A small two panel folding lacquer screen
By Kamo Tatsuzo (?-1981), dated Showa 32 (1957)
Decorated with a night scene of two stylized black cats with inlaid gold eyes, executed in iro wake choshitsu with the red and yellow layers revealed through a built-up roiro top layer, the reverse with a mottled green lacquer surface and signed Tatsuzo in seal-form cartouche
With tomobako titled Yako(Night Light), and additional notation rensaku and urushi ko-byobu, (Joint work, lacquer small screen), the reverse inscribed Dai jusan-kai Nihon Bijutsu Ten shuppin saku (Made for exhibition at the 13th Japan Art Exhibition), and signed Kamo Tatsuzo, with one seal
41 3/4 x 36in (106 x 91.6cm)
Decorated with a night scene of two stylized black cats with inlaid gold eyes, executed in iro wake choshitsu with the red and yellow layers revealed through a built-up roiro top layer, the reverse with a mottled green lacquer surface and signed Tatsuzo in seal-form cartouche
With tomobako titled Yako(Night Light), and additional notation rensaku and urushi ko-byobu, (Joint work, lacquer small screen), the reverse inscribed Dai jusan-kai Nihon Bijutsu Ten shuppin saku (Made for exhibition at the 13th Japan Art Exhibition), and signed Kamo Tatsuzo, with one seal
41 3/4 x 36in (106 x 91.6cm)
Sold for
US$ 3,660
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Kamo Tatsuzo, who later used the go of Kamo Banzan, lived in Toyama Prefecture and was a member of the Nihon Chokoku Kai or Japan Sculpture Association. He was accepted as an exhibitor at the Nitten 15 times, beginning with the 3rd Nitten in 1947.
This screen is illustrated in the Nittenshi, volume 20, page 277, number 87.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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