Description
KAKEMONO
in ink with gold highlights on paper, combining calligraphy and painting, including a design for a folding fan signed by Jippensha Ikku, depicting Yaji and Kita beneath a kyôka – the two heroes of Ikku’s famous picaresque novel, *Tôkaidô Hizakurige* (On Foot along the Tôkaidô Road); above, on the right, a landscape on silk in the Kanô style, entitled *Autumn Landscape after the Rain*; in the centre, two waka poems arranged one above the other: the upper one, by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki, appears in the “Kokin Wakashū” (No. 558): “The waves draw near to Suminoe… Even at night, on the path of dreams, do you fear being seen?’; the lower one, by the poetess Ono no Komachi, appears in the *Hyakunin Isshū* (No. 18): “That which withers without revealing its colour is, in this world, the flower that blooms in the hearts of men”; on the left, a kanshi (Chinese poem) by Hakudô, celebrating orchids and irises.
(Creases, soiling, wear and tear).
Japan, 19th century.
PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY, INK AND GOLD ON PAPER AND SILK, JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY.
DIM. 18 X 45 CM (7 1/16 X 17 3/4 IN.)
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Lot description modified on 10/16/2026 at 11:05 AM
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