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Maruyama Okyo
【Plovers with cold moon】

This is a masterpiece that depicts a half moon floating brilliantly in the bitterly cold sky and a plover, a familiar winter seasonal word in haiku, using only ink. It has a box inscription by Mori Ippo, a Mori school painter from the late Edo period. Formerly owned by the Setsuda family, a sake wholesaler that has been in business since the Edo period.
Number
D20-093
Title
Plovers with cold moon
Artist
Maruyama Okyo
Detail
Materials : ink on paper
wooden boxed (double / signed by Mori Ippo)
Size : W 28 × H 102 cm (Image) ・ W 42.5 × H 195 cm (Mount)
Auction catalogue of "the Setsuda Family's Collection"(May 1931) and "Photographic Archive of Japanese Paintings" / Published and attached in "Ranshukikuho-cho"(1924 / Tokyo Art Club)
old collection of Setsuda Family
Artist History
Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) was a Japanese painter from the mid-Edo period. The founder of the Maruyama school. He learned painting methods of the Kano school from Ishida Yutei and distinguished himself as a painter. He is also known for placing the utmost importance on sketching. He taught many of his disciples, including the major painters called "the Ten Excellent Painters of the Okyo School".
Price
4,500,000yen

Maruyama Okyo
【Plovers with cold moon】

This is a masterpiece that depicts a half moon floating brilliantly in the bitterly cold sky and a plover, a familiar winter seasonal word in haiku, using only ink. It has a box inscription by Mori Ippo, a Mori school painter from the late Edo period. Formerly owned by the Setsuda family, a sake wholesaler that has been in business since the Edo period.
Number
D20-093
Title
Plovers with cold moon
Artist
Maruyama Okyo
Detail
Materials : ink on paper
wooden boxed (double / signed by Mori Ippo)
Size : W 28 × H 102 cm (Image) ・ W 42.5 × H 195 cm (Mount)
Auction catalogue of "the Setsuda Family's Collection"(May 1931) and "Photographic Archive of Japanese Paintings" / Published and attached in "Ranshukikuho-cho"(1924 / Tokyo Art Club)
old collection of Setsuda Family
Artist History
Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) was a Japanese painter from the mid-Edo period. The founder of the Maruyama school. He learned painting methods of the Kano school from Ishida Yutei and distinguished himself as a painter. He is also known for placing the utmost importance on sketching. He taught many of his disciples, including the major painters called "the Ten Excellent Painters of the Okyo School".
Price
4,500,000yen

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