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Pictures of fruit of the seasonsSigned:
Seals:
Technique: colours on paper 23.8 x 16.3
Date: Autumn of 1914
Box: inscribed by Yamashina Kyôtei (1900-1984) in 1982
Condition: fine
8 double page paintings in azure gold brocade covers, 23.8 x 16.3
1. Tachika Chikuson (1864-1922) - Melon
An important Nanga painter of the Meiji and Taishô period. Studied under Tanomura Chokunyû
2. Gejô Keikokoku (1842-1920) - Kaki and chestnut
Was a painter educated in the Kanô tradition, Naval officer and politician
3. Komuro Suiun (1874-1945) - Grapes and nashi pears
An important Nanga painter of the Meiji and Taishô period. Studied under Tasaki Sôun (1815-1898)
4. Ikegami Shûho (1874-1944) - Melon
A major artist in the landscape and bird-and-flower traditions. Studied under Araki Kanpo (1831-1915).
5. Matsubayashi Keigetsu (1876-1963) - Soya beans
Considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century Nanga, Studied under Noguchi Yuya (1825-1898),
6. Yamamoto Shunkyo (1872-1933) - Mushrooms
With Takeuchi Seihô (1864-1942) one of the best known painters in Kansai during the Meiji and Taishô period
7. Atomi Kakei (1840-1926) - Flowering gourd
Important female painter from Osaka, educated in calligraphy and painting in Maruyama Shijô style.
8. Himejima Chikugai (1840-1928) - Lotus leaf and root
An important Nanga painter of the Meiji and Taishô period.
Box inscription by the painter Yamashina Kyotei (1898-1984)
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