Apricot-Ume
The  Ume features strongly in Japanese art and we have some of the very best quality representation of these Prunus mume, commonly known as ume (梅:うめ) or Japanese apricot, or Chinese plum is a species of Asian plum in the family Rosaceae. The flower, long a beloved subject in the traditional painting of East Asia and Vietnam, is usually translated as plum blossom

 

Ume by Katsuhiko 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.  

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 NM

YOSAI OKADA. A.D 1784-1864. Born in KAGA (clan ISHIKAWA) 1840 seal Portrait of a Quince.£375

Before restoration this scroll painting was in a bad state. Many holes had to be repaired and the creases taken out as far as was possible. It was a great deal of slow and careful restoration that took a long time. However, as it is painted by a famous master it was important to bring the scroll back to life. The restoration was done as a museum restoration. With Box.

 

Before work


 

 

 

 

 

 

8.Ume Ikebana and Fruit

Title and inscription: May all things go your way. Painted in early autumn of 1937. 
Artist:  Taigen Koji ( signature: depending on the reading can be Nobuyoshi, Nobutada, or other series of name combinations or even Etsuji) Box says painted by Etsuji Sanjin himself. 
 

 

Narcisus with Ume, A spring scene. A scroll in beautiful condition with a box £160

Perfect for a gardener or someone who enjoys planting bulbs.

Kano Isenin Naganobu 1775 1828

 

Ume Bonsai and Asahi

Kano I'sen-in ( Kano Isenin Naganobu-1775-1828)an official painter for the Shogun

Kano style painter at the latter part of the Edo period (1603 - 1868).
The 8th head of the Kobikicho Kano school.
Son of Kano Yohsenin Korenobu, the 7th head of the Kobikicho Kano.
Naganobu studied painting under his father.
Later, his father said "My son is superior to me".
Naganobu was ordained as Hoin rank from the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1816, and he called himself "Isenin".

Kanō Isen'in Naganobu (1775-1828) was the seventh generation head of the Kobikichō branch of the Kanō school in Edo (modern Tokyo). He was an artist of considerable talent, and was official painter to the shōgun. For this work he employed mild, graceful brushwork and colouring, drawing on an older style of Yamato-e. The secret of his success was said to have been that he combined the qualities of gakuga (learned artistic ability), highly prized by the Kanō school, with shinga (instinctive artistic ability), which was customarily regarded as less important.

The scroll has now been restored. This process has taken longer that we thought as the work was indeed very complicated. However, we can see that it was truly worth it. The scroll master decided that the colours were not complimentary to the image so he went back into research and mounted the scroll as it would have been in the early part of the 19th century. The scroll ad been remounted at some stage in the early 20th century but the colours used were not right therefore it was very nice to go back in time and see the scroll as it would have been 200 years ago. We kept the original tapes as these were from when the scroll was made and it was these that allowed the research to take place

46.2cm by 172 .8cm  / 16.5 by 68 inches The cost is £225 including box. The box has been specially made for the scroll. It is antique Kimono silk and the antique silk used on the inside is a stylised version of Ume Blossom.

UNDER OFFER

 

 

 

 

Plum Ume This is a Zen landscape

picture showing just the branch of the
Plum (Ume)  55" x10" with Box £175 Under Offer