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OTAKE CHIKUHA (1878-1936) Ère Meiji (1868-1912), Taishō (1912-1926) ou Shōwa (1926-1989), XXᵉ siècle
15 October 2025, 14:00 CEST
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OTAKE CHIKUHA (1878-1936)
Ère Meiji (1868-1912), Taishō (1912-1926) ou Shōwa (1926-1989), XXᵉ siècle
OTAKE CHIKUHA (1878-1936)
Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), or Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century
Comprising one pair and two single kakejiku (hanging scrolls): the first pair forming a diptych in colours on silk, in silk mounts depicting goldfish swimming in a pond overhung with ajisai (hydrangea) blossom and leaves, each overall: 202 x 50cm; image: 114,2 x 32cm; the second, ink and colours on silk, in silk mounts, depicting Chōkarō Sennin sitting on a rock beside bamboo, summoning a magic horse from his gourd, overall: 197 x 61,3cm; image: 123,5 x 41cm; the third, ink and colours on silk, in silk mounts, depicting a snow scene, tall mountains in the distance, in the middle foreground a solitary man walking on the bridge fording a river returning home, overall: 200 x 48,2cm; image: 120.5 x 31.8cm; the first signed Chikuha with a seal Chikuha, the second and third signed Chikuha with a seal Ōtake and Chikuha; the first and third each with a wood tomobako storage box titled and signed Chikuha with a seal Chikuha, the second with a plain wood storage box (7).
OTAKE CHIKUHA (1878-1936)
Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), or Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century
Comprising one pair and two single kakejiku (hanging scrolls): the first pair forming a diptych in colours on silk, in silk mounts depicting goldfish swimming in a pond overhung with ajisai (hydrangea) blossom and leaves, each overall: 202 x 50cm; image: 114,2 x 32cm; the second, ink and colours on silk, in silk mounts, depicting Chōkarō Sennin sitting on a rock beside bamboo, summoning a magic horse from his gourd, overall: 197 x 61,3cm; image: 123,5 x 41cm; the third, ink and colours on silk, in silk mounts, depicting a snow scene, tall mountains in the distance, in the middle foreground a solitary man walking on the bridge fording a river returning home, overall: 200 x 48,2cm; image: 120.5 x 31.8cm; the first signed Chikuha with a seal Chikuha, the second and third signed Chikuha with a seal Ōtake and Chikuha; the first and third each with a wood tomobako storage box titled and signed Chikuha with a seal Chikuha, the second with a plain wood storage box (7).
Footnotes
Otake Chikuha was born in Niigata Prefecture into a prolific and talented artistic dynasty. Both his father Kokuseki and his elder and younger brothers Etsudō and Kokkan were painters and Kokkan was often Chikuha's rival, remaining active for several years after his death, while Etsudō's daughter also trained in Nihonga (neo-nativist Japanese painting).
His training began early, at the age of four, and by the time he was six he had already received the art-name Chikuha that he would use for the rest of his life. In 1896 he moved to Tokyo and became a pupil of Kawabata Gyokushō and also took less formal instruction from a wide range of other leading artists. From 1908 he focused his energies on the government-sponsored Bunten exhibition, inaugurated the previous year. He would, unusually, show as many three different works at each Bunten in large formats including pairs of six-panel folding screens, or even double pairs of screens, garnering many of the top awards.