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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK COLLECTION
6 MORIMURA YOSHINE (1871-1938)

Dragon, Clouds and Waves

Each signed Yoshine, sealed Yoshine no in
Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold leaf on silk
61 x 138 in. (154.9 x 350.5 cm.) each (2)

$15,000-25,000

Yamato-e artist Morimura Yoshine was active in Bunten
and Teiten national exhibitions. He continued the
classical style of Sesshu and Tanyu but later in his
career he simplified his artistic language. A prestigious
artist during his lifetime, he founded an art academy
to foster the development of young artists. His legacy
was solidified when he was commissioned to create
the mural at Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery and won an
award at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
in San Francisco in 1915. His work can be found in the
collections of the Yamatane Museum of Art and the
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art.