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b. 1791 - d. 1875

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        • A JAPANESE TANZAKU SCROLL BY OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1895) EDO (1603-1868) OR MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)sold
          Jul. 24, 2023

          A JAPANESE TANZAKU SCROLL BY OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1895) EDO (1603-1868) OR MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)

          Est: AUD800 - AUD1,200

          A JAPANESE TANZAKU SCROLL BY OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1895) EDO (1603-1868) OR MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) Consisting of a tanzaku (poetry card) with waka poetry over gold-speckled washi paper by Rengetsu reading: 'The blood from swords that battled seen in the red leaves of deep autumn here in the Miyoshino mountains.' Mounted in a high quality scroll mounting with gold-wrapped brocade details. Together with a Japanese wooden box and and card outer sheath. The tanzaku 36cm high, 6cm wide. The scroll 154cm high, 31.5cm wide at the rollers

          Leonard Joel
        • OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) AND OISHI JUNKYO (1888-1968) Waka Poems One Meiji era (1868-1912) and one Showa era (1926-1989) (5)sold
          May. 18, 2023

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) AND OISHI JUNKYO (1888-1968) Waka Poems One Meiji era (1868-1912) and one Showa era (1926-1989) (5)

          Est: £800 - £1,000

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) AND OISHI JUNKYO (1888-1968) Waka Poems One Meiji era (1868-1912) and one Showa era (1926-1989) Two kakejiku (hanging scrolls), each ink and slight colours on paper, the first depicting two butterflies on the top right corner fluttering around a waka poem by Rengetsu, signed Rengetsu with a plain wood storage box and card slip case, overall: 130cm x 55cm (51 1/8in x 21 5/8in); image: 30.3cm x 42.9cm (11 7/8in x 16 7/8in); the second depicting two maple leaves beside a waka poem, signed Junkyo ga with a wood tomobako storage box, titled on the outside the lid Koyo (Autumn leaves) and inscribed on the inside Matsuda Masao sensei no tame, Junkyo ga, (Painted for Mr Matsuda Masao by Junkyo), overall: 124cm x 49cm; the image: 34cmx 44.5cm (13 5/8in x 17½in). (5).

          Bonhams
        • A PAIR OF JAPANESE INSCRIBED TOKKURI BY OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912), DATED 1871sold
          Mar. 06, 2023

          A PAIR OF JAPANESE INSCRIBED TOKKURI BY OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912), DATED 1871

          Est: AUD4,500 - AUD5,500

          A PAIR OF JAPANESE INSCRIBED TOKKURI BY OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912), DATED 1871 Each of bottle form in glazed, pinch-potted Kyoyaki clay, inscribed with waka poetry reading 'Sasu sao mo, nageyari bushi ni, utau nari, tsuki ni utsururu, amo no tsuri bune. Rengetsu. Hachijyu-ichi sai' (Called by the beautiful moon, I launch my boat and singing out of tune, set out a fishing line. Rengetsu, age 81). Together with its tomobako (original signed Japanese wooden box) inscribed 'Fujimi shi no konomi ni kisuru' (on Mr Fujimi's request), and with certification by Tokuda Koen. Double boxed, with original invoice and certificate of authenticity from Bachmann Eckenstein. The larger 16cm high, 10cm diameter PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Kyoto. Bachmann Eckenstein Japanese Art, Basel, Switzerland, 2009. Inv. no. 1313. Private Collection, Melbourne. EXHIBITIONS: Black Robe White Mist: art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu, National Gallery of Australia, 8 Sep 2007—27 Jan 2008. LITERATURE: 'Black Robe White Mist: art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu', National Gallery of Australia exhibition catalogue, Melanie Eastburn, Lucie Folan, Robyn Maxwell (ed.), 2007, no.96, ill. p.78. OTHER NOTES: Tokuda Koen (b.1935) was the head Priest of Jinko-in Temple (a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kyoto), and the main authenticator of Rengetsu's works in modern times.

          Leonard Joel
        • A JAPANESE INSCRIBED CUP BY OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) EDO PERIOD (1603-1868)sold
          Mar. 06, 2023

          A JAPANESE INSCRIBED CUP BY OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) EDO PERIOD (1603-1868)

          Est: AUD1,200 - AUD1,800

          A JAPANESE INSCRIBED CUP BY OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) EDO PERIOD (1603-1868) Pinch potted in Kyoyaki clay, the unglazed base modelled as the base and stem of a lotus leaf, with fine underglaze iron brown waka poetry. Signed Rengetsu. Together with an inscribed Japanese wooden box with authentication on the underside of the lid (unread). 8.5cm high, 8cm diameter

          Leonard Joel
        • OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875), japanisches Kakemonosold
          Dec. 03, 2022

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875), japanisches Kakemono

          Est: -

          Tusche auf Papier, Tanzaku mit Waka über ¨Nacht im Freien¨, Edo-Periode (19. Jahrhundert), ca. 25x145cm, Motivmaß ca. 6x36cm, in japanischer Holzbox mit älteren Papieraufklebern, aus norddeutscher Sammlung, mit Expertise

          Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG
        • Otagaki Rengetsu, chawan tea bowlsold
          Oct. 14, 2022

          Otagaki Rengetsu, chawan tea bowl

          Est: $100 - $150

          Otagaki Rengetsu (Japanese, 1701-1875), glazed pottery bowl incised with poem in Japanese characters, 3.25"h x 4"dia, in wooden storage box, 4.25"h x 5.5"squ

          Millea Bros Ltd
        • OTAGAKI RENGETSU (JAPANESE B.1791-D.1875)sold
          Jun. 23, 2022

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU (JAPANESE B.1791-D.1875)

          Est: $500 - $700

          Calligraphy Ink on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll (H: 15 7/8 in.; W: 21 5/8 in (image)) PROVENANCE: Property from a private collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

          Freeman's
        • Otagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月 书法 (Japanese b.1791-d.1875)sold
          Apr. 13, 2022

          Otagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月 书法 (Japanese b.1791-d.1875)

          Est: $1,000 - $1,500

          Otagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月 书法 (Japanese b.1791-d.1875) Calligraphy Ink on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll (H: 15 7/8 in.; W: 21 5/8 in (image)) Qty: (1) PROVENANCE: Property from a private collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

          Freeman's
        • OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) AND KIYOMIZU ROKUBEI (1820-1883) Long-handled Kettle and CalligraphyEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centurysold
          Mar. 23, 2022

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) AND KIYOMIZU ROKUBEI (1820-1883) Long-handled Kettle and CalligraphyEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century

          Est: $1,000 - $1,500

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) AND KIYOMIZU ROKUBEI (1820-1883) Long-handled Kettle and Calligraphy Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Hanging scroll brushed in ink with a poetic inscription by Rengetsu above a long-handled kettle by Rokubei, signed Rengetsu and Rokubei and sealed Kiyo With a wood tomobako storage box 39 x 10in (99.1 x 25.5cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

          Bonhams
        • Otagaki Rengetsu Pottery Teapotsold
          Oct. 14, 2021

          Otagaki Rengetsu Pottery Teapot

          Est: $500 - $700

          Signed 'Rengetsu' and incised with poem; together with a wood box inscribed 'made by Rengetsu, old nun, small teapot' and 'poen Knotononi ketu saku, attested by Mitsukuni'. 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.

          Stair
        • Otagaki Rengetsu Pottery Bowl and Coversold
          Oct. 14, 2021

          Otagaki Rengetsu Pottery Bowl and Cover

          Est: $800 - $1,200

          Signed 'Rengetsu', inscribed with poem; together with box inscribed 'Hand made by Rengetsu, Clay pot'. 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 7 in.

          Stair
        • Otagaki Rengetsu Small Glazed Pottery Teapot with Lotus Form Coversold
          Oct. 14, 2021

          Otagaki Rengetsu Small Glazed Pottery Teapot with Lotus Form Cover

          Est: $600 - $800

          Signed '83 years old, Rengetsu', body incised with a poem; together with a later wood box, unsigned. 3 x 5 x 4 1/4 in.

          Stair
        • Otagaki Rengetsu Glazed Pottery Teapotsold
          Oct. 14, 2021

          Otagaki Rengetsu Glazed Pottery Teapot

          Est: $700 - $900

          Incised with poem; together with a wood box. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 6 in.

          Stair
        • Otagaki Rengetsu Japanese Pottery Miniature Teapotsold
          Oct. 14, 2021

          Otagaki Rengetsu Japanese Pottery Miniature Teapot

          Est: $500 - $700

          Incised with poem in characters; together with a wood box. The teapot 3 x 4 x 3 3/4 in.

          Stair
        • Otagaki Rengetsu Teapotsold
          Oct. 14, 2021

          Otagaki Rengetsu Teapot

          Est: $500 - $700

          Signed 'Rengetsu' and incised with poem. 2 x 4 x 4 in.

          Stair
        • Otagaki Rengetsu Pottery Water Jar Mizusashi with a Lacquer Coversold
          Oct. 14, 2021

          Otagaki Rengetsu Pottery Water Jar Mizusashi with a Lacquer Cover

          Est: $800 - $1,200

          Signed 'Rengetsu', incised with poem; with later wood box inscribed 'Rengetsu Mizusashi'. 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 in.

          Stair
        • Otagaki Rengetsu Pottery Lotus Teapotsold
          Oct. 14, 2021

          Otagaki Rengetsu Pottery Lotus Teapot

          Est: $600 - $800

          Signed '83 Rengetsu', incised with poem. 2 1/2 x 5 x 4 1/2 in.

          Stair
        • OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) A hanging scroll with a poemEdo period (1615-1868), circa 1867sold
          Sep. 22, 2021

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) A hanging scroll with a poemEdo period (1615-1868), circa 1867

          Est: $1,500 - $2,500

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) A hanging scroll with a poem Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1867 Kakejiku (hanging scroll) painted in ink on paper with a kyoka poem Ukarekite / hana no tsuyu ni / nemuru nari / ko wa daga yume no / kochoo naruran (Sporting and sleeping / among the dew / in a field of flowers / In whose dream / is this butterfly?), signed Rengetsu nanajunanasai (Rengetsu at the age of 77) With a wood tomobako storage box 9 1/4 x 11 7/8in (23.5 x 30.2cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

          Bonhams
        • A bamboo and paper folding fan (?gi) in scribed by the Buddhist Nun Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)sold
          Jan. 22, 2018

          A bamboo and paper folding fan (?gi) in scribed by the Buddhist Nun Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)

          Est: €350 - €550

          Bamboo and paper folding fan (?gi) inscribed by the Buddhist nun Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) with one of her waka-poems: Wakaba ni waureshiki koto okiku mo yoshiuki koto kikademiminashi mo yoshi:Biography of Otagaki RengetsuWhen thirty-three years old Otagaki Nobu had already buried two husbands and two children. She renounced the world and became a nun and used from then on the name Rengetsu (Lotus-Moon). She did not enter a convent but lived on her own at the precincts of a number of temples. Gradually she lived the life of a recluse literati sustaining herself with calligraphies (written in a very fine hand with a thin brush) of her own waka-poems occasionally accompanied by a small drawing. Although an able poet, her waka-poems which were later gathered in the only book that appeared during her life (Ama no karumo, 1870) are rather traditional and continue the heritage of a thousand years of waka-poetry.More remarkable was her pottery which became a huge success, so much so that it was said that eventually most people in Kyoto owned one of her piece. She mainly made tea bowls (chawan) for chanoyu. These bowls are rather large as tea is made with a tea whisk and tea sets consisting of a small tea pot, five small tea cups and a water cooler (looking as if made from lotus leaves) used in sencha tea drinking. This is a far more informal form of enjoying tea than the tea ceremony chanoyu. She decorated her tea ware also with her own poems, written with a brush but more often carved in the clay. She also made other types of pottery such as vases or water pots.When around sixty years old, she became acquainted with the young Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) who came to live with her as a kind of pageboy. When she once again moved in 1862, she left her small house to him though they still worked together. When she turned seventy-five she started to live at a house at the Jink?’in in the north of Kyoto which turned out to be her last abode.Around 1860 copies of her work appeared on the market. It was rumoured that she was often so kind to help forgers when they had difficulties with her handwriting and wrote herself poems on fake pottery!Eventually Tomioka Tessai who painted the best known portrait of Rengetsu became the last great literati painter of Japan, known for his paintings in a very individual style often accompanied by Chinese poems or an inscription in Chinese.Origin: JapanPeriod: 1791-1875Sizes: 43.50 cm. H x 26.00 cm. D17.13 in. H x 10.24 in. D

          Oriental Art Auctions
        • OTAGAKI RENGETSU (JAPAN, 1791-1875)sold
          Aug. 26, 2017

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU (JAPAN, 1791-1875)

          Est: $1,500 - $2,000

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU (JAPAN, 1791-1875) Japanese Hanging Scroll, "Waka" by Otagaki Rengetsu, based on poem by Masaomi Ban (1855-1931): "Look back; Feel like; This floating world; Storm with flower; Dawn in Spring". Watercolor on paper, with calligraphy, on paper mount, 14 1/4" x 19 1/2" image on 51" x 19 1/2" scroll. Very good condition, a few light stains to mount. Purchased from Shoichiro Mizutani, Kyoto, April, 1984.

          Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
        • OTAGAKI RENGETSU  JAPAN, 1791-1875 | Eggplant and Poemsold
          Mar. 18, 2017

          OTAGAKI RENGETSU  JAPAN, 1791-1875 | Eggplant and Poem

          Est: $3,000 - $5,000

          AUBERGINES AND A POEM ink on paper, kakemono signed Nanajumisai Rengetsu gasho

          Sotheby's
        • Two Fine Japanese Sake Cups & a Tea Bowl, [3],sold
          May. 08, 2016

          Two Fine Japanese Sake Cups & a Tea Bowl, [3],

          Est: AUD500 - AUD700

          Two Fine Japanese Sake Cups & a Tea Bowl, [3], two Sake Cups by the Japanese Potter Rengetsu Otagaki (1791-1875), both have a 31 syllable Japanese poem in a cream glaze; an old Tea Bowl of good form with Chinese characters on a cream glaze, Meiji Period Provenance: Todd Barlin Collection. 6 x 4 cm, 6.6 x 7 cm

          Theodore Bruce
        • AUBERGINESsold
          Oct. 15, 2014

          AUBERGINES

          Est: £1,500 - £2,000

          Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) and Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924) Aubergines Hanging scroll, ink on paper, two aubergines painted by Tessai and with calligraphy on the same theme by Rengetsu, signed Rengetsu nanaju-go sai [Rengetsu at the age of 75], wood box with inscriptions Rengetsu Tessai gassaku nasu gasan yoko-mono [aubergine painting and poem by Rengetsu and Tessai], Tomioka ke kyuzo [old collection of the Tomioka family] with paper labels on the reverse of the cover inscribed Ren Tetsu gassaku [collaboration of Rengetsu and Tessai] and Tomioka ke zo no uchi hoshi Tessai jikihitsu hozon suru [paper wrapping with inscription by Tessai from the Tomioka family] 30.5 x 43.7cm. (excluding mount)

          Christie's
        • A hanging scroll in the manner of Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)sold
          Jun. 14, 2014

          A hanging scroll in the manner of Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)

          Est: €1,000 - €1,200

          A hanging scroll in the manner of Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) depicting a bridge and a crescent moon. Ink on paper. With a poem inscribed Rengetsu.

          Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
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