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Lot 80
TANAKA NIKKA 田中日華 (D. 1845) Edo period (1615-1868), early–mid-19th century
3 – 11 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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TANAKA NIKKA 田中日華 (D. 1845)
Edo period (1615-1868), early–mid-19th century
Brine-Gatherers' Huts
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and slight colours on paper in silk mounts: A seashore with brine-gatherers' huts, buckets gathered to one side, clouds above; signed Nikka and sealed Nichi and ka, with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Sumanoura Tanaka Nikka hitsu (Suma Bay, brushed by Tanaka Nikka) and a cardboard slipcase
Overall: 182 × 34cm (71 5/8 × 13 3/8in); image: 89.5 × 29cm (35 1/4 × 11 3/8in) (2).
Brine-Gatherers' Huts
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and slight colours on paper in silk mounts: A seashore with brine-gatherers' huts, buckets gathered to one side, clouds above; signed Nikka and sealed Nichi and ka, with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Sumanoura Tanaka Nikka hitsu (Suma Bay, brushed by Tanaka Nikka) and a cardboard slipcase
Overall: 182 × 34cm (71 5/8 × 13 3/8in); image: 89.5 × 29cm (35 1/4 × 11 3/8in) (2).
Footnotes
For the shore at Suma, famous since ancient times as a site of salt production by evaporation, see Lot 17.














