Takahashi Souzan, Maekawa Bunrei, Maekawa Koryo and other
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Artist
Takahashi Souzan, Maekawa Bunrei, Maekawa Koryo and other
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 58.5 × H 145 cm (Image) ・ W 72 × H 209 cm (Mount)
Painted 1898 at the souzan age of 46 and the bunrei age of 61.
Condition: slightly creased, slightly browned
Artist History
【Takahashi Souzan】
A painter from the late Edo period. Born in Mikusa, Harima in 1852.
【Maekawa Bunrei】
Maekawa Bunrei (1837-1917) was a Japanese painter. He was born in Kyoto. He was the son of Maekawa Gorei, a painter of the Shijo school who was a disciple of Matsumura Keibun. He learned painting from his father, and was active as a leading artist in the Kyoto art world in the early Meiji period, specializing in flowers and birds.
【Maekawa Koryo】
Maekawa Koryo was a Japanese painter. He is the son of Maekawa Bunrei, a Japanese painter.
