NAGASAWA ROSETSU (1754–1799) Chickens and Crows Edo period (1615-1868), late...
NAGASAWA ROSETSU (1754–1799)
Chickens and Crows
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century
Pair of two-panel byobu (folding screens), ink and slight colours on paper flecked with gold and silver leaf, within silk borders and a wood frame; the right screen depicting a cockerel, hen and chicks pecking for grain in a bundle of firewood, the left screen with mynah birds perched on the branches of an ancient plum tree, with signatures at right and left Rosetsu utsusu and Rosetsu kore o utsusu and round seals Gyo; the reverse of each screen attached with two sheets of three lines of Chinese poetry brushed by Sawada Toko (1732-1796), renowned for his influential calligraphy in the style of Ming-dynasty masters, each signed Toko Genrin sho and sealed Genrin no in and Bunryu. Overall: 171cm x 186.5cm (67 6/16in x 73 7/16in); the image: 155cm x 170.5cm (61in x 67 1/8in). (2).
For similar depictions of, respectively, a rooster and mynah birds, compare Matthew P. McKelway and Khanh Trinh, Rosetsu: Ferocious Brush, exhibition catalogue, Zurich, Rietberg Museum, 6 September-4 November 2018, pp.144 and 202 (cat. nos.12 and 33).
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NAGASAWA ROSETSU (1754–1799)
Chickens and Crows
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century
Pair of two-panel byobu (folding screens), ink and slight colours on paper flecked with gold and silver leaf, within silk borders and a wood frame; the right screen depicting a cockerel, hen and chicks pecking for grain in a bundle of firewood, the left screen with mynah birds perched on the branches of an ancient plum tree, with signatures at right and left Rosetsu utsusu and Rosetsu kore o utsusu and round seals Gyo; the reverse of each screen attached with two sheets of three lines of Chinese poetry brushed by Sawada Toko (1732-1796), renowned for his influential calligraphy in the style of Ming-dynasty masters, each signed Toko Genrin sho and sealed Genrin no in and Bunryu. Overall: 171cm x 186.5cm (67 6/16in x 73 7/16in); the image: 155cm x 170.5cm (61in x 67 1/8in). (2).
For similar depictions of, respectively, a rooster and mynah birds, compare Matthew P. McKelway and Khanh Trinh, Rosetsu: Ferocious Brush, exhibition catalogue, Zurich, Rietberg Museum, 6 September-4 November 2018, pp.144 and 202 (cat. nos.12 and 33).
