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2026.07.10

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Artworks of the Month

Ornament: Item Number : 26117

Kiyomizu Rokube'e, the 5th

Gold Fish

Biography	Kiyomizu Rokubei, the 5th(1875-1959) was a potter born in Kyoto.
Description	(large) h 3.8 w8 d 4.2 (cm) (small) h 4 w6.3 d 4.1 (cm) with wooden storage box signed by the artist

Kikujido - Chrysanthemum Boy (3 scrolls)

Hanging scroll: Item Number : 26071

Kato Bunrei

Kikujido - Chrysanthemum Boy (3 scrolls)

Biography	Kato Bunrei (1706–1782) was a painter. His given name was Yasuto, his common name was Orinosuke, and his art name was Yosai. He was the sixth son of Kato Yasutsune, the third lord of the Iyo Ozu Domain. He served as a Nishinomaru shōshōgumi bangashira (a supervisory post in the Edo Castle guard). He studied painting under Kano Chikanobu and is known as the first teacher of Tani Buncho. Among his pupils was Kuroda Ryōzan. He excelled in landscape and bird-and-flower painting.
Description	3 scrolls color on silk with silk mounting 98 x 32 cm(each artwork), 184 x 44 cm(each overall) minor foxing/minor crease on silk with wooden storage box

Biography

Kato Bunrei (1706–1782) was a painter. His given name was Yasuto, his common name was Orinosuke, and his art name was Yosai. He was the sixth son of Kato Yasutsune, the third lord of the Iyo Ozu Domain. He served as a *Nishinomaru shōshōgumi bangashira* (a supervisory post in the Edo Castle guard). He studied painting under Kano Chikanobu and is known as the first teacher of Tani Buncho. Among his pupils was Kuroda Ryōzan. He excelled in landscape and bird-and-flower painting.

Description

3 scrolls
color on silk with silk mounting
98 x 32 cm(each artwork), 184 x 44 cm(each overall)
minor foxing/minor crease on silk
with wooden storage box

Framed: Item Number : 23108

Domoto Insho

Naginatahoko - Mikoshi

Biography	Domoto Insho(1891-1975) was a Japanese-stye painter born in Kyoto. After graduating from the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, he aspired to be a Japanese-style painter and went to the Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting. Studied painting under Nishiyama Suisho. Painted many fusuma and wall paintings for major temples in Kyoto including Daitokuji, Ninnaji, Toji and Daigoji temples.
Description	color on paper with framed 12 x 42 cm(artwork), 32 x 61 cm(overall) with certificate by Miwa Akihisa of "Domoto Impression Committee"