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SHIMADA BOKUSEN (1867-1943)
Taisho (1912-1868) or Showa (1926-1989) era, circa 1920-1940 The term genroku (dark stag) is sometimes used for the animal that
Kakejiku (hanging scroll); ink and colours on paper in silk mounts, accompanies Jurojin, God of Longevity, and is said to attain its colour
depicting within a lobed reserve a recumbent stag holding down a after the passage of 2,000 years, while the stag and camellia are a
sprig of camellia with its left foreleg and chewing on one of the petals, popular pairing in Chinese painting.
signed Genroku Bokusen ga (Dark stag painted by Bokusen) and
sealed Toyo; with two wooden tomobako storage boxes, one inscribed Following the death in 1884 of his father Shimada Sekkoku, who
outside Genroku (Dark stag); signed inside Bokusen jidai (painted by trained him in the Maruyama style, Shimada Bokusen taught himself
Bokusen) and sealed Shimada Toyo no in (Seal of Shimada Toyo). for a while before travelling up to Tokyo in 1886 to become a pupil of
Overall: 142.5cm x 70.5cm (56 1/8in x 29½in); the famous painter Hashimoto Gaho; he started to exhibit his work
image: 42.5cm x 50cm (16¾in x 19¾in). (3). publicly in the same year, first receiving an award in 1887. He painted
a wide range of historical subjects and belonged to a succession of
£2,500 - 3,000 leading art associations, showing frequently at the Bunten national
JPY380,000 - 450,000 salon and its successors up until 1942, as well as at overseas
US$3,500 - 4,200 exhibitions.

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