Nakabayashi Chikuto
【Little bird on a branch】
Title
Little bird on a branch
Artist
Nakabayashi Chikuto
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on paper
wooden boxed
Size : W 28 × H 107 cm (Image) ・ W 38 × H 176 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1848 at the age of 73.
Condition: slightly stained
Artist History
Nakabayashi Chikuto(1776-1853) was an artist of literati paintings in the late Edo period. He was in the same school with Yamamoto Baiitsu. He was skillful in paintings of nature especially plum trees and bamboos. He passed away in 1853 at the age of 78.