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                                                                    A DAILY LIFE JAPANESE PAINTING
                                                                    Ink and colors on silk. Japan, Meiji or Showa period
                                                                    Depicting a leisure daily life scene, with men and women
                                                                    enjoying food and music, the open shoji sliding doors
                                                                    revealing a pine tree, a cabin and the moon. Framed.
                                                                    SIZE mounting 95.5 x 66.5 CM

                                                                    Condition: Good age-related condition, stains and two
                                                                    medium tears on the right upper part and edge - the
                                                                    frame with flaking paint and chips, the back damaged
                                                                    Provenance: From an Austrian private collection
                                                                    Estimate EUR 100,-
                                                                    Starting price EUR 50,-


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                                                                    A YOKOMONO OF A LAKE AND MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
                                                                    Yokomono painting with ink on paper. Japan, 19  century
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                                                                    This work shows bushes on a steep slope and a view of a
                                                                    boat with a man in it, as well as the roofs of a fishing village
                                                                    in front of a steep cliff. A subtle contrast is formed by a group
                                                                    of black birds flying into the distance. The painting is from the
                                                                    Kano school. Red seal in the lower right corner. Mounted with
                                                                    silk and silk brocade, ivory jirusaki. Wooden box.

                                                                    SIZE image 43 x 49 CM, SIZE mounting 131 x 61 CM
                                                                    Condition: Good condition, subtle crease folds are visible
                                                                    Provenance: From a German private collection

                                                                    Estimate EUR 500,-                                                                                                          80
                                                                    Starting price EUR 250,-                                                                                                    A TATEMONO OF A MAN DRUNK ON SAKE
                                                                                                                                                                                                Tatemono painting with ink on paper. Japan,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                19  century
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                                                                    A KAKEMONO BY BAIDO OF FIVE BOYS AND A                                                                                      This bearded drunk could be the sage
                                                                    SCROLL                                                                                                                      Toyenmai, a poet and great drunkard from
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                                                                    Kakemono painting with colors on silk. Japan, 19                 78                                                         ancient times. But he could also be an
                                                                    century                                                          KANO CHIKANOBU:            79                              immortal, gleefully strolling around and
                                                                                                                                     LONG-ARMED MONKEY          A TAIZAN SCHOOL TATEMONO        carrying a hyoten bottle gourd containing the
                                                                    The heads and faces of the boys are very lively and              Ink painting on paper. Japan,   OF A KINGFISHER AND LOTUS  elixir of life on his head. Inscrition in sosho
                                                                    executed in the style of ukiyoe painting. All heads are          17  / early 18  century    Tatemono painting with ink on paper.   calligraphy and two red seals in the upper
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                                                                    bald except for one. One boy is sitting at a table with two                                 Japan, 19  century              part of the image. Signature and red seal on
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                                                                    cans. Another is pretending to paint on the scroll, like a       Depiction of a long-armed                                  the bottom left. Mounted with paper and silk
                                                                    child imitates adult activities. Another boy is studying the     monkey. A characteristic Zen   The kingfisher, flying over a lotus plant,   brocade, wooden jikusaki (one piece missing).
                                                                    character Koto 䏜 on the scroll, which refers to a type           ink painting depicting a gibbon   is painted with minimal yet very accurate
                                                                    of Japanese zither. The boy holding up the scroll is also        grasping for a reflection of the   strokes. The pond or lake is left to the   SIZE image 57.7 x 29 CM,
                                                                    holding a large leaf-shaped fan. Signature BAI-DO 㠭 Ⲟ            moon. A small, magnificent ink   viewer’s imagination. Signature TAI-  SIZE mounting 141.3 x 31 CM
                                                                    hitsu 䫮 and two red seals on the right. Baido Asana lived        painting done on paper, some   ZAN IN HO-GEN 㲘 Ⱉ 昊 㱽 䛤 and seal
                                                                    from 1816 to 1880 and also made colored woodblock                minor condition. Old mounting as   Taizan´in, In, meaning ‘school’, at the   Condition: Traces of age and wear, the upper
                                                                    prints. Mounted with silk and silk brocade with gold,            hanging scroll.            bottom. Mounte on paper with gold and   part with small holes - crease folds are visible
                                                                    ivory jikusaki.                                                                             brocade, wooden jikusaki. Wooden box   Provenance: From a German private collection
                                                                                                                                     SIZE image 90.5 x 25 CM,   with inscription about the signature as
                                                                    SIZE image 42.5 x 66.7 CM,                                       LENGTH scroll 170 x 33 CM   well as the motifs of kingfisher and lotus.  Estimate EUR 300,-
                                                                    SIZE mounting 133 x 77.5 CM                                                                                                 Starting price EUR 150,-
                                                                                                                                     Condition: Age-related condition;   SIZE image 94.5 x 29.7 CM, SIZE
                                                                    Condition: Slight damaged paper, silk loss and subtle            staining                   mounting 136 x 32 CM
                                                                    stains - painting in good condition                              Provenance: From an European
                                                                    Provenance: From an Austrian private collection                  private collection         Condition: Good condition, minor
                                                                                                                                                                staining; mounting with losses
                                                                    Estimate EUR 500,-                                               Estimate EUR 500,-         Provenance:
                                                                    Starting price EUR 250,-                                         Starting price EUR 250,-   From a German private collection

                                                                                                                                                                Estimate EUR 300,-
                                                                                                                                                                Starting price EUR 150,-




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