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Scroll, Kusunoki Masashige, Kano Eishin, Japan, Edo per
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Pre 1800 item# 1036557 (stock# 10628)
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Hanging scroll with portrait of the samurai Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1366), sitting cross-legged in full armor on a mat made of deer skin. In front of him his bow and a banner with his family crest of a chrysanthemum on water. Signed at lower left: Hogen Eishin hitsu and red seal. Attributed to Kano Eishin. Black ink, mineral colors, gofun and gold on silk. Japan, Edo period, 18th century.
Comes with woorden storage box, inscribed: Kusunoki Masashige, Eishin hitsu.
Painted area 15” x 10”; total height: 46.25” (ca. 38 x 25.5 cm; 117.5 cm).
Browned, some of the gofun rubbed, but in good and stable condition. New mounting.
Kano Eishin (1717-1763).
Kusunoki Masashige was a samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo (14th century) in his attempt to overthrow the Kamakura rulers. He became the symbol of samurai loyalty.
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Painting, three horses, China, Song / Yuan dynasty
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Pre 1800 item# 1013426 (stock# 10624)
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Small early painting mounted on an album sheet. Three bridled horses galloping from right to left, one with a saddle. Black ink with a tinge of red pigment (on the saddle) on paper. On the left inscribed: dated 1st month of the 1st year of Zhenghe (1111) copy of a painting of three horses by Li Lung Mien and seal. Several more seals at upper middle and at right margin. In the style of and by follower slightly later. China, Song / Yuan dynasty.
Painting 10 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches (25.7 x 33.3 cm).
Wormholes, vertical crease and filled in areas in lower right and upper left corners, backed. Framed.
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Wooden chair, dragon fish, Japan, Meiji period
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Pre 1920 item# 1011755 (stock# 10623)
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Decorative chair with ornate carving in low relief with different dragons. The back is shaped in a dragon fish jumping up, the seat shows a dragon curling around a 8-petaled flower, and the legs are shaped in dragons surrounded by clouds. Carved wood with black lacquer. One eye inlaid in bone. Japan, Meiji period, export.
Height of seat 16.5, width 18, depth 17.5, total height 45.5 inches(41.9; 45.75; 115.5 cm).
Extensive traces of usage.
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Charger, Tokugawa map of Japan, Hirado, 19th century
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Pre 1900 item# 1011738 (stock# 10622)
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Large porcelain charger decorated in underglaze blue with a map of Japan, as drawn in the Edo period. The map (Gyoji type) shows the main islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, divided into the 63 provinces. The names of the provinces are written in kanji. Here and there a name of a city (i.e. Edo) is added. The main islands of Japan are surrounded by several islands (names written partly or entirely in katakana) and real and imaginary countries, such as Choseon, the Ryukyus, the country of the small people and the country where women rule. The sea is indicated by stylized waves. Around the islands are stylized clouds and on top and bottom fly crane-like birds. The bottom, reverse, with 6-mark seal: Honcho Tenpo nensei. Rim decorated with meandering flowering vines. Five spur marks. Japan, Hizen, Mikawachi, 1830s-1840s or slightly later (but still Edo period).
Diameter 16 inches, H 2.25 inches (Diam. 40.6 cm, H 5.7 cm).
Condition excellent.
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