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Japanese Scroll Painting, Buddhist Treasure - JJ9A182
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Our Price: $595.00
Sale Price: $495.00
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Whimsical Japanese scroll painting featuring flotilla of treasure-laden sailboats, mid-20th century. Gifts of good fortune from Japan’s seven lucky gods fill the ships and a Buddist tama or sacred jewel leads the way beneath cranes in flight and traditional red sun. Charming ink rendering on silk. Signed/stamped. Very good condition. Dimensions: 68” x 18.5”.
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Japanese Zen Buddhist Scroll Painting, Single-Stroke Snake - JJ9M11
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Our Price: $1,995.00
Sale Price: $1,595.00
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Wonderful Japanese Zen Buddhist scroll, early 20th century. Features dramatic and animated sumi-e ink on paper serpent or dragon. It is almost as if the snake painted itself! Amazingly realistic skin. Since ancient times, the Yamabushi Zen priests in the mountain regions of Japan have practiced Single-Stroke Serpent Painting, a spontaneous expression unifying ink, brush, and canvas. Serpent paintings are thought to bring good luck and security. Signed and stamped by artist and temple. An exceptional item! Very good condition. Dimensions: 72” x 22”.
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Japanese Zen Buddhist Scroll, Dragon Serpent - JJ8D102
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Our Price: $595.00
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Fine Japanese Zen Buddhist scroll, early 20th century. Features dramatic and animated dragon serpent. Since ancient times, the Yamabushi Zen priests in the mountain regions of Japan have practiced Single-Stroke Serpent Painting, a spontaneous expression unifying ink, brush, and canvas. Snakes paintings are thought to bring good luck and security. Signed and stamped by artist and temple. Very good condition. Dimensions: 69” x 16.5”.
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Japanese Scroll Painting, Zen Buddhist Sacred Jewels - jj8x236
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Our Price: $479.00
Sale Price: $383.00
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Dynamic Japanese Zen scroll painting, early 20th century. Unusually whimsical work with energetic calligraphy and trio of tama, or sacred jewels, which allude to the treasures within us, said to bring light into darkness. Ink on paper, signed and stamped. Very good condition with mild creasing Dimensions: 78” x 17.5”.
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Japanese Zen Scroll, Buddhist Serpent Painting - JJ067
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Our Price: $2,895.00
Sale Price: $2,316.00
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Fabulous Japanese Zen Buddhist scroll, early 20th century. Features dramatic and animated serpent. It is almost as if the snake painted itself! Amazingly realistic skin. Since ancient times, the Yamabushi Zen priests in the mountain regions of Japan have practiced Single-Stroke Serpent Painting, a spontaneous expression unifying ink, brush, and canvas. Serpent paintings are thought to bring good luck and security. Signed and stamped by artist and temple. An exceptional item! Very good condition with a few creases. Original mounting in fine shape. Dimensions: 76.5” long, 18” wide.
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Japanese Zen Scroll Painting, Single-Stroke Dragon - JJ87275
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Our Price: $395.00
Sale Price: $316.00
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Delicate Japanese Zen Buddhist scroll, early-mid 20th century. Features dramatic and animated dragon and sacred jewel. Since ancient times, the Yamabushi Zen priests in the mountain regions of Japan have practiced single-stroke serpent/dragon painting, a spontaneous expression unifying ink, brush, and canvas. Such paintings are thought to bring good luck and security. Signed and stamped by artist and temple. An exceptional item! Good condition with a few creases. Original mounting. Dimensions: 78” x 20.5”.
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Japanese Zen Scroll, Buddhist Single-Stroke Serpent Painting - JJ8776
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Our Price: $495.00
Sale Price: $396.00
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Fine Japanese Zen Buddhist scroll, early 20th century. Features dramatic and animated dragon. Since ancient times, the Yamabushi Zen priests in the mountain regions of Japan have practiced single-stroke serpent/dragon painting, a spontaneous expression unifying ink, brush, and canvas. Such paintings are thought to bring good luck and security. Signed and stamped by artist and temple. An exceptional item! Very good condition with mild creasing. Dimensions: 46” x 15”.
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Japanese Scroll Painting, Zen Enso Calligraphy - JJ8MY131
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Our Price: $895.00
Sale Price: $716.00
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Outstanding Japanese Zen scroll painting, Showa period, early 20th century. A stunning depiction of the enso (meaning circle), symbol of the absolute and true nature of existence and enlightenment, entirely rendered in calligraphy. In addition, a poem rendering in elegant, fluid script. Ink on paper, signed and stamped. Very good condition. Dimensions: 70” x 24”.
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Japanese Zen Scroll, Tama with Mt. Fuji - JJ8A2202
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Our Price: $1,295.00
Sale Price: $1,036.00
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Superb Japanese Zen scroll, early 20th century. A large, stunning work, featuring a depiction of Mt. Fuji and the tama, or sacred jewel, an allusion to the treasures within us, said to bring light into darkness. Ink on paper, signed and stamped. Very good condition. Dimensions: 75” x 24.5”.
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Japanese Zen Scroll, Buddhist Dragon Painting - JJ8M0301
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Our Price: $895.00
Sale Price: $716.00
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Fabulous Japanese Zen Buddhist scroll, early 20th century. Features dramatic and animated dragon. Since ancient times, the Yamabushi Zen priests in the mountain regions of Japan have practiced single-stroke serpent/dragon painting, a spontaneous expression unifying ink, brush, and canvas. Such paintings are thought to bring good luck and security. Signed and stamped by artist and temple. An exceptional item! Good condition with a few creases. Original mounting. Dimensions: 70” long, 29” wide.
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Japanese Buddhist Zen Painting, Dragon Scroll - JJ8M0302
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Our Price: $895.00
Sale Price: $716.00
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Superb Japanese Zen Buddhist scroll, early 20th century. Features dramatic and animated dragon. Since ancient times, the Yamabushi Zen priests in the mountain regions of Japan have practiced single-stroke serpent/dragon painting, a spontaneous expression unifying ink, brush, and canvas. Such paintings are thought to bring good luck and security. Signed and stamped by artist and temple. An exceptional item! Very good condition with a few creases. Original mounting. Dimensions: 76” long, 16” wide.
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Japanese Scroll Print, Tales of Buddhist Monk Shinran - JJ204
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Our Price: $295.00
Sale Price: $236.00
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Wonderful Japanese Zen Buddhist scroll, early- to mid-20th century. A delightful highly detailed and comprehensive print of the tales of the famed monk Shinran, founder of the Jodoshin sect. Wonderfully rendered in colored ink. Charming, individualized characterizations drawn with great imagination. Very good condition. Dimensions: 70” long, 23.5”.
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Japanese Zen Buddhist Scroll, Tama w/ Mouse - JJ060
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Our Price: $695.00
Sale Price: $556.00
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Enchanting Japanese Zen scroll, Meiji period, c. 1868-1912. A charming composition featuring delightfully rendered mouse alongside the tama, or sacred jewel, an allusion to the treasures within us, said to bring light into darkness. Ink on paper, signed and stamped Bunmei. Very good condition. Dimensions: 44.5” x 24”.
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Japanese Scroll Painting Buddhist Bodhisattva
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Our Price: $395.00
Sale Price: $316.00
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Wonderful Japanese Zen Buddhist scroll, Taisho period, c. 1912-1926. A delightful rendering of contemplative monk surrounded by bodhisattva. Wonderfully rendered in colored ink. Charming, individualized characterizations drawn with great detail and imagination. Very good condition. Dimensions: 43.5” long, 15” wide.
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Japanese Zen Screen, Hoju-Daruma, Meiji
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Our Price: $4,995.00
Sale Price: $3,996.00
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Bold two-panel Zen screen with painting in ink on paper of Hoju, the treasure or sacred pearl, mirrored to look like the face of Daruma. Meiji period, c. 1890 with inscriptions, signature and seals. Very good condition.
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Japanese Daitokuji Zen Temple Scroll Painting
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Our Price: $2,495.00
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Charming Japanese Daitokuji Zen temple scroll painting featuring gourd and poem, mid-20th century. Whimsical ink rendering on paper. Stylized brush strokes make this a highly unique and desirable piece. Very good condition. Comes with daiki storage box. Dimensions: 49” long, 23” wide.
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Japanese Buddhist Kannon Scroll Painting
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Our Price: $1,495.00
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Sumptuous Japanese scroll depicting the legendary Buddhist deity, Avalokitesvara or Kannon, also called Kanzeon Bodhisattva, 20th century. The traditional name suggests that this Bodhisattva can hear the voices and concerns of the world, and, in order to provide immediate relief, can change into many different forms to save people freely at will according to their time and place. This is why in traditional Japanese culture Avalokitesvara is called Kanjizai Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva That Sees and Acts Freely at Will, and is spoken of in the Avalokitesvara Sutra as having thirty-three different forms. This vibrantly colored portrayal is attributed to Shimoyama Kanzan. Ink and color on silk, silk mounting. Black lacquer roller at bottom and signature at side. Dimensions: 55" high and 14.5” wide. Very good condition.
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Japanese Zen Scroll, Daruma Under Bo Tree, Taisho
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Our Price: $795.00
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Humorous painting on Japanese Zen scroll featuring Daruma sitting beneath a bo tree, Taisho Era, c. 1912-1926. Colorful depiction with ink and colors on silk. Daruma, also known as Boddhidharma, is the known as the first patriarch of Zen Buddhism and said to have founded Kung Fu in China. In this entertaining rendering, he is pictured meditating under the halo of a bo tree. This unusual combination of a serious pose taken aback by an amusingly rendered expression gives an eye-catching overall effect. Dimensions: 79” high, 21.5” wide.
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Japanese Zen Calligraphy Scroll, Taisho
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Our Price: $695.00
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Remarkable Japanese Zen calligraphy scroll, Taisho period, c. 1912-1926. Unusual style, spare and vigorous in two lines. By the artist Gisho. Ink on paper. Very good condition. Dimensions: 59" x 10"; 26" x 9" (artwork).
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