Chestnut

Name: Chestnut
SKU: 5343
Price: 230.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, with box, 180 x 50 cm

Product number: 5343

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Details about the sold piece

Height 180 cm
Width 50 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Ceramics
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes
Wooden Box Yes

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Description

With a few warm touches of color in yellow, green, and reddish-brown, a burst-open chestnut is captured here on its branch, accompanied by loosely scattered leaves. The reduced, almost sketch-like painting style leaves much of the bright paper ground visible, lending the small autumn motif a pleasant lightness.

Above the motif are placed handwritten verses that thematically reference the autumn harvest and rural life – a pairing of image and poetry popular in Japanese painting, which lends the kakemono an additional poetic depth. The chestnut itself is regarded in Japan as a symbol of abundance and the transition into the cooler season.

Painted on paper, with a jikusaki made of ceramics, this unique work dates from the Shôwa period. This kakemono comes in a wooden box (tomobako) signed by the artist and is a charming choice for lovers of small, poetic nature motifs.

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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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