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Yoshimura Kokei
【 3 Hanging scrolls of Hawk, Spider and Bear】

This set of three hanging scrolls was created by Yoshimura Kokei, one of the Ten Excellent Painters of the Okyo School. The unusual combination of a bear, a hawk, and a spider, as well as the dignified atmosphere of this work make it an appealing piece.
Number
D21-022
Title
3 Hanging scrolls of Hawk, Spider and Bear
Artist
Yoshimura Kokei
Detail
iMaterials : ink, colour and gold on paper
wooden boxed (signed by Doi Juzaburo)
Size : W 42.5 × H 114 cm (Image) ・ W 56.5 × H 203.5 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1833 at the age of 65.
old collection of Doi Juzaburo
Condition: slightly stained on the mount
Published and appendix with catalogue "Animals in Art - Japan and Europe - Mysterious, Cute and Perverse" (Fuchu Art Museum, 2021),"Art in the land of Buddha"(Fuchu Art Museum / 2024)
Artist History
The painter Yoshimura Kokei（1769–1836）was born in Kyoto and one of Maruyama Okyo's ten famous pupils. Kokei was good at flower-bird painting and worked for Nishi Honganji Temple.
Price
1,200,000yen

Yoshimura Kokei
【 3 Hanging scrolls of Hawk, Spider and Bear】

This set of three hanging scrolls was created by Yoshimura Kokei, one of the Ten Excellent Painters of the Okyo School. The unusual combination of a bear, a hawk, and a spider, as well as the dignified atmosphere of this work make it an appealing piece.
Number
D21-022
Title
3 Hanging scrolls of Hawk, Spider and Bear
Artist
Yoshimura Kokei
Detail
iMaterials : ink, colour and gold on paper
wooden boxed (signed by Doi Juzaburo)
Size : W 42.5 × H 114 cm (Image) ・ W 56.5 × H 203.5 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1833 at the age of 65.
old collection of Doi Juzaburo
Condition: slightly stained on the mount
Published and appendix with catalogue "Animals in Art - Japan and Europe - Mysterious, Cute and Perverse" (Fuchu Art Museum, 2021),"Art in the land of Buddha"(Fuchu Art Museum / 2024)
Artist History
The painter Yoshimura Kokei（1769–1836）was born in Kyoto and one of Maruyama Okyo's ten famous pupils. Kokei was good at flower-bird painting and worked for Nishi Honganji Temple.
Price
1,200,000yen

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