Old
Pine branch £175
Mouse and
Feather Brush with Haiku £175
Crane Study £195
Basket of Fruit. This was panted in the 1960'and has a graphic design quality. The painting was remounted onto a suitable scroll which picks up the colours of the fruit With its own box. £185
Waterfall into Lake. As study of a pine on a rock. A very good example
of Sumei Sansui Ga -landscape painting.. It was from this 'less is more'
way of painting that the impressionists took their lead. £175 19th
Century
Part
of a group of Samurai painting that I have had restored. This is Samurai
General Kiyomasa Kato
click his name to go to the Samurai pages where you will find
extensive articles on the subjects in the Samurai Scroll paintings .
I like scrolls with Eagles and Hawks and I have been fortunate in
finding some of these.
Many were just paintings that were meant for scroll but had not been
mounted yet or some have been old scrolls that needed the mounts
restored and replaced.
TAKA TO OIMATSU Eagle on old pine KANSAI 1950 £225. I really like this
painting. Kansai's very powerful image of a raptor that has great
presence.
A beautiful study of a Samurai archer on his horse. Very delicate work with great attention to detail. Not a long scroll this would be perfect for both Bonsai and home di8splay. Samurai on horse painted by artist Kashu 1950
Kotei was a great painter of the late 19th to early 20th century. I have had a very small number of his works through our restoration workshop. This is a wonderful study of 'Moonlight making its own forest of shadows' a subject that some artists approached but rarely achieved such a perceptive and beautiful result. Recently restored and remounted. £225 It is under 60inches long
Fish Eagle diving into a wave. A superb painting full of energy. Restored mounts and original scroll wood ends. With box £225 C1920
18 A lovely snow scene with hut This has being restored and mounted onto a new scroll.
with original wood ends Including Box. £185
19 Kerei painted this beautiful composition of Matsui
pine, Ume-plum blossom, Crane and Sea. in 1900.
These are all representative of long life, happiness and success. The
pine has long life, the blossom, has
beauty and happiness , the Crane is loyal and stays with a partner for
life and the sea is strong and full of goodness and so successful. to be
remounted on new silks and with a new Pawlona Wood Scroll Box £185
Cranes have long been regarded as auspicious birds and the symbol of
blessings of longevity.
A Japanese proverb says "a crane lives 1,000 years and a turtle lives
10,000 years". Meaning that you should be happy with what you have
because you are not a crane or a turtle (well in this life anyway)