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KO MOTOHIKO 小元彦 (DATES UNKNOWN) Edo period (1615—1868), 1862 (2) image 1
KO MOTOHIKO 小元彦 (DATES UNKNOWN) Edo period (1615—1868), 1862 (2) image 2
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KO MOTOHIKO 小元彦 (DATES UNKNOWN)
Edo period (1615—1868), 1862

3 – 11 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

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KO MOTOHIKO 小元彦 (DATES UNKNOWN)

Edo period (1615—1868), 1862
Cooling Off on the Kamo River
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk and antique printed cotton mounts by Kami Kentarō (1991): Kawara yūsuzumi (Cooling off in the evening on the banks of the [Kamo] river); a summer evening during the rainy season with more than 30 individuals—depicted in typical Shijō figurative style—seated on kawayuka, temporary platforms set up along the eastern side of Kyoto's fabled Ponto-chō entertainment street, dining out while enjoying the cooling effect of the flowing water; to the north, pedestrians passing back and forth over Sanjō Bridge; dated and signed Mizunoe-inu minazuki jōkan Ko Motohiko utsusu (Brushed by Ko Motohiko early in the sixth month of 1862) and sealed Motohiko and Hanga hyakuyō; with a modern wood storage box and a cardboard slipcase
Overall: 199 × 64cm (78 3/8 × 25 1/4in); image: 115 × 51.5cm (45 1/4 × 20 1/4in) (2).

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