Description
6 panel 'literati' ink on gold screen depicting a classical Chinese landscape, by Tanomura Chokunyu 1814-1907, c1872
Fully remounted and in excellent condition.
Like his master and adoptive father Tanomura Chikuden, Tanomura Chokunyu, was an esteemed 'nanga' painter, poet and calligrapher (artist scholars noted for creating ink landscapes in the tradition of classical Chinese paintings). Working in Kyoto he became a leading Meiji period exponent of the nanga painting tradition, securing the title of first director of the Kyoto Municipal School of Fine Arts and Crafts and founding the Nihon Nanga Kyokai.
Two similar screens dating to the same period are housed at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, with other works in the collections of the Ashmoleum Museum Oxford, the British Museum and the Idemitsu Art Gallery Tokyo.
Materials: Sumi ink on gold leaf ground
Dimensions: H 176cm x W 376cm
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