Lot 138: Goto Ichijo (1791-1876) and Kano Natsuo (1828-1898) Fine Japanese Art

1870 Kakejiku, ink on paper, depicting a sprig of camellia below a waka poem (see below), the painting signed Natsuo utsusu (Drawn by Natsuo) with a seal, the poem signed Jinen hachiju-o Hogen Ichijo (Hogen Ichijo, aged 80); with fitted wooden tomobako storage box inscribed outside Hogen Ichijo Natsuo-o gassaku (A joint work by Hogen Ichijo and Natsuo). 93.9cm x 26.7cm (36 15/16in x 10½in). (2).

93.9cm x 26.7cm

: Miyazaki Tomijiro Collection.

Published: Tabako to Shio no Hakubutsukan (Tobacco and Salt Museum), Meiji no chokin: Kano Natsuo to sono jidai (Metalwork in the Meiji Era: Kano Natsuo and His Times), Kyoto, 1987, cat.no.44 Ichijo's waka reads: 久堅のあまてる世々の玉椿　幾はることにかそへ筒経 Hisakata no / amateru yoyo no / tama tsubaki iku haru goto ni / kazoe tsutsu furu The poem combines multiple meanings but may be roughly translated: Out in the high sky / shining out from age to age / pure camellias With each springtime that goes by / falling flowers count the years For another camellia painting by Natsuo, see an album reproduced in Ikeda Suematsu and Yoshida Teruzo, Kano Natsuo meihinshu (Collected Masterpieces by Kano Natsuo), Tokyo, 2000, catalogue no.179, pl.129.