A Hare in the Snow

Name: A Hare in the Snow
SKU: 5700
Price: 280.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, with box, 124 x 70 cm

Product number: 5700

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Details about the sold piece

Height 124 cm
Width 70 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Bone
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Meiji (1868–1912)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes
Wooden Box Yes

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Description

A small hare sits motionless in a snow-covered pine landscape, painted with restrained ink work and delicate accents of color in green. The bare, white surface of the paper is skillfully used to represent snow, while pine branches and shrubs lean over it, lending depth to the scene.

The motif of the hare in winter is a popular symbol in Japanese painting for watchfulness and the quiet beauty of the cold season. The signature at the lower edge of the picture points to the careful work of a skilled painter of the Meiji period. The jikusaki at the ends of the roller rods is made of bone, a detail that lends the kakemono a distinctive, antiquarian character.

This hanging scroll is delivered in its own wooden box. For collectors of wintery motifs and traditional Japanese depictions of animals, this kakemono is an appealing addition.

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Why does the date of creation sometimes not match the artist's dates

Because the two pieces of information speak about different things: the period designation describes the object – support, colors, condition – while the signature reflects which name appears on the painting. In most cases there is no attempt at deception behind this, but rather Japanese painting training: copying from workshop models was the curriculum for centuries, an utsushi is regarded as a bow to the teacher, workshops signed with the master's name, and artist names were passed down within a school. Such a hanging scroll is therefore not a forgery, but a hand-painted one-of-a-kind that continues the formal language of its school – just not the work of the famous name, and priced accordingly. We explain this in detail in the guide Why does a kakemono often bear the signature of an artist long deceased?.

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