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Okamoto Shuki
【Peacock and Pine】

Shuki was so excelled at painting peacocks that his peacock paintings were called "Shuki's Peacock" with praise. With detailed depictions, every single feather is carefully drawn.
Number
D21-058
Title
Peacock and Pine
Artist
Okamoto Shuki
Detail
Materials :ink, colour and gold on silk
wooden boxed (double / signed by Watanabe Kaseki)
Size : W 67.5 × H 156.5 cm (Image) ・ W 84 × H 264 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1856 at the age of 50.
Condition: slightly stained on the image
well-made fine work
Artist History
Okamoto Shuki was a Japanese painter from the late Edo period. He studied under Onishi Keisai and Watanabe Kazan. He was good at realistic paintings of flowers and birds. His paintings of peacocks in particular were highly praised and were called "Shuki's Peacocks". He is known as one of the four great painters of the late Edo period. He passed away in 1862 at the age of 56.
Price
650,000yen

Okamoto Shuki
【Peacock and Pine】

Shuki was so excelled at painting peacocks that his peacock paintings were called "Shuki's Peacock" with praise. With detailed depictions, every single feather is carefully drawn.
Number
D21-058
Title
Peacock and Pine
Artist
Okamoto Shuki
Detail
Materials :ink, colour and gold on silk
wooden boxed (double / signed by Watanabe Kaseki)
Size : W 67.5 × H 156.5 cm (Image) ・ W 84 × H 264 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1856 at the age of 50.
Condition: slightly stained on the image
well-made fine work
Artist History
Okamoto Shuki was a Japanese painter from the late Edo period. He studied under Onishi Keisai and Watanabe Kazan. He was good at realistic paintings of flowers and birds. His paintings of peacocks in particular were highly praised and were called "Shuki's Peacocks". He is known as one of the four great painters of the late Edo period. He passed away in 1862 at the age of 56.
Price
650,000yen

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