D-114
Japanese picture on scroll by
Japanese scroll painting on silk depicts Heian scholar
Sugawara no Michizane in exile. Full moon shines softly through
the evenings mist, lighting Michizane's sorrow. He sit before wooden chest with
his latest courtier clothes and remember his past days. Michizane
was a prominent scholar and political figure in Heian period
Japan (running from 794 to 1185). He was born in aristocratic family and become well
educated scholar, and a professor of literature at the university
and finally acquiring the post of Minister of the
Right, with junior second rank. Through out intrigues of
his enemies at Imperial court, Michizane was exiled and
ended his days two years later.
Traditionally Sugawara no Michizane or Tenjin honored
as the Shinto god of study and learning.
Little is known of Japanese painter Hosai except that he was a
Tokyo painter specializing in historical subjects, who studied with the popular Tsukioka
Yoshitoshi (1839-92), one of the last of the great Ukiyo-e artist.
Bone scroll's roller ends. Origami paper come with.
Meiji peiod, before 1912
Very good condition overall, with some small stains in upper part.
Dimensions: 162 x 48 cm / 63,7 x 18,8 inches
Price: US$ 490.00
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