Center) Hanabusa Itcho / Left and right) Ko Sukoku
【3 hanging scrolls of Cherry blossoms, Waniguchi swallow, and Autumn leaves】
Title
3 hanging scrolls of Cherry blossoms, Waniguchi swallow, and Autumn leaves
Artist
Center) Hanabusa Itcho / Left and right) Ko Sukoku
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on paper
wooden boxed
Size : W 16 × H 111.5 cm (Each Image) ・ W 26.5 × H 177 cm (Each Mount)
Appeared in "Auction catalogue of Paintings, Calligraphy, and Tea Ceremony Utensils Formerly Owned by a Certain Family in the Edo Period"(January,1919)
Artist History
【Hanabusa Itcho】
The painter Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724) originally trained in the Kano style, under Kano 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 Basho.
【Ko Sukoku】
Ko Sukoku (1730-1804) was a town painter in the late Edo period. He was born in Edo. He studied under Sawaki Suushi, a disciple of Hanabusa Itcho, and excelled in genre paintings in the style of Itcho. He also excelled in warrior paintings.