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

This triptych 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 triptych 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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