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SHIMOMURA KANZAN (1873-1930) Accompanied by a certificate issued by the Tobikantei Hyokakiko
TAGASODE (WHOSE SLEEVES?) Kantei-iinkai (Tobi Appraisal Committee, successor to the Tokyo Art
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, circa 1915-1930 Club Appraisal Committee), dated Heisei 31 (2019),
A two-panel folding screen, ink and colours on gold-sprinkled paper, numbered 019-0325.
depicting a lady’s silk kimono embroidered with kirimon (imperial
paulownia crests), draped over a black-and-gold lacquer iko (kimono Born Shimomura Seizaburo in Wakayama City, Shimomura Kanzan
rack), signed Kanzan and sealed. studied in Tokyo under the leading Westernizing traditional painters
Overall: 170cm x 182.3cm (66 15/16in x 71¾in); Kano Hogai and Hashimoto Gaho before graduating with high honours
image: 152cm x 154.5cm (59 13/16in x 60¾in). (2). from Tokyo Art School, where he worked as an instructor from 1894.
He was among the founders of the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Fine Arts
£5,000 - 6,000 Academy) and served as a judge for both the Bunten and the Inten
JPY660,000 - 790,000 exhibitions. Kanzan was influenced by the Kano school through his
US$6,200 - 7,400 early training under Hogai but also incorporated elements of the
Edo-period decorative painting tradition, as seen in this revival of the
favourite seventeenth-century screen subject of an aristocratic kimono
left hanging on an elegantly lacquered screen.

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