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KAKEJIKU (HANGING SCROLLS)
AND OTHER PAINTINGS
Various Properties
(Lots 281-304)
281
ANONYMOUS
Amida Raigo (Descent of Amitabha Buddha)
Kamakura (1185-1333)
or Muromachi period (1333-1573), 14th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, colour, and gold on silk, depicting Amida
descending from heaven on a double-lotus pedestal, the hands in the
raigo (welcoming) mudra: the right arm raised with the hand facing
outward and the thumb and forefinger touching (symbolizing wisdom),
unsigned; with a futomaki, double wood storage boxes, and a custom-
made wood glazed frame. Overall: 181cm x 73cm (71¼in x 28¾in);
image: 117.5cm x 53.5cm (42 3/8in x 21 1/16in);
frame: 195cm x 89cm x 7.5cm (76¾in x 35 7/16in). (5).
£3,000 - 5,000
JPY580,000 - 970,000
US$3,900 - 6,500
282 *
NAGASAWA ROSETSU (1754-1799)
Horned owl
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), in ink and slight colour on paper, depicting
an autumnal moonlit scene of a mimizuku (horned owl) perched on the
top of a cliff, the full moon in the distance, signed Rosetsu with two
seals Nagasawa and Gyo, a two-line inscription by the Bunjinga artist
Minagawa Kien (1734-1807), signed Sessai with a seal Sessai, and a
seal at the top right, with two collector’s seals at the bottom right;
with a plain wood storage box.
Overall: 194cm x 47cm (76 3/8in x 18½in);
image: 125cm x 29cm (49 3/16in x 11 3/8in). (2).

£5,000 - 6,000
JPY970,000 - 1,200,000
US$6,500 - 7,900
Compare another painting by the artist depicting an owl in the
moonlight, illustrated by John M. Rosenfield and Shujiro Shimada,
Traditions of Japanese Art: Selections from the Kimiko and
John Powers Collection, p.221, no.88, Fogg Art Museum,
Harvard University, 1970.

283 *
NAKAMURA HOCHU (CIRCA 1755-1819)
Begging Monks
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper, in silk mounts, depicting a
winding procession of smiling mendicant monks holding alms bowls
led by the chief monk at the front holding a gnarled cane tied with
a gourd, at the top a monk stepping out of the procession to fix
his broken straw sandals, signed Hochu kore wo utusu with a seal
Tatsutatsu; with an inscribed wood storage box.
Overall: 153cm x 42cm (60¼in x 16½in);
image: 115cm x 35cm (45¼in x 13¾in). (2).

£10,000 - 12,000
JPY1,900,000 - 2,300,000
US$13,000 - 16,000
Exhibited and Published:
Chiba City Museum of Art, Korin o shitau Nakamura Hochu (Hochu
Meets Korin), exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Unsodo, 2014, p.151,
cat.no.152.
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