Lot 15*
Terasaki Kogyo (1866-1919) Taisho Period, dated 1912
5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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Taisho Period, dated 1912
Kakejiku, in ink and light colour on paper, depicting in the foreground windswept Autumnal shrubs including susuki and kikyo, the full moon in the background, signed Kogyo with seal Kogyo; with tomobako titled, dated, inscribed and sealed by the artist, Mizunoe Ne shoto, Kogyo jidai (inscribed by Kogyo in the early Winter of the year of the Rat [1912]). 137cm x 61cm (54in x 24in). (2).
Kakejiku, in ink and light colour on paper, depicting in the foreground windswept Autumnal shrubs including susuki and kikyo, the full moon in the background, signed Kogyo with seal Kogyo; with tomobako titled, dated, inscribed and sealed by the artist, Mizunoe Ne shoto, Kogyo jidai (inscribed by Kogyo in the early Winter of the year of the Rat [1912]). 137cm x 61cm (54in x 24in). (2).
Footnotes
月下秋草図 寺崎廣業 一幅 紙本淡彩 大正時代（1912年）
Born in Akita Prefecture Terasaki Kogyo first began studying Kano-school painting in Akita and after moving to Tokyo, studied under Hirafuku Suian. He introduced a new perspective to Nanga painting and greatly contributed to the Foundation of the Nihon Bijutsuin or Japan Art Institute together with Okakura Tenshin.
