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KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889) HIDEYO SAKAI DOITSU (1845-1913)
AND KAWANABE KYOSUI (1868-1935) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th century
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 1880s late 19th/early 20th century Pair of kakejiku (vertical hanging scrolls), ink
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and and colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting
colours on paper in silk mounts, depicting colours on paper in silk mounts, depicting a spring and autumn flowers: on the right-hand
Okame or Otafuku (Goddess of Mirth) in a moonlit scene from Genji Monogatari (The scroll tanpopo (dandelions), sugina (field
roundel above an oni (demon) below holding Tale of Genji); signed Hideyo ga (Painted by horsetails), sumire (violets), taisei (woad), and
his hat over his head to protect himself from Hideyo) and sealed; with a wood storage kemanso (bleeding heart); on the left-hand
beans thrown by the goddess at New Year; box. Overall: 123cm x 71cm (48 3/8in x 28in); scroll aoi (mallow), hagi (bush clover), nogiku
signed to the right of Otafuku Kyosui with seal image: 40.7cm x 59.8cm (16in x 23½in). (2). (aster), and fujibakama (thoroughwort); each
and signed and sealed Kyosai to the left of the signed Uge Doitsu hitsu (Brushed by Uge
oni; with a wood storage box. £800 - 1,000 Doitsu) and sealed Doitsu gain (Painting seal
Overall: 156cm x 30cm (61¾in x 11¾in); JPY120,000 - 150,000 of Doitsu); with a wood storage box.
image: 74cm x 20cm (29 1/8in x 7 7/8in). (2). US$1,000 - 1,300 Overall: 187.5cm x 60cm (73¾in x 23 3/8in);
image: 109cm x 41.3cm (42 7/8in x 16¼in). (3).
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY360,000 - 440,000 £3,000 - 5,000
US$3,300 - 3,900 JPY440,000 - 730,000
US$3,900 - 6,500
Here Kyosai, aided by his daughter Kyosui,
who is recorded as having exhibited her work For this artist, please refer to the footnote
as early as 1885, deftly depicts a subject to lot 243.
more often associated with his great rival
and contemporary, the lacquerer and painter
Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891). An exhibition
featuring both father and daughter was held at
the Tokyo Fuji Museum from
1 April–24 June 2018.

Ilustrated on page 151.

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