Yamaguchi Sôken (1759-1818) & Kihada Myôan (1745-1821) Maruyama (Shijô) Reflecting moon and poemSigned: Sôken, Ôbaku Myôan nanajûichiô (71) ôjûdai (on request) Seals: Sôken, Fusai in shin, Kihada Myôan & unread (top) Technique: sumi and blue on silk 99,7 x 35,4 Date: Autumn 1814 Mounting: blue gold damask and light grey silk 187,5 x 48,2 Condition: lightly foxed, otherwise very good The poem reads: Threads of haze moisten the green plum trees Rippling crosses the reflection of the moon Nature is mild and fresh, and its atmosphere refined When swaying in profound tranquillity as light partly joins Sôken was one of Õkyo's ten notable pupils. Before his years with Maruyama Õkyo (1733-1795) he studied with his father, the Maruyama painter Yamaguchi Sôgaku. He was a good painter of kachôga and landscape, but he specialized in bijinga, (women portraits) in Kansai Ukiyô-e style. Reference Roberts p. 161 Araki p.1532 Hiller p. 106-116 (# 69-79) Kyoto '98 p. 296 # 3-25, 26, 4-1,8, 10, 11,5-8, 11, 13,17 Myôan Fusai was an Ôbaku monk and 26th gen. abbot of the Manpuku-ji at Uji in Kyoto. Reference Moog p. 321 Price: SOLD | |