‘RISING SUN OVER THE OCEAN’, AFTER Hashimoto Gaho

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‘RISING SUN OVER THE OCEAN’, AFTER HASHIMOTO GAHO Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912). Ink and watercolor on silk, attached to a paper hanging scroll with wooden handles. Depicting turbulent waters and the red rising sun in the background. Inscribed ‘Gaho zu’ and sealed in the lower right corner. Condition: The painting in very good condition with minor wear, the mounting with soiling, minor creases and two short tears. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world’s leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts. Dimensions: Image size 116.5 x 41.5 cm, Size incl. mounting 172.5 x 53 cm Hashimoto Gahō (1835-1908) was a Japanese painter, one of the last to paint in the style of the Kanō school. He was one of the first five painters to be appointed as an Imperial Household Artist and was one of the most influential painters in Japan at that time. Auction result comparison: Compare with a related painting by the same artist at Christie’s New York, in JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART on 29 March 2005, lot 357, sold for EUR 3,259.