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Waterfalls are Summer scrolls as the falling
water can add a coolness to
the room while misty landscapes can be a wonderful meditation vehicle
TAKI( Waterfall ). This type scroll is
for summer in Japan. It creates a cool atmosphere The magnificent antique hand painted
works of art show the Japanese style of painting at its very best. Some
of these scrolls are very old and in some
cases these have been completely restored where the original mounts were
beyond repair. The original ends and boxes have been retained if
these were available but the silk mounts have been replaced with similar
colours to the original. Nothing has been altered with the actual
painting.
Waterfall with poem
A very good Sumie ink drawing of a
waterfall. This dates from around 1935
Taki, Uguitsu and Momji A riot of gold is the colour theme of this exquisite jewel of a painting in a beautiful example of a unique Japanese style from a great artist. Gentle almost nishiki gold dust is scattered throughout the silk background giving this painting an almost ethereal look. A stylised bird on a maple tells us that this is a image of Spring, leading to warmer weather tempered by the cool rushing waters of the waterfall Uguisu (鶯, Japanese bush warbler (sometimes translated as Japanese nightingale), Cettia diphone): early spring. The bird is used as an example of sweet sounds. Uguisu were mentioned in the preface to the Kokinshū. It is often associated with ume blossoms and new growth in early Japanese waka and is regarded as a harbinger of spring (春告鳥, harutsugedori, literary "bird that announces the arrival of spring").While maples are usually representative of Autumn, in this painting the maple (momji) leaves are light green and symbolise spring Painted by TOSHIKO MITSUYA one of Japans most famous women
painters. With artists own box sold
The scroll ends are made from Ivory
A wonderful Waterfall landscape created by the artist
Seisen with Box. £220
Taki Sansui Ga.
A truly beautiful image of a waterfall with a tall bridge near the bottom. Maple trees arch gracefully over the thundering falls as an old fisherman takes his basket and rod ready for a days fishing from the river below. Painted around 1930. 78x22 inches-Bone Jikusaki -Scroll Ends. The top and the bottom mounts are almost acceptable but I would like to remount these two sections as they can be made better and the scroll will look all the better for this . The buyer can choose. With Box.£190 Click any for a bigger image
A very elegant Taki-Waterfall by the artist Shoin painted around 1900 £160
Nachi-no-Otaki are also known as the Number one Falls-Ichi no Otaki . This is a very atmospheric image that reminds me in some ways of the great glacier shifts which created the magnificent waterfalls of Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite and Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite. Similar landscapes are in Japan deep in the mountains and his is an older image of the famous Nachi-no-Otaki Falls and the water from these mighty falls create lakes of pure fresh mountain water which has always been an attraction for the Japanese. The Nachi Primeval Forest, is a place of mountain god worship. Nachi-no-Otaki / Ichi no Otaki Falls, 133 meters high. The name comes from Mount Nachi, however as this is the biggest waterfall in Japan it is also affectionately known as Ichi No, (Number one) OTaki, (of all Waterfalls). Ichi no Otaki.
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66x18 This is to be the subject of a Remount
during September /October 2010 and please note that the top and base
sections are in grey and not blue. Just a photographic anomaly
Konan Tanigami was born 1879 in
Hyogo prefecture. He is well known "Birds and flowers" Nihon-ga
artist. He was first Japanese to paint Western flowers and
established a dynamic painting of flowers and birds.
Konan Tanigami produced
five volumes of pictures of Western Plants which were published by
Unsodo 1917/18. In 1917 he was selected to produce a series of peony
prints for the Teiten (Imperial Exhibition). He is one of Japan's
most famous naturalist artist.
This waterfall scroll is certainly a departure from his more popular style but many artists painted the cooling effect of waterfalls (Taki) Konan is one of Japans most famous artists and scrolls are rare and very valuable. With a new hand made antique Kimono Silk covered box created for this scroll. £275
Taki by Tanigami Konan 1879 - 1928 66x18 Newly restored. (Grey silk and not blue)
Artist is Maeda Ichiou (1890 - 1939)
This is a absolutely beautiful Sansui ga, landscape, of a waterfall through autumn leaves. The light that has been captured by this artist is quite stunning and the balance of the subject has been extremely well done. Flocks of birds fly through the leaves and in front of the waterfall and the entire image is full of life and movement. Painted on silk this Sansui ga has all the elements that you would like to see in a landscape painting . The mounts are in very good condition. On a personal note this has, without doubt, been one of my favourite scrolls in this genre. 70.1z23.1 inches
This was recently remounted onto new silks. The top silk is grey and the double border is white and turquoise green. The silk covered box has been also been made from the same green kimono silk .The outside fine edge is in brown. Beautifully mounted, this superb Waterfall Scroll is £195.
Waterfall into Lake Landscape £175 with Box. Recently and exquisitely remounted onto new silks.
Waterfall
through a Maple branch. Painted on Silk. This was remounted this year
and the image at the side shows the incredible detail of the mounting.
The mounting is on silk with wood ends. A silk covered Box comes with
this scroll. £225 UK Post included is Airmail. Courier Post (UPS etc)
is plus £20 to EEC and plus £30 to North America
Waterfall landscape fully restored on
silk n/a Waterfall painting Size 110.0cm x 45.0cm /
43.3" x 17.7" Including Brocade Silk covered box ( this
scroll is presently not available as it is out on appro)
Sui kan Okuda
Waterfall Scroll:
Taki Sansui ga painting
and scroll 21.5 inches scroll ends 23 inches £425 Including Box-
The Sui kan os a robe
worn by adherents to
a Buddhist sect.
Okuda was a Buddhist
monk who painted lifelike scenes of the Japanese Landscape.
These are very
realistic
and quite rare, They are
extremely
beautiful and this
particular scroll shows an autumn waterfall which is
characterised by the muted
Autumn colors of the landscape.
The Great Hannoki Waterfall. A stunning example of Japanese Art at its very best. The painting as been remounted onto new silks and the scroll comes with a hand made wooden box. This is the
tallest waterfall in Japan and is the Hannoki Falls, at 497 m. Believed
to house a kami called Hiryu Gongen worshiped at Kumano Nachi Taisha, it
is part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain
Range" £225
Waterfall through a maple branch This is a very slim scroll 12 inches wide Comes with wood box sold
Haruki Nanko 1819 Taki -waterfall which has been restored with period scroll ends and new silk mountings in dark and light grey (not blue as the pictures) . Box included with scroll. Ready end of November around 78x24 £220 Haruki Nanko (1759-1839 )Nanko had become popular as a painter during the1830s he had become equal to one of the reigning artists at that time,Tani Bunchô (1763-1840) who was also a friend . It had taken Nanko some time to gain recognition in Edo. The reason for this was his many years travelling to study Southern Chinese painting. However, in the course of his travels he gained many students. When he returned to Edo he introduced this Southern painting style where all Nanga painters in Edo still worked in the Northern style. His son Nammei, (Haruki Nammei 1795-1878) was still developing his own style at the time during this rise in popularity of his father but he became well known in his own right.
The box for this scroll is in antique Kimono Silk and is very subtle in the water pattern echoing the subject of the scroll making the a perfect box for this detailed painting
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Nachi-san
mountain, with its slopes covered by a primeval forest of luxuriant
evergreen trees, is about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) inland from the Sea
of Kumano. Cascading down between the peaks, the Nachi River runs over
48 waterfalls. Nachi Fall or Ichi-no-Taki, is the largest of these. The
great Ichi-no-Taki, where in a 13-meter-wide flow, one ton of water
drops straight down for 133 meters (436 feet) every second, rivals the
Kegon Fall at Nikko and the Fukuroda Fall in Ibaraki Prefecture as the
most beautiful waterfall in Japan. Nearby, said to be the first place to
have enshrined and revered Nachi Fall, is the Nachi Shrine, one of the
three Kumano Grand Shrines. 
This is the scroll prior to restoration
