Chinese Paintings from the Kaikodo Collection

Huichong [Hui-ch’ung] (965?-1017), attributed
惠崇

“Geese Descending on Sandbar”
蘆雁図

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
53.5 x 26.0 cm. (21 x 10 1/4 in.)

Published:
Tokugawa Art Museum: Basara no jidai—Ōcho-jidai no Zanshō, Kinsei no Ibuki, Nagoya, 1991, pl. 8, p. 20 (identified as a Southern Song painting of the 13th century)

A 13th-century Triptych:

Hanging scrolls, ink on silk

“Water-moon Guanyin” 水月観音図
(center scroll)
Atrributed to Zhang Yuehu [Chang Yueh-hu]
(13th c.) 伝張月壺

“Ducks and Reeds” 雅草図
(pair of sides scrolls)
Atrributed to Huichong [Hui-ch’ung]
(965?-1017) 伝惠崇

Labels and attributions:
Kanō Yasunobu (1613-1685) and
Kanō Tsunenobu (1636-1713)

Certificates of authenticity:
Kanō Isen’in (1775-1828) and
Kanō Shosen’in (1823-1880)

Recent provenance:
Tamura Collection, Osaka

Published:
Tamura-ke Zōhin Tenkan Zuroku, Osaka, 1936.

Anonymous (13th-14th century)
(old attribution to Li Di)
無款・舊傳李廸

“Eagle on Winter Branch”
冬枝鷲図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
153.3 x 82.5 cm. (60 3/8 x 32 1/2 in.)
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Inscription:
“Li Di painted this in front of the Emperor.”

Anonymous (later 15th century)
無名氏

“Two Pheasants on Rock by Bamboo and Stream”
竹渓双雉図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
136.0 x 63.3 cm. (53 5/8 x 24 7/8 in.)

Artist’s (?) seal:
Yiyue xingqing (“Taking Pleasure by Natural Temperament”)

Colophon:
“During rin-sho (the sixth lunar month) of the fourth year of the Bunroku reign-era (1595), Churyo presented this in service.”
Seal: Chu

Zhang Lu [Chang Lu] (ca. 1490-ca. 1563)
張路

“Fisherman and Scholar”
漁翁高士図

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
144.8 x 79.7 cm. (57 x 31 3/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Pingshan.”

Artist’s seal:
One, illegible

Shao Mi (1592?-1642) 邵彌

“Landscape for Guyin” 1627
爲谷音作山水図

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
134.6 x 29.2 cm. (53 x 11 1/2 in.)

Inscription:
“I had not seen the transcendent master for a long time,
invited to seek him out my emotions were fixed and partial;
A blue waterfall pierces a slender rock,
old trees are covered with the remains of clouds.
In brewing tea red leaves are burned,
carrying a lute we sit on green mats;
By chance arriving beyond the dusty world,
facing you my thoughts float lightly,

During the tenth lunar month of the year 1627, I travelled again to Goulou Jing to visit the Daoist priest Guyin and did this (painting). Shao Gao, the old man Guachou.” Guazhou

Artist’s seal:
Shao Mi zhi yin

Colophon:
“By winding stream the pine-tree shadows are straight,
green water flows beside the water pavilion;
A slanting bank is suitable for sitting side by side,
inviting a companion we search together for a cloudy place.
Without thinking strong conversation begins,
as though to startle those on the four sides of the hall;
Guazhou (Shao Mi) left this beautifully brushed painting,
which inspires me greatly.

At the end of the year 1800 during the Jiaqing reign-era, Wei Zhengqi, called Shiru.” Seals: three, illegible

Collectors’ seals:
Muchai; Jingwan; Guanghan jingwan; Pan Jianhan micang cuixin chenji yin; Pan Yanling; Qi’an; Qi’an duguo

Qin Shi [Ch’in Shih] (paintings dated 1597-1620)
欽式

“Quiet Stream within Bamboo Groves”
竹裏幽泉図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on gold-flecked paper
172.0 x 48.0 cm. (67 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Within the bamboo groves flows a quiet stream,
and lotus covers the pond;
The host presents a sash
as that is suitable to both.
Qin Shi of Wujun (Suzhou) did this to celebrate the longevity of Master Bangshi.”

Artist’s seal:
Qin Shi zhiyin

Wang Xishou [Wang Hsi-shou] (active 17th century)
王鍚綬

“Summer Landscape” 1634
夏景図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
118.0 x 48.0 cm. (46 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.)

Inscription:
“During the summer solstice of the year 1634 during the Chongzhen reign-era, painted by Wang Xishou.”

Artist’s seals:
Wang Xishou yin; Fenfu fu

Colophon:
Written on the mounting by Xu Bangda in 1988.