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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. He became a leading figure in the improvement of Nanga art ci...

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. Circa late 19th C.

Some light crease and insignificant light marks are present on the painting itself, and some insignificant light crease, traces of restoration of insect damage, and other light aged damage are present on the scroll mounting due to its great ag...

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. In his later years, he remained as the official painter of the Nagoya clan.

Some light marks and light crease are present on...

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. It is accompanied by a paulownia wood storage box.

Painting: W10 7/8” x H25 5/8” (W27.5cm x H65cm)
Scroll: W16...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1960 item #1489143 (stock #2112062)
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$600.00
Bird and flower painting depicted tit birds in the cotton flower. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Gyokkei and sealed.

Mochizuki Gyokusei(1900−1951)was a Japanese painter born in Kyoto. He was a pupil of prominent artists Nishiyama Suisho (1879-1958) as well as his father Mochizuki Gyokukei (1874-1938). Gyokusei graduated from and taught at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts and the Kyoto Municipal Special School of Painting for further art education in Kyoto. H...

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). Many of the works of the Kano...

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. The round tiered ...

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. This work depicts a courtesan in the early 18th century, with her luxurious kimono, tortoiseshell comb, long hairstyle hanging down her back, and the way she ties her obi. In her hand, a hat called eboshi, which was used in Noh theater, and a fan were pa...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1950 item #1488803 (stock #2303016)
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$760.00
A hermit under a plum tree. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Shumei and sealed.

The hermit seems to be relaxing under the plum tree, as if meditating. It is depicted with so much presence that he almost pop off the screen. The soft hair is made with plenty of gofun(which is slightly lost), and the work is beautifully painted in detail, as if we can feel the texture of the skin.

Mori Shumei(1892-1951) was born into a family of priests, he aspired to become a Japanese pai...

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. Edo period. 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 elem...

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 : Popular Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Cloth : Pre 2000 item #1488615 (stock #1907092)
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$320.00
Japanese old toys. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed and sealed. It is drawn on a special cloth like old cloth.

Suga Tatehiko(1878-1963)was a Japanese painter from the Meiji to Showa periods. He himself how to paint and also researched the true nature of the profession. He drew historical paintings and street customs in Osaka. He was awarded the Art Academy Imperial Prize in 1955 and bestowed Honorary citizen of Osaka City in 1962.

Some marks and foxing are present o...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Japanese : Pre 2000 item #1488566 (stock #2303108)
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$640.00
Autumn Landscape depicted autumn leaves and the mountain river. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed and sealed.

Kawabata Gyokusho (1842-1913) was a Japanese artist active during Meiji – Taisho period, early 20th Century in Japan. He learnt painting under a prominent artist from maruyama school, Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871). Gyokusho's works combine the Maruyama style with Western realism.

Some insignificant light marks are present on the painting and mounting, otherwise ...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1488472 (stock #2210016)
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$360.00
A pair of wild duck. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed and sealed. It is attributed to Ishii Kinryo.

Ishii Kinryo(1842-1926) was a Japanese painter active during Meiji(1868-1912) - Taisho era(1912-1926)in Japan. He was a pupil of a prominent artist Furuichi Kinga(1805-1880) and Okamoto Shuki(1807-1862). Kinryo travelled all over the country and taught students at his art school after he got back to Okayama prefecture. After 1903 he moved to Osaka and established his art studio...

All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 2000 item #1488419 (stock #2205008)
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$350.00
Antique/Vintage painting depicted kannon bodhisattva seated on the rock. Painted with ink and light pigments on silk. Signed and sealed.The inscription above is written:

慈眼視衆生 (Jigen shi shujo)
Kannon always looks at all of us, all living beings, with a kind and compassionate gaze.

福聚海無量 (Fuku Jyu Kai Muryo)
The world we saw and felt in that way, it is said that the blessings are as endless as the sea.

Some marks are present on the painting itself....

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 : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1980 item #1487701 (stock #2304047)
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$900.00
Bijinga. The title: Summer evening. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed and sealed.

Katsuda Tetsu(1896-1980) was a Japanese painter from the Taisho(1912-1926) and Showa era (1926-1989). He studied Western painting at Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of the Arts). He turned to Japanese painting and became an apprentice to Yamamoto Shunkyo(1872-1933) in 1923. He graduated from Kyoto City Painting College (currently Kyoto City University of Arts) in 1930.His history ...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Japanese : Pre 1990 item #1487628 (stock #2109209)
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$800.00
Zen calligraphy: 花開萬国春(Hana Hiraku Bankoku no Haru) - A single flower opens and announces the arrival of spring to the world. Painted with ink on paper. Sealed.

The meaning of the word "flower bloom(花開)" in Zen wording is to become free of mind. It signifies the splendor of eternal time that can be felt by attaining the precious state of enlightenment.

Yamada Mumon(1900-1988) was a zen monk from the Showa era. He studied under Kawaguchi Keikai and later studied at Ri...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : Japanese : Pre 2000 item #1487540 (stock #2203008)
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$340.00
Bodhidharma and Zen word - Mujinzo. Painted with ink on paper. Signed and sealed.

Mujinzo - 無尽蔵:

Inexhaustible is a phrase taken from the poem "Inexhaustible in all things" by the Chinese Song Dynasty poet Su Dongba. In Zen, if you let go of attachment, there will be no earthly desires or delusions. There is an infinite world in nothingness or emptiness, where there should be nothing.

Signed by the monk from Myoshinji temple which is Japan's largest Zen temple.

So...

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...