Delicate washes of color define this landscape by Hashimoto Dokuzan enclosed in the original signed double wooden box. Pigment and ink on paper in a kinran border threaded with genuine gold terminating in solid ivory rollers (these will be changed if exporting. The scroll is 47.5 x 212 cm (19 x 83-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Hashimoto Dokuzan (Gengi, 1869-1938) was born in Nigata, and was sent to Kyoto at the age of 16 to study painting and philosophy under Tomioka Tessai. At the age of 20 he entered Tenryuji under Gazan. He received Inka from Ryuen. In 1910 he moved to Shokokuji, and then was assigned the foundation of Nanonji Temple in Tottori Prefecture. He served as abbot of Tenryuji Temple and Shokokuji, both important Zen temples in Kyoto.
