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110 * inscribed by Kosai Koji in June 1885, summer) with a seal Ko-o 鴻翁;
and with an attestation by Shoji Hoshin (1898-1993) dated summer
SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) 1984. Overall: 196cm x 57cm (77 1/8in x 22½in);
The Moon Palace image: 110cm x 39.5cm (43 3/8in x 15½in). (4).

Edo period (1615-1868), 1867 £4,000 - 5,000
JPY590,000 - 740,000
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink, colours and gold on silk in silk US$5,300 - 6,600

mounts, depicting rabbit courtiers ascending the steps of a Chinese- The inner box inscription is by Ishikawa Kosai 石川鴻斎 (1833-1918),
a well-known poet and teacher of Chinese studies who was friendly
style palace within a roundel against a background of gold-wash with the painter Tomioka Tessai.
clouds, signed Hinoto-u chushu no hi oju Zeshin zu 丁卯仲秋日應需
是真圖 (painted by Zeshin to special request in the eighth month
of 1867) with a pot-shaped seal Zeshin 是真; with a double wood

tomobako storage box, the inner box inscribed outside Shibata Zeshin
Gekkyuden zu 柴田是真月宮殿圖 (Picture of the Moon Palace by

Shibata Zeshin), inscribed inside Kinoto-tori natsu rokugatsu Kosai Koji
kan narabini daisen 乙酉夏六月 鴻斎居士鑒併題籖 (Certified and

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