Flowers

Name: Flowers
SKU: 4207
Price: 130.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, 164 x 50 cm

Product number: 4207

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Details about the sold piece

Height 164 cm
Width 50 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Wood
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Taishô (1912–1926)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes

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Description

A gnarled branch with large, star-shaped open blossoms stretches diagonally across the image, while a small bird appears to be resting on one of the branches. The blossoms are painted in delicate, only lightly suggested ink tones, giving them an almost transparent, feather-light appearance.

Flowering branches with resting birds are among the classic motifs of Japanese bird-and-flower painting (Kachôga), which addresses the harmonious interplay of fauna and flora and the change of seasons. The reduced, monochrome ink painting lends the motif a quiet, contemplative note.

Painted on paper and mounted with wooden rods, this kakemono dates from the Taishô period. With its elegant, restrained pictorial language, this hanging scroll is a charming example of classical Japanese nature painting.

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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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