Lot 2083: IKKYU SOJUN 一休宗純 (1394-1481) Wild Orchids, Rock, and Bamboo, with Calligraphy Muromac

IKKYU SOJUN 一休宗純 (1394-1481) Wild Orchids, Rock, and Bamboo, with Calligraphy Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th century Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper; inscribed at right: Daito Shuho Kokushi Goyo Ryuho monkyaku Tokai Ikkyu-ro no shi tomo ni ga ippitsu 大燈宗峯國師五葉龍寶門客東海一休老納詩与畫一筆 (Old Man Tokai Ikkyu, guest of Daito Shuho Kokushi Goyo Ryuho, offered this poem and painting from the same brush); Inscribed above with a Chinese poem: 屈平佩惠世傳芳 楚国詞人吟奥長 湘水不須 言逆耳 汨羅江上送春香 (The fragrance of Qu’s orchid passes from generation to generation / the verses chanted by this poet of Chu were wide and deep / the waters of the Xiang River ignored his words and blocked its ears to them / but they spread the scent of spring over the waters of Miluo) With fitted lacquered-wood tomobako storage box dated Genbun gannen tatsu shichigatsu mikka 元文元年辰七月三日 (Third day of the seventh month of 1736) and inscribed to the effect that the painting has a certificate by the Daitokuji abbot Gyokushu 玉 舟 (1599-1668); the documents accompanying this lot include the certificate by Gyokushu; another certificate with a label inscribed by Takuan Soho 沢庵宗彭 (1573-1645), also a Daitokuji abbot; an annotated copy of the Chinese poem, with glosses in Japanese; and a copy of the Tokyo Art Club price list of 1926 (see below) 33 1/4in x 15 1/4in (84.4 x 38.7cm)

Provenance: Kataoka Family Collection, until 1926 Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto The Estate of George Gund III (1937-2013), from 1992