From our most recent Japanese acquisitions

Rare Hand-Painted Double Tea Master Scroll (2) entitled: Tea Ceremony Rules of Matsudaira Fumai (1751-1818)

Includes a later wooden collector box tomobako.

Artist/Creator:
MATSUDAIRA HARUSATO (1751-1818). He was a daimyo who ruled the Matsue Domain. He was renowned as a tea master, under the name Matsudaira Fumai.
Signature (Seal): Unknown
Large Scroll: 8 inches high and 160 inches length
Small Scroll: 7.5 inches high and 115 inches length
Origin: Japan
Material: Paper
Roller ends: Wood & Pottery

This is an antique Japanese Edo period chado (tea ceremony) double scroll hand written and hand painted . These scrolls contain vivid illustrations and lengthy calligraphy for rules and guidelines for a tea ceremony.

Both scrolls are hand made of the inner bark of the gampi (mulberry) tree to last virtually indefinitely. The scrolls were then hand affixed into traditional Japanese horizontal scroll forms.

A rare find. The hand writing is block style kanji common to the cultural elite of that day. The mulberry washi paper was made of the inner bark of the gampi (mulberry) tree to last virtually indefinitely.

Despite their age, these calligraphy scrolls are still very clear having been lovingly cared for by its former collector.

Rare opportunity and extraordinary treasure find..

Age: Edo period.
Provenance: an old Japanese collection.

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