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KAMISAKA SEKKA (1866-1942)
AND BAN MASAOMI (1855-1931)
Taisho (1912-1926) or
Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and
colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting a
stem of blossoming white chrysanthemums
by Kamisaka Sekka, beneath a waka poem
by Ban Masaomi in praise of the flowers’
peerless, timely beauty and fragrance: Iro
to ii / ka to ii niou / toki to ii / yo ni tagui naki
/ shiragiku no hana; signed Masatomi and
Sekka hitsu (Brushed by Sekka) and sealed
Sekka; with a wood tomobako storage box
inscribed and signed Waka san Masaomi
Daijin shiragiku Sekka hitsu (Waka poem by
Master Masaomi, white chrysanthemums
brushed by Sekka) and sealed Sekka.
Overall: 186cm x 34cm (80¾in x 14in);
image: 113.5cm x 26.6cm
(44 5/8in x 10½in). (2).

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

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KAMISAKA SEKKA (1866-1942)
Taisho (1912-1926) or
Showa (1926-1989) era,
early/mid-20th century
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), colours
on silk in silk mounts, depicting a branch of
flowering plum, patches of moss on the bark
rendered in tarashikomi (pooling) technique;
signed Sekka hitsu (Brushed by Sekka) and
sealed Sekka; with a wood tomobako storage
box inscribed and signed Hakubai zu Sekka
hitsu (Painting of white plum brushed by
Sekka) and sealed Sekka.
Overall: 205cm x 35.5cm (80¾in x 14in);
image: 113cm x 27cm (44½in x 10 5/8in). (2).

£1,800 - 2,500
JPY260,000 - 360,000
US$2,400 - 3,300

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