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Japanese Screen, Peacock and Peahen, Meiji Era, circa 1900

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  • Meiji Era, Circa 1900 Japanese Screen Pair, Flowers & Birds of Spring & Autumn
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    Flowers & Birds of Spring and Autumn Unknown artist. Japan. Meiji period, circa 1900. A pair of six-fold screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper. Signed: Gaga S...
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  • Japanese Screen Pair, circa 1730, Peacocks and Phoenix, Kano School
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    Phoenix and Peacocks. A pair of six-panel Japanese folding screens by Tsunetake Yotei (n.d.) First half of the 18th century. The signature reads 67 year old Tsunetake. The seals read: -Tsunetake no in, -Yotei, -Seishin Dimensions: Each screen – H. 69” x W. 149” (176 cm x 378 cm) A pair of Kano Grand Picture (Waga) screens depicting phoenix and peacocks rich with symbolic meaning. Dating to the first half of the 18th century, from the Kobikicho Kano school in Edo, this pair of folding...
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  • Japanese Silver Screen Pair, Meiji Period, Herons & Plovers, Shijo School
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    Heron & Plovers Ink and silver leaf on paper Maekawa Bunrei (1837-1917) A pair of low six-panel Japanese screens by Maekawa Bunrei, a later master of the Kyoto based Shijo school of painting. On the right screen a solitary white heron stands motionless in a stream. On the left screen plovers play along a shoreline. The elegant forms are executed employing fluid, minimalistic ink brushstrokes. The soft brushstrokes and the sharp light of the silver leaf lend the scenes a sense of translucence. The sophisticated composition superbly exploits the long, horizontal pictorial surface of the pair of folding screens...
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    Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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  • Meiji Period Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Birds by Hasegawa Gyokujun
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    One hundred birds Hasegawa Gyokujun (1863-1921) Meiji period, circa 1900. Ink, color and gofun on silk. Dimensions of each screen: H. 170 cm x W. 190 cm (67’’ x 75”) Despite the title, well over 100 birds are represented in this pair of two-fold Japanese screens (the title functions figuratively to convey the idea of a large number). The monumental work is rendered with a comprehensive and highly complex composition which is exquisitely executed and meticulously colored. More a celebration of naturalism than the traditional “One Hundred Birds” paintings which originated in China. This was a subject matter known for its auspicious meaning as much as its actual depiction of nature. These paintings generally had a phoenix (occasionally peacocks) placed in the center, and the other birds paying homage to it. In this quintessentially Japanese scene painted by Gyokujun, a couple of long-tailed birds modeled after paradise flycatchers are included; these are traditional auspicious motifs in Oriental bird and flower painting and denote themes such as celebration and enduring generations. In addition there is the playful inclusion of single exotic parrot. Even so, the vast majority of the birds and flowers are native to Japan. Reading the scene from right to left, from spring through to autumn, the overwhelming sense is one of movement and haste. It is almost as if the birds are in a race, with the fleetest leading the way forward. Although these native birds were commonly drawn amongst artists of the Shijo school, rarely were they painted with such drama and dynamism. It is not strictly a depiction of sketched birds whose manner was faithfully handed down through the traditions of the Shijo school. Rather we see Gyokujun seeking and achieving new expressions in the heart of the turbulent Meiji period. Hasegawa Gyokujun (1863-1921) was born in Kyoto. He was the eldest son of Hasegawa Gyokuho, a Shijo school painter who studied under Matsumura Keibun. Gyokujun studied painting under his father and became a prominent member of the Kyoto painti ng world from a young age. In 1891 he established the ‘Young Painters Social Club’ along with Takeuchi Seiho, Miyake Gogyo and Taniguchi Kokyo. Also in 1891 he was selected as a judge of the Great Private Paintings Exhibition along with Takeuchi Seiho, Yamamoto Shunkyo...
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    Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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  • Circa 1900 Japanese Screen. Cherry Blossoms in Moonlight. Meiji period.
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    Kobayashi Shosen (1877-1946) Cherry Blossoms in Moonlight Six-panel Japanese Screen. Ink, color and gofun on paper. The image depicts a stunning scene captured on a six-panel Japa...
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    Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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  • Japanese Screen Painting, Cat & Pumpkin Patch. Showa Era, 1940s
    Located in Kyoto, JP
    Chuichi Konno (1915-2006) Cat and Pumpkin Patch Showa period, 1940s. Folding screen in two-panels. Painted on paper with mineral pigments and gofun. Sign: Chuichi Sea...
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    Vintage 1940s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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    Paper, Wood

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  • Japanese Meiji Riverside Scroll Painting, c. 1900
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