Page 169 - Fine Japanese Art Bonhams London May 2018

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Two websites connected with the northern city of Hirosaki in Aomori
Prefecture mention a pair of screens of cherry- and maple-viewing by
Arai Seiho recently acquired by Hirosaki City Museum; one of the sites
adds the information that another of this artist’s names was Tsunesato,
using the characters of the signature on this lot. Arai, an artist based in
Edo and retained by the Hirosaki domain, was a pupil of Kano Eisen’in
Osanobu. Even without the evidence of the signature there can be
little doubt that this is a late-Edo version of the Uji Bridge theme, made
famous by a number of Momoyama-period (1573-1615) screen pairs,
but it is rare to find an attributable example of such a revival piece; see
http://www.city.hirosaki.aomori.jp/hakubutsukan/kannzouhinNo5.pdf
and http://www.furusato-ouendan.com/spot/1051

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