Nanga
Egret in a willow in the snowSigned: Chinzanjin ga
Seals: Hitsu, Takuka
Technique: colours on silk 143 x 49.2
Date: early summer of 1852
Mounting: light blue Chinese damask 210 x 65.4
Box: inscribed
Condition: slight wormage, otherwise very good
Chinzan was a samurai attached to the gouvernment of Tokugawa, an officer of lancers. Like many literate officers at that time, they devoted their free time to intellectual pursuits and Chinzan devotes himself to painting. He became a pupil and subsequently a great friend of Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841) and raised his son Shoka (1835-1887) after Kazans’ death. Like Kazan he painted portraits in a Western way, but mainly kachô-e.
Reference:
Tahara 1994
Roberts p. 14
Araki p. 2236 ff
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