Japanese and Korean Painting
Ike Taiga (1723-1776)
ʻPlaying the Ch'in beneath Pines; Writing on Stone Cliffʻ
Pair of hanging scrolls, ink and color on paper
Each 135 x 57 cm. (53 1/8 x 22 in.)
Inscriptions:
right scroll: ʻThe brush tip manifests orchids and brings forth the grass.ʻ
left scroll: ʻFrom the strings fragrant breezes enter the garden pines. Kasho.ʻ
Artist's Seals:
Zenshin Soma Houkyuko (ʻIn a Former Life I was the Horse Connoisseur Fang Chiu-kaoʻ); Ike Mumei In;
Kasho (ʻWoodcutter in Hazeʻ); Sonsei (ʻIn Accord with Lifeʻ); Sangaku Doja (ʻTaoist of the Three Peaks (of Fuji, Tateyama, and Hakusan)ʻ)
Box Inscription:
A pair of works painted and inscribed by Ike Kasho: 'Inscribing Poetry on the Stone Cliff' and 'Playing the Ch'in beneath Pines.' Written by Murata Kokoku (1831-1912) at age seventy-eight (i.e. in 1908).
Kano Tan'yu (1602-1674)
ʻBosatsu Jizoʻ
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
98 x 36.4 cm. (38 3/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
Inscription:
Painted by Tan'yu
Artist's Seal:
Ho'in Tan'yu
Recent provenance:
Kawasaki collection
Published:
Choshunkaku Zohin Tenkan Mokuroku, Kobe, 1936, pl. 103
Suzuki Shuitsu (1823-1889)
ʻMorning Glories, after Hoitsuʻ
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
131.8 x 53.8 cm. (51 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions:
On painting: ʻHoitsu;ʻ on mounting: ʻSeisei Shuitsu.ʻ
Artist's seals:
Hoitsu; Seisei Shuitsu
