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TANAKA TOTSUGEN 田中訥言 (1760–1823) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1800
3 – 11 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,500
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TANAKA TOTSUGEN 田中訥言 (1760–1823)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1800
Fox Disguised as Fujimusume (The Wisteria Maiden)
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on paper in modern silk mounts: A trickster kitsune fox squatting by a stream attempting to disguise itself as the Wisteria Maiden by holding a panicle of flowers over its head, signed Totsugen and sealed; with a titled wood tomobako storage box and a cardboard slipcase
Overall: 182 × 32cm (71 5/8 × 12 5/8in); image: 98.5 × 29cm (28 3/4 × 11 3/8in) (2).
Fox Disguised as Fujimusume (The Wisteria Maiden)
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on paper in modern silk mounts: A trickster kitsune fox squatting by a stream attempting to disguise itself as the Wisteria Maiden by holding a panicle of flowers over its head, signed Totsugen and sealed; with a titled wood tomobako storage box and a cardboard slipcase
Overall: 182 × 32cm (71 5/8 × 12 5/8in); image: 98.5 × 29cm (28 3/4 × 11 3/8in) (2).
Footnotes
Provenance
Hiroshi Yanagi, London, 1986
Conventionally listed as a leader of the Fukko Yamato-e movement that sought to revive the earliest native painting, Tanaka Totsugen was a versatile artist who worked in a variety of styles, as can be seen from this light-hearted sketch in the Shijō manner.














