Japanese Hanging Scroll, Late 19th Century

A knife-edge rectangular bolster pillow, made out of an Early 20th century Japanese Silk Obi. The Obi is the long sash that wraps around a ...

A Japanese lacquered altar table / box, Showa period, 1937. Teak and Cedar, lacquered in read and black on the outside. Exquisitely carved dragon design in the front and back. The...

A stained-glass Manchurian window panel. Guangzhou, China, late Qing dynasty, 19th century. The panel features a frame that connects the four corners with an elongated hexagon as th...

A rectangular bolster pillow, made out of an early 20th century Japanese Silk Obi. The Obi is the long sash that wraps around a kimono to f...

A Japanese mounted vertical hanging scroll painting by Mori Tetsuzan (Japanese, 1775-1841) circa 19th century Edo period. The watercolor and ink on silk ...

Dimensions: 53 × 194 cm (overall), 40 × 127 cm (painting) Box size: 61 × 7 cm A refined 20th-century Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku) depicting delicate pink peony blossoms and de...

Bamboo in moonlight Gamo Rakan (1784-1866) Hanging scroll, ink on silk. Dimensions: Scroll: 201 cm x 58 cm Image: 137 cm x 45 cm In this early 19th century work by Gamo Rakan a light ink wash applied to the silk background silhouettes the moon and suggests the atmosphere of early evening. Even though it is a literati subject, Rakan’s bamboo is quite realistic with a strong decorative style. The painting finds its inspiration from Chinese Ming dynasty painters who often used a single-tone, jet black stroke to emphasize the calligraphic nature of bamboo. In a different era, decorative would have been seen as somewhat unrefined. But increasingly in the Edo period, it was the hallmark of high style. The Japanese people, in particular the rising merchant class, had gradually become apathetic toward the traditional Sesshu and Kano schools of painting. Chinese professional and amateur painters living in the port of Nagasaki during the 18th century had a profound effect on Japanese painting and the freshness of their style and its decorative appeal contributed greatly to its popularity. Gamo Rakan’s teacher, Tani Buncho...

[Authentic work] ◆ Seiki Yokoyama ◆ Landscape ◆ Rural landscape ◆ Japanese painting ◆ Shijo school ◆ Hand-painted ◆ Paperback ◆ Hanging scroll ◆ Seiki Yokoyama [Art yearbook appra...