Hazama Seigai
【Two hanging scrolls of a thousand Cranes and Turtles】
Title
Two hanging scrolls of a thousand Cranes and Turtles
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 39.5 × H 105.5 cm (Each Image) ・ W 54 × H 202 cm (Each Mount)
Painted in 1851 at the age of 41.
Condition: stained, slightly damaged
Artist History
Hazama Seigai (1811-1878) was a painter from the late Edo period to the Meiji period. He was born in Nagato and studied literati painting under Oda Kaisen. He painted flowers and birds, landscapes, and people. One of his students was Matsuura Shodo.