Lot 137: Kano Natsuo (1828-1898) Fine Japanese Art

1866 Kakejiku, ink and slight colour on paper, depicting the bodhisattva Kannon floating on waves with the rising sun in the background, signed Hinoe-tora moshun no hi Natsuo keisha (Respectfully drawn by Natsuo in the first month of the hinoe-tora year [1866]) with seal Natsuo; with wooden storage box; with accompanying certificate and letter. 67.5cm x 20.1cm (26 9/16in x 7 15/16in). (4).

67.5cm x 20.1cm

: 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.43.