12 panel screen artist mei help please

[Chishiki]

Hi.

For nearly 20 years I have had this silk 12 panel screen art in storage. It was removed from the frames and i suspect it was salvaged from an eartquake or flood damaged house. It must have been a huge, attractive piece of art when it was made. There is a landscape and extensive calligraphy on gold painted silk. Unfortunately you cant see the gold effect in the photos.

 

I think the date is Taisho, 11th year. Can anyone work out the artist name? I would like to find out if he is a good artiist or soso. I want to mount the artwork but dont want to irriversibly damage somethig that should be preserved. It may just be nothing, always best to check. Are 12 panel screens rare? Any help appreciated.

 

 

Mark

[Nobody]

I think that his name is Ishikawa Ryujo - 石川柳城 (1847 - 1927).

[Chishiki]

Thanks Moriyama San. I am searching the internet now. Regards Mark

[Chishiki]

Ryujo Ishikawa (1847-1927)

 

 

The Japanese artist.

He was born in Nagoya-shi in 1847.

He learned the Nanshu picture from Kado Yoshida.

He studied the picture in Taiwan

and south China from 1896.

He died of 80 years old in 1927.

[SteveM]

Taking a guess at the date

 

大正己未十一月中潮

Taisho tsuchinoto-hitsuji jūichi-gatsu naka shio

 

Taisho 8 (1919) November, mid-tide

 

己 isn't a great match, but its the only one that is valid with 未, and I am fairly confident about the 未.

For November, I don't like the way the 十 runs into the 一, and overall the balance feels weird, so it could also be 土月 which is apparently a poetic word for March. But 土月 seems to be such an obscure word, that I am rejecting in in favor of 十一月, despite my misgivings. 

And I have no great confidence in naka shio either, but if this whole line is the date, then a seasonal marker makes sense. 潮 is a bit of a stretch, but I have no plausible alternative.

[Nobody]

The last part of the date may be 中澣 (chukan) - the middle of the month.

[Chishiki]

Taking a guess at the date

 

大正己未十一月中潮

Taisho tsuchinoto-hitsuji jūichi-gatsu naka shio

 

Taisho 8 (1919) November, mid-tide

 

己 isn't a great match, but its the only one that is valid with 未, and I am fairly confident about the 未.

For November, I don't like the way the 十 runs into the 一, and overall the balance feels weird, so it could also be 土月 which is apparently a poetic word for March. But 土月 seems to be such an obscure word, that I am rejecting in in favor of 十一月, despite my misgivings. 

And I have no great confidence in naka shio either, but if this whole line is the date, then a seasonal marker makes sense. 潮 is a bit of a stretch, but I have no plausible alternative.

Thanks Steve, a lot of effort on your part. Interesting to see a date where the artist has been quite specific. Mark