Most of the time, labels confine works of art and crudely points viewers in a direction that precludes imagination. Strangely enough this time attaching a label to Japanese scrolls will achieve quite the opposite. Look at these scrolls as “works on paper”, this is what most of them are. Suddenly, your imagination is flooded with known images of “works on paper” – such as Renaissance drawings in brown ink , a graphite on paper by a German artist, or lithographs by contemporary artists. The words “works on paper” spurred a journey through a series of your familiar pieces. At the end of the journey lays a scroll. As you come back to a scroll in front of you , your dialogue with the piece starts to have a different dimension. The work is quietly awaiting and inviting you to engage without the need of many words, and now you accept the invitation spontaneously.
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Gankyo Kishi, Landscape, Late 19th - Early 20th century Sold
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(Monk) Chuho-so-u (1758-1838), Jigoku, Late 18th - Early 19th century$ 10,000.00
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Ranko Nakai (1766-1830), Waterfall, late 1700s$ 3,800.00
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Ganku Kishi, Kingfisher on Branch, early 19th century$ 5,000.00
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Hōitsu Sakai (1761 - 1828), Pine Tree, early 19th century$ 3,500.00
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(Monk) Chuho-so-u (1758-1838), Black plum, circa early 1800s$ 5,500.00
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Negami Tomiji, Birds and plants, Circa 1940$ 4,300.00
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Koen Niwayama, Owari Diakon (Radish), circa 1890s$ 1,200.00
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Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, Komachi Sakura no sei (from Shinkei 36 Kaisen), circa 1889-1892$ 3,500.00
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Tsuruda Takuchi, Rabbit, circa 1810s$ 2,200.00
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Bosai Kameda (1752 – 1826), Quatrain on a remote valley, circa 1800$ 3,800.00
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Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754 - 1799), Tiger, circa 1789
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Nikka Tanaka, Daimonji - Mountain with Bonfire, ca.1820$ 3,500.00
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Okyo Maruyama (1733-1795), Bird on lotus leaf (hasu leaf), ca.1750-60
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Hakuho Takebe, Corn and Grass Hopper, ca. 1900$ 3,800.00
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Shiokawa Bunrin (1808 - 1877), Waterfall, ca. 1850$ 3,500.00
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Nikka Tanaka, Winter Landscape, ca. 1820$ 3,000.00
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Gito Shibata, Cherry tree, ca. 1790$ 7,500.00
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attributed, Kansetsu Hashimoto (1883-1945), carp, ca 1930 - 1940$ 650.00
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Ippo Mori (1798-1872), Crabs and anchor, ca 1860s Sold
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Shoka Watanabe (1835-1887), Blooms with Bird, ca 1860 Sold
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Shoka Watanabe (1835-1887), Sketchbook, ca 1860 Sold
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Shiokawa Bunrin (1808 - 1877), Bird on Branch , ca 1850$ 4,200.00
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Shiokawa Bunrin (1808 - 1877), Moon, ca 1850$ 7,000.00
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Renzan Kishi (1805-1859), Bats flying before Moon, ca 1830$ 9,000.00
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Keibun Matsumura, Go Sekku (set of 5 scrolls), ca 1820s Sold
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Renzan Kishi (1805-1859), Bird on Branch, c. 1940$ 4,600.00
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Gessan Ogata, kusudama, 1928$ 2,100.00
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Kaikan Hashimoto, Roosters, 1915
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Ōshin Maruyama (1790 - 1838), A ship coming back, 1879$ 4,200.00
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Kamo Suetaka, Two Bats, 1820s$ 3,500.00
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Buncho Tani (1763-1840), Rock, 1810s$ 6,500.00
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Okyo Maruyama (1733-1795), Oharame, 1770s$ 18,000.00
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Tetsuzan Mori (1775-1841), A Bear$ 3,800.00
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Kansai Mori, Bat and willow branches Sold
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Nikka Tanaka, Landscape with Bird$ 1,000.00
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Soseki Murase, Mouse and Daikon Radish$ 2,800.00
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Keibun Matsumura, Natsume (棗) - Dates$ 3,200.00
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Koen Niwayama, Plant$ 1,400.00
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Seiko Okajima, Potato Leaves$ 1,100.00
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Chusei Inagaki (1897-1922), Self Portrait$ 6,500.00
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Nanrei Suzuki, Tomaribune (ship at anchor)$ 4,800.00
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Chusei Inagaki (1897-1922), Tree$ 4,500.00