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So Shizan (1733-1805)
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So Shizan (1733-1805)

“Tigers in Landscapes”

Pair of hanging scrolls, ink and color on silk
Each 88.5 x 33.0 cm. (34 7/8 x 13 in.)

Inscription:
“So Shizan.”

Artist’s seal:
So Shizan

Box inscription:
Written by Yuei in 1828 when he obtained the paintings from the Kanryu-in

Zhang Fangru [Chang Fangju], attributed<br>(13th century)<br>
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Zhang Fangru [Chang Fangju], attributed
(13th century)

“Ox in Landscape”

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
63.4 x 37.6 cm. (25 x 14 7/8 in.)

Published:
Choshunkaku Zohin Tenran Zuroku, Kobe, 1936, pl. 27;
Harada Bizan, compiler: Nihon genzai Shina meiga mokuroku, Tokyo, 1938, p. 113;
Choshunkaku Kansho (“Catalogue of the Kawasaki Collection”) (Tokyo: Kokka-sha, 1944), vol. 4, pl. 24;
James Cahill: An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings (Berkeley: University of California, 1980), p. 240.

Certificate of authenticity:
Written by Kano Masanobu (1823-1880) in 1861

Recent provenance:
Baron Kawasaki, Kobe

Jakuchu (1716-1800)
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Jakuchu (1716-1800)

“Turtles and Pine”

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
104.5 x 31.0 cm. (41 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.)

Artist’s seals:
To Jokin-in; Jakuchu koji

Published:
Kano Hiroyuki: Jakuchu, Kyoto: Shikosha, 1993, pl. 124.

Chu Zhaolin [Ch’u Chaolin]
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Chu Zhaolin [Ch’u Chaolin]

“Five Pigeons by Cypress” 1864

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
125.0 x 60.0 cm. (49 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.)

Inscription:
“During mid-autumn of the year 1864, I studied a work by Shen Nanpin (Shen Quan, 1682-ca. 1760), Chu Zhaolin, called Renfu.”

Artist’s seals:
Chu Zhaolin; Renfu

Mori Sosen (1749-1821)
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Mori Sosen (1749-1821)

“Monkey”

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
97.2 x 35.7 cm. (38 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Painted by Sosen, called Reimyoan.”

Artist’s seals:
Sosen; Shusho

Recent provenance:
Iwasaki collection

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