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Kikuchi Yosai
【A plum tree and a small bird】

A single sparrow rests cutely on a plum branch, painted with clarity by ink. This is flower-and-bird paintings by Yosai, who excelled in historical paintings.
Number
D20-162
Title
A plum tree and a small bird
Artist
Kikuchi Yosai
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on paper
wooden boxed (signed by Matsumoto Fuko)
Size : W 29.5 × H 129 cm (Image) ・ W 45 × H 223 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1872 at the age of 85.
Condition: slightly creased / slightly damaged, trace of repair on the image
Artist History
Kikuchi Yosai (1788-1878) was a Japanese painter from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period. He was born in Edo. He studied the Kano and Tosa schools of painting, as well as Japanese, Chinese and Western painting techniques and court customs. He excelled in historical paintings, and studied famous calligraphy and paintings, treasures and other things. He compiled the results of his research in the collection of portraits of loyal subjects and filial sons, "Zenken Kojitsu.(前賢故実)"
Price
38,000yen

Kikuchi Yosai
【A plum tree and a small bird】

A single sparrow rests cutely on a plum branch, painted with clarity by ink. This is flower-and-bird paintings by Yosai, who excelled in historical paintings.
Number
D20-162
Title
A plum tree and a small bird
Artist
Kikuchi Yosai
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on paper
wooden boxed (signed by Matsumoto Fuko)
Size : W 29.5 × H 129 cm (Image) ・ W 45 × H 223 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1872 at the age of 85.
Condition: slightly creased / slightly damaged, trace of repair on the image
Artist History
Kikuchi Yosai (1788-1878) was a Japanese painter from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period. He was born in Edo. He studied the Kano and Tosa schools of painting, as well as Japanese, Chinese and Western painting techniques and court customs. He excelled in historical paintings, and studied famous calligraphy and paintings, treasures and other things. He compiled the results of his research in the collection of portraits of loyal subjects and filial sons, "Zenken Kojitsu.(前賢故実)"
Price
38,000yen

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