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RAKUO (1793–1860) £2,000 - 3,000
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century JPY300,000 - 450,000
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll) mounted in a frame, ink, colours, US$2,600 - 4,000
and gold on silk, depicting a child samurai armed with a naginata
(glaive), tachi (slung sword) with a tiger-skin scabbard, and a tanto An artist using the names Jishoken, Rakuo, and Dokuho is recorded
(dagger) and dressed in armour of the early medieval period with in the Cultural History Database of the Bunkacho (Agency for Cultural
an embroidered white silk surcoat, a pine tree and moon in the Affairs), see http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/db/heritages/detail/226926
background; signed Jishoken Yoshi Rakuosai ga (Painted by Jishoken
Yoshi Rakuosai ) with seals Dokuho and Raku. Overall: 96cm x 46.5cm
(37¾in x 18¼in); image: 92.6cm x 43cm (36½in x 17in).

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