Lot 335

[PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, PERTHSHIRE] KISHI GANKU (JAPANESE, 1749-1839)

JAPANESE INK PAINTING OF GEESE, EDO PERIOD

Fine Asian Works of Art

Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

Description

江戶岸岸駒三鵝圖水墨絹本立軸共箱

款識：雅楽助岸駒

鈐印：可觀、岸駒

ink and colour on silk, signed Utanosuke Ganku and with seals Kakan and Ganku, mounted as a hanging scroll, with a tomobako wooden box and cardboard box

Dimensions

162cm x 63.8cm

Provenance

Private Scottish collection, Perthshire

蘇格蘭私人收藏, 珀斯郡

Footnote

Kishi Ganku came under the patronage of Prince Arisugawa, head of the distinguished Arisugawa court lineage, who conferred upon him the name Utanosuke in the ninth month of Tenmei 4 (1784). In the following year, he was granted the name Koma, read Ku as in Ganku. By circa 1786, he had adopted the art name (gō) Kakan, also known as Kakandō. His standing at court was further elevated in 1808, when he was appointed a court official and bestowed the honorary title Echizen no Kami (Governor of Echizen Province). At this time, he adopted the new gō Echizennosuke in place of Kakandō.

Compare to works on paper by Kishi Ganku, all with the same seals and two in different styles of signature, one ‘Snowclad Peak on a Summer's Day’, sold at Bonhams London, 10 November 2016, lot 94, the other pair of kakejiku depicting dragon and tiger, sold at Bonhams New York, 25 March 2026, lot 953.