Lot 111: SUZUKI KIITSU 鈴木其一 (1796-1858) AND KAMEDA BŌSAI 亀田鵬斎 (1752-1826) CAMELLIA A

SUZUKI KIITSU 鈴木其一 (1796-1858) AND KAMEDA BŌSAI 亀田鵬斎 (1752-1826) CAMELLIA AND CALLIGRAPHY Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1820 Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and light colours on paper in silk mounts, depicting a branch of camellia with a poem (see below); lacquered wood jiku (roller ends) Signed Kiitsu hitsu 其一筆 (Painted by Kiitsu) with seal Joun 鋤雲; the poem signed Bōsai 鵬斎 and sealed Chōkō no in 長興之印 (Seal of Chōkō) Chinese inscription by Kameda Bōsai: A circle of white jade so perfect it blends with the sky / Such flowers first blossomed on Hōrai’s sacred peak / Cut and put in a vase of ice its colours would soon fade / In this mortal world we should cherish only true red blooms. Wood tomobako (storage box) inscribed outside Kiitsu hitsu tsubaki no zu Bōsai san 其一筆椿之図鵬斎賛 (Painting of a camellia by Kiitsu with an inscription by Bōsai) and with a collector’s seal inside Kōundōshu 香雲堂主 (Master of the Fragrant Cloud Studio) Overall: 183.5 x 36cm (72¼ x 14 1/8in.) Image: 101.5 x 27.9cm (40 x 11in.) (2).