‘Winter at Villa on the River’
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
122 x 51 cm. (48 x 20 1/8 in.)
Collectors’ seals:
Chin-fu Shu-hua chih-yin; Ching-te-t’ang T’u-shu yin
(See writeup below.)
‘Bulbul on Branch of Camellia’
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
21.6 x 21.3 cm. (8 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
‘Cabbage, Dandelions and Grasses’
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
72.5 x 28.5 cm. (28 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)
Inscription:
‘Yu Li-ai from T’u-yang.’
Artist’s seals:
Li-ai chih-yin and one other
(See writeup below.)
‘Two Pheasants on Rock by Bamboo and Stream’
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
136.0 x 63.3 cm. (53 5/8 x 24 7/8 in.)
Artist’s (?) seal:
I-yueh hsing-ch’ing (‘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
(See writeup below.)
‘Pheasants on Garden Rock’
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
151 x 87 cm. (59 1/2 x 34 1/4 in.)
Inscription: ‘Lu Chi.’
Artist’s seals:
one, indecipherable
(See writeup below.)
‘Poem for Ryoan’ 1513
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
29.2 x 110.0 cm. (11 1/2 x 43 3/4 in.)
Inscription:
‘Presented to Ryoan on returning to his home country (of Japan).
With understanding manifested and his journey complete, his enlightenment dispenses with the dusty (world);
How can he depart with hoary locks while I mourn him sadly?
But a lofty ode is not superior to a song at the port, and what would interfere with a floating cup of fermented wine in spring?
On the broad waters sails are flying and the winds are strong and favorable,
Decorated with red and leaves of green, the shore resounds with the calls of wild geese;
Reaching home he will transmit his knowledge with poems and weighty boxes,
So as to repay the former sages, and thank the imperial court.
Written by the Prefect of Kuang-p’ing Prefecture, Supervising Secretary in the Former Capital, the eighty-nine-year-old man Lu Hsi-yu, called Yueh-hu (‘Moon Lake’).’
Artist’s seals:
Hsi-yu; Hsin-ch’ou chin-shih (‘Advanced Scholar of the year 1481’) Japanese box inscription dated to 1813
Recorded:
Imaizumi Yoshio and Shimao Arata: Zen to Tenjin, Tokyo, 2000, p. 265.
‘Palace Scene’
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
164 x 93.4 cm. (64 1/2 x 36 3/4 in.)
(See writeup below.)
‘Quiet Stream within Bamboo Groves’
Hanging scroll, ink and color on gold-flecked paper
172 x 48 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.
Ch’in Shih of Wu-chun (Suchou) did this to celebrate the longevity of Master Pang-shih.’
Artist’s seal:
Ch’in Shih chih-yin
(See writeup below.)