Private collection, Switzerland
A two-fold paper screen painted by Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1828) in ink and colour on a gold ground with a karasu (crow) perched in a kaki (persimmon) tree holding a ripened fruit in its mouth.
Japan, 19th century, Edo 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 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