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Scrolls and prints.

Nothing in this house was bought to fill a shelf. The scroll came from an auction in Kyoto; everything else we found one piece at a time. Here they are with their labels, the way a small museum would show them. The tableware you'll eat from is with the amenities.

Scrolls and prints

01The scroll and the alcove掛軸と床の間
  • Detail of the antique hanging scroll in Room A: an ink landscape of pines, a small footbridge and a hut among the hills.

    Landscape hanging scroll, signed 玉峰

    Attributed to Hasegawa Gyokuhō (1822–1879).

    Ink and light colour: an arched bridge among pines and autumn maples, and a few roofs in the hills. Gyokuhō was born in Kyoto, the son of the painter Hasegawa Genmon, and trained under Matsumura Keibun in the Shijō school. He was known for figures and for birds and flowers, and was praised as the finest of his fellow students. Acquired at auction in Kyoto. Room A, the alcove.

  • Room A's alcove lit late at night: an Imari dish, a folding fan and a hanging scroll.

    The alcove at night

    Staggered walnut shelves: an Imari plate, a gilded fan, vases, stones from the shore. Lit low after dark. Room A.

  • Three small antique cups on a wooden shelf in Room A, two painted in enamel colours and one in deep red.

    Three old sake cups

    One painted in the Kutani manner, one green and hexagonal, one with a red figure. Room A, the shelves.

  • Pottery from Sado Island

    From Sado Island, in the Sea of Japan. Room A, the shelves.

02The prints写真
  • A framed photograph of a single dark-centred anemone, hung square against old brick.

    Anemone, framed in wood

    Fine-art photograph · a limited-edition print

    A fine-art photograph: one anemone, dark at the centre. Hung square against the old brick.

  • A framed photograph of a dark flower in a vase, spotlit against the brick wall.

    Leaves in a copper vase

    Fine-art photograph · a limited-edition print

    Dark leaves, a copper vase, a spotlight. Beside it, an embroidered mandala. The living-room wall.

  • A print of pink tulips in a glass vase, against the blue-hour bay.

    Tulips in a frosted vase

    Fine-art photograph · a limited-edition print

    Pink tulips in a frosted vase on a window sill, the garden going blue behind them.

From · before tax¥18,000a guest a night+10% tax = ¥19,800 ·

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