48. Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933) Nihonga Snow-covered pineSigned: Shunkyo Seals: Morigaku manzôgetsu chûjin Technique: colours on silk 104,7 x 41,7 Mounting: blue gold damask and pink light grey damask 205 x 56,4 Box: signed double box Condition: fine Shunkyo was born in Shiga prefecture. In 1885, he became a pupil of Mori Kansai (1814-1894). He also studied photography and yoga, Western-style oil painting. Together with Tsuji Kakô (1870-1931) , he worked at the Takashimaya department store, creating designs for export textiles. For a long time he was as popular as Takeuchi Seihô (1864-1942). Shunkyo was a a teacher at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and the Kyoto Municipal Special school of Painting and a member of the jury for the first Bunten exhibition in 1907. Reference: Kyôto 1982 Shiga 1985 Shiga 2000 Berry & Morioka ‘99 pp. 126-127 Conant pp. 330-331 Roberts p. 196 Price: SOLD | |