Scroll, painting, silk, Tadamori catching the oil thief, Japan
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Nihonga. Rather realistic painting of Taira no Tadamori who, on a rainy night at the Gion Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto), catches a thief who tries to run away with a pitcher full of oil. (In another version, the captured man appears to be a priest, refilling the oil in the lanterns and not the monster that he was held for).
They are surrounded by the straight trunks of the high cryptomeria trees and by tall stone lanterns that seem to look at them with hollow eyes.
Signed and sealed on the lower right side: Bai… and ……
Black ink, color pigments and gofun on silk. Japan, Taisho period.
Nihonga. Rather realistic painting of Taira no Tadamori who, on a rainy night at the Gion Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto), catches a thief who tries to run away with a pitcher full of oil. (In another version, the captured man appears to be a priest, refilling the oil in the lanterns and not the monster that he was held for).
They are surrounded by the straight trunks of the high cryptomeria trees and by tall stone lanterns that seem to look at them with hollow eyes.
Signed and sealed on the lower right side: Bai… and ……
Black ink, color pigments and gofun on silk. Japan, Taisho period.
Painted area: ca. 32 x 37.5 inches (81.7 x 95.5 cm); mounting ca. 54 x 43 inches (ca. 137 x 109.25 cm).
Few minor abrasions, all in all excellent condition.