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Yokoyama Seiki
【A lesser cuckoo and the moon reflected on the surface of the water】

Though the subject is simple, the depiction of the moonlight reflected on the water is innovative, evoking the sense of the ever-changing passage of time.
Number
D20-171
Title
A lesser cuckoo and the moon reflected on the surface of the water
Artist
Yokoyama Seiki
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 40 × H 101.5 cm (Image) ・ W 55 × H 203 cm (Mount)
Painted 1860 at the age of 69.
Condition: slightly stained, slightly creased
Artist History
Yokoyama Seiki (1793-1865) was a painter of the Shijo school in the late Edo period. He was born in Kyoto. He first studied under Goshun and then Matsumura Keibun, and was praised as one of the "Four Great Masters of the Heian Period" in the late Edo period art world, along with Nakajima Raisho, Kishi Renzan, and Shiokawa Bunrin. He was skilled in painting flowers and birds, landscapes, and people.
Price
35,000yen

Yokoyama Seiki
【A lesser cuckoo and the moon reflected on the surface of the water】

Though the subject is simple, the depiction of the moonlight reflected on the water is innovative, evoking the sense of the ever-changing passage of time.
Number
D20-171
Title
A lesser cuckoo and the moon reflected on the surface of the water
Artist
Yokoyama Seiki
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 40 × H 101.5 cm (Image) ・ W 55 × H 203 cm (Mount)
Painted 1860 at the age of 69.
Condition: slightly stained, slightly creased
Artist History
Yokoyama Seiki (1793-1865) was a painter of the Shijo school in the late Edo period. He was born in Kyoto. He first studied under Goshun and then Matsumura Keibun, and was praised as one of the "Four Great Masters of the Heian Period" in the late Edo period art world, along with Nakajima Raisho, Kishi Renzan, and Shiokawa Bunrin. He was skilled in painting flowers and birds, landscapes, and people.
Price
35,000yen

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