Tani Buncho
【Two cats playing with butterflies】
Title
Two cats playing with butterflies
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed (signed by Satake Eiryo)
Size : W 63 × H 49.5 cm (Image) ・ W 75.5 × H 147 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1836 at the age of 75.
Auction catalogue of the Kikuchi, Numajiri and Saito Family's Collection
Artist History
Tani Buncho (1763-1840) was a literati painter of the late Edo period. He was born in Edo. He studied the styles of various schools of Yamato-e painting, and while being influenced by Chinese painting, he established a new style of painting. He became a leading figure in the Edo literati painting world. Many students came from his art school, Shazanro, including Watanabe Kazan and Tachihara Kyosho.