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KANO SHOEI SUKENOBU: AN IMPRESSIVE SCROLL PAINTING OF TEKKAI SENNIN EXHALING HIS ANIMA

KANO SHOEI SUKENOBU: AN IMPRESSIVE SCROLL PAINTING OF TEKKAI SENNIN EXHALING HIS ANIMA Kano Shoei Sukenobu (d. 1857), signed Shoei Sukenonu hitsu with seal Japan, late Edo period (1615-1868) Painted with ink and colors on paper and mounted as a hanging scroll, depicting Tekkai Sennin exhaling his anima, in the form of a small figure in the upper left corner, to visit Laozi in paradise, the immortal wearing a long flowing robe, with two small double-gourd flasks attached to his obi, and leaning on a walking cane with both hands. Note the extremely fine quality of then painting as evident in the thin, wild hair and beard, Tekkai’s strong expression and piercing gaze, and the bod brushstrokes of his robe. The Kano school is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting and was the dominant style of painting from the late 15th century until the Meiji period, by which time the school had divided into many different branches. The Kano family itself produced a string of major artists over several generations and according to the historian of Japanese art Robert Treat Paine, “another family which in direct blood line produced so many men of genius ... would be hard to find”. Kano Shoei Sukenobu was the 11th generation head of the Negishi Ogyonomatsu branch of the Kano School, son of the 10th generation head Kano Asen Takanobu (1809-1892). Image SIZE 118.4 x 55.1 cm, total SIZE 190 x 67.2 cm Condition: Wear, creases, stains, and few small tears. The roller ends are missing. Provenance: German private collection.   RefOki221020