Yoshitsugu Haizan (1846-1915) Aritayaki Hanaire - vase, Ume hana, plum blossomSigned: Haizan Seals: Tsuna Tokusei (especially made) Technique: Aritayaki sometsuke, porcelain with a cobalt blue underglaze decoration from Arita. 14,5 x 36,3 Date: 1914 autumn day Condition: fine The inscription reads: Myôzai tenshin rakubokuse, Subtlety iin painting can only be grasped out of one self. Haizan was the son of a minor Nanga painter from Fukuoka, Kyûshû. In his early years he studied calligraphy with Hirose Tansô (1782-1856). In Kyoto he became a pupil of Nakanishi Kôseki (1807-1884). In 1871 he injured his right hand and only could use his left and called him self Hidaraite (left hand). In 1878 he went to China to study painting. Reference: Roberts p. 204 Araki p. 1521 Hempel '98 p. 163 Price: ON REQUEST |