The Kura - Japanese Art Treasures

Robert Mangold has been working with Japanese antiques since 1995 with an emphasis on ceramics, Paintings, Armour and Buddhist furniture.

UNUSUAL EARLY SHOWA STYLE Japanese BIJIN SCROLL, IKKO


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Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1950: Item # 376819

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A young woman in rare western dress gazes across this early to mid 20th century Bijinga scroll signed Ikko (Furutani Fujio, b. 1891) enclosed in a period wooden box. Her bright western dress and short hair must have made quite an impression in conservative Japan. The silk painting is bordered in green brocade embellished with flowering vines, extended with beige and features bone rollers. The scroll measures 21-1/2 x 52-1/2 inches (54.5 x 133 cm), and is in fine condition. Fujio was born in Kyoto, and developed hiw approach to Nihonga under the tutelage of the great Yamamoto Shunkyo, and later became a member of the Nitten.