INOUE YUICHI Frog Birth Festival, Poem by Kusano Shinpei

• LOT

  1805

• Artist

  INOUE YUICHI ( 1916 - 1985 )

• Estimate

  200,000 - 600,000 8,696 - 26,087 10,000 - 30,000 40,000 - 120,000 1,250 - 3,750

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  Members only

• Details

  pencil on Japanese paper　framed　1983
  signed
  CR83068
  The work features Kusano Shinpei's poem "Kaeru Tanjō-sai (Frog Birth Festival)," which evokes the vibrant world of frogs through distinctive onomatopoeia and rhythmic language.
  Provenance: UNAC TOKYO, Tokyo (gallery label affixed on the reverse)
  Publication: 1. "Bokujin No. 299"
  2. "Sho no Bi No. 31"
  3. "Inoue Yuichi Zeppitsugyo"
  (Based on accompanying documentation.)
  4. "Yu-ichi INOUE catalogue Vol.3" P.425, CR83068, UNAC TOKYO
  Exhibited: 1. Kotoba Sho Exhibition (Osaka / Ban Gallery) 1984
  2. Inoue Yuichi Zeppitsu Exhibition (Nishinomiya / Nishinomiya Civic Gallery) 1986
  
  INOUE YUICHI, born in Tokyo in 1916, was an artist who represents Japan in the late 20th century. He is often remembered as a wild and uninhibited figure, with his shaved head, wielding a giant brush, splashing ink, crawling and rolling on the ground, as if no one else existed. "He was a simple schoolteacher by day and an avant-garde artist at home," is how those who knew him described him. While the rest of Japan was indulging in rapid economic growth, he remained obscure, grounded, and genuine, and eventually honed himself into an artist who came to represent Japan and left his mark on the history of world art.
  
  39.0×35.0cm
  (15 ⅜ × 13 ¾ in.)　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Autumn Auction of Art Works 2026

• Catalog

  Contemporary Art/Modern&Post-War Art

• Date

  2026/10/21