Hrafuku Suian (1844-1890) Shijô 24 miscellaneous subjectsSigned: Suian sha Seals: Suian Technique: colours on paper 24,3 x 36,5 (29,8 x 40 ) Box: blue silk shitsu Condition: all have centerfolds and are rebound in silk mount, a little wormage, otherwise very good 24 double pages in green brown damask: 1. Sitting crane 2. Pine and sun 3. Bamboo 4. Mount Fuji seen from a path 5. Plumblossom and teapot 6. Flowering orchid 7. White camelia 8. Swallow and willow 9. Flowering loquat 10. Cuckoo in the rain flying over a torii 11. Irisses 12. Bamboo 13. Palm shoots 14. Gull on a pole 15. Banana leafs 16. Gentian and ... 17. Cedar and moon 18. Coronation and .. 19. Hagi 20. Suzuki and .. 21. Kaki 22. Daikon, renkon (lotus root and kuwai 23. Snacks (dried persimon?) 24. Okame mask Suian was born in Akita ken as the son of dyer. First he studied under the local painter Takemaura Bunkai. He then went to Kyoto for further training. Later in life he lived in both Tokyo and Akita. He was specialized in painting animals. Reference: Roberts p. 165 Araki 2647 Price: ON REQUEST |