“Morning Glories” 朝顔图
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
101.4 x 35.9 cm. (40 x 14 1/8 in.)
Inscription: “Koko Sodō.”
Artist’s seal:
Nobutaka
Provenance:
Yanagi Takahashi, Kyoto
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“Peonies, Begonias &
Magnolia by Garden Rock”
牧丹秋海棠木蘭花 园石图
Hanging scroll, ink and color on satin
149.2 x 51.9 cm. (58 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)
Inscription:
“Waking in light from the jade-circle (moon),
their beauty is without force,
paint and powder are rippled throughout
as though born in the vapors of wine.
If not for Fen (zhou Shanxi) wine
produced in the Treasure Tower,
what would prevent the East Wind
from collapsing the city wall?
Hu Tiemei from Zhonghua (China) here followed his own ideas.”
Artist’s seals:
Hu Zhang xinyin; Tiemei huayin
Box inscription:
by Naotaka from Bizen in Okayama prefecture
Provenance:
Shoundo, Osaka
“Butterflies and Peonies” 1820 蝴 蝶 牡丹图
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
122.0 x 49.8 cm. (48 x 19 5/8 in.)
Inscription:
“During the second lunar month of spring of the year 1820, painted by Ōshin.”
Artist’s seals:
Ōshin; Hyakuri
Exhibited:
Kyōto no Nihonga Ten, the ninth annual exhibition of the Kyōto Ten.
“Orchids and Bamboo” 蘭花竹冊
Album of 10 leaves, ink on paper
Each 17.0 x 21.6 cm. (6 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Inscription:
“Painted by Qian Chaoding.”
Artist’s seals:
Qian Chaoding yin; Kuian (“Returning to my Hut”)
Colophon:
by Chikujiku Shujin stating the album had formerly been in the collection of Tosa Joshu Yodo-ko (Yamanouchi Yodo, 1827-1872).
Provenance:
Shoundo, Osaka
“Birds and Flowers by Stream” 溪鳥花图
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
99.8 x 48.8 cm. (39 x 19 1/4 in.)
Inscription:
“Painted by Yūhi, called Shūkō 繍江.”
Artist’s seal:
one, illegible
“Fruits and Vegetables” 果実茹冊
Album of 12 leaves, ink and color on paper
Each 21.0 x 24.0 cm. (8 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscription:
“Painted by Tang Luming.”
Artist’s seals:
Tang Luming; Tang sheng; Luming yin; and two others
“Frog on Iris” 哲鸢尾花图
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
85.5 1 x 34.3 cm. (35 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Inscription:
“Painted by Soga Sakonjiro Kiyu, Shōhaku.”
Artist’s seals:
Kodo; Soga Kiyu; Shōhaku
Provenance:
Yanagi Takashi, Kyoto
“Sounds of the Countryside” 鄉音 图
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
46.0 x 65.0 cm. (18 1/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
Inscription:
“‘Sounds of the Countryside.’ At the Hall of No Splendor, Youfu.”
Artist’s seal:
Jia
Provenance:
the artist