Picture Handscroll Emaki On Paper With Four Extremely Long Highly Detailed Seasonal Paintings

by Views Of Kobe Scroll

$19,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Scroll 378 x 7280 mm. , inner wooden core roller. Japan : late Edo or early Meiji. It is difficult to express the beauty and detail of this scroll, which celebrates the seasonal landscapes of Kobe in the mid- to late Edo era, well before it became an industrial city in the 20th century. The artist was a highly accomplished observer, using vivid colors and a liberal use of perspective to portray the views. We do not find any similar scrolls. The most

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