Shijô haiga
Yanagi - WillowSigned: Keinen
Seals: Keinen
Technique: sumi on silk 41.7 x 35.5
Mounting: silver damask and light blue silk 134.5 x 47.8
Box: Authorized by his adoted son and pupil Imao Keishô (1903-1993)
Condition: very good
月もるももらさぬぶりよ夏柳。
Tsuki moru mo morasanuburi yo natsuyanagi.
Then again it lets through the moonlight,
Then again it doesn't
The summer willow.
Imao Keinen studied under Suzuki Hyakunen (1825-1891). During the uprisings marking the end of the Tokugawa regime the Imao house was destroyed. Released from his family's business he was able to devote all his time to art and he established his own studio in 1868 where he trained many students. In 1888 he started teaching at the Kyôto Art Academy. He was a dedicated teacher, who always took much effort and who was greatly concerned with the progress of his pupils.
Reference:
Morioka & Berry ‘99 pp. 122-125
Morioka & Berry ‘08 # 11
Aburai p. 47-48
Roberts p. 53
Araki p. 2049
Hillier p. 353
Price: SOLD
