizing autumn which is considered the end of life. Tigers were familiar motifs within Japanese art from ancient times though the animals were imaginary to the people in the 17th century. While dragons and tigers are usually associated as sacred and ferocious, in this painting, both animals have rather amusing expressions. The tigers appear to glare at the dragon with cat-like eyes, and the look on the swirling dragon’s face appears almost affectionate - lending a playful flair to an otherwise magnificent theme.
The tiger and dragon are cosmological symbols of the balancing forces in the world. Screens such as this were originally meant to express the fluctuating nature of the world. For Japanese in the early Edo period, they likely suggested the powers of the cosmos. In Japan the tiger and dragon motif was originally absorbed into the circles of Zen monasteries before spreading into the secular world. The theme especially appealed to the military classes with the Kano school, the official painters to the Shogun and the samurai, being the leading contributors. The painter of this pair of screens, Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677), was closely patronized by the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. In his later years he worked with Kano school artists...
Category
Mid-17th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
19th Century Japanese Byobu Screen with Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
Step into the captivating world of 19th-century Japanese art with this remarkable Edo Period byobu folding screen. Adorned with large hand-painted peonies...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Lithograph of a Japanese Scene After the Tale of Genji
Located in Pasadena, CA
This lithograph is an illustration of the classic Japanese novel, "The Tale of Genji," written by Murasaki Shikibu. It captures the aristocratic atmo...
Category
19th Century Han Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Paper
Lake Side: Copy of Kuroda Seiko's Painting, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Introducing a remarkable oil painting on linen canvas, meticulously reproduced to capture the essence of the renowned work by Kuroda Seiki. The original masterpiece, titled "Lake Sid...
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Wood
Japanese Byobu Screen with Silver Leaf Clouds, c. 1870
Located in Chicago, IL
Paper folding screens known as byobu, or "wind walls," were used in Japanese homes to block drafts and partition interiors. Typically quite large,...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
Meiji Period Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Birds by Hasegawa Gyokujun
Located in Kyoto, JP
One hundred birds
Hasegawa Gyokujun (1863-1921)
Meiji period, circa 1900.
Ink, color and gofun on silk.
Dimensions of each screen:
H. 170 cm x W. 190 cm (67’’ x 75”)
Despite the title, well over 100 birds are represented in this pair of two-fold Japanese screens (the title functions figuratively to convey the idea of a large number). The monumental work is rendered with a comprehensive and highly complex composition which is exquisitely executed and meticulously colored. More a celebration of naturalism than the traditional “One Hundred Birds” paintings which originated in China. This was a subject matter known for its auspicious meaning as much as its actual depiction of nature. These paintings generally had a phoenix (occasionally peacocks) placed in the center, and the other birds paying homage to it.
In this quintessentially Japanese scene painted by Gyokujun, a couple of long-tailed birds modeled after paradise flycatchers are included; these are traditional auspicious motifs in Oriental bird and flower painting and denote themes such as celebration and enduring generations. In addition there is the playful inclusion of single exotic parrot. Even so, the vast majority of the birds and flowers are native to Japan. Reading the scene from right to left, from spring through to autumn, the overwhelming sense is one of movement and haste. It is almost as if the birds are in a race, with the fleetest leading the way forward. Although these native birds were commonly drawn amongst artists of the Shijo school, rarely were they painted with such drama and dynamism. It is not strictly a depiction of sketched birds whose manner was faithfully handed down through the traditions of the Shijo school. Rather we see Gyokujun seeking and achieving new expressions in the heart of the turbulent Meiji period.
Hasegawa Gyokujun (1863-1921) was born in Kyoto. He was the eldest son of Hasegawa Gyokuho, a Shijo school painter who studied under Matsumura Keibun. Gyokujun studied painting under his father and became a prominent member of the Kyoto painti
ng world from a young age. In 1891 he established the ‘Young Painters Social Club’ along with Takeuchi Seiho, Miyake Gogyo and Taniguchi Kokyo. Also in 1891 he was selected as a judge of the Great Private Paintings Exhibition along with Takeuchi Seiho, Yamamoto Shunkyo...
Category
Early 1900s Meiji Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silk, Wood
Set of Three Japanese Watercolors in the Manner of Hanabusa Itcho
Located in Bradenton, FL
Manner of ITCHO, Hanabusa, (Japanese, 1652-1724): Three watercolor and ink drawings on paper, to include:
1) Man seated with monkey , signed right side, 16.25" x 11.25".
2) Man sta...
Category
19th Century Anglo-Japanese Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
19th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons
Located in Kyoto, JP
Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons
Pair of six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold on paper.
Second half of the 19th Century
A pair of mid-size Japanese scree...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century Japanese Framed Hand-Painted on Silk
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Japanese framed hand painted on Silk.
Category
19th Century Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silk, Wood
Antique hanging scroll of Japanese cat/Late Edo-Meiji period/Cat painting
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Paper
Japanese Silk Suijaku Scroll Nyorai-Kojin with Mixed Buddhism and Shinto Deities
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk Suijaku hanging scroll beautifully presented in a custom wood shadow box frame from Edo period (circa 18-19th century). The scroll, surmounted on golden brocade was p...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silk, Wood
Late 18th Century Japanese Framed Painting, Ink Grapevine by Tenryu Dojin
Located in Kyoto, JP
Tenryu Dojin (1718-1810)
Grapevine
Late 18th century
Framed Japanese Painting. Ink on Paper.
A framed Japanese ink painting depicting a grapevine by the well-known 18th century zen monk...
Category
Late 18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Paper
Hanging Scroll Depicting an Old Japanese Kingfisher / Early 20th Century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a hanging scroll depicting an old Japanese kingfisher.
It is believed to have been drawn between the end of the Meiji era and the beginning of the Showa era (1900-1930).
Pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Paintings
Materials
Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Chrysanthemums on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold. Signature and seal read: Baikei Hitsu.
Category
1880s Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Circa 1700 Japanese Screen Pair, Cranes & Pines, Kyoto Kano School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Pines and Cranes
Anonymous. Kyoto Kano School.
Late 17th/early 18th centuries, circa 1700.
Pair of six-panel Japanese folding screens.
Ink, gofun, pigment and gold leaf on paper.
This bold composition presents two pine trees extending to the left and right across a gold leaf background. One tree is silhouetted against a green ground, golden clouds obscuring its true size, the other stretches across a stylized waterway. The pines are paired with Manchurian cranes with red crests and snow white plumage. Both have been highly auspicious motifs in East Asia since Chinese antiquity. Here the artist utilized fluid and instinctive ink brushstrokes to define the trunk, branches and tail feathers, in strong contrast to the precision and sharp angularity of the crane’s legs and beaks. The adoption of this vast metallic painting support required an unerring sense of design and composition, so that the negative space surrounding motifs could imply context for the otherwise floating pictorial elements. The brushwork detailing the trunks of the pines, the exaggerated dimensions of the pine trees and the strength and dynamism of the composition are all reminiscent of Kano Eitoku...
Category
Late 17th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid-18th Century Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Flowers, Chrysanthemums
Located in Kyoto, JP
Omori Soun (b. 1704)
Chrysanthemums - One Hundred Flowers
A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper.
Dating ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Japanese 6-Panel Byôbu 'Folding Screen' by Imperial Household Artist 小室翠雲
By Komuro Suiun
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Exquisite, rare and large six-panel byôbu (room divider) with a refined continuous 'Nihonga'-painting on silver leaf of doves (hato) in a pine tree forest (matsu), by the famous Japa...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese 2-Panel Furosaki’byôbu 風炉先屏風 'Tea-Ceremony Folding Screen' with Dragons
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A striking low and wide two-panel furosaki’byôbu (tea-ceremony room divider) painted with two bright white dragons (ryû) flying amidst swirling black clouds. The left dragon holds a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold
Located in Kyoto, JP
Imai Keiju (1891-1967)
Pine Trees
Early 20th Century, Circa 1930
Pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink on silk and gold leaf.
Dimensions: Each screen H. 67.5” x 148” (172 cm x 376 cm)
A pair of monumental six-panel Japanese pine screens by Imai Keiju, the son-in-law of Imao Keinen. Here Keiju entirely removed the background and brought the pine trees to the surface of the painting. This simplification of the elements makes the scene exceptionally direct and compelling and injects a very modern...
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Set of Eight Antique Japanese Bird Paintings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable set of eight 18th century paintings of birds on silk executed with egg tempera in a delicate yet colorful style. Interesting historica...
Category
18th Century George III Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silk, Paint
Contemporary Asian Lacquer on Panel Japanese Style Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
Subtil and refined construction for this Japanese Style laquer.
Full of peace and action as well
Measure: 15" X 15’’ with the frame.
Category
1970s Japonisme Vintage Japanese Paintings
Materials
Abalone, Wood
Japanese Six Panel Screen Scattered Fans
Located in Hudson, NY
Striking painting depicting scattered fans painted on gold leaf. Featuring various scenes from classic Japanese literature, flowers and birds. Mineral pigmen...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
17th Century Japanese Screen. Ink Plum Tree & Birds by Kano Naonobu.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kano Naonobu (1607-1650)
Plum Tree and Birds
Six-fold Japanese Screen. Ink and slight color on paper.
In this evocative ink work spread over a six-panel folding screen, we see the consummation of the elegance and refinement of the Edo Kano school. This 17th century screen is a rare surviving example of a large-scale bird and flower painting by Kano Naonobu, the younger brother of Kano Tanyu...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Framed Painting on Silk, Harbor at Night By: Chiga Saku
Located in Hudson, NY
Pigments on silk. Signature and seal read: Chiga saku (Acid free mounting with UV plexiglass) Painting dimentions: 59" H x 34" W, overall dimentions: 63 1/4" H x 38 1/2" W.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silk
Edo Landscape Japanese Folding Screen in Gold Leaf
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
Solar landscape by a painter of the middle of the Rinpa school, 19th century, Four panels painted in ink on gold leaf and "gofun" on vegetable paper.
The flowers are made with the "gofun" technique, natural or pigmented white oyster powder.
Rinpa is one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting. The style was consolidated by the brothers Ogata Korin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Painting So by Michiko Itatani
By Michiko Itatani
Located in Paris, FR
An abstract painting on canvas called "So" by the Japanese artist Michiko Itatani.
Signed “Michiko Itatani” and with artist’s cipher, at the back on t...
Category
1970s Vintage Japanese Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Egrets in Flight
Located in Hudson, NY
A siege of Egrets glide along the warm golden backdrop. Mineral pigments and gold on mulberry paper with lacquered wood trim.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold
Vintage Japanese Watercolor Painting of Two Geisha, Signed, Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage watercolor painting of two Geisha under an umbrella - watercolor over graphite with gold gilt border - signed upper right (unidentified artist/maker) - unframed - Japan - lat...
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Japanese Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Japanese Tree Sparrows on Stacks of Bailed Rice
Located in Hudson, NY
Sparrows ravish freshly harvested rice, drying on stakes, beyond wild chrysanthemum. Mineral pigments on silk. Signed in the lower left corner, signature reads: Soetsu. With a simple...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Silk
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Harbor Scene in a Modernist View
Located in Hudson, NY
Bountiful mountain overlooking a city, divided by an occupied river. The shapes and colors that make up this unique painting allow for an unconventional take on a modern harbor view....
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold, Brass
Japanese Mid-Size 6-Panel Byôbu 屏風 Screen with Puppies Playing in a Flower Field
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A delightful medium-size six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a polychrome painting of puppies amidst a luscious flower garden.
Various chrysanthemum flowers (kiku) in white, yello...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silk, Lacquer, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Lotus Leaves and Blossoms
Located in Hudson, NY
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Cherry Blossoms in Willow Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Dramatic and beautifully executed cherry blossoms trickle down the two panels with natural willows calmly coexisting with luminous gold dust fading to the ground. Mineral pigments an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Young Bamboo on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Symbolizing the Sun, gold is often used in shrines and temples in Japan. Gold has been extensively recognized to represent wealth, while bamboo is said to bring good luck due to its ability to regenerate in the forest. A beautiful composition of the two together...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Snow Scene
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano school painting of a pheasant in a snowy pine. Artist signature reads: Hokkyo Shunyo. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen: the Burning of Nanto Temple
Located in Hudson, NY
A scene from the 12th century Heike wars. Ruler Taira Shigehira ordered an attack on those who opposed his rule. During the battle, Nanto Temple, in Nara, was burned to the ground. T...
Category
19th Century Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Late 17th-Early 18th Century Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Battle at Uji Bridge
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Battle at Uji Bridge, the first battle at Uji was in 1180 and it marked the start of the Heike Wars. The Genji troops crossed the...
Category
Late 17th Century Edo Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Moonlit Ocean Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Admired for its beauty, the wonderous moon shines on gentle ocean waves. Mineral pigment on gold silk with a silk brocade border and black lacquer wooden trim with bronze hardware. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Gold
Beautiful Japanese large 6-panel byôbu 屏風 with cranes 鶴 and pine tree 松, signed
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A very beautiful large six-panel byôbu (room-divider) with a refined polychrome painting on paper of a pine tree (matsu) and two cranes (tsuru).
In Japanese culture, the pine tree i...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Cherry Blossoms on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
In this furosaki-byobu (screen used for tea ceremony), the blooming of soft cherry blossoms upon a glowing gold backdrop depicts the natural and gentle sce...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Maruyama Oyo’s Pine in Snow
Located in Hudson, NY
A natural scene of winter solitude featuring a pine branch laden with snow. Reminiscent of early Japanese painting. Pigment on silk with silk brocade border and black lacquer wooden ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Lacquer
Pair of Watercolor Paintings Depicting Carps
Located in Nordhavn, DK
A vivid pair of Japanese watercolor paintings of carps. Individually framed. Artwork dimensions (cm): 20, 5 x 27, 5.
Handpainted on rice...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Dramatic Splash by Suzuki Goro
Located in Hudson, NY
Sumi ink on Mulberry paper, with black lacquer trim and gilded bronze hardware. Signature reads: Suzuki Goro.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Bronze
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