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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1489628 (stock #R602262)
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$580.00
Balmy autumn day. Three men enjoy drinking on the boat under the autumn moon light. Painted with ink and light pigments on silk. Signed Shoko, the artist name of Tanomura Chokunyu, and sealed. It is dated on 1838. It is attributed to Tanomura Chokunyu(1814-1907).

Tanomura Chokunyu (1814-1907) was a Japanese nanga(literati) artist. He learnt painting under Tanomura Chikuden, and for his rare talent, he was later adapted as a son...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1489626 (stock #R602261)
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$2,300.00
Antique Japanese Buddhist Painting depicted Amida Descent of Amida and Twenty-Five Attendants. They each have musical instruments in their hands and fly down while playing music. Finely painted with ink, pigments, and gold on silk...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1489329 (stock #2105053)
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$800.00
Flowers. Painted with ink and pigments on paper. Signed Baiitsu and sealed. It is attributed to Yamamoto Baiitsu(1783-1856). Circa 19th c.

Yamamoto Baiitsu(1783-1856) was a Japanese Nanga/literati style painter of the late Edo period (1603-1868). Studied painting with famous painter Cho Gessho(1772-1832). Baiitsu was excellent at painting flowers and birds...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1489218 (stock #1805142)
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$1,000.00
Antique Buddhist painting depicts thirteen Bodhisattva and Wisdom Kings. Signed and sealed. Painted with ink and pigments on silk.

Some insignificant light marks, light crease, foxing and tiny insect damages are present on the painting itself, some light marks and light crease are present on the mounting itself, otherwise the piece is in fine condition for the age...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1489090 (stock #2111084)
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$1,300.00
Inkwash painting depicts a long tailed fowl rests in the plum blossom tree. Painted with ink on silk. Signed Tanyu and sealed. It is a great antique piece of Kano school Paintings.

The Kano school is a group of painters who produced fusuma (sliding doors) and wall paintings as official painters for the shogunate at their castles and houses. It reigned at the center of the art world for about 400 years from the Muromachi(1338-1573) to the Edo period(1603-1868)...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1489089 (stock #2112012)
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$560.00
A literati and Butterflies. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Shunto and sealed.

Some light marks and foxing are present on the painting itself, otherwise the painting is in good condition with the age. Some light crease, marks, damage are present on the scroll mounting.

Painting: W16 1/8” x H43 1/4”(41cm x H110cm)
Scroll: W20 7/8” x H77 1/8”(W53cmx H196cm)

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1489042 (stock #1608057)
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$1,600.00
Landscape with tiger, cow, goat which are related to zodiac animals. Painted with ink and pigments on paper. Sealed. Circa 19th C. Framed with no glass.

Some insignificant light marks and foxing are present on the painting itself, otherwise the painting is in very good condition with the age. The frame is in very good condition.

Painting: W17 3/8” x H41”(44cm x H104cm)
Frame: W25 5/8” x H52 1/2”(W65cmx H133.5cm)

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1489039 (stock #090308)
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$2,700.00
The two-tiered round mochi(round rice cake) called "Kagami-mochi",Ise lobster, bitter orange and green leaves. Painted with ink and pigments on paper. Sealed. The piece has been restored and remounted with beautiful old silk fabric, and futai tassels have been also reused from the old piece. It is inscribed Motonobu on the lid of the storage box.

The subject depicted is an offering made to welcome the New Year's god "Toshigami", and all of the decorations have a meaning...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1488849 (stock #2307051)
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$850.00
Bijin-ga Ukiyoe Painted with ink and pigments on paper. Signed and sealed. Circa early 19th c., or older.

It depicts a beautiful woman wearing a gorgeous kimono with patterns of musical instruments such as drums and shibori drawn on it...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1488772 (stock #2103148)
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$1,400.00
A large antique painting depicted inkwash landscape. A man is fishing in a small boat in the silence. The quiet and peaceful scene are depicted beautifully in rich ink tones. Painted with ink on silk. Signed Tsunenobu and sealed...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1488771 (stock #2107082)
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$1,250.00
Antique painting depicted a flock of crane and chrysanthemum. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Tosa no mori Fujiwara Mitsusada and sealed. Edo period. It is attributed to Tosa Mitsusada.

Chrysanthemums have long been prized in China as an elixir of eternal life and longevity, and have been cultivated as medicinal plants since ancient times. It is said that it was brought to Japan from China during the Nara period (8th C.). It seems that various varieties of chrysanthemums wer...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1488334 (stock #2112025)
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$620.00
Antique Kano school ink painting depicted ukiyoe landscape with a rising dragon over Mt. Fuji. Painted with ink and gold pigments on paper. Signed Tatenobu, which is the artist name of the Kano Eitoku(1815-1891). There will probably be lightning and a storm raging in the scene where it depicts a person desperately holding onto a torn umbrella as he rushes forward across a bridge that looks like it is about to overflow with river water. He never dreamed that it was the work of a dragon.. It viv...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1488331 (stock #2211066)
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$5,500.00
Antique Kano school ink Landscape/suiboku sansui and fukurokuju; god of happiness, prosperity and long life that is said to originate from a Chinese hermit. Usually, he is depicted with a crane or turtle, which are symbols of longevity, and his trademark long head and white beard, but in this painting he is depicted wearing a huge traditional Chinese hand-woven bamboo hat. Painted with ink on silk. Signed Tsunenobu and sealed. It is also inscribed as it is a piece of Hogen Tsunenobu(Hogen (the ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1488260 (stock #2007089)
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$620.00
Plum Tree. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Honen and sealed.

Mizutani Hounen(1898-1938) was a Nagoya born Japanese painter. He studied under Nakajima Yuunen(1833-?) and Ishikawa Yuurin(1870-1952). He was adept at painting of bird and flower, especially peacocks. He was selected for Bunten art exhibitions.

Some light marks, light damage and foxing are present on the painting and scroll mounting.There is a little damage is present on the scroll end,otherwise the piece is...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1488252 (stock #2112107c)
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$750.00
Antique Kano school inkwash Landscape/suiboku sansui. Painted with ink on silk. Sigend Kano Hakuen and sealed. The signature reads painted by Kano Hakuen at sixty-seven years of age(1710). It is a remounted and restored piece and in fine condition with accompanied by a paulownia wooden storage box.

Kano Hakuen(1642-1726)was a painter from the early to middle Edo period. Hakuen served in the Kaga Kanazawa domain of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was involved in the decoration of Nikko Toshog...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1488194 (stock #2206162)
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$590.00
A yamatoe painting depicted an aristocratic man is about to go out for a night out on horseback. It is attributed to Hoyama Yuinen(Hananosha)(1823-1894).

Hoyama Yuinen(Hananosha)(1823-1894) was a painter monk at the end of the Edo period and Meiji period. He was a chief priest of Shinshu Rinshuji Temple. The first name was Hanado and later Hananosha. He studied painting with Watanabe Kiyoshi and Ukita Ikkei.

Some light marks and insigificant light crease are present on the painti...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1930 item #1488018 (stock #2009005)
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$650.00
Auspicious painting depicted Jyuseki, Bamboo, and Reishi sacred mushroom. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Shuseki and sealed. It is dated as in 1922.

Juseki is an abbreviation for landscape stone, which means a stone that is a scaled-down version of the natural scenery, a stone that resembles a certain shape, or an abstract stone that evokes intimacy and an elegant imagination that is difficult to describe. Furthermore, in the painting, a mushroom called reishi, which has bee...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487950 (stock #2112242)
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$500.00
Kano school painting depicted a white heron rests on the willow tree. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Sealed. It is inscribed the name Kano Motonobu on the side of the scroll.

The condition is reasonable due to its great age, with some marks, crease, damage are present on the painting and scroll mounting due to its great age. There are more crease than you see in the image.

Painting: W13 3/4” x H42 1/8” (W35cm x H107cm)
Scroll: W18 3/4"x H57 1/2” (W47.5cm x H146cm) ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487934 (stock #2308036)
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$4,400.00
A set of three hanging scroll paintings finely depicted auspicious motifs such as rising sun and old pine tree, jurojin with divine deer and a sacred scroll, as well as a flock of crow rest in the winter old tree that reminds of the zen like scenery. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Tsunenobu and sealed. It is attributed to Kano Tsunenobu.

Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713) was the eldest son of Kanō Naonobu (1607-50), younger brother of the renowned artist Kanō Tan'yū (1602-74). ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487904 (stock #2103078)
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$970.00
Hotei, one of the seven lucky gods. Painted with ink on paper. Signed and sealed. It is accompanied by an inscripton authenticating the painting that it is painted by Okamoto Hansuke. It is attributed to Okamoto Hansuke(1575-1657).

Okamoto Hansuke(1575-1657) was a military tactician and calligrapher of the early Edo period. His original surname was Ishigami, and he later inherited the Okamoto clan. He is well known by his given name, Nobunari, and his common name, Hansuke. He originally se...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487858 (stock #2103145)
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$700.00
Kano School painting depicted Inkwash landscape/Suiboku Sansui. Painted with ink on paper. Signed Naonobu and sealed. It is attributed to Kano Naonobu.

Kanō Naonobu (1607–1650) was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school of painting during the early Edo period. He was the younger brother of Kanō Tan'yū, who was to continue the line and become one of the foremost painters of the school. Together with Tan'yu, Naonobu completed a number of prominent commissions for the Tokugawa shogunate...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487737 (stock #1908067)
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$970.00
Jurōjin / Gama Deity of Good Luck. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Tosa no mori Fujiwara Mitsusada and sealed. It is attributed to Tosa Mitsusada.

In Japan, Jurōjin, also known as Gama, is known as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. He is the God of longevity. Jurōjin is originated from the Chinese Taoist god, the old man of the south pole. He is known as the immortal of the Northern Song dynasty (960 – 1127), and may have been a historical figure of the period. Jurōjin...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487736 (stock #2109017)
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$690.00
Large landscape/sansui painting depicted Mt. Fuji and mountain village. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed setsuzan and sealed. It is attributed to Nagashio Setsuzan.

Nagashio Setsuzan(1774-1833) was a Kyoto born painter of the late Edo period(1603-1868). He became a private painter for the Mori clan of the Tokugawa shogunate in Izumo (Shimane Prefecture), and created paintings based on the Kano school.

Some marks, severe crease, damage, foxing, fabric peeling off, and t...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487702 (stock #2102124)
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$600.00
Herd of wild horses. Painted with ink on silk. Signed and sealed. Circa 19th C.

Some marks, insignificant light crease and foxing are present on the piece due to its great age, otherwise it is in good condition.

Painting: W17 3/8” x H13 1/4” (W44cm x H33.5cm)
Scroll: W19 1/8"x H44 5/8” (W48.5cm x H113.5cm)

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487539 (stock #2203022)
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$1,400.00
Crane. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Furunobu and sealed. It is attributed to Kano Furunobu.

Kano Furunobu was a painter from the middle of the Edo period. He is the fifth generation of the Kobiki-cho Kano family. He learned painting from his father. He succeeded his father as a painter for the shogunate. He is conferred a Hoin.

Some light marks, foxing, and light crease are present on the painting itself, otherwise the painting is in good condition with the age. So...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487250 (stock #2205169)
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$570.00
Haboku sansui - splashed-ink landscape. Painted with ink and on paper. Signed Seisen hogen and sealed.

Kano Seisen-in(1796-1846) was a Japanese artist, born as the eldest son of Kano Eishin (Kano Isenin), he studied painting techniques under his father, and since copying the “Honen Shonin Eden”(The illustrated biography of priest Hōnen) for the first time in 1809 at the age of 13, he has been involved in ancient paintings such as Chinese paintings, Kano school paintings, and Yamato-e...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487198 (stock #2304126)
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$650.00
Hawk. Painted with ink on paper. Sealed. Circa late 19th C.

Some light marks, insignificant light crease, traces of restoration of the damage and foxing are present on the painting, otherwise the painting is in very good condition. Some insignificant light marks are present on the mounting, otherwise the piece is in fine condition. It is accompanied by a paulownia wood storage box.

Painting: W22 7/8” x H50 3/4”(W58cm x H129cm)
Scroll: W28 1/2” x H76 3/4”(W72.5cmx H195cm...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487169 (stock #2205140)
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$600.00
Edo String Puppetry. Painted with ink and light pigments on paper. Signed and sealed. Circa 19th C.

The origins of Japanese string puppets date back to the early Edo period (first half of the 17th century). In the first half of the 17th century, during the reign of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, the first generation, a man called Yuuki Magosaburo, built a string puppet theater troupe tower (*now called a theater) in a corner of Nihonbashi, Edo. ) was the beginning.

Some light m...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487061 (stock #2308093)
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$1,300.00
Bird and flower painting depicted a Japanese bush warbler rests in plum blossom tree. Painted with ink on silk. Signed and sealed.

Matsumura Keibun(1779-1843) was a Japanese painter active during the late Edo period(1603-1868). He was a leading figure in the Shijo school established by his half-brother, Matsumura Goshun (1752-1811). Keibun mastered the techniques of painting taught at Goshun’s studio at Shijo-Sakaimachi in Kyoto. He also studied the work of Maruyama Okyo (1733–1795),...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1486981 (stock #2111226)
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$1,800.00
Landscape with Mt. Fuji. Painted with ink and light pigments on silk. Signed and sealed.

Kano Isen(1775-1828)was a painter of the late Edo period and the master of the early modern Kano school. He was a son and pupil of Kano Yosen'in Korenobu, whom he succeeded as seventh-generation head of the Kobikicho branch of the Edo Kano school that had been founded by Kano Naonobu (1607-50) His name was Eishin and his artist name was Genshosai. Isen mastered Yamato-e (Traditional Japanese pai...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1486772 (stock #2304122)
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$770.00
A charming, characteristic neko tora tiger in the moon night. Painted with ink and light pigments on paper. Signed Ganku and sealed. It is attributed to Gan ku.

Ganku (1749–1839), was a leading Japanese painter of Kyoto and founder of the Kishi school of painting. He is famous for his paintings of tigers. Ganku was born in Kanazawa as Kishi Saeki, studied painting styles including those of Chinese painter Shen Nanpin (沈南蘋) and the Maruyama-Shijō school, and arrived in Kyoto aroun...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1930 item #1486744 (stock #2203033)
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$500.00
Spring Landscape. Painted with ink on silk. Signed Chokugai and sealed. It is dated as painted in 1924 on the painting.

Tanomura Chokugai(1905-1997) was a Japanese painter born in Kyoto. Great-grandson of Tanomura Chokunyu(1814-1907). He studied under Tanaka Hakuin(1866-1934). He was a member of the Kyoto Japanese Painters Association and chairman of the Kyoto Shogain.

Some insignificant marks and foxing are present on the painting itself, and some marks, very light. crease, insect...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1486525 (stock #2206216)
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$700.00
Sansui Landscape. Painted with ink on silk. Signed Tsunenobu and sealed. It is attributed to Kano Tsunenobu.

Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713) was the eldest son of Kanō Naonobu (1607-50), younger brother of the renowned artist Kanō Tan'yū (1602-74). When his father died, Tsunenobu became a pupil of his uncle, and derived elements from the style of both men. In Hoei era (1704 - 1711) in the Edo period (1603-1868), he worked on a Kenjo no shoji (sliding screens of the 32 Chinese sages), which a...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1486458 (stock #2304140)
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$440.00
Samurai Armor. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed and sealed. It is dated as painted in Taisho 4, 1915.

Inoue Rosen was a Okayama born Japanese painter active during Taisho(1912-1926) and Showa era (1926-1989) in Japan. He first studied Japanese painting under Ono Seiun in Osaka. Afterwards, he entered Kikuchi Hobun(1862-1918)'s art school in Kyoto, where -he learned the Shijo school of painting, which is a descendant of the Maruyama school, and served as the school's head. ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1486452 (stock #2209006)
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$1,350.00
Jumping Koi/Carp. Paited with ink on silk. Signed Eishuku Ujinobu and sealed. It is attributed to Kano Eishuku(Ujinobu).

There is a waterfall legend about “The Dragon Gate": thousands of koi fishes tried to jump to the waterfall for hundreds of years but failed, and after sometime passed one koi determined to reach the top of the waterfall and finally made it to the top. The Gods rewarded the koi by turning him into a beautiful, shiny, Golden Dragon. He now spends his time chasing among ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1486183 (stock #2103080)
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$1,200.00
Sparrows in the wisteria trellis. Beautiful old calligraphy are also depicted. Painted with ink and pigments on paper. The artist is unknown. Circa 19th C.

Some insignificant light marks, traces of crease that has been restored on the back, and foxing are present on the painting, otherwise the painting is in very good condition for the age. Some light marks, traces of damage that have been restored, light crease are present on the mounting, otherwise the piece has been simply restored and ...