Japanese Antique Scroll by Shūhō Hand Painted Samurai Minamoto Kakejiku 73" Itomasu Measures: 52'' wide by 58'

Measures: 52'' wide by 58' tall

Height = 23"

red overglaze applied around outer surface and decorated with fine gold maki-e style landscape painting

A distinguished example of Sendai isho dansu with an exceptionally unified kiku hardware program — a chest that embodies the regional tradition at its most refined

and the finest examples demonstrate real painterly ambition within a popular devotional format

Japanese Antique Scroll by Shūhō Hand Painted Samurai Minamoto Kakejiku 73" Itomasu Measures: 52'' wide by 58'Antique Japanese Hanging Scroll, Minamoto no Yoshiie on Horseback, Signed Shh () Japan, Meiji period (), c. 18701890 Overall: 73" H 21" W (185 cm 53 cm) Painted in ink and mineral pigments on silk, this kakejiku () depicts Minamoto no Yoshiie (, 10411108) the celebrated Heian period warrior commander known as Hachiman Tar, "Eldest Son of the God of War" mounted on a black horse at full stride beneath blossoming cherry trees. Yoshiie wears formal court