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SUMIYOSHI HIROSADA (HIROTSURA,
1793-1863), AFTER FUJIWARA
NOBUZANE (1176-1265)
Edo period (1615-1868), 1838
Kakejiku (hanging scroll); ink, colours and gold
on silk in silk mounts, depicting Fugen, the
Bodhisattva of Universal Virtue, seated on a
six-tusked white elephant with the protecting
deities Tamonten and Jikokuten above, the
subordinate bodhisattvas Yakuo and Yuse on
either side of the elephant, and ten Rasetsunyo
(female guardian demons), four around and six
below Fugen, the deities individually labelled,
signed Nobuzane Ason shinpitsu Sumiyoshi
Hirosada mosu (A painting from the hand
of Nobuzane Ason, copied by Sumiyoshi
Hirosada), with a seal, the marginal inscriptions
dated Tenpo tsuchinoe-inu natsu rokugatsu
(1838, sixth month).
Overall: 182cm X 66cm (71 5/8in x 26in),
image: 97cm x 48cm (38 3/16in x 18 7/8).
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,100 - 2,800
Provenance
According to the current owner, this painting
was displayed in the Chinese style decorated
boiserie (study) of Villa Vitiano situated in the
Tuscan countryside of Chianti since the late
19th century when it was owned by the Moriani
family. This painting as well as the villa was
subsequently sold to Raffaello Landini (father
of the current owner) in 1953 where it has
remained in his family before being offered here.

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