Two small Japanese six panel folding screens with depictions of various scenes. Each piece features a black border around the outer edge, followed by a blue-greyish 1 cm border which features floral/branch design in black and gold, there is also a thinner red border around outer edge of the depicte…
Two small Japanese six panel folding screens with depictions of various scenes. Each piece features a black border around the outer edge, followed by a blue-greyish 1 cm border which features floral/branch design in black and gold, there is also a thinner red border around outer edge of the depicted scene. Within the scenes the use of gold is prevalent, along with deep blues, greens and reds. a) In this six panel folding screen, reading from right to left, is a scene of a group of people walking alongside a cart, an ornate and protected cart, being pulled by an ox/bull (?) through the landscape of shrubs, trees, and an edge of a lake (?). On 2nd and 3rd panels from the left is a group of 3 women (possibly 4) seated. The figures within the scene are dressed in what appears to be traditional styles. b) In this six panel folding screen, reading from right to left, is a scene of a group of four figures dressed traditionally with what appears to be wings and tail-like textiles in front of steps of a white lined porch to a building. Each figure appears to be holding a vase with a plant. The two farthest right figures have orange coloured tails and the farther left figures have red tails of fabric. There is depictions of trees, shrubs, a deep blue pool. In the pool appears to be the head of a green dragon and wing and head of a bird, coloured the same as the figures, in the LRC. In the LBC appears to be a structure of red and black panels with gold inscriptions. Some of the trees have white and grey dots for leaves (?). 22.3 x 56.3 cm. Third image is of a) folding together for reference.
L'exposition est placee sour le patronage du gouvernement francais et du gouvernement japonais. Organisee au Musee du Petit Palais par le "yomiuri Shimbun" et la Direction des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris
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ND1052 P4
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an album of prints of painted folding screens by the artist Takeuchi Seiho. Prints are in black and white on cream paper on facing pages inside and feature natural scenes of mountains, a tiger, plants, and landscapes. The album is bound at one side with two gold cords. One cover is printed gold bro…
an album of prints of painted folding screens by the artist Takeuchi Seiho. Prints are in black and white on cream paper on facing pages inside and feature natural scenes of mountains, a tiger, plants, and landscapes. The album is bound at one side with two gold cords. One cover is printed gold brocade with blue Japanese characters. The other is plain with a red square with white characters inside.
Pertains to images of scared shrines, temples and carvings featured at the shrine of Toshogu in Nikko, Japan. The album captures images of ancient sacred meeting places, granting the viewer a chance to delve into traditional Japanese culture. Today, the Toshogu shrine continues to be immensely popular, drawing together tourist from all around the world.
A long straight knife with fluted wooden handle and scabbard ornately trimmed with brass. (a) dagger, short, narrow, pointed, double edged steel blade with small, dark, fluted wooden handle. Blade guard, cast of brass with raised curlicue design, turns upward at sides, handle tip of cast brass wit…
A long straight knife with fluted wooden handle and scabbard ornately trimmed with brass. (a) dagger, short, narrow, pointed, double edged steel blade with small, dark, fluted wooden handle. Blade guard, cast of brass with raised curlicue design, turns upward at sides, handle tip of cast brass with similar design and small lug with hole through at one side Note: blade guard loose; wooden handle cracked along length; blade pitted. (b) scabbard, narrow and straight, made of two pieces of wood held together by two rings of heavy cast brass with raised floral motifs, becoming oval medallions on one side with cast relief of dragon like figures. Cast brass bands at mouth and tip repeat dragon floral motif of other two bands and have floral motif cut through exposing pebbly stone inlay in wood. Brass ring near top with small brass loop on one side.
A very thin knife with ebony handle like rifle butt and wooden scabbard wrapped with bands of black cord. (a) dirk, short, narrow, pointed steel blade with reverse curve to sharp shoulder on under side of hilt. Small carved ebony handle shaped like a rifle butt, with carved band of scallops and d…
A very thin knife with ebony handle like rifle butt and wooden scabbard wrapped with bands of black cord. (a) dirk, short, narrow, pointed steel blade with reverse curve to sharp shoulder on under side of hilt. Small carved ebony handle shaped like a rifle butt, with carved band of scallops and diamond shapes around middle. Two decorative notches carved across butt of handle. Note: handle checked along length. (b) scabbard, small, simple and straight, carved of two pieces of wood with triangular opening at mouth. Top carved to curve downward on one side to accommodate shoulder of blade. Girded with four double bands of finely braided cord, evenly spaced along length, and a fifth triple band at top beneath shoulder. Note: top fibre hands loose and slide up and down.
Knife with carved pistol grip handle and flame like carved piece at mouth of wooden scabbard. (a) knife, thin, curved, pointed steel blade with handle carved of greenish tortoiseshell ? shaped like a simple pistol grip. Deep single groove incised at each side at top near hilt. Blade joined to hand…
Knife with carved pistol grip handle and flame like carved piece at mouth of wooden scabbard. (a) knife, thin, curved, pointed steel blade with handle carved of greenish tortoiseshell ? shaped like a simple pistol grip. Deep single groove incised at each side at top near hilt. Blade joined to handle with roughly formed collar of grey metal. Note: hairline cracks in handle along grain, blade pitted and rusted. (b) scabbard, simple, slightly curved, wood with hoof like ebony tip. Band of tortoiseshell ? at opening carved in shape of flame or flowing leaf sticking out to one side. Round hole drilled through top, five thin lines incised across wood spaced evenly along length of scabbard. Small patches of glossy black material in a few places, and a black colour in the grain of the wood indicate that the wood may have been once enamelled black