Sumi on paper. This hanging scroll depicting a waterfall was featured in a recent exhibition at the Nomura Art Museum (Kyoto) and is displayed on pp. 43 of the associated art book: Ōtagaki Rengetsu: Poetry and Artworks from a Rustic Hut. The poem reads: Summer flows into the world, unfurling everywhere… I am alone and cool, beside the mountain’s, downstream waters. [Sold]

This rare and interesting ceramic work was done by one of the most renowned and loved waka poets of the 19th century, Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875). In fact, if you look closely at the attached images, you will see her finger imprints clearly preserved in the molded clay.[Sold]

Sumi and color on paper. This 18th century folding screen or byobu features a stylistically rendered tiger prowling a bamboo forest. Still on its original mount, the piece is framed by an intricately brocaded border of dyed silk and an original black lacquered wooden frame with cloth backing. In fine condition and possessing a remarkable aji (graceful beauty bestowed by age).

A small cottage perched on the edge of a tranquil lake, fishermen heading out in the morning chill to secure their daily catch. This tranquil scene from the Japanese countryside was captured over 300 years ago by painter, poet, and Buddhist monk Hyakusetsu Genyō (poet) and Kuge Yaou (painter) a monk of the Tenryu-ji sect. [Sold]