Gekko Ogata, Battleship, Japanese Woodblock Print
Artist: Gekko Ogata (1859-1920…

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Gekko Ogata, Battleship, Japanese Woodblock Print Artist: Gekko Ogata (1859-1920) Title: Viewing of Battleship Zhenyuan Series title: The First Sino and Japanese War Publisher: Sekiguchi Masajiro Date: 1895 Size: (L) 35.4 x 23.1, (C) 35.4 x 23, (R) 35.4 x 23.1 cm Condition: Slightly trimmed, backed, minor stains on margins. Ref: JG0324YA15

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Gekko Ogata, Battleship, Japanese Woodblock Print

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Estim. 600 - 1 200 GBP

A FINE RINPA STYLE LACQUER BUNKO WITH A COCKEREL ON A WAR DRUM, AFTER OGATA KORIN A FINE RINPA STYLE LACQUER BUNKO WITH A COCKEREL ON A WAR DRUM, AFTER OGATA KORIN After Ogata Korin, signed Korin and sealed Hoshuku Japan, late 19 th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) Of rectangular form with rounded corners, worked in gold, red-lacquer, and mitsuda (pewter) takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with large mother-of-pearl inlays, all against a fine roiro ground. The cover depicting a large rooster (tori) resting on a war drum with large ivy vines growing around it. The interior of the cover decorated with a biwa (lute) and shakuhachi (flute), and the box with kiku (chrysanthemum) blossoms and bamboo. Signed to underside of the cover KORIN and sealed Hoshuku. SIZE 49.5 x 32.7 x 14.5 cm Condition: Good condition with minor wear, small losses to the mother-of-pearl inlays, and wear to the edges of the cover and box. Rinpa is a modern term that refers to a distinctive style of Japanese pictorial and applied arts that arose in the early seventeenth century and has continued through modern times. Literally meaning ‘school of Korin,’ Rinpa derives its name from Ogata Korin (1658–1716), a celebrated painter from Kyoto. It embraces art marked by a bold, graphic abbreviation of natural motifs, frequent reference to traditional court literature and poetry, the lavish use of expensive mineral and metallic pigments, incorporation of calligraphy into painting compositions, and innovative experimentation with new brush techniques. Transmitted by means of pattern books and manuals, the work of the Ogata Korin inspired numerous other craftsmen.

Estim. 150 - 300 GBP

OGATA GEKKO: SPARROW FEEDING ON CHERRY BLOSSOM OGATA GEKKO: SPARROW FEEDING ON CHERRY BLOSSOM By Ogata Gekko (1859-1920), signed Gekko with seal Japan, 19 th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical shikishiban. Signed Gekko with seal. Title Sparrow Feeding on Cherry Blossom. A small sparrow slurping down the nectar from a cherry blossom. Image SIZE 24.2 x 25.1 cm, SIZE incl. frame 36.6 x 37.1 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear. Vivid impression and colors. Trimmed margins and some foxing. Mounted on a paper with tape to the top, behind a passepartout. Provenance: From an old private collection in England. Ogata Gekko was a Japanese artist best known as a painter and a designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. He was self-taught in art, won numerous national and international prizes, and was one of the earliest Japanese artists to win an international audience. Gekko was self-taught in art, and began decorating porcelain and rickshaws, and designing flyers for the pleasure quarters. His early style shows the influence of the painter Kikuchi Yosai. About 1881 he took the surname Ogata at the insistence of a descendant of the painter Ogata Korin. He soon was designing prints and illustrating books and newspapers. In 1885 Gekko exhibited in the Painting Appreciation Society, and he became acquainted with the art scholars Ernest Fenellosa and Okakura Kakuzo. The square shishikiban format appears to have been a favourite of Gekko's. Over 60 prints appear in his oeuvre in this size. Museum comparison: A closely related print, with similar seals, is in the collection of the Edo-Tokyo Museum, document number 88004209.

Estim. 150 - 300 GBP

A GROUP OF FIVE WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF BIJIN A GROUP OF FIVE WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF BIJIN Japan, late Edo period (1615-1868) to Meiji period (1868-1912) Color woodblock prints on paper. 1. By Ogata Gekko (1859 - 1920). Kuchi-e. Titled Watching Rain. Illustrating a Bijin standing in the balcony of a pavilion. SIZE of the sheet 29.3 x 21 cm 2. By Utagawa Toyoshige (Toyokuni II) (1777-1835). Vertical oban. Signed Toyokuni ga. Titled Courtesan Toyooka from the Okamoto House. SIZE of the sheet 36.5 x 25 cm 3. Signed Toyokuni ga. Vertical oban. Depicting a bijin and child; the little boy plays with his toys under the watchful gaze of his mother. SIZE of the sheet 33.2 x 22.9 cm 4. By Kikugawa Eizan (1787 – 1867). Vertical oban. Signed Eizan hitsu. Depicting a beauty dressed in voluminous robes, standing with her hands folded across her chest, accompanied by her attendants. SIZE of the sheet 35.9 x 21.8 cm 5. By Kikugawa Eizan (1787 – 1867). Vertical oban. Signed Eizan hitsu. Depicting a Shamisen player dressed in a blue robe, nibbling on the tip of her bachi plectrum. SIZE of the sheet 37.2 x 25.1 cm Condition: Wear, browning of paper, minor creasing, few tears, some losses, some staining, and few wormholes, otherwise presenting well. Some backed with Japan paper. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world’s leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts. Museum comparison: Compare a closely related print of the Courtesan Toyooka, in the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts.

Estim. 300 - 400 GBP

Toshi Yoshida, Tiger, Original Japanese Woodblock Print Artist: Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) Title: Tiger Publisher: Yoshida Family Date: 20th century (originally printed in 1926) Size: 23.9 x 32.4 cm Condition: Good for age, posthumous. Ref: JGA95

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