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ARIWARA KOGAN (1829-1922)
Meiji era (1868-1912), dated circa 1904
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and
colours on paper in silk mounts with ivory
jikusaki, depicting scenes from Yatsuhashi
(The Eight-Span Bridge), Episode 9 of Ise
monogatari (The Tales of Ise): the lovelorn
poet-courtier Ariwara no Narihira, his retinue
in attendance, seated beneath a pine tree at
the edge of a marsh composing his famous
poem on irises; signed Gyonen nanajuroku
Koganso Arihara Shigehisa (Koganso Arihara
Shigehisa, aged 76), and sealed Shi-ge-hi-sa;
with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed
and signed Ise monogatari Yatsuhashi Meiji
yonjuyonen natsubi gyonen hachijusan
koganso Arihara Shigetoshi shi (The Eightfold
Bridge from Tales of Ise, recorded in 1911 at
the age of 83 by Arihara Shigetoshi)
and sealed Kogan.
Overall: 230cm x 86cm (90½in x 33¾in);
image: 153cm x 70cm (60¼in x 27½in). (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
Ariwara Kogan (original family name:
Shigehisa) trained in the traditional Japanese
polychrome style under painters of the
Sumiyoshi and Tosa lineages before setting
up as an independent artist in 1873, exhibiting
at the Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai (Domestic
Industrial Promotion Exhibitions) of 1884 and
1890 and carrying out many commissions for
the Imperial Household Agency. He is noted
for his revival of the Tosa style and for his
influence on the next generation of celebrated
history painters, whose work dominated the
national salon in the early twentieth century.
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KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889)
Edo period (1615-1868)
or Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1860-1889
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and
colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting
Daikoku (God of Wealth), Otafuku (Goddess
of Mirth), and a shojo (drunken spirit); signed
Shojo Kyosai and sealed twice;
with a wood storage box.
Overall: 162cm x 53cm (63¾in x 20 7/8in);
image: 72cm x 33cm (28 3/8in x 13in). (2).

£3,500 - 5,500
JPY510,000 - 800,000
US$4,600 - 7,200

The famously eccentric late-Edo-period and
Meiji-era artist Kawanabe Kyosai was adept
in several different painting styles including
the lively and humorous Shijo-school figural
manner seen here.

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