Hanabusa Itcho
【Bird on a Hagigaki with chrysanthemums】
Title
Bird on a Hagigaki with chrysanthemums
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 39 × H 99 cm (Image) ・ W 52.5 × H 194 cm (Mount)
Condition: slightly partly flaked on the image
Artist History
The painter Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724) originally trained in the Kanō style, under Kanō Yasunobu, but soon abandoned the school and his master to form his own style. He was also known as a Haiku poet who studied under the master Matsuo Bashō.