A four-fold screen by Morita Shiryu
#6581
Morita Shiryu
Bokunjinkai group
H: 162cm x W: 319.5cm (64” x 126”)
Private collection, Holland
A four-fold screen; aluminum flake pigment in polyvinyl acetate medium, yellow alkyd varnish, on paper with three characters reading: ryū shiru ryū (dragon knows dragon), an expression meaning “to recognise greatness in greatness”.
Japan, 20th century, Showa period.
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 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
A six-fold paper screen with the Plains at Musashino
