Detail
Materials : ink, colour and gold on silk
wooden boxed (signed by painter)
Size : W 50.5 × H 121 cm (Image) ・ W 64.5 × H 211 cm (Mount)
Condition: slightly creased on the mount/slightly creased,slightly stained on the image
Painted in 1917 at the age of 43.
Artist History
Yoshimura Houryu (1874-?) was a Japanese painter. Born in Osaka. A disciple of Mori Niho. He studied painting in the Mori school and excelled in animal paintings, particularly raccoon dogs, tigers, monkeys, and deer. He was an important figure in the Maruyama school. His year of death is unknown.