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KOGAN GENGEI (1748-1841) AND TANAKA TAISEKI (ACTIVE
LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Three ink Paintings
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Hanging scrolls painted in ink on paper, the first depicting a reclining
bull / in the form of an enso, with inscription and sealed Kogan and
another seal; the second a calligraphy with the characters Shoryu,
signed Nanajusano Taiseki and sealed Genchodo and Kokeshi, and
another seal; the third depicting Hotei seated and leaning against his
treasure sack, bearing an illegible seal
13 7/8 x 19 5/8in (35.3 x 49.8cm); 49 5/8 x 10 1/8in (126.1 x
25.7cm); 25 x 11in (63.5 x 27.9cm)
$1,500 - 2,000
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NAKAHARA NANTEMBO (1839-1925)
One-Stroke Daruma with Zen Inscription
Taisho (1912-1926) era, circa 1920
Hanging scroll, ink on paper in silk mounts, depicting the outline
of Daruma, founder of Zen Buddhism, seated in meditation before
a wall, beneath an inscription Menpeki no soshi no sugata wa
Yamashiro no Yawata no hata no uri ka nasubi ka (When he faced
the wall, did our founder not look just like a melon or an eggplant
growing in the Yawata fields of Yamashiro?); signed Hachijuichi-o
Nantenbo Toju (Nantenbo Toju, aged 81); sealed at the beginning
and end of the inscription Nantenbo, Hakugaikutsu and Toju; sealed
within the painting with a skull-shaped seal and another reading Toju

50 x 11 5/8in (127 x 29.5cm)
$1,000 - 1,500

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