SCROLL PAINTING NEHANZU.
Japan. Meiji period.

Wet india ink and light colour on yellowy paper. So-called Nehanzu (Picture of Nirvana). In a circle of light lies Shakyamuni on a kind of platform; surrounded by his grieving students; lateral the two Kongorikishi (guard figures). Overhead inscription 'Over Nirvana'; sign.: Man (Mitsu) kawa & 2 red; unread seals. Thereunder in fast; light india ink clouds; on whiche his student Anuruddha and Mahamaya; his mother; approach with two servants with the pouch that contains a medicine against fungal poisoning; that however hangs unused over the Sala-Tree. Overhead of him and below all kinds of grieving animals. Sign.: Kawanabe Gy魋ai & two seals. Kawanabe Gy魋ai; a famous; excentric painter; son of a Samurai; who learned under Utagawa Kuniyoshi as a boy; later joined the Kan?School; before he worked as an independent artist. 1831-1889. He exhibited among others at the International Exhibitions in Vienna 1873 and 1883 in Paris. 102.5 x 30cm. Condition A/B. Supplement: Wooden box with inscription: Nehan no zu (Picture of Nirvana) and Gyosai hitsu.Art trade; Van Ham.