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NAKABAYASHI CHIKUTŌ 中林竹洞 (1776–1853) Edo period (1615-1868), 1844
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NAKABAYASHI CHIKUTŌ 中林竹洞 (1776–1853)
Edo period (1615-1868), 1844
Spring Forest and Distant Peaks
Yokomono kakejiku (hanging scroll in horizontal format), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts: In the foreground tall trees by a lakeside retreat, in the background mountains and ravines, with pine trees sketched in the artist's characteristic manner; inscribed and signed Shunrin enkō Tenpō kinoe-tatsu mōtō Aizanrōchū Chūtan (Spring Forest and Distant Peaks, Chūtan, at the Mountain-Loving Pavilion in early winter of 1844) and sealed Narimasa no in and Chikutō jisaku; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Chikutō rōjin Sekiden o narrate sansui zu tatejiku (Vertical landscape scroll by Chikutō in the manner of Shen Zhou [Chinese, 1427–1509]); inscribed inside the lid Baisō dai with two seals (the painter Matsumura Baisō, 1884–1934)
Overall: 134 × 70cm (52 3/4 × 27 1/2in); image: 38 × 56cm (15 × 22in) (2).
Spring Forest and Distant Peaks
Yokomono kakejiku (hanging scroll in horizontal format), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts: In the foreground tall trees by a lakeside retreat, in the background mountains and ravines, with pine trees sketched in the artist's characteristic manner; inscribed and signed Shunrin enkō Tenpō kinoe-tatsu mōtō Aizanrōchū Chūtan (Spring Forest and Distant Peaks, Chūtan, at the Mountain-Loving Pavilion in early winter of 1844) and sealed Narimasa no in and Chikutō jisaku; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Chikutō rōjin Sekiden o narrate sansui zu tatejiku (Vertical landscape scroll by Chikutō in the manner of Shen Zhou [Chinese, 1427–1509]); inscribed inside the lid Baisō dai with two seals (the painter Matsumura Baisō, 1884–1934)
Overall: 134 × 70cm (52 3/4 × 27 1/2in); image: 38 × 56cm (15 × 22in) (2).
Footnotes
For the distinctive handling of rock faces seen in this scroll, compare a painting by the artist in Miyeko Murase and others, Art Through a Lifetime: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection, vol. 1, Japanese Paintings, Printed Works, Calligraphy, New York, Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2013, cat. no. 361.














