A JAPANESE LACQUERED 2-PANEL SCREEN BY MITSUO TAKANA, HEISEI PERIOD (1989-2019)

A tall two-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) completely adorned with ‘Wajima Ryûsaku’ わじま龍作 lacquer by the Nitten award winning artist Mitsuo Takana 高名光夫 (1956). Featuring five refined images inspired by woodblock prints from the famous series ‘Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi’ 東海道五十三次 (The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido road), like the 1st station Nihonbashi 日本橋, the 10th station Hakone 箱根, and the 21st station Okabe 岡部. The design is executed in hiramaki-e 平蒔絵 (low-relief lacquer design) in shades of gold, silver, heightened by some multi-coloured details. Set on a shiny black lacquer substrate. Signed in red lacquer in the lower right corner.

Including original signed & sealed wooden tomobako 供箱 (storage box). The front with an inscription about the contents as described above. The inside: ‘Friend of the Nitten Exhibition Takana Mitsuo’ 日展会友高名光夫 – Seal: ‘Hikari’ 光.
‘Lacquer artist Wajima Ryûsaku’ 塗(り)師わじま龍作 – Seal: ‘Ryûsaku’ 龍作.

Mitsuo Takana was born 1956 in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture. He won several awards during exhibitions like: Ishikawa Contemporary Art Exhibition 石川県現代美術展, Japan Artisans’ Association Exhibition 日本工匠会展会 and the well-known Nitten Exhibition 日展.

Height 146 cm. Total width 170 cm (2 by 85 cm). Depth 2.8 cm.
Weight 25.5 kg.

In a very good condition