Shōshūrei shitae

Shōshūrei shitae

Kaburaki Kiyokata (1878-1972)
Shōshūrei shitae (Full-Scale Preparatory Drawing for Draft Call), 1904
Hanging scroll: ink and color on paper
45 x 35 inches (114 x 89 cm)

Sagi musume (Heron Maiden)

Sagi musume (Heron Maiden)

Bungetsu
Sagi musume (Heron Maiden), 1920s
Signed: Bungetsu
Sealed: Undeciphered
Hanging scroll: color on silk
65 x 22 inches (165 x 56 cm)

Maiko

Maiko

Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947)
Maiko, c. 1915
Signed: Tsunetomi hitsu
Sealed: Yosamean Tsunetomi 
Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk
50 3/8 x 20 1/8 inches (126 x 50.4 cm)

Early Spring

Early Spring

Terashima Shimei (1892-1975)
Early Spring, 1950s or 1960s
Signed: Shimei
Sealed: Shi
Framed: ink and color on silk
24 ½ x 17 inches (62.3 x 43.2 cm) ; 
frame 32 ½ x 24 ¾ inches (82.5 x 63 cm) 

A Beauty

A Beauty

Yamamura Kōka (1886-1942)A Beauty   c. 1920-30Signed: Kōka kore o zusu ; sealed: Toyonari Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk63 ½ x 16 ¼ inches (161 x 41 cm)Tomobako signed Kōka dai and sealed Kōka A beauty moves gracefully along to a tryst, or is she...

Drying Seaweed

Drying Seaweed

Kodama Sokō (1890-1966) 
Drying Seaweed, late 1920s or early 1930s
Signed: Sokō Saku (Made by Sokō) 
Sealed: Sokō 
Two-panel screen: ink and color on silk
67 ½ x 74 inches (171 x 188 cm)

Young Girl on a Balcony

Young Girl on a Balcony

Takenaka Seidō (dates unknown)Young Girl on a Balcony, 1930sSealed: SeidōFramed panel: ink and color on paper40 ½ x 28 ½ inches (103 x 72.5 cm)Inscribed on reverse: Wishing you a glorious New Year, Shiga-ken, Hikonemachi, Takenaka SeidōDressed in a black...

Genroku Beauty

Genroku Beauty

Hirano Hakuhō (1879−1957)
Genroku Beauty, 1930s
Signed Hakuhō 
Sealed: Hakuhō 
Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk
16 x 21 3/8 inches (43 1/2 x 77 3/4 cm)

Ukai (Cormorant Fishing)

Ukai (Cormorant Fishing)

Hikida (Hikita) Hōshō (1878-1934)
Ukai (Cormorant Fishing)
Signed: Hōshō; Sealed: Hōshō
Pair of six-panel screens; ink and color on paper
68 x 148 inches (173 x 376 cm)

Shōjo (Young Girl)

Shōjo (Young Girl)

Kitazawa Eigetsu (1907-1990)
Shōjo (Young Girl), 1930s or early 1940s
Signed: Eigetsu
Sealed: Eigetsu
Framed: Ink and color on paper 
34 ¾ x 23 ½ inches (86 x 58 cm)

Tenarai (Penmanship)

Tenarai (Penmanship)

Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917)Tenarai (Penmanship), 1909Signed and sealed: ShōenTwo-panel screen: ink, color, and gold on silk50 x 45 ¼ inches (127 x 143 cm)Published: Nippon bijutsu, no. 127 (September 1909). The frontspiece states “a magazine “devoted to...

Tagasode and Chin

Tagasode and Chin

Tomita Keisen?
Tagasode and Chin, 1920s
Signed: Keizan-jin
Two-panel screen; colored lacquer on paper
61 1/8 x 60 1/8 inches (155.3 x 152.7 cm)

Seirai (Pure Sound)

Seirai (Pure Sound)

Kikuchi Keigetsu (1879-1955)
Seirai (Pure Sound) c. 1915
Signed: Keigetsu
Sealed: Keigetsu
Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk
44 3/8 x 16 ½ inches (111 x 41.3 cm)

Takagari (Falconry)

Takagari (Falconry)

Muraoka Ōtō (1873-1946)
Takagari (Falconry), 1916
Signed: Ōtō (right screen only)
Sealed: Seisho kenkon dai (both screens, upper), Ōtō (both screens, lower)
Pair of six-panel screens: color on paper
68 x 144 inches each (172.8 x 360.4 cm each)

Sarumawashi (The Monkey Dance)

Sarumawashi (The Monkey Dance)

Kōno Bairei (1844-1895) 
Sarumawashi (The Monkey Dance) 
Signed: Kōno Bairei and sealed
Two-panel screen: ink, color, and gold wash on paper 
73 x 67 inches (185.5 x 170.2 cm) 

Kitsunebi (Fox Fire)

Kitsunebi (Fox Fire)

Terashima Shimei (1892-1975)
Kitsunebi (Fox Fire), 1960s
Signed: Shimei
Sealed: Shi
Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk
32 x 12 inches (80 x 30 cm)

Makuai (Intermission)

Makuai (Intermission)

Hatanaka Kōkyō (1947-)
Makuai (Intermission), c. 2000
Signed: Kō
Sealed: Kō
Framed: ink and color on silk
29 x 21 in. (73.7 x 53.3 cm)