CROW TENGU AND INARI FOX
Hand-painted Shugendo image on see-through silk, with 'Karasu tengu' (Crow-billed goblin) ridding on the Inari fox of divine messenger, expressing the final figure of ultimate monk having the "force" (flying ability and supernatural power) trained by Mountain asceticism, but with such unusually funny faces with cool eyes that make you a little fool somehow as a rare type. Showa period, 20th century, Japan...
LANDLADY
Vintage hanging scroll with hand-drawn portrait of a certain Japanese landlady on silk, Showa period, 20th century, Japan, total: approx. 48.5 x 175 cm (19.09 x 68.89in)...
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Vintage Japanese oil painting on canvas, landscape of Usa in Oita prefecture, by Midorikawa Kotaro (1904-1983) as a modern Japanese painter during Taisho-Showa period. Showa 35 (1960)...
ÉTRETAT 1937
Antique Japanese oil painting on board, titled 'Landscape of Étretat', 1937, by Tsukamoto Shigeru (1903-1983). 46 x 37.6 cm (18.11 x 14.80in)...
BY THE WATER'S EDGE
Vintage anonymous oil painting on canvas, Showa period, 20th century, Japan, 27 x 22 x 2 cm (10.62 x 8.66 x 0.78in)...
THINK
Vintage Japanese oil painting on canvas, titled 'Think' as the two people sitting and thinking, by Kazuko Kamada (or Kamata), 1965. 38 x 45.5 x 2 cm (14.96 x 17.91 x 0.78in). Dynamically thickly painted...
The painting was attributed to Momokawa Meiho.
Ink on paper. No framing.
The painting depicts a peaceful scenery of a valley and mountains..
No signature.
Good condition, except for some small cracks of the crisp paper.
Ota Shumin (1884-1950, Japanese)
Boats on River (given title).
Date: 1930s.
Size: Oban. 17.25 x 12.625 inches.
Signed "Shumin" by the artist.
Medium: Japanese watercolor.
Condition: Tonal difference at edges where formerly matted. Light creasing visible in side light.
Note: Shumin participated in a painting event at the 1936 Olympics.
Japanese Taisho to Showa period vertical scrolled painting executed in sumi ink and wash on paper with a landscape scene featuring two figures at a bridge beside looming rockery, trees, a traditional hut, and a waterfall. Painted in the style of Sesshu. Signed with a red seal at the lower right. Bone scroll ends. Scroll: 50” x 16 1/8” (paper: 21 1/4” x 13”). Very good overall condition.
Japanese scroll painted with ink and colors on silk depicting a court lady wearing superbly rich formal juni-hitoe (12 layers kimono) attended by a young girl, all among pine saplings and with a sun rising through the early morning haze...
Japanese scroll painted with ink and colors on silk depicting a daimyo (feudal lord) in full military armor and a quiver full of arrows on his back before a battle. He is seated on a low chair on top of a tiger skin, a low table with sake cup, chopsticks and few small plates with condiments. There is a stretched textile screen behind him and a kneeling armored attendant holding a tall narrow banner...
Japanese landscape with a boatman painted in subdued colors. Signed Ichiroshi, unframed. Condition: slightly browned and faded. Dimension: 15.6 cm x 32.4 cm.
Japanese snowy landscape depicting a farmer in a forest. Signed, unframed. Condition: slightly faded. Dimension: 29.2 cm x 14.2 cm.
VIOLINIST & READER
Anonymous vintage reversible oil painting on particle board, Showa period, 20th century, Japan, approx. 330 x 240 x 2mm (12.99 x 9.44 x 0.07in)...
Japanese scroll painted with ink and colors on paper depicting the Rokkasen (Six Famous Poets of Japan that lived in 9-10th century) seated on the ground in different attitudes. Wonderful Zen quality to the brushwork, great composition, beautiful use of color. Brocade silk mounts, lacquered wood scroll ends. Inscribed with a short poem, signed KEIZAN, and marked with red paste seal and another seal lower on the painting. Scroll size 60x15 inches, painting size 26.5x10.5 inches.
PORTRAIT OF A LADY
Vintage oil painting on wooden plate, by a Japanese painter, Yoshito Shibata (1910-1995), circa 1960-70s, 24 x 33.3 x 0.5 cm (9.44 x 13.11 x 0.19in)
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The size Painting: 16 1/8" W x 12 9/16"
Artist: Signed and chop sealed on lower left corner.
Kanji letter name, "Ina"
Subject : Plum Tree with Blue Bird.
Year of painting: 1980-1990
Medium: Water Color on Japanese large Shikishi Board.
With folded presentation cover...
Rainy village scene in subdued colors. Unsigned and unframed. Condition: slightly browned and faded. Dimension: 29.3 cm x 11.6 cm.