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A SCROLL PAINTING OF MANZAI PERFORMERS, AFTER HANABUSA ITCHO, c. 1900s A SCROLL PAINTING OF MANZAI PERFORMERS, AFTER HANABUSA ITCHO, c. 1900s Japan, late 19th to early 20th century Ink and watercolors on paper. Mounted as a hanging scroll on a paper frame. Depicting two manzai dancers performing their whimsical dance, one holding a fan, while the other hunched, senile boke beats his tsuzumi hand drum. Inscriptions: Signed ‘Hokusoo Itcho hitsu’ 北窓翁一蝶筆 with seal. Image SIZE 124.5 x 51.5 cm, SIZE incl. mounting 197 x 61 cm Condition: Old wear, browning of paper, water stains, soiling, and creasing. The frame with wear and water stains. Manzai is a traditional style of comedy in Japanese culture involving two performers, one being a ‘straight’ man (tsukkomi) and a ‘funny’ man (boke). Their performances were originally for the New Year festival with the earliest mention of manzai performers dating to the Heian period. While their performances were traditional, poets like Takarai Kikaku mocked them. In a Haiku, Kikaku wrote, ‘The New Year Dancers / Never miss a single step / Millet for the crane.’ While other poets like Yosa Buson wrote, ‘Yes, New Year’s dancers / Pounding good and properly / The dirt in Kyoto.’ The latter can be said of the dancers depicted on the present lot. Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724) was a Japanese painter born in Osaka, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kano style, under Kano Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin).

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A SCROLL PAINTING OF MANZAI PERFORMERS, AFTER HANABUSA ITCHO, c. 1900s A SCROLL PAINTING OF MANZAI PERFORMERS, AFTER HANABUSA ITCHO, c. 1900s Japan, late 19th to early 20th century Ink and watercolors on paper. Mounted as a hanging scroll on a paper frame. Depicting two manzai dancers performing their whimsical dance, one holding a fan, while the other hunched, senile boke beats his tsuzumi hand drum. Inscriptions: Signed ‘Hokusoo Itcho hitsu’ 北窓翁一蝶筆 with seal. Image SIZE 124.5 x 51.5 cm, SIZE incl. mounting 197 x 61 cm Condition: Old wear, browning of paper, water stains, soiling, and creasing. The frame with wear and water stains. Manzai is a traditional style of comedy in Japanese culture involving two performers, one being a ‘straight’ man (tsukkomi) and a ‘funny’ man (boke). Their performances were originally for the New Year festival with the earliest mention of manzai performers dating to the Heian period. While their performances were traditional, poets like Takarai Kikaku mocked them. In a Haiku, Kikaku wrote, ‘The New Year Dancers / Never miss a single step / Millet for the crane.’ While other poets like Yosa Buson wrote, ‘Yes, New Year’s dancers / Pounding good and properly / The dirt in Kyoto.’ The latter can be said of the dancers depicted on the present lot. Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724) was a Japanese painter born in Osaka, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kano style, under Kano Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin).

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