LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic, gold leaf on wood

Measurements:

31.38 in. (79.70 cm.) (height) by 23.58 in. (59.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and titled in Japanese (upper right)

Exhibited:

Nagano, Japan, Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, Heroes in Warrior Paintings, 28 July- 26 August 2007.

Literature:

Sankei Shimbun Co, Sankei Newspaper, Tokyo, Japan, 13 May 2006 (illustrated, p. 21). Asahi Shimloun Co, Asahi Newspaper, Tokyo, Japan, 21 May, 2006 (illustrated, p. 2). Tokyo Notice Board Incorporated, Tokyo Notice Board, Tokyo, Japan, 9-15 June 2006 (illustrated, unpaged). Tsutaya Co., Magazine for Tsutaya Records, Noteworthy People, vol. 48, Tokyo, Japan, June 2006 (illustrated, p. 122). Sapporo Artwork, LURE, vol. 18, Sapporo, Japan, 18 July 2006 (illustrated, p. 13). Pia Corporation, Invitation, Japan, July, 2006,(illustrated, p. 124). American Eki, Impression, modern beat impression column art No. 314, Tokyo, Japan, March 2007 (illustrated, p. 13). Kodansha International Ltd, Warriors of Art, A Guide to Contemporary Japanese Artists, Tokyo, Japan 2007 (illustrated, p. 142). Bijutsu Shuppan-sha Co., LTD, Bijutsu Techo, September issue, Tokyo, Japan, 2009 (illustrated, p. 22). Bijutsu Shuppan-sha Co., Ltd, Tenmyouya Hisashi, BASARA, Tokyo, Japan, 2010 (2006 FIFA poster illustrated, p. 39).

Provenance:

Christie's Hong Kong, 25 May 2008, Lot 388. Acquired from the above by the present owner.