Japanese Works of Art - 15 Nov 2022
ANDO KOSAI (1862-1939)
ANDO KOSAI (1862-1939)
YANAGIDA TOBOKU (ACT. 1910-20), AND ANOTHER
MEIJI AND LATER, 20TH CENTURY
Three Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll paintings) of figures in mountainous river landscapes, the extensive views depicted in nanga style, all in ink and colour on paper, each with a poem above, one signed Kosai rojin (Old man Kosai), and with two seals reading Shinkosai and Unsho yoji (to engage in bucolic activities); another inscribed Toboku ga narabi ni shirusu (Painted and inscribed by Toboku); two with a tomobako wood box, 138cm x 53.8cm max. (5)