Tanaka Hakuin (1866-1934) & Hakuun, .. Nanga Momokata Kashibashi, peach shaped bowlSigned: Hakuin Shujin sha Seals: Hakuun Technique: Kyoyaki, greyish and pink crackled pottery from Kyoto, with a black tetsu-e iron oxide underglaze decoration Ø 19 x 8,7 Box: Signed by Hakuun Condition: fine The inscription reads: 松齡鶴寿 Shôrei Kakuju, Pines are aged and cranes are old. Hakuin was born in Suruga Province (present Shizuoka Prefecture). In 1883, when he was 17 years old, he went to Kyoto where he became a student of the Nanga style painter Tanomura Chokunyû (1814-1907). Until his marriage in 1900 he was known as Tanomura Hakuin, but then took the family name of his wife Tanaka. Hakuin established a private painting school in Kyoto and later in Hofu city in Yamaguchi Prefecture. He had many pupils. Reference: Aburai p. 243 Araki p. 1466 Price: ON REQUEST |