Nihonga
Shôrai - Rustling of the wind through the pines. (Waterfall landscape)Signed: Buntô ga
Seals: Buntô
Technique: sumi on silk 113,7 x 35,7
Date: early autumn of 1910
Mounting: purple damask and sandcoloured silk 191,5 x 48,3
Box: signed
Condition: very good
Buntô studied with Maekawa Bunrei (1837-1917 and Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933) and although he travelled to China several times he was a purely Japanese painter in the Maruyama-shijô manner. Quite soon he was regognized and he joined the Garin in 1903 and showed at the Bunten. Later his style became related to haiga.
Reference:
Aburaip. 314
Araki p. 229
Price: ON REQUEST
