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IMAMURA SHIKO (1880-1916) TOMIOKA TESSAI (1837-1924)
Birds in a Pussy Willow Fushimi Dolls
Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th century Taisho era (1912-1926), 1915
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colors on silk in silk mounts, depicting Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colors on paper in silk mounts,
three birds on a branch of a slender pussy willow, signed and sealed at depicting two Fushimi dolls, one of Hotei (god of wealth) and the other
lower left Shiko a standing female figure, with an inscription at top right identifying
Overall 46 x 16in (117 x 41cm); image 75 x 23 1/4in (190 x 59cm) them as clay dolls from Fushimi, signed and sealed at lower left Tessai
$4,000 - 5,000 With a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed Fushimi deku zu
(Picture of Fushimi dolls); dated inside Taisho yonen shichigatsu (July
307 1915) and signed Daikan Tessai
OGATA GEKKO (1859-1920) Overall 87 x 19 1/8 in (221 x 48cm); image 52 x 11 7/8in (132 x 30cm)
Courtesan Admiring an Embroidered Ball
Taisho era (1912-1926), 1915 $2,000 - 3,000
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colors on silk in silk mounts, depicting
a courtesan seated with her left arm resting on the end of a lacquered Molded from clay, fired at a low temperature, and painted in brilliant
table looking up at a kusudama (embroidered ball decoration), signed colors, Fushimi deku or ningyo (dolls) have been a popular shrine
at middle right Gekko and sealed Kagyoro souvenir since the late sixteenth century; Charles Lang Freer, the great
With a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed Ogata Gekko American collector of Asian art, purchased one of Hotei in 1899, see
hitsu dayu kusudama o miru zu (Picture of a courtesan viewing a https://asia.si.edu/object/F1899.20/. Tessai’s light-hearted depiction of
kusudama), dated Showa tsuchinoto-hitsuji rokugatsu chukan (mid- Hotei and a courtesan, both favorite subjects for Fushimi dolls, draws
June 1979), signed and sealed Kimura Tosuke (art dealer, 1901-1992) on a Kyoto painting tradition that dates back to Ito Jakuchu (1716-
77 1/2 x 21 3/4in (197 x 55cm); image 42 1/2 x 15in (108 x 38cm) 1800).
$3,000 - 5,000
A newspaper illustrator, woodblock print artist, and design of lacquer
and ceramics as well as a virtually self-taught painter, Ogata Gekko
gained entry to the official art world in 1891, becoming a member of
the Nihon Seinen Kaiga Kyokai (Japan Young Artists’ Association).
He joined the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Academy) on its formation
in 1898 and also established an international reputation, showing his
work at the Chicago (1893) and Paris (1900) expositions.
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