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SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1887
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and
colours on silk mounted in silk, depicting
Jurojin seated in front of a rock encrusted
with emblems of longevity (peaches, reishi
fungus), and attended by a crane and five
other venerable figures in Chinese garb,
one of them drinking from a huge lacquer
sake cup, another holding a sake gourd and
bowl, and another in the foreground, perhaps
Ebisu, with a fishing rod and minogame (hairy-
tailed tortoise of longevity), signed Gyonen
hachijuichi-o Zeshin (Zeshin, aged 81) with a
seal Tairyukyo; with wood tomobako storage
box inscribed outside Kotobuki no zu (Picture
of Jurojin) and inscribed inside Meiji kanoe-
tora toshi hachijuyon-o Tairyukyo Zeshin
(Tairyukyo Zeshin, aged 84, 1890) followed by
a kao in the form of the character kin (cloth).
Overall 223cm x 79cm (87¾in x 31in),
image 136cm x 55.3cm (53½in x 21¾in). (2).

£7,000 - 9,000
JPY970,000 - 1,200,000
US$8,700 - 11,000

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