Flowers
These scrolls show the Japanese artists immense skill with painting of flowers and will give a light feeling to a room. In some cases the flowers will represent Spring or Summer but rarely will you use a flower scroll in the winter unless you want to remind yourself of warmer days. In that case a riot of flowers will be the very thing to cheer your winter blues away.
The magnificent antique hand painted works of art show the Japanese style of painting at its very best. Some of these scrolls are very old and I have spent many years researching and locating the very best in genuine Antique Scrolls. In a few cases I have had scroll mounts restored on the scrolls where these have deteriorated, However the restoration has been done by professional Scroll restorers and the original paintings have not been altered in any way. I also make my own scrolls and these are in the modern scrolls section
A stunningly beautiful scroll suitable for Bonsai Display. Wild Duck & Iris 54x27 138x67.4 with Box £175
Bird on Kiku-Crysanthemum 1900 72.9x23.8 £195 Painted by Daiu
A very lovely scroll completely remounted with its own box
Ibis and Iris 1900 art nouveau style of painting1900 71.8x21.6 A very well painted scroll with a fine elegant hand. £190
Kusamono Scroll 46x22 A very rare scroll with a
Waka Poem. Used for display with a Bonsai
£165 includes box
Kusamono (literally "grass thing") and shitakusa (literally "undergrass") are a potted collection of plants designed to either be viewed in accompaniment with
a bonsai or alone. Normally the term kusamono is used when the planting is displayed as the centre of attention, while the term shitakusa is used for plantings that accompany bonsai displays. In contrast to under plantings (which are potted in with the bonsai), kusamono and shitakusa are displayed separately in special pots, driftwood, or even stones.Plants used are typically moss, grass, lichen, small flowers, bamboo, or bulbs, that may heighten the beauty or reflect a certain season. While traditionally in Japan, plants gathered from mountains contributed to the bulk of companion plantings, modern use has extended to more creative and artistic design.
Waka (和歌 literally "Japanese poem") or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. The term was coined during the Heian period, and was used to distinguish Japanese-language poetry from kanshi (poetry written in Chinese by Japanese poets), and later from renga.
The term waka originally encompassed a number of differing forms, principally tanka (短歌, "short poem") and chōka (長歌, "long poem"), but also including bussokusekika, sedōka (旋頭歌, "whirling head poem") and katauta (片歌, "poem fragment"). These last three forms, however, fell into disuse at the beginning of the Heian period, and chōka vanished soon afterwards. Thus, the term waka came in time to refer only to tank
Asagao To Sekirei: Morning Glory and Wagtail
72.7 x 23.7 Including the original Box by the Chinese artist. £210
The Morning Glory in Chinese Art, a story for lovers
The star-shaped morning glory is symbolic of a single day each year in which the Chinese lovers, Chien Niu and Chih Neu, are allowed to meet. According to Chinese lore, Chien Niu was a boy start who was entrusted to take care of water buffalo in the heavenly kingdom. A girl star named Chih Neu was put in charge of seamstress duties. They fell in love, and the romance caused them to neglect their duties. In anger, God forced the young lovers to be separated on both sides of the Silver River and allowed then to meet only once during the whole year. So having this painting represents a symbol for two people who are in love but with the reminder that they need to find time for their responsibilities to their work, family and home.
The morning glory is aptly named, as the flower blooms in the morning and dies by the afternoon. The flowers are funnel-shaped and prefer full sun. Morning glories will grow in poor, dry soil. They are a vine flower and are highly useful for trellises where they reduce the heating and cooling costs of buildings.
Ancient and Modern Uses of Morning Glories
Morning glories are known in China for their medicinal properties. The
seeds are said to have a laxative effect. Large amounts of the seeds can
also be hallucinogenic.
The water morning glory, also known as water spinach or swamp cabbage, can be eaten like lettuce.
In ancient Mesopotamia, morning glory juice was used in combination with substance from the Castilla elastica tree to make a bouncing rubber ball over 3,000 years ago.
The wagtails form the passerine bird genus Motacilla.
They are small birds with long tails which they wag frequently.
Motacilla, the root of the family and genus name, means moving tail
There are three species in China, Korea and Japan however generally
there are two that live in China, the
Japanese Wagtail Motacilla
grandis
and the
Shobu-Iris This is a superb top quality Scroll. It is museum quality. late 19th Century
Size
Price £495. with original artists signed box
Ume by Katsuhikp with its artists Box:
Striking and dramatic rendering of sturdy branch with delicate blooms
shows confident, dynamic strokes.
This Japanese scroll painting features lush, blossoming Ume (plum)
branch, beautifully painted by the scroll artist Katsuhiko.
Katsuhiko also made and signed the specially created Kiri
Box which reads Kanbai which is an expression used to describe when a
plum blooms during the coldest period of the year which is kanchu in the
calendar ( the period begins from shokan until taikan which is January
6-20.
48x24
Hand painted with detailed rendering offers great appeal to the
viewer £210
This is not a long painting and therefore
very suitable for display of a Bonsai. SOLD
The painting is in the style of Nihon-ga (Japanese painting) around the
Taisho period to the early Showa period 1912-1950.
Mainly the scroll would be used either during new years (or for the
month) or an extra scroll to hang in the alcove
Sawarabi: Spring Ferns with Waka Poem75x12 189.4 x 29.4 and original Artists Box £220
Haiga of Early summer/ Late spring and poem with box
Signed by the artist dated in 1943 of early summer by Seishun
SanjinThe poem reads:
Being taken to a grass hut,
there I feel the spring wind
Composed by Seishun
Sanjin(Waka style calligraphy is another challenge because its grass script written in a further grass script)
Waka (和歌 literally "Japanese poem") or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. The term was coined during the Heian period, and was used to distinguish Japanese-language poetry from kanshi (poetry written in Chinese by Japanese poets), and later from renga.
The term waka originally encompassed a number of differing forms, principally tanka (短歌, "short poem") and chōka (長歌, "long poem"), but also including bussokusekika, sedōka (旋頭歌, "whirling head poem") and katauta (片歌, "poem fragment"). These last three forms, however, fell into disuse at the beginning of the Heian period, and chōka vanished soon afterwards. Thus, the term waka came in time to refer only to tank
Wako KIKU Tall Chrysanthemum.77x24
Miyake Wako
Born in 1939 (14th year of Showa) in Gifu Prefecture. The artist learned
painting from his father who was also
a professional Japanese painter. The artist was known to have done kacho-ga
(bird and flower), landscapes,
and images of people. However regardless of what Wako painted they all
received high remarks.
A former member of the Bokujinkai and now independent.
This is a very detailed view on an
elegant background of Japans national flower.
The detail in the flower is outstanding. This is a true example of
excellence in Japanese Art.
£395 with its own silk covered box.
Generally gallery prices for Wako are 600-1000 USD
Poem written by the artist about summer.
Painted by the well respected Chinese artist KOUN. Pair of birds on Kiku Chrysanthemums in 1970. 69.2x24.7 inches With Box £175
When I was around 12, some 50 years ago, my father sold furniture to most of the stores across Scotland. It was he who introduced me fort to Chinese Painting as he frequently imported lovely silk framed paintings which he also sold to some of his furniture buyers for display in their stores and of course would be bought by their customers. I remembered that he liked his kind of painting and these were, indeed, the most popular. I learned Chinese Painting from a visiting artist who came o a large department store group in the UK during the 1960's and I was working for that group. The artists taught me the basics of Chinese style painting from the Nanjing Area and I tried to keep my sense of colour in that manner when painting birds or animals, trees or landscapes. in the oriental style.
Over the years I came to the conclusion that I was better buying other painters work as these were invariably better than some of my own daubings.. However, it did give me a deep sense of understanding and my journey into Japanese art came after my introduction to Chinese Art. As a sideline I also studied the Chinese Opera makeup in mainly the Canton and Peking operas. I also studied for a short time with the official Peking Opera (Now Beijing Opera) I lectured at many events on the history of Chinese Opera and taught many other make up artists the various forms from the five regions of China and went on to study Noh Drama make up after this. That took me to being a professional makeup artist for a number of years and authoring a best selling book on the subject. Craig Coussins
Gyokuei 1960-Hotaru Bokuru 23.8 x 47.6 with the original artists signed box
£175
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Bellflower
Campanula punctata (family: Campanulaceae) is called
Hotaru-Bukuro in Japanese which translates to The Fireflys Bag
Every flower of hotaru-bukuro has petals that look like a pocket,
and it is said that people in old times
put a firefly in every pocket-like flower to make fantastic lighting
Fireflies
at night-Click for bigger pic
Additional Notes: There are Two special
types of fireflies,
the Heike-botaru and the Genji-botaru 源氏蛍,
in Japan.
Japanese children used to insert firefly in the flowers of the Bell Flower
and watched it flicker in the dark.
This is where the name is derived "hotaru bukuro" or the firefly's bag.
To look at and catch fireflies was one of the common pleasures of the
farming families from ancient times.
Since the widespread use of farm chemicals, the number of Fireflies
number has declined and nowadays many
villages in Japan make special efforts to help protect and breed these
wonderful animals as an attraction for tourists and local children.
This is an old Japanese childrens song about Fireflies:
Ho ho hotaru koi
Hey, fireflies, come
here! The water over there is bitter.
The water here is so sweet,
so fireflies, come here, please.
This is a beautiful scroll from the 1920's. It has been remounted with new silks and comes with its own box
The scroll above: Size
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