Crow on a Maple Branch

Name: Crow on a Maple Branch
SKU: 5615
Price: 410.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, 176 x 40 cm

Product number: 5615

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Details about the sold piece

Height 176 cm
Width 40 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

A bird with a strikingly patterned head plumage sits attentively before a moss-covered rock, above it the leaves of a maple branch glow in a rich orange-red. The fine feather rendering and the high-contrast coloring lend the scene an autumnal, almost tangible atmosphere.

The kakemono was created in the Shôwa period, hand-painted on paper; the jikusaki is made of wood and harmoniously complements the traditional mounting of the hanging scroll.

The combination of bird and autumn foliage is one of the classic kachô-ga motifs of Japanese painting, celebrating the change of seasons and the beauty of the moment. This expressive kakemono is excellently suited for anyone who is enthusiastic about the fine powers of observation and the painterly tradition of Japanese nature and bird depiction, and who is looking for an atmospheric, autumnal-feeling work.

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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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