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Property from an Important Japanese Private Collection (Lot 620)
SHEN ZHOU (1427-1509)
Magnificent View of the Yangzi River
Details
SHEN ZHOU (1427-1509)
Magnificent View of the Yangzi River
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
33 x 612 cm. (13 x 241 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Colophons by Nie Danian (1403-1456) and Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940)
Frontispiece and titleslip by Luo Zhenyu, with a total of three seals
NOTE:
Born in Tokyo, Ogawa Tamejiro (1851–1926) was a successful banker who became Vice President of Hyaku Sanju Bank and later President of Hanshin Electric Railway. He played a major role in the merger of Hyaku Sanju and Shoryu Banks. After the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911, a large number of imperial objects were dispersed. Deeply inspired by Luo Zhenyu and Kyoto Imperial University sinologist Naitō Konan, he began building his collection, which came to include five National Treasures and thirty-two Important Cultural Properties. The Ode to a Withered Tree, attributed to Zhao Mengfu, which sold for nearly HK$42 million at Christie’s Hong Kong in October 2025, likewise came from this collection.
Magnificent View of the Yangzi River
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
33 x 612 cm. (13 x 241 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Colophons by Nie Danian (1403-1456) and Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940)
Frontispiece and titleslip by Luo Zhenyu, with a total of three seals
NOTE:
Born in Tokyo, Ogawa Tamejiro (1851–1926) was a successful banker who became Vice President of Hyaku Sanju Bank and later President of Hanshin Electric Railway. He played a major role in the merger of Hyaku Sanju and Shoryu Banks. After the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911, a large number of imperial objects were dispersed. Deeply inspired by Luo Zhenyu and Kyoto Imperial University sinologist Naitō Konan, he began building his collection, which came to include five National Treasures and thirty-two Important Cultural Properties. The Ode to a Withered Tree, attributed to Zhao Mengfu, which sold for nearly HK$42 million at Christie’s Hong Kong in October 2025, likewise came from this collection.
Provenance
Collection of Ogawa Tamejiro, Japan.
Literature
Bunjinga Suihen, Volume IV — Chin Shu, Bun Chomei, Tokyo, Chūō Kōronsha, June 1978, no.18.
Suzuki Kei ed., Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Vol.4 Japanese Collections: Temples and Individuals, University of Tokyo Press, June 1983, pp. IV-419 and IV-635, pl. JP35-013.
Landscape Painting in the East and West, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 1986, pp.150-151.
Suzuki Kei ed., Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Vol.4 Japanese Collections: Temples and Individuals, University of Tokyo Press, June 1983, pp. IV-419 and IV-635, pl. JP35-013.
Landscape Painting in the East and West, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 1986, pp.150-151.
Exhibited
Japan, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Landscape Painting in the East and West Inaugural Exhibition, 19 April – 1 June, 1986.
Brought to you by
Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)
Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings