Private collection, Australia
A two-fold paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with a black lacquer shodana (display cabinet) with shelves and a cupboard with a pair of fusuma painted with a Chinese-style landscape in sumi (ink).
The right hand panel shows a young male resting on a Chinese-style red and gold lacquer box, To the side of him is a bronze flower vessel with elephant head handles containing an ikebana arrangement of kuri (Japanese chestnut).
Japan, 17th century, Kan'ei era (1624-1649).
Screens
A two-fold screen with the Uji River and its bridge
An eight-fold screen depicting flowers of the four seasons
A six-fold screen with a cherry tree
A six-fold paper screen with the Plains at Musashino
A two-fold screen with a river landscape
A six-fold screen with a covey of uzura and chicks
A six-fold screen with grape vines
A two-fold screen with chrysanthemums
A pair of six-fold paper screens with the Plains at Musashino
A pair of four-fold screens with kuri flowers
A two-fold screen with court ladies
Four fusuma by Nagasawa Rosetsu
A six-fold screen with autumn flowers and grasses
A six-fold paper screen with poem slips
A pair of six-fold screens with scattered fans
A paper screen with the Uji river and its bridge
A pair of six-fold screens with poem slips from the 17th century
A two-fold lacquer screen with a persimmon tree
