A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities

A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities

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Title: A Late Edo to Taisho Period Painting Album, Circa 1800-1926. 62 Pieces of Beautiful Landscapes and Calligraphy by Various Artists, including two Masters of Japanese Calligraphy and the Founder of One of Japan’s Oldest Women’s Universities
Author: Attributed to Nukina Kaioku; Sugi Magoshichirō; Higashikuze Michitomi; Atomi Kakei; And Others
Condition: Very Good

A Late Edo to Taisho Period, early 19th to early 20th century painting album, attributed to numerous artists of the periods, with names such as Nukina Kaioku, Sugi Magoshichirō, Higashikuze Michitomi, and even Atomi Kakei, bearing their seals and signatures.

There are forty-two beautiful full-page paintings done in various Southern School and Nanga styles, all lovingly produced on silk in various ink and wash styles, many being in color, of various landscapes and floral arrangements, and several of various creatures. There are also 20 additional examples of beautiful calligraphy, all largely done on silk as well, barring the initial double paged spread at the beginning.

Of the identified artists, is the following information:

Nukina Kaioku (1778-1863) was a painter and calligrapher with many pseudonyms, but Kaioku and Sūō are the most well-known. He was considered a leader in the field of Japanese calligraphy during the Edo period and was also skilled at painting in the Nanga style, also known as the Southern School style of Chinese painting. By the end of his life, Kaioku was recognized both as one of the most outstanding calligraphers of his time and admired in his role as a scholar of Chinese writing styles. Along with Maki Ryoko and Ichikawa Beian, he was one of the renowned calligraphers in groups of three referred to as Sanpitsu, or Three Brushes, during the Bakumatsu Period.

Sugi Magoshichirō (1835-1920) was a Japanese samurai and retainer of the Choshu domain, as well as a bureaucrat and viscount during the Meiji and Taisho Periods. Born with the given name Juuka in Mihori Village of Suo Province, and second son of Ueki Goroemon, he served as a page to the domain lord, and in 1861, accompanied Takeuchi Yasunori and Matsudaira Yasuhide, members of the Edo Shogunate 's European missions, on a tour of Western countries. After the Meiji Restoration, he became Deputy Grand Councillor of the Yamaguchi Domain, and following the abolition of the domains and the establishment of prefectures in 1871, he further served as Imperial Household Chief Secretary and Governor of Akita Prefecture, before returning to the position of Imperial Household Chief Secretary. He was also skilled in calligraphy, of which at least one example by him is present in this album.

Higashikuze Michitomi (1835-1912) was a Japanese nobleman, politician, and tea master from the late Edo period to the Meiji period. He was one of the sonno joi (revere the emperor, expel the barbarians) nobles who fled to Choshu after being exiled as of result of the Shichikyo-ochi incident. After the restoration of the monarchy, he served as Governor-General of Foreign Affairs and handled diplomatic negotiations for the newly established new government.

Atomi Kakei (1840-1926) was a Japanese calligrapher, Maruyama school painter, scholar of Sino-Japanese studies, and Meiji period educator. Born in Osaka into a well-educated family, she had the rare opportunity to be educated in the Chinese Classics, a field often dominated by men. She studied calligraphy under Setsuan Miyahara, a student of Sanyo Rai, as well as painting under Oryu Maruyama, Raisho Nakajima, and Hine Taizan. And in 1875, she founded the Atomi School in 1875 in Kanda, Tokyo, one of the oldest women's universities in Japan.

The paintings have been finely bound in album format, with decorated, blue and white brocade covers, with flowering designs.

One silk and paper painting album in orihon format (26.7 x 22.2 cm), 68 leaves

This album is in very good shape, with minimal rubbing and wear to the covers. At least two leaves have partial splits. There is minor foxing and spotting to a few of the paintings and calligraphy, though the pieces are largely unaffected. There is an old, musty smell from however it was last stored.