Description
NANGA SCHOOL
A kakejiku in ink and light colours on paper, depicting a lively landscape featuring a pavilion and a high mountain, with a scholar on a bridge in the foreground. Signed in the top right-hand corner: Nanryô rôjin shiga, ‘painting and poem by the old Nanryô’; the poem reflects on the ‘vulgarity of the floating world’.
(Minor soiling, foxing and slight creases).
Japan, 19th century.
A KAKEJIKU, INK AND COLOURS ON PAPER, A NANGA SCHOOL LANDSCAPE, SIGNED NANRYÔ, JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY.
DIM. 134 X 33 CM (52 3/4 X 13 IN.)
Note
The Nanga school draws inspiration from Chinese literati painting of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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About the sale
THE BERNARD ROUSSEAU COLLECTION – DRAWINGS BY HOKUSAI, PAINTINGS FROM JAPAN AND CHINA
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Auction time
10/22/2026 at 3:30 PM
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