JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL: Antique \"Hawk with Rabbit\", by Hayato, c1820,Edo Period

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JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL: Antique \"Hawk with Rabbit\", by Hayato, c1820,Edo Period:
$103.50

JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL: Antique \"Hawk with Rabbit\",

by Hayato, c1820, Edo Period

This is a veryvenerable andbeautifulHanging Scroll with an interesting, quietly dramatic painting on paper by the artist, Hayato of the Kano School, who was active in the early years of the 1800\'s. I believe he made painting dates around 1820 and that simple mounting is original to the painting.

The artist has given us a wonderful image of a Hawk perched on the branch of an old Pine tree with a somewhat apprehensive Rabbit below him in thebest of Kano-ha tradition.

The Kano school is one of the most famous schools of Japanese painting. It was founded by Kano Masanobu (1434-1530), a contemporary of Sesshu and student of Shubun.

Kano painters often composed very flat pictures, but they balanced impeccably detailed realistic depictions of animals and other subjects in the foreground with abstract, often entirely blank backgrounds elements. The use of negative space to indicate distance, and to imply mist, clouds, sky or sea is drawn from traditional Chinese modes and is used beautifully by the Kano artists.

This is precisely what we have in this painting: a closely observed representation of a Hawkperched on a branch of an old Pine, the Rabbit cowering at the bottomin the foregroundand the rest of the picture planeleft entirely blank to imply the space in which these two inevitably involved creatures exist.

I particularly admire the intensity of the Hawk that the artist has captured and the elliptical manner in which he has inserted the evidence of the true nature of this avian predator. Although the Hawk seems unaware of his prey, I think he is just waiting. The poor Rabbit seems more than aware of what awaits him.

This is a most excellent painting.

The Hawk is known to be a clever and powerful bird. Many Japanese artists of the Edo period created their works for powerful men — the wealthy and mighty nobility and samurai who ruled Japan. These men saw themselves in the Hawk and his ruthless strength. Some samurai trained hawks as hunting birds or kept them as symbols of military might. They avidly collected paintings of Hawks to decorate their homes and to remind their guests, retainers and even their families that they themselves should be treated with the fear and respect that they imagined plagued the prey of these strong predators.

This scroll measures 72 inches long and 26 inches wide, not including the roller ends which are of wood, slightly mismatched. There is no serious damage to the painting at all. For its more than 191 years of age, the painting is in very good condition. It does have a few minor wrinkles, but nothing which compromises the aesthetic or physical integrity of the image.The old paper has developed a beautiful patina over its long life.

The mounting is in relatively good condition for its significant antiquity, but it does show signs of wear. It is made almost entirely of a golden tan paper, edged on both sides with strips of a lighter color. The painting is surrounded by thin black piping and the two borders at the top and bottom of the painting have a white ground and a small floral motif in metallic gold.

The simplicity of this mounting admirably focuses attention on the very interesting painting.

Altogether, this scroll is a very good thing and the photos givean excellent idea ofits beauty and superb quality with its painting on paper by Hayato, a Kano-ha artist, from around 1820 in the Edo Period.

If you should have any questions,please don\'t hesitate to contact me.

And thanks for looking.

Thisscroll is 194 orso years old and has passed through many difficult times including two World Wars, the second of which was disastrous for its native country. For an unframed work on such a delicate support as paper, it is remarkable that it has survived at all, let alone in such good condition. But thisscroll and similar works of art are not in absolutely perfect condition and they frequently show evidence of their long life. I endeavor to point out if and where there may be any damage, but the photographs tell the whole story. Please examine them carefully. If you are looking for something with absolutely no signs of age, I am afraid you will have to look elsewhere. In short, these beautifulscrolls were not born yesterday.

I indicate the artist\'s name based on a signature and seal and also the style, but occasionally a scroll may be a copy of a work by a famous painter. In the present case, I am sure the painting is by Hayato

Due to thelimitations of photography and the inevitable differences in monitor settings, the color of the pictures on your monitor may be slightly different from the scroll itself, but I did my best to capture it as it is. And, at least on my monitor, the color is an perfect match.

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JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL: Antique \"Hawk with Rabbit\", by Hayato, c1820,Edo Period:
$103.50

JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL: Antique \"Hawk with Rabbit\", by Hayato, c1820,Edo Period

JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL: Antique \"Hawk with Rabbit\", by Hayato, c1820,Edo Period: $103.50

JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL: Antique \"Hawk with Rabbit\", by Hayato, c1820,Edo Period: $103.50

JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL: Antique \"Hawk with Rabbit\", by Hayato, c1820,Edo Period:
$103.50

JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL: Antique \"Hawk with Rabbit\", by Hayato, c1820,Edo Period:
$103.50