Hotei Japanese Prints catalog autumn 2014

27. Kawase Hasui 川 瀬 巴 水 (1883-1957)
Snow at Tsukushima, from the series Twenty views of Tokyo.
Published by Watanabe Shôzaburô in 1930. Signed Hasui,
with seal: Sui. Ôban.
Fine impression, colour and condition.
28. Kawase Hasui 川 瀬 巴 水 (1883-1957)
Starry night, Miyajima. From the series Souvenirs of travel,
third series. Published by Watanabe Shôzaburô in 1928.
Signed Hasui, with seal: Sui. Ôban.
Fine impression, colour and condition.
Paintings
All measurements give the image size excluding the mount
29. Katsukawa Shunrin 勝 川 春 林 (act. 1784-1800)
An ukiyo-e style painting on silk by one of Shunsho’s
pupils, showing two beauties on the veranda of a tea
house. Signed: Katsu Shunrin, with seal reading ‘Superb
painting by Shunrin’, c. 1792. Image size 27.5 x 78.7 cm.
Formerly in the collection of the well known Shiga collector
Shibata Genshichi active in the late Meiji and Taishô periods. It
carries a tag of the Kyoto National Museum where it was once
exhibited. A stylistically similar painting can be found in the
MFA, Boston (a triptych), with the same signature and seal. See
Morse, Drama and desire, Japanese paintings from the Floating World
1690-1850, pl. 35, p. 134-35.
30. Sakai Hoitsu 酒 井 抱 一 (1761-1828)
A pair of paintings on silk of spring and autumn flowers.
Each signed Hoitsu plus seal.
Old box, with authentification by Kohitsu Ryôshin (1876-1953) the
last generation of a famous family of Kyoto connoisseurs, dated 1933.
31. Fukuda Hankô 福 田 半 香 (1804-1864)
A large snow landscape painted in sumi and slight colour
on silk, in nanga style. Signed: Hankô Fukuda sha, dated
1846. Image size 86 x 176 cm.
Box signed, guaranteed by Tachika Chikuson (1864-1922), an
important Kyoto nanga artist.
32. Anonymous
A painting on silk of the bay of Nagasaki showing a large
ship anchored in front of Deshima, the fan-shaped Dutch
trading post, c. 1860. Seal in bottom right corner (unread).
Image size 38 x 116 cm.
33. Hashimoto Seisui 橋 本 静 水 (1876-1943)
An enormous painting on silk titled on the box Hakusa
seishô, white sand and green pines. Signed Seisui. Image
size 83 x 198 cm.
With original inside box and deluxe lacquered outer box. This
painting was exhibited at the 1914 Inten exhibition. It was shown
again in the Shiga Museum of Art in 1999, when prize winners of
previous Inten exhibitions were shown. See Taishoki saiko inten no
kagayaki, Shiga Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 2009.
34. Watanabe Seitei 渡 辺 省 亭 (1851-1918)
A painting on silk of swimming carp among water plants.
Signed Seitei with seal. Image size 49 x 125 cm.
Original box, signed and sealed by the artist.
35. Watanabe Seitei 渡 辺 省 亭 (1851-1918)
A triptych consisting of three paintings, the two outer
ones depicting wisteria and the central panel numerous
small turtles. Each signed and sealed by the artist. Image
size 41 x 108 cm each.
Original signed and sealed triple box.
36. Otani Kubutsu 大 谷 句 仏 (1875-1943)
A large painting on paper of a crane, with calligraphy in
gold ink. Signed and sealed by the artist. Image size 47 x
141 cm.
Original box.
37. Fujii Tatsukichi 藤 井 達 吉 (1884-1961)
Mountainous landscape, painting on paper. Artist seal in
right bottom corner. Image size 60 x 91 cm.
Original box.
38. Ushida Keison 牛 田 雞 村 (1890-1976)
A two panel screen showing geese in flight against a
landscape with pine trees and temples, c. 1930. Sumi on
paper. Dim. 72 cm (h) x 165 cm (w)
Born in Kanagawa prefecture. He was a student of Matsumoto
Fûko (1840-1923). Together with Hayami Gyoshû (1894-1935),
Omoda Seiju (1891-1933) and Imamura Shikô (1880-1916)
founded the Sekiyôkai in 1914. The group disbanded in 1916 after
the death of Shikô. After the war, he stopped entering works into
competitive exhibitions and was involved in stage designs for
traditional Kyoto dance performances
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