Okajima Rinsai (?-1865) , Shou-lao-ren, Late Edo period, Japanese hanging scroll, kakejiku

Art work details

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Setting weight
This piece weighs 0.6 kg and will be shipped in 80 size.

title
寿老人(Juro-jin,Shou-lao-ren)…

A figure in Chinese legend.
He was a man of the Song dynasty,
during the Yuan Yu period (1086-1093).
He has a long white head, a fan and a staff with a scroll on it.
It is said that they had deer and cranes with them.
He is one of the Seven Lucky Gods in Japan.
It is said to confer longevity. Antarctic Old Man.

Material
Ink on silk

Size
Overall: vertical 169.0 cm × width 39.0 cm (66.54 in × 15.35 in)＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 98.5 cm × width 34.9 cm (38.78 in × 13.74 in))

Condition
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, peeling off on the Japanese paper on the back of the cover.
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, folds on the image.
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, tears, warp in the mounting.

Remarks
・Roller ends is Bone.
・There is no signature on the box.

Materials for mounting
All of them are made of silk.

Other
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There may be a slight difference in color between the photo and the actual product.

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Biography
Okajima Rinsai (? - 1865)

A painter of the late Edo period.
His first name was Soko. His character was Dokushin. His common name was Buzaemon.
He also had the pen name Hansen.
Shogunate retainer.
He studied under Kano Sosen and specialized in painting Mt. Fuji.
He was also associated with the famous ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige, who was his colleague.
He died in the first year of Keio (1865).

From the store

This is a work with a well-balanced sense of era between its content and mounting.

Edo-period works are often found with aged content but with outer mounting replaced in later periods (such as the Showa era). When this happens, the mismatch in the sense of era between the artwork and its mounting diminishes the charm of the antique painting.

The mounting of this work appears old and is estimated to be from the late Edo to Meiji period. There are several traces of worm damage on both the mounting and the artwork itself. At some point in the past, the innermost washi paper backing was likely replaced to fill in these wormholes. However, since the outer surface retains the original mounting fabric, the sense of era remains consistent with the artwork, allowing the piece to be appreciated without any visual discord.

Nowadays, there are almost no mounting artisans capable of crafting such aged mountings. Another noteworthy aspect is the use of old ox bone for the roller ends, which adds to its aesthetic value.

Unfortunately, the artwork originally had several wormholes (please refer to the images). However, since the backing paper was replaced long ago, this does not significantly detract from its appreciation.

The box is not the original but was replaced with one from the Showa period.

The artist, Okajima Rinsai, was a Kano school painter who interacted with the first-generation Utagawa Hiroshige. While not widely known, this work allows one to appreciate the ink painting style of the Kano school.