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PAINTED HANGING SCROLLS
Various Properties
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ARTIST UNKNOWN CHO GESSHO (1772-1832)
Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th/18th century Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll) in yokomono (horizontal) format, ink Pair of kakejiku (vertical hanging scrolls); ink and colours on silk in silk
and colours on gold-washed paper in silk mounts, depicting Prince mounts, depicting a variety of birds and plants including pheasant,
Genji peeping through a blind at the young Oborozukiyo (‘Misty parrots, mandarin and other ducks, owls, crows, pine, peonies,
Moonlit Night’), from Chapter 8, Hana no en (The Festival of the Cherry mallows, Chinese bellflowers, and violets; the right-hand scroll with
Blossoms) of the tenth-century novel Genji monogatari (The Tale of seals Yuki and Sada(?), with two further seals Yukisada and Genkei at
Genji); with a wooden storage box. Overall: 123cm x 61cm (48 3/8in x top right; the left-hand scroll with seals Yukisada and Genkei, signed
24in); image: 28.5cm x 41.5cm (11¼in x 16 3/8in). (2). Gessho hitsu, accompanied by a wooden tomobako storage box
inscribed Gessho hitsu Kacho nifukutsui (Pair of hanging scrolls of
£800 - 1,000 birds and flowers by Cho Gessho) and a certificate of authenticity with
JPY120,000 - 150,000 the seal of a member of the Kohitsu lineage of fine-art appraisers.
US$1,100 - 1,300 Each overall: 202cm x 72cm (79½in x 28 3/8in),
image: 116cm x 55.8cm (45 5/8in x 22in). (4).

£2,000 - 2,500
JPY300,000 - 370,000
US$2,600 - 3,300

Born in Omi Province, Cho Gessho (also called Yukisada) studied in
Kyoto with Matsumura Goshun, moved to Nagoya and was briefly
assistant to Nagasawa Rosetsu before the latter’s untimely death in
1799. Gessho remained in Nagoya and established a significant local
reputation for his bird-and-flower paintings in a Chinese-inflected style,
as well as for his book illustration. His work was praised by no less an
artist than Tani Buncho.

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