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987

HON'AMI KOETSU (1558-1637), WITH PAINTING
ATTRIBUTED TO TAWARAYA SOTATSU
Poem card (Shikishi): Bamboo and Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink, gold and silver on paper
7Ω x 17 in. (19.1 x 43.2 cm.)
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:
S. Yabumoto, Ltd., Tokyo.
Mathias Komor, New York, 20 May 1976.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
EXHIBITED:
Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, The Alsdorf Collection of
Japanese Paintings, 14 January-28 March 2004.
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Japanese Art from the Alsdorf
Collection, Gallery 273, 2 July-12 September 2004.
Delray Beach, Florida, The Morikami Museum and Japanese
Gardens, 3 October-31 December 2006.
LITERATURE:
S. Little, The Alsdorf Collection of Japanese Paintings, Honolulu
Academy of Arts, Honolulu, 2003, p. 20-21, no. 10.

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988

HON'AMI KOETSU (1558-1637), WITH PAINTING
ATTRIBUTED TO TAWARAYA SOTATSU
Poem card (Shikishi): Pine Trees and Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink, gold and silver on paper
6.4/5 x 7.4/5 in. (17.3 x 19.8 cm.)
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:
Duke Konoe Family Collection, Osaka.
S. Yabumoto, Ltd., Tokyo.
Shirley Day Ltd., London, 10 July 1978.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
EXHIBITED:
London, Shirley Day and Barling of Mount Street Ltd., Poem
Paintings, 29 November-13 December 1977.
Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, The Alsdorf Collection of
Japanese Paintings, 14 January-28 March 2004.
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Japanese Art from the Alsdorf
Collection, Gallery 273, 2 July-12 September 2004.
Delray Beach, Florida, The Morikami Museum and Japanese
Gardens, 3 October-31 December 2006.
LITERATURE:
Takeuchi, Melinda, Poem Paintings, Shirley Day and Barling of
Mount Street Ltd., London, 1977, p. 18-19 and cover.
Koetsu-sho Sotatsu kin-gin dei-e, Kokka-sha, Tokyo, 1978, no. 51.
S. Little, The Alsdorf Collection of Japanese Paintings, Honolulu 988
Academy of Arts, Honolulu, 2003, p. 18-19, no. 9.

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