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A SUPERB LACQUERED WOOD PANEL OF KUNSUNOKI MASASHIGE
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06月12日 晚上7点 开拍 / 06月10日 下午3点 截止委托
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A SUPERB LACQUERED WOOD PANEL OF KUNSUNOKI MASASHIGE

Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

Published: Resonance of Wa - The Japanese Spirit. Casal Collection, 2025, p. 134.

Of rectangular form set in a wood frame, bearing a brown lacquer ground, finely applied with carved boxwood and decorated in red, gold, and black takamaki-e and hiramaki-e to depict Kusunoki Masashige seated under a tree, playing the sho. He is shown in full armor, seated upon a mat, while before him kneels his son in reverence. The scene is set within a serene landscape under a full moon, with rolling hills and autumnal foliage.

SIZE 25.7 x 29.5 cm

Provenance: Ex-Collection of Ugo Alfons Casal. Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, bequeathed from the above and subsequently deaccessioned in 2021. With a collection label ‘382’ to the interior. Ugo Alfons Casal, of Swiss-German origin, was born in Florence, Italy, in 1888. He moved to Japan in 1918, working first at the Osaka branch of George H. McFadden & Brothers and later at F. S. Morse & Co. in Kobe from 1920 to 1938. Primarily involved in the cotton trade, Casal spent most of his life in Kobe, with a few years in Yokohama, until his death in 1964. Throughout his time in Japan, he remained passionate about collecting Japanese art. In the late 1930s, amidst deteriorating relations between Japan and the United States, Casal planned to move his collection to America. However, the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941 halted this plan, and the collection was instead stored in wooden crates at Kobe Port. With the help of his personal connections, Casal successfully moved the collection to the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, where it was kept in storage during the wartime and postwar years. After his death, the collection was bequeathed to the museum, where it remains one of the most valuable collections in Japan, with over 4,000 items.
Condition: The image in excellent condition with only very minor wear. The frame with nicks, scratches and tiny losses.

With the original wood tomobako (storage box).

Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336) is one of Japan’s most revered samurai, celebrated for his unwavering loyalty to Emperor Go-Daigo during the turbulent Nanbokucho period. Renowned for his strategic brilliance and devotion, Masashige ultimately sacrificed his life at the Battle of Minatogawa, becoming an enduring symbol of fidelity and selflessness in Japanese history. His story has been widely commemorated in literature and the arts, often depicted in moments of quiet resolve or final preparation. This scene depicts Masashige with his son, Masatsura, who kneels before him receiving a written scroll on military strategy, a moment recorded in the Taiheiki (Chronicle of the Great Peace).

Auction comparison:
Compare a related large gold lacquer tsuitate depicting the same scene, dated late 19th century, at Christie’s, Aesthetic Intuition: Collecting Japanese Art in Post-War London, 11 November 2015, London, lot 162 (sold for GBP 86,500 or approx. EUR 140,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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