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SHIJÔ SCHOOL
Two kakejiku in ink and light colours on silk, one by MATSUMURA GOSHUN (1752–1811), depicting a peasant carrying bundles of straw, accompanied by a child, signed Goshun, with the seal: Goshun no in.
The other by HIRAFUKU SUIAN (1844–1890), on the theme of filial piety, depicting a child massaging his grandfather’s back. It is worth noting that ‘back scratcher’ is known in Japanese as ‘magonote’, literally ‘the grandson’s hand’. Unsigned, but with the inscription on the reverse: Hirafuku Suian Shikai no zu, sôfuku no ichi, ‘The Four Blessings, one scroll from a pair’.
(Stains, wear and tear, minor imperfections).
Japan, Edo period, late 18th–19th centuries.
TWO SHIJÔ SCHOOL KAKEJIKU, ONE BY GOSHUN, JAPAN, EDO PERIOD.
DIM. 106.5 X 39.5 CM (41 15/16 X 15 9/16 IN.) - 50 X 50.3 CM (19 11/16 X 19 13/16 IN.)
About Goshun: Matsumura Goshun played an important role in Japanese painting as the founder of the Shijô school (named after the street where he lived), which synthesised the two major movements of the 18th century: the idealistic style of the Nanga school’s literati painting and the realistic style of the Maruyama school. These two movements were subsequently merged under the name of the Maruyama-Shijô school, with those claiming affiliation with it retaining, above all, the realistic aspect. Goshun himself added a touch of lyricism, tempering the realism of Maruyama Ōkyo. He exerted a great influence on 19th-century Japanese painting.
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About the sale
THE BERNARD ROUSSEAU COLLECTION – DRAWINGS BY HOKUSAI, PAINTINGS FROM JAPAN AND CHINA
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10/22/2026 at 3:30 PM
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