MARUYAMA OKYO: A SCROLL PAINTING OF A HILLY LANDSCAPE By Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), signed Okyo and sealed Okyo-no-in and Chusen
Japan, late 18^th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Finely painted with ink and watercolors on silk and mounted as a hanging scroll with silk brocade frame, depicting in the foreground a crevice between hills with leafy and blossoming trees, with sparsely forested mountains in the background. Signed lower left OKYO with two seals reading Okyo-no-in and Chusen.

SIZE 98 x 40.5 cm (image) and 153 x 54 cm (incl. mounting)

Condition: Good condition with some wear, creasing, and minor soiling. The brocade frame with some tears and creases.
Provenance: Ex-collection Richard Lane. Formerly in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art. Collector and art dealer Richard Douglas Lane (1926-2002) was a leading figure in the field of ukiyo-e research. In 2003, the Honolulu Museum of Art obtained his collection of approximately 11,000 Japanese woodblock-printed books and manuscripts and 3,000 Chinese, Korean and Japanese paintings.