“Landscape of Solitude” 1825
獨居山水圖
Fan painting, ink and color on paper
17.0 x 49.0 cm. (6 3/4 x 19 1/4 in.)
Artist’s seals:
Kaiseki; Shōreifu; Konsai; Daigoryū; and one other
“Peonies & Peacocks” 1866
牡丹孔雀圖
“Qiao Sisters Reading Books”
二喬観書圖
Two paintings mounted as a hanging scroll,
Ink and color on silk
Each: 32.2 x 24.0 cm. (12 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.)
Peonies & Peacocks Inscription:
“Three days after seimei, during the second month of the year 1866, done by Seigai Hazama Shiko.”
Seal: Shiko
Qiao Sisters Inscription:
“Seigai Shiko.”
Seals: Shiko; Seigai
Recent provenance:
Japan 日本来源
“Distant View of the Byōdō-in” 1840
平等院眺望
Horizontal hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
33.7 x 133.9 cm (14 7/8 x 52 3/4 in.)
Inscription:
“One day before the fifth day of the fifth month in the year 1840, painted in the
Gyokuzen Charyō (‘Jade Meditation Teahouse’) by Baiitsu Ryō.”
Artist’s seals:
Ryō in; Baiitsu
Recent provenance:
Japan 日本来源
“Castles for the Emperors:
Nintoku 仁徳天皇 (r. A.D. 313-399) &
Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 城圖 (259-210 B.C.)”
Pair of six-fold screens, ink and color on paper
Each 161.1 x 359.4 cm. (63 1/2 x 141 1/2 in.)
Inscription:
“Painted by Ryuun, imperially appointed hokkyu (‘bridge of the law’).”
Artist’s seals:
Ryuun; Minamoto Yoshiharu
Recent provenance:
Japan 日本来源
“Courtesan” 美人圖
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
102.5 x 37.3 cm. (40 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Inscription:
“Jōryū.”
Artist’s seals:
Jōryū (“uniting virtue”); Shinshin (“truest of the true”)
Recent provenance:
Japan 日本来源
“Flowers for the Emperor”
供花圖
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
105.1 x 40.7 cm. (41 3/8 x 16 in.)
Inscription:
“Painted by Hitsuan Kiitsu.”
Artist’s seal:
Kaikai
Published:
Yamane Yūzō: Rimpa Kaiga Zenshū, Hōitsu-ha, Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Tokyo, 1978, pl. 201;
Kubosō Museum: Gyōji-e—Shiki no Irodori, (“Special Events of the Year Associated with the Four Seasons”), Osaka, 2002.
Recent provenance:
Japan 日本来源
“Illustrations to the Tale of Genji:
‘Beneath the Autumn Leaves’ &
‘Under the Cherry Blossoms’”
源氏物語圖: 紅葉賀; 花宴圖
Pair of hanging scrolls, ink and color on silk
99.0 x 34.7 cm. (39 x 13 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions:
“Painted by Seisen’in, the hoin Yasunobu.”
Artist’s seal:
Kaisin hoin
Recent provenance:
Japan 日本来源
Height: 9.7 cm. (3 7/8 in.)
Late Shang/early Western Zhou period
商晚-西周早期
11th century B.C.
ANCIENT CONTRIVANCES nos. 23-27