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SHIBATA ZESHIN 柴田是真 (1807–1891)
URUSHI-E (LACQUER PAINTING) OF MUSHROOM-GATHERING
IN AUTUMN FIELDS
秋野辺茸図漆絵掛軸
Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1884

An urushi-e painting mounted as a hanging scroll, depicting two
branches of maple from which hangs a slender twig threaded with
three varieties of mushroom, a silver tea kettle suspended by a cord
from the lower branch over a fire of twigs laid in the hollow of a rock,
smoke rising from the fire, curling maple and other leaves, and pine
needles, the painting executed in a wide range of urushi-e and maki-e
colours and finishes, the rocks richly textured; signed in black urushi-e
at lower right Gyōnen nanajūhachi-ō Tairyūkyo Zeshin 行年七十八翁
對柳居是真 (Tairyūkyo Zeshin, aged 78) with seal Koma 古満

Overall: 176cm × 42cm (69¼in × 16½in)
Image: 81cm × 27cm (31⅞in × 10⅝in)

With fitted wood tomobako inscribed outside Zeshin-ō kōyō no
kinokogari urushi-e tatefuku 是真翁紅葉之茸狩 漆絵立幅 (A vertical
hanging scroll urushi-e painting of mushroom-gathering in autumn,
by the venerable Zeshin) and inscribed inside the lid Urushi-e tatefuku
mezurashiku maki-e gihō moromoro ni mochii kasaku Yoshiie Suisekitei
denrai shinseki sōinaki mono nari hachijūkyū-ō Shōji Hōshin kanshiki
漆絵立幅珍らしく蒔絵技法諸々に用ひ佳作 吉家水石亭 伝来 真蹟
相違なき者也 八十九翁庄司芳真鑒識 (Vertical hanging scroll urushi-e
painting, a masterpiece executed using various maki-e techniques,
handed down in the Yoshiie Suisekitei family, beyond question an
authentic work, examined and inscribed by Hōshin, aged 89) with
seals Koma 古満 and Hōshin 芳真; fitted outer wood storage box (3)

Provenance:
Yoshiie Family, Suisekitei Collection
吉家家（水石亭）旧藏
Misumi Hisashi Collection
三隅悠 旧蔵
Sold in these Rooms, 10 November 2015, lot 9
Exhibited:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2017–2018

Exhibited and Published:
Nezu Bijutsukan (Nezu Museum) 2012, cat. no. 125
£30,000 - 50,000
JPY3,900,000 - 6,500,000
US$36,000 - 61,000

The present lot is believed to be Zeshin’s only extant large-scale
urushi-e depiction of this subject, but for a treatment in more standard
lacquering techniques, compare lot 18 in the present catalogue.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. A ROYAL COLLECTION | 33