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16023 - Fine Japanese Art, 12 Nov 2008
New Bond Street
Lot No: 210
The property of a Lady Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889)
Circa 1886
Kakejiku, depicting Ryujo Kannon, the serene Goddess of Mercy holding a rosary, being transported by a three-clawed dragon whose writhing body is partially obscured by swirling dark clouds, in ink and colour on silk; signed Kyosai hitsu with seal. 84cm x 33cm (33 1/8in x 13in).
Sold for £14,400 inclusive of Buyer's Premium
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Footnote:
Kawanabe Kyosai, ukiyo-e artist and painter, sometimes referred to as the second Hokusai was also known as Gyosai. He was born Kawanabe Noriyuki to a samurai family in Koga, Shimosa province (now part of Ibaraki prefecture) and brought up in Edo. At seven he entered the atelier of the ukiyo-e master Utagawa Kuniyoshi and from the age of eleven he studied with Kano school artists. Among his many pupils was the English architect Josiah Conder (1852-1920) who became a student of Kyosai in the last years of the artist's life and published the first catalogue of his work in English.
Provenance: Josiah Conder.
Published: J Conder, Paintings & Studies by Kawanabe Kyosai 1911, p.108, plate no.XVIII. The original preparatory drawing for the painting is also illustrated in ibid, p.32, fig.19. Compare also with paintings of Kannon illustrated by Timothy Clark, Demon of Painting, The Art of Kawanabe Kyosai, pps.78&79.
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