Edo period, 18th centuryPair of two-panel folding screens Ink, colors, gofun and gold leaf on paperEach 170 by 165 cm The term karamono is used to define ceramic, carvel lacquerware, furniture, bronzes and other decorative items imported from China. They became highly prized as imported curios, used in Japan as kazari - display items - and even the shōgun would install karamono in his chamber (zashiki) and invite members of the court and clergy to view them. Often karamono have been copied by Japanese craftsmen, so shapes from Chinese bronzes and porcelain have been used in Japan for...
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Half mask for samurai armorLate Edo period (1615 - 1867)-19th centurySigned: MunechikaMyōchin school The severe expression and the lack of wrinkles denotes the ryubu, or "martial". typology.
Otagaki Rengetsu(1791-1875)Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) Maple tree leavesHanging scroll, ink on paper80 by 22.5 cm (mount 165 x 30) The painting, by Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) signed and sealed, represents two maple tree leaves accompanied by a poem about the read leaves themselves. The calligraphy is flowing elegant and refined, windingly written, as typical of Rengetsu’s style. The poem reads:The bloodfrom swords that battledseen in the red leavesof deep autumnhere in the Miyoshino mountains.Poet, calligrapher, painter and potter, Otagaki Rengetsu was a Japanese...
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