Calligraphy: Good Deeds and Fortune

Name: Calligraphy: Good Deeds and Fortune
SKU: 4795
Price: 71.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, 192 x 60 cm

Product number: 4795

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Details about the sold piece

Height 192 cm
Width 60 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Wood
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes

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Description

Good deeds are followed by good fortune – this venerable idea from the Chinese classics stands at the center of this calligraphy, uniting moral wisdom for life with the wish for family well-being across generations. A timeless message that has lost none of its validity today and is equally suited as a dedication or as a purely decorative wall piece.

In bold, well-legible cursive script, the calligrapher set the characters to paper with a confident hand, alternating dynamic thickening and fine trailing strokes. A small dating as well as signature and two red seals at the left edge of the image complete the composition and point to the religious background of the writer.

The work is painted on paper, fitted with a wooden jikusaki, and dates from the Shôwa period. The warm, ochre-colored mounting fabric with a fine vine pattern lends the hanging scroll a friendly, inviting effect. A meaningful gift or a wall piece with a positive message for one's own home.

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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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