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2026.01.10

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Artworks of the Month

Framed: Item Number : 24095

Natsume Soseki

Haiku - Japanese Poem

Biography	Natsume Soseki(1867-1916) was a novelist born in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. Studied haiku under Masaoka Shiki in his undergraduate days. Became an English teacher at Matsuyama jounior high school and Kumamoto the fifth prefectural high school. Later studied abroad in England on a government scholarship. Returning to Japan, became a lecturer in English at Tokyo Imperial University and entered the Asahi Shimbun Company. Known as an outstanding Japanese novelist of the Meiji and Taisho periods.
Description	ink on paper with gold pine needle pattern, with frame 36 × 6 cm(artwork), 66 × 28 cm(overall) minor foxing on the paper

Biography

Natsume Soseki(1867-1916) was a novelist born in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. Studied haiku under Masaoka Shiki in his undergraduate days. Became an English teacher at Matsuyama jounior high school and Kumamoto the fifth prefectural high school. Later studied abroad in England on a government scholarship. Returning to Japan, became a lecturer in English at Tokyo Imperial University and entered the Asahi Shimbun Company. Known as an outstanding Japanese novelist of the Meiji and Taisho periods.

Description

ink on paper with gold pine needle pattern, with frame
36 × 6 cm(artwork), 66 × 28 cm(overall)
minor foxing on the paper

Hanging scroll: Item Number : 23078

Soma Gyofu

Iron Bowl with self-inscription

Biography	Soma Gyofu(1758-1831) was a monk of Soto-shu sect and poet, born in Echigo Province(present Niigata Prefecture). Published a magazine "Shirayuri" with Iwano Homei in 1903. Devoted to the research on Ryokan in his later years.
Description	ink on paper with silk mounting 133 x 33 cm(artwork), 209 x 46 cm(overall) with wooden storage box

Hanging scroll: Item Number : 22151

Hashimoto Chobei, the 1st, Rantei Dojin

Falcon

Biography	Hashimoto Chobei, the 1st (unknown) was a painter born in Tsuruga Province(present Fukui prefecture). Inherited the name for three generations of falcon painters in the early Edo period. Valued highly as "Chobei Falcon" and "Tsuruga Falcon." Depicted the structure of falcon precisely and called as a master of falcon. His famous work is the Six-Fold Screen of Falcon. The Hashimoto Chobei, the 2nd dedicated the falcon painting to Nikko Tosho-gu Shrine under the order by the feudal retainer of Obama Domain, Sakai Tadakatsu.
Description	Hashimoto Chobei, the 1st(painting)/ Rantei Dojin(inscription) color on paper with silk mounting 121 × 46 cm(artwork), 215 × 59 cm(overall) traces of repairment on paper with wooden storage box

Biography

Hashimoto Chobei, the 1st (unknown) was a painter born in Tsuruga Province(present Fukui prefecture). Inherited the name for three generations of falcon painters in the early Edo period. Valued highly as "Chobei Falcon" and "Tsuruga Falcon." Depicted the structure of falcon precisely and called as a master of falcon. His famous work is the Six-Fold Screen of Falcon. The Hashimoto Chobei, the 2nd dedicated the falcon painting to Nikko Tosho-gu Shrine under the order by the feudal retainer of Obama Domain, Sakai Tadakatsu.

Description

Hashimoto Chobei, the 1st(painting)/ Rantei Dojin(inscription)
color on paper with silk mounting
121 × 46 cm(artwork), 215 × 59 cm(overall)
traces of repairment on paper
with wooden storage box

Hanging scroll: Item Number : 19052

Unkoku Toeki , Kosetsu Soryu

Hotei

Biography	Unkoku Toeki (1591-1644) was a Japanese painter born in Aki (present Hiroshima Prefecture). A son of Unkoku Togan. 　 Kosetsu Soryu(1594-1666) was a Japanese Ronzai monk born in Izumi-Sakai, Osaka). Learned under Takuan Soho. Successor of Kogetsu Sogan in Ryuko-in. The 181th head priest of Daitokuji. Excelled at calligraphies.
Description	ink on paper with silk mounting dimensions: 109×38cm(artwork), 181×40cm(overall) a minor crease in paper , minor wear in box with wooden storage box signed by Gesshu Sochu