Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966)

Kobai (Red plum)

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Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966)
Kobai (Red plum)
Signed Ryushi and sealed Ryu
Tanzaku (poem slip) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color and silver leaf on paper
14 x 2¼in. (35.5 x 5.7cm.)
Painted circa 1945
With wood box titled, signed and sealed by the artist's daughter Kawabata Kimiko

Rindo (Gentian)
Signed Ryushi and sealed Ryu
Tanzaku; ink and color on decorated paper
14¼ x 23/8in. (36.2 x 6cm.)
Painted circa 1945-55

Ume (Plum)
Signed Ryushi and sealed Ryu
Tanzaku mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
141/8 x 2¼in. (35.7 x 5.7cm.)
Painted circa 1945-55
With wood box titled, signed and sealed by the artist's daughter Kawabata Kimiko

Kotobuki (Longevity)
Signed Ryushi and sealed with emblem
Tanzaku mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color and gold leaf on silk
14 x 23/8in. (36 x 6.2cm.)
Painted circa 1945
With wood box titled, signed and sealed by the artist

Kotei ni uta (Poem on a large garden)
Signed Ryushi
Tanzaku mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on decorated paper
141/8 x 23/8in. (36 x 6cm.)
Painted circa 1955-65
With Tokyo Bijutsu Club certificate no. 99-632, 1999.12.9

Ikku (Poem)
Signed Ryushi
Tanzaku; ink on decorated paper
14¼ x 23/8in. (36.1 x 6cm.)
Painted circa 1955-65

Fuji uta (Poem on Mount Fuji)
Signed Ryushi
Tanzaku; ink and color on paper
14¼ x 23/8in. (36.2 x 6cm.)
Painted circa 1955-65
With Tokyo Bijutsu Club certificate no. 99-661, 1999.12.9 (7)

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Kawabata Ryushi sakuhinshu (Collected works of Kawabata Ryushi) (Privately published, n.d.), pls. 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 and 65 respectively.

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