SCHOOL OF MARUYAMA ŌKYO

SCHOOL OF MARUYAMA ŌKYO
TSUBAKI CHINZAN (1801-54)
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Three Japanese kakejiku (hanging scroll paintings), all ink on silk, two with colour; the first with turtles before the rising sun, inscribed Ōkyo with seals Ōkyo and Chusen, 27cm x 33cm; another a painting of white flowers by Tsubaki Chinzan (1801-54) with calligraphy reading as 'a gentle western wind, painted by Chinzan, in the mid-winter of the year Kanoto-I' (1851), 103cm x 11.5cm; together with an ink painting of a dragon amongst clouds (indistinct seal), 27cm x 33cm. (3)

Provenance: from the Estate of a Collector, Heath House, Hampshire, and thence by descent. By repute, acquired in Asia at the turn of the 19th century.