Fine Scroll Painting, Neko Tora, Yamaguchi Soken

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings Pre 1837 VR: item #787162
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The size of Scroll Painting:88 1/2" Long x 26 1/2" Wide( end of bottom Jiku 28 3/4"), Image area size: 49 1/2" Long x 20 1/2" Wide. It is very lovely Japanese Handpainted Scroll. The scroll painting done on Washi(Japanese paper) background. The border, top and bottom area where light brown area are done in silk brocades. It came with double box, one inside is fine kiri wood box, outside box has lacquer finished surface. Jiku end(bottom scroll) made by Ivory. The scroll is painted by Yamaguchi So... Click for details

1899 Original Hand Drawing 185 Designs ISHIDA Aritoshi

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings Pre 1900: item #786271
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A set of 185 original hand painted designs by ISHIDA Aritoshi ( 1845 - 1916 ), one of the noted copperplate artists during the Meiji Period. He was the best pupil of MATSUDA Rokuzan ( 1837-1903 ), the 1st son of Gengendo 1st ( 1786-1867 ). Aritoshi's masterpiece was the copperplate printed book " Miyako no Sakigake ( the initiatives in Kyoto ) vol. 1- 2 "published in Meiji 16 ( 1883 ). Since it contains all the long-established shops, stores, and inns, as well as noted all kinds of dealers or tr... Click for details

JAPAN - Late Meiji KANNON Painting Calligraphy Scroll

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings Pre 1910: item #785912
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Very fine Japanese hanging scroll of Kannon (God of Mercy) with calligraphy.
Late Meiji era (c.1900).
Hand painting on paper.
Two artists signed (one painter and one calligrapher).
The cal... Click for details

Kaho (b.1885) - Early autumn bijin

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings Pre 1920: item #783960

A late Meiji or early Taisho period (circa 1915) painting of a beautiful lady elegantly reclining against an elevated wooden rail. Draped in a summer kimono and gazing wistfully into the distance one can not help but feel her sense of nostalgia. The three geese are a traditional symbol of the beginning of autumn and therefore are also indicative of summer's passing. Painted on silk with ink, pigment, gofun and gold the work is in reasonably good condition. Foxing is noticeable in the upper fi... Click for details

Nakabayashi Chikuto (1776-1853) - literati scroll pair

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings Pre 1900: item #781641

Painted in the eighth year of the Bunsei era 1825 this is a rare pair of literati works by Nakabayashi Chikuto. The open and freely flowing composition highlights the charming interaction between the two scholars. Their idyllic surrounds are brought to life through the exceptional brushwork and unmistakable patterns and forms of Chikuto - and artist who had a great influence on the shaping of 19th century literati. Quite recently remounted the pair are contained within a fitted paulowni... Click for details

Large Japanese Carp Painting on Silk by Soseki Komori

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings Pre 1920: item #781614
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A Very Rare & Large Japanese Carp Painting on Silk by Soseki Komori. 1920s.

Assembled size 18 1/2 x 65 ins. (47 x 165.1 cms) Very little is known of Soseki Komori. He designed a series of high quality prints in the 1920s and 30s which have become desirable to collectors. The present item consists of two sliding cupboard doors with a design... Click for details

19C Japanese Wood Makie Lacquer Fan Painting

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings Pre 1900: item #780701
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19th Century Japanese Lacquered Wood Fan with Painted Landscape, Peony, and Birds

It is 11.5 inches (29 cm) tall by 21.4 inches (54.4 cm) wide.

It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, or cracks, except small tears at the painting (as seen in th (p... Click for details

Japanese Tosa Erotic Painting Edo Period 17/18th. c.

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings Pre 1700: item #778451
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A Fine & Rare Japanese Erotic Painting Edo Period 17/18th. Century

12 3/8 x 11 5/8 ins. (31.5 x 29.5 cms) This superb painting on paper was originally part of a makimono or horizontal hand scroll. Unfortunately makimono are very vulnerable to damage, especially on the outer sections. Also, unless the scrolls are regularly unrolled the paper... Click for details

Sumiyoshi Hiroyuki (1755-1811) - Tiger and dragon pair

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings Pre 1800: item #776967

An exceptional pair of tiger and dragon paintings from the Sumiyoshi school painter Hiroyuki. Sumiyoshi school artists painted directly for the Edo Shogunate and were also active and influential connoisseurs of early Japanese painting. The dragon, represents the east, spring and water in traditional Chinese cosmology - the tiger the west, autumn and wind. The tiger also represents the passive female principle or yin and the dragon the masculine spirit or yang. together the pairing can be tho... Click for details

Korean hawk screen

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings Pre 1900: item #776559

A rare and unusual late Edo period screen painting of a pair of hawks by a Korean artist. The dramatic hawks, one gazing beyond the pine tree and the other fiercely into the churning ocean are unmistakably of Korean artistic heritage. The folding screen itself is Japanese in presentation and was almost certainly originally so. The signature and seals remain unread although they certainly represent a Korean name. It is likely the work of a Korean artist living in Japan, painted during the first h... Click for details