Description
HARUKI NANKO (1759–1839)
Kakejiku in ink and colour on gold-ground paper, depicting a mountain landscape featuring thatched cottages amongst trees and a stream.
Signed ‘Nanko’ in the top left-hand corner. With an apocryphal inscription on the reverse: ‘Painted by Nanko, property of Jochiku’.
(Folds and tears, soiling, wear).
Japan, Edo period, late 18th–early 19th centuries.
A KAKEJIKU, INK AND COLOURS ON GOLD PAPER, LANDSCAPE BY HARUKI NANKO, JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, LATE 18TH–EARLY 19TH CENTURIES.
DIM. 24 X 39.5 CM (9 7/16 X 15 9/16 IN.)
About the artist: a painter of the Nanga school, he studied in Nagasaki, where he learnt the Chinese style. In his day, he was as famous as a Nanga painter as Tani Bunchô.
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About the sale
THE BERNARD ROUSSEAU COLLECTION – DRAWINGS BY HOKUSAI, PAINTINGS FROM JAPAN AND CHINA
Auction location
Auction time
10/22/2026 at 3:30 PM
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