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OGATA GEKKO (1859-1920)
Pilgrimage to the Sumiyoshi Shrine
Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1902
A Kakejiku in ink and colour on silk, in silk mounts, depicting Akazoe
Uemon on horseback accompanied by her retainers riding past a cedar
grove on a pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi Shrine, inscribed Meiji sanjugonen
mizunoe-tora kito (The twelfth month, 1902), signed Gekko with two
seals and; with double wood tomobako storage boxes inscribed outside
the inner box Oe no Takachika Ason Sumiyoshi moude no zu (Picture of
pilgrimage to the Sumiyoshi Shrine for Oe no Takachika Ason), inscribed
inside the lid Yoshiie Taiga no koshoku (Respectfully commissioned
by Yoshiie Taiga), signed Gekko with a seal, the lid of the outer box
inscribed Gekko ga, Sumiyoshi moude no zu.
Overall: 223cm x 73cm (87 13/16in x 28¾in);
image: 147cm x 50.5cm (57 7/8in x 19 7/8in). (3).
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY390,000 - 580,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

The painting depicts a scene from the famous story of Oe no
Takachika, a court noble in Heian period, who fell ill with little hope for
recovery, and how his mother Akazome Emon stayed in the Sumiyoshi
Shrine for a consecutive seven days praying for her son’s recovery.
The Yoshiie family were well-known collectors living at Ushigome-ku,
Ichigaya, Nakanocho 38, Tokyo, see Joe Earle, Treasures of Imperial
Japanese: Shibata Zeshin, London, Kibo Foundation, 1996, cat.no.27.
Illustrated on page 181.

303 *
ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Beauty with a Skull
Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll) in ink and colour on paper, in silk mounts,
depicting a beauty with a rueful expression seated in a camellia-
patterned kimono and cherry blossom-pattered obi (sash) seated
against a skull, a four-line poem by Hanko detailing the decline of her
family above, signed Shinsui with a seal Shinsui;
with a plain wood storage box.
Overall: 192cm x 61cm (75 5/8in x 24in);
image 118cm x 42cm (42½in x 16½in). (2).
£3,500 - 4,000
JPY680,000 - 780,000
US$4,600 - 5,200
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YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)
Sun, Moon, and Mount Fuji
Taisho era (1912-1926), dated 1916
Three kakejiku (hanging scrolls) forming a triptych, in ink and colour
on silk, in silk mounts: the right scroll depicting the orange-red sun
rising from trailing grey clouds on a New Year’s Day; the middle scroll
depicting Mount Fuji looming in the distance with a cedar grove in
the foreground; the left scroll depicting the lucent full moon above a
misty blue haze; the right and left scrolls signed Hiroshi with a round
seal Yoshida Hiroshi no in, the middle scroll signed Hiroshi with a seal
Hakuho; with a tomobako wood storage box, signed Hiroshi with a
round seal, an inscription inside the lid records that the painting was
based on the Emperor’s chosen theme for the 1916 New Year’s Day,
Kikoku iwai (Festive Song for Our Nation) and presented to Mr Iwai.
Each overall: 221cm x 63cm (87in x 24 13/16in);
image: 124cm x 42cm (48 13/16in x 16½in). (4).
£5,000 - 6,000
JPY970,000 - 1,200,000
303 US$6,500 - 7,900

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