Kawabata Ryushi / Japanese crane
2020年5月23日
Honnyo / Crow
2020年5月23日

Nagai Ikka
【Yatagarasu】

This work was painted by Nagai Ikka, who was known as the crow doctor. The Yatagarasu is a three-legged crow that is the messenger of the Amaterasu Omikami. The way it flies through the light is reminiscent of the Chinese legend that the three-legged crow lives in the sun.
Number
D20-048
Title
Yatagarasu
Artist
Nagai Ikka
Detail
Materials : ink and gold on silk
wooden boxed (signed by painter)
Size : W 40.5 × H 119.5 cm (Image) ・ W 54 × H 200 cm (Mount)
Condition: slightly damaged on the mount
Artist History
Nagai Ikka (1869-1940) was a Japanese painter from the Meiji to Showa periods. He was born in Echigo. He moved to Tokyo and studied under Suzuki Shonen, Nakano Kimei, and Hirafuku Suian, before moving to Kawanabe Kyosai. He began painting crow paintings after helping Ernest Francisco Fenollosa create "One Hundred Crows," a painting he had commissioned from Kyosai.
Price
65,000yen

Nagai Ikka
【Yatagarasu】

This work was painted by Nagai Ikka, who was known as the crow doctor. The Yatagarasu is a three-legged crow that is the messenger of the Amaterasu Omikami. The way it flies through the light is reminiscent of the Chinese legend that the three-legged crow lives in the sun.
Number
D20-048
Title
Yatagarasu
Artist
Nagai Ikka
Detail
Materials : ink and gold on silk
wooden boxed (signed by painter)
Size : W 40.5 × H 119.5 cm (Image) ・ W 54 × H 200 cm (Mount)
Condition: slightly damaged on the mount
Artist History
Nagai Ikka (1869-1940) was a Japanese painter from the Meiji to Showa periods. He was born in Echigo. He moved to Tokyo and studied under Suzuki Shonen, Nakano Kimei, and Hirafuku Suian, before moving to Kawanabe Kyosai. He began painting crow paintings after helping Ernest Francisco Fenollosa create "One Hundred Crows," a painting he had commissioned from Kyosai.
Price
65,000yen

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