Nanga
Umehana kotori zu - Plumblossom and little birdsSigned: Seiryô
Seals: Seiryô, Gyokurei
Technique: colours on silk 107.3 x 36.5
Mounting: grey damask and auberghine coloured silk 191 x 49.8
Box: Inscribed
Condition: slight stain, otherwise very good
former Chikuin collection
Seiryô was a painter-poet in the line of Ike Taiga. He was the son of Yamaoka Geppô (1760-1839), Shinryô, 34th head of the Sôrin-ji. Seiryô became Taigadô V, 37th head of the Sôrin-ji.
Reference:
Roberts p. 140
Moog p. 464
Araki p. 1778
Price: ON REQUEST
