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18th Century Japanese Floral Paintings, Set of 5, Mineral Pigments on Gold Leaf

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  • 18th Century Japanese Floral Paintings, Set of 5, Mineral Pigments on Gold Leaf
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    A set of 5 Japanese floral paintings from the 18th century. Each painted with mineral pigments directly applied to gold leaf. They were originally designed to be mounted on the leave...
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    Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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    Gold Leaf

  • Late 18th Century Japanese Framed Painting, God of Thunder by Yamaguchi Soken
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    Raijin - God of Thunder Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818) Mid to Late Edo period, circa 1800. Framed painting. Ink and light color on paper. This humorous painting depicts the Thunder God, Raijin, tumbling from the sky, presumably being struck down by one of his own lighting bolts. He clings to one drumstick as the other is in free-fall along with his Taiko drums...
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    Antique Late 18th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens

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    Paper

  • 19th Century Small Japanese Screen Pair, Pine Trees and Vines on Gold Leaf
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    This pair of screens depict just the middle sections of aged pine trees, painted in bold brush strokes on a background of gold leaf clouds. The trees are draped in vines, the lush cr...
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    Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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    Gold Leaf

  • 19th Century Japanese Screen for Tea-Ceremony, Ink Bamboo and Plum on Gold Leaf
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    Three Friends of Winter Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871) Late Edo period, circa 1850 Ink and gold leaf on paper. This is a double-sided Japanese Furosaki or tea-ceremony screen from the mid 19th century; bamboo and plum on the front, young pines the back. It by Nakajima Raisho, a master painter of the Maruyama school in the late Edo and early Meiji periods. In this work Raisho combines exquisite ink brushwork with large open spaces of brilliant gold-leaf to inspire the viewers imagination. Rather than naturalism, he is searching for the phycological impression of the motifs, resulting in abstraction and stylization. His simplification of the motifs the result of looking to capture the inner nature of the objects. This art motif is known as Sho Chiku Bai, or the Three Friends of Winter. Evergreen pine connotes steadfastness, bamboo suggests both strength and flexibility, while plum blossoms unfurling on snow-laden branches imply hardiness. Combined, this trio is emblematic of Japanese new year. Chinese literati were the first to group the three plants together due to their noble characteristics. Like these resilient plants flowering so beautifully in winter, it was expected of the scholar-gentleman to cultivate a strong character with which he would be able to show the same degree of perseverance and steadfastness even during times of adverse conditions. The screen would have been placed near the hearth of a room used for the Japanese tea ceremony, shielding the fire from draughts and also forming a stimulating and decorative backdrop behind the tea utensils. It would have been used in the Hatsugama, or first tea-ceremony of the new year. Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871) originally studied under Watanabe Nangaku before entering the school of Maruyama Ozui. He was the highest ranking Maruyama school painter at the end of the Edo period and was known as one of the ‘Four Heian Families’ along with Kishi...
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    Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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    Gold Leaf

  • Japanese Screen, 19th Century, Rabbits and Horsetail Reeds on Silver Leaf
    By Nenma
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    Unknown artist Rabbits and Horsetail Reeds Painted in the Year of the Fire Dog, 1826 or 1886. 19th century. The scene depicted here is set under moonlight, with two hares hi...
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    Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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    Silver Leaf

  • Mid-18th Century Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Flowers, Chrysanthemums
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    Omori Soun (b. 1704) Chrysanthemums - One Hundred Flowers A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper. Dating ...
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    Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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    Gold Leaf

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