Lot 180: Ichikawa Beian (1779-1858)

Shunsho ikkoku atai senkin (One moment of a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold)
Signed Beian... sho, sealed Yoko shin in and two seals
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
46 1/2 x 11in. (118.2 x 28cm.)

"Japanese Calligraphy," shown at the following venues;
Shirley Day Ltd., London, 1975.11.28-12.10
Kunsthandel Klefisch, Cologne, 1975.12.12-12.29

PUBLISHED:
Stephen Addiss, Japanese Calligraphy, exh. cat. (London: Shirley Day Ltd., 1975), no. 80.

This is the first line of a poem by the Northern Song poet Su Dongpo (Su Shih: 1036-1101).

Beian was considered one of three great calligraphers of the late Edo period, the other two being Maki Ryuko (1776-1843) and Nukina Kaioku (1778-1863). He taught calligraphy to over 5,000 pupils at Koyama Rindo, the school he founded in 1799.