A pair of four-fold screens painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with kuri (Japanese chestnut) flowers on a knoll.
Japan, 17th/18th century, Edo period.
Provenance: a private Italian collection.
Chestnut (kuri). The Japanese for dried chestnut is kachiguri which shares the sound of the word for victory, kachi, and had special meaning for warriors of the feudal period. Associated with the ceremonies of troops departing for battle and returning home in triumph, it was ultimately adopted as an auspicious mon (family crest).
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
