Calligraphy – Shougatsu Youmeiki

Name: Calligraphy – Shougatsu Youmeiki
Brand: Nishigaki Soko
SKU: 3279
Price: 190.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, with box, 173 x 34 cm

Product number: 3279

Sold – no longer available

This piece was handmade by Nishigaki Soko and was a one-of-a-kind work. It cannot be reordered and will never exist in this form again. The page stays online as part of our archive.

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Details about the sold piece

Height 173 cm
Width 34 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Wood
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes
Wooden Box Yes

Signature / Stamp:

Nishigaki Soko

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Description

A kakemono with a calligraphy by Daitoku-ji Shinjuan priest Nishigaki Soko, who lived between 1908 and 1985 and was head priest at the Goraku-ji temple in Kinosaki. Written on paper with a silk brocade mounting. The kakejiku shows a few age-related spots and discolorations. Both jikusaki made of lacquered wood are present and intact. The calligraphy reads in Romaji as "Shougatsu Youmeiki". It is a poem by the poet Tôsen. This kakemono comes in a wooden box (tomobako) signed by the artist.

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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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