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TOMIOKA TESSAI (1836-1924)
Red Bamboo Leaves
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era,
late 19th/early 20th century
A fan-shaped painting mounted as a kakejiku (hanging scroll) in black
and red ink on paper, in silk mounts, depicting bamboo leaves in
bold and spontaneous red brush strokes, with an inscription Futo
so tanshin (Steadfastly guarding a straight heart that does not bend
like a bamboo) on the left, signed Tessai gaishi with two red seals;
accompanied with a certificate issued by the Tomioka Tessai Kantei
Iinkai (Tomioka Tessai Authentication Association) and a plain wood
storage box. Overall: 110cm x 72cm (43 5/16in x 28 3/8in);
image: 16.3cm x 51cm (6 3/8in x 20 1/16in). (3).
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY390,000 - 580,000
US$2,600 - 3,900
Illustrated and Published:
Tomioka Tessai shinseki shusei (Collection of Tomioka Tessai’s
Genuine Works), Osaka, Tomioka Tessai Kantei Iinkai, (Tomioka Tessai
Authentication Association), 2015, p.403, no.1993.

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IOKI BUNSAI (1863-1906)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
A large watercolour on paper, depicting three Shinto priests
descending the stairs in front of the Yomei Gate at Toshogu Shrine
in Nikko, each architectural element rendered in realistic detail; eight
doves foraging for food in the foreground; signed at the lower left
Bunsai Ioki Nikko. 67.2cm x 50cm (26½in x 19 5/8in).
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY290,000 - 390,000
US$2,000 - 2,600

Provenance:
By repute originally purchased by Francis Culling Carr-Gomm
(1834-1919) in Tokyo 1902.
An English private collection.

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KANO HOGAI (1828-1888)
Daruma
Meiji era (1868-1912), 1880s
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and slight colours on paper, in silk
mounts, depicting an imposing giant figure of Daruma, the founder of
Zen Buddhism, with seals Ka, no, Tadamichi no in (seal of Tadamichi);
with a plain wood storage box.
Overall: 263cm x 159.5cm (103½in x 62¾in);
image: 224cm x 128cm (88¼in x 50 3/8in).
£4,000 - 5,000
JPY780,000 - 970,000
US$5,200 - 6,500

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