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TOMIOKA EISEN (1864-1905)
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900-1905
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll); ink and colours on silk in silk mounts,
the jikusaki (scroll ends) in black lacquer with rinbo (wheels of the
Buddhist law) in gold lacquer, depicting a ferocious, muscular nio
(Buddhist guardian deity) riding on a cloud and grasping a terrified
oni (demon) in each hand, signed Mosai with seal Eisen; with double
wooden storage boxes.
Overall: 209cm x 72cm (82¼in x 28 3/8in);
image: 115.5cm x 50cm (45½in x 19¾in). (3).

£3,500 - 4,000
JPY520,000 - 590,000
US$4,600 - 5,300

Born in Nagano Prefecture, Tomioka Eisen worked for a time as a
civilian member of the imperial army staff but in 1882 became a pupil
of Kobayashi Eitaku (1843-1890), resigning in 1900 to pursue a career
as an independent painter, illustrator, and designer of postcards.
The composition of the present lot reflects the influence of Eitaku’s
dramatic pictorial style as seen in such paintings as his Sugawara
Michizane Praying on Tenpai-Zan in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
which also houses a collection of Eisen’s graphic work.

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