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SHIMA SEIEN (1892-1970)
Pensive Beauty
Taisho (1912–1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 1920s-1930s
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, colors, and gofun (calcified crushed shell) on
silk in silk mounts, depicting a pensive young woman in the formal dress of
the period, her under-kimono and obi sash tie-dyed in the kanoko shibori
technique, her outer kimono richly embroidered or dyed with a bold floral
pattern, her white make-up rendered in delicate gofun, signed and sealed
at right Seien
8 3/4 x 8 5/8in (22.2 x 26.1cm)
$1,000 - 1,500
One of the most accomplished female painters of her time, in 1916, Shima
Seien formed the Onna Yonin no Kai (Four-Woman Society) with three other
promising and ambitious young women: Kitani Chigusa, Okamoto Kōen,
and Matsumoto Kayō.
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AFTER HASHIMOTO GAHO (1835-1908)
Night Heron
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper in silk mounts, deftly brushed with a
goisagi (night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax) and bamboo, with signature at
lower right Gaho and seal Kakko

With a wood storage box inscribed outside Gaho-o suiboku goisagi zu (Ink
painting of a night heron by Gaho); inscription inside by Mizuta Chikuho
(Nanga painter, 1883-1958) dated mid-February 1930
26 x 11 1/16in (66 x 28cm)
$2,000 - 3,000

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