Illustrated catalogue of a remarkable collection of ancient oriental imperial treasures of rare artistic distinction, recently procured in China and Japan, to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the well-known firm of Messrs. Yamanaka & Co. .. (1916)
Yamanaka & Company, American Art Association (New York, N.Y.), Carroll, Dana H · New York, The Amer. Art Assoc. · leaf 186
gh and seewhat is going on on the outer side, without being themselvesseen. In olden days these screens were used by Court ladies whowished to watch strolling performers who might be permitted tooffer their entertainment in the outer or entrance hall of apalace, the ladies being not visible to the… … No. 415 Evening Sale 417—Fourfold Screen (About 1600) (Attributed to Tosa Mitsuyoshi) The decoration is an elaborate one of many figures, and depictsan ancient celebration of an annual event at Kyoto, when war-riors representing the different daimio assembled from all partsof Japan to demonstrate…
Art, Chinese · Art, Japanese
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