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Shirai Engan (1894-1976)
Nanga
Collection of 23 Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841) seals and orchids
Signed: Engan sanjin
Seals: Engan
Technique: sumi on paper 125 x 33,8
Date: 1958
Mounting: brown grey crushed paper 178 x 44,2
Condition: very good

Engan Shirai was a Nanga painter, who studied with Matsubayashi Keigetsu (1876-1963). He was an expert on Kazan and author on books on Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841) and Tsubaki Chinzan (1801-1854).

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