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ARTIST UNKNOWN
123 Portrait of Jakuren Hoshi
72 | BONHAMS Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Framed and glazed, ink, colours and gold on silk, depicting the
celebrated priest-poet Jakuren (1139-1202) seated holding a suehiro
fan beneath and beside his famous poem:
Kazuragi ya takama no sakura sakinikeri Tatsuta no oku
ni kakaru shirakumo
かづらぎや たかまの桜 さきにけり たつたのおくに か々るしら雲
(In the mountains of Kazuragi cherry trees are now in full bloom looking
like white banks of cloud over Tatsuta River).
Overall: 40.5cm x 38.8cm (16in x 15¼in);
image: 30cm x 28.5cm (11¾in x 11¼in).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

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AN OCTAGONAL WOOD TORO (PORTABLE LANTERN)
Style of Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875),
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1871
Each side inserted with a silk panel, painted with a continuous scene of
lotus leaves and flowers, the text of a poem alluding to spring allegedly
written by the artist, spread across five panels, the sixth panel with
the signature Rengetsu hachijusai (Rengetsu at the age of 80); with a
wood storage box inscribed Rengetsu uta toro (Lantern with poems by
Rengetsu), the inside of the lid inscribed Honshichi Ishiyama Ichimatsu,
the sides with inscriptions and the same poem on the lantern.
25.5cm x 18.2cm (10in x 7 1/8in). (2).

£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,600

The poem reads:
Ikade waga /mune no hachisu mo / kaku bakari / hirake somenaba /
ureshikaramashi Hachijusai
If somehow the lotus in my breast, too
would open like these budding [flowers]
how happy I would be. Age 80

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