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TAKI KATEI (1830-1901)
CRANE AND BAMBOO
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912),
second half of the 19th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and slight colours on paper in silk mounts
with ivory jikusaki (roller-ends), depicting a tanchozuru (red-crested
crane) and bamboo, with rocks and grasses in the foreground;
inscribed Seifu kokaku (Fresh breeze and tall crane) and signed and
sealed Katei, with a further undeciphered seal at lower left.
Overall: 209.5 x 51.2cm (82 1/2 x 20 1/8in);
image: 136 × 31.5cm (53 1/2 × 12 3/8in)
£800 - 1,000
JPY110,000 - 130,000
US$990 - 1,200
Taki Katei was a celebrated artist whose diversity and delicate skill with
the brush won him many admirers and assured him a place in several
international expositions. Neglected after his death, he is now better
known thanks to the groundbreaking research of Dr Rosina Buckland
(see her Painting Nature for the Nation: Taki Katei and the Challenges
to Sinophile Culture In Meiji Japan, Leiden, Brill, 2013). Remarkably, a
collection of his sketches (including another depiction of a red-crested
crane) is preserved in World Museum, Liverpool and is currently being
showcased there in a special exhibition Drawing on Nature:
Taki Katei’s Japan (4 October 2019-13 April 2020).
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KIKUCHI HOBUN (1862-1918)
CHERRY BLOSSOM AT SUNRISE
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and slight colours on silk in silk mounts,
depicting the trunk, branches, leaves and blossoms of an ancient
cherry tree beneath a faint sun, signed Hobun with a seal; with a wood
tomobako storage box inscribed outside Oka no zu (Picture of cherry
blossom); signed inside Hobun jidai (Inscribed in person by Hobun)
and sealed.
Overall: 211cm x 59cm (83in x 23¼in);
image: 121cm × 40.5cm (47 5/8in × 16in). (2).
£800 - 1,000
JPY110,000 - 130,000
US$990 - 1,200
Renowned for his skill in brushing atmospheric depictions of cherry
blossom, Kikuchi Hobun studied under Kono Bairei and went on
to become a prominent member of the Kyoto group of painters,
participating in several local exhibitions focused on artists working
in the Shijo tradition. From 1907, he was a regular exhibitor at the
Bunten official national exhibition and in 1917 he was appointed to the
order of Teishitsu Gigeiin (Artist-Craftsmen to the Imperial Household).

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KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889)
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1850-60
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and mineral colours on silk in silk mounts,
depicting an auspicious New Year’s Day scene with the rising sun,
mature pine trees and saplings, cranes, flowering plum and minogame
(busy-tailed tortoises) in and above a stream, signed Kyosai Toiku
Noriyuki ga (Painted by Kyosai Toiku Noriyuki) and sealed Kyosai;
with wood storage box.
Overall: 194cm x 64.7cm (76 3/8in x 25½in);
image: 105.6cm × 42.7cm (41½in × 16¾in). (2).
£3,000 - 4,000
JPY400,000 - 530,000
US$3,700 - 4,900
Kyosai assumed the name Toiku Noriyuki in 1849.
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