Studio: international art (72.1918)

Studio-Talk

•tury the Nanzenji, a well-
known temple in Kyoto.
This work was sold for
16,000 yer, The collec-
tion contained an excel-
lent example of Shubun's
work—a small landscape
kakemono in the shin style,
masterfully presenting a
great expanse of nature.
This was sold for 12,200
yen. The sale contained
several Sesshyus, among
which a landscape and
Monkey and Bamboo stood
prominent. In the former
he has shown one of his
characteristic angular
peaks with rocks and
pine-trees, revealing his
strong brushwork, while
in the latter his lighter
brush-strokes were more
in evidence. The former
fetched 37,000 yen, and
the latter 14,000 yen.
There were also several
examples by Kano Eitoku,
of which a landscape, with
rhythmic lines of the hills,
and a pair of kakemono,
Kyoyu and Sofu, attracted

LID AND FRONT OF GOLD LACQUER INCENSE-BOX

A drawing of great dig-
nity was A Hermit, by
Mumonzeki, a famous priest
who founded in the latter
half of the thirteenth cen-

ACCESSORIES OF GOLD LACQUER INCENSE-BOX SHOWN ABOVE

[The complete set was sold for 72,000yen at Viscount Akimoto’s sale)

But in this case the figures stand without the
customary scenic background, as shown in the
accompanying reproduction. There was also
offered another example of Masanobu’s work
—a pair of landscape kakemono representing
nature rather in its dramatic mood with an

exquisite touch and finish.
In the stately quality of the
painting, in noble serenity
of landscape, this work has
few rivals. The pair fetched
67,000 yen.

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