Kishi
Magpie couple on a now covered pine brancheSigned: Hakuen sha
Seals: Hakuen Akira Shitetsu
Technique: sumi on paper 41 x 54,2
Date: 1853
Mounting: brown silk 115 x 58,5
Condition: top of the mounting lightly wormeaten, otherwise good
Hakuen, painter and haiku poet was the son and pupil of the crow painter Hirose Junko (act. c. 1830). Junko, a pupil of Gan Ku (1749-1838) was a Kishi style painter.
Reference:
Roberts p. 37
Araki p. 1466
Price: ON REQUEST
