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Kimura Buzan (1875-1942) Meiji/Taisho Period
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Kakejiku, in ink and colour on silk, depicting a Summer scene of ten sagi (herons), five in flight and five perched on a rock on a beach, a storm cloud above, signed Buzan with seal Buzan; with tomobako titled Natsu no kohen (Lakeside in Summer) and signed by the artist Buzan with seal Buzan. 109cm x 41cm (49 7/8in x 16 1/8in). (2).
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夏の湖辺 木村武山 一幅 絹本淡彩 明治/大正時代
Kimura Buzan was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. He began studying painting under the Nanga painter Sakurai Karyō. In 1890, he moved to Tokyo to enter the Kaisei School. Buzan also studied at Kawabata Gyokushō's school of painting, the Tenshin-sha. In 1891, he entered the Tokyo School of Fine Art, graduating in 1896. In 1898, his painting won a prize at the Japan Painting Association Fair and he participated as an associate member in the foundation of the Nihon Bijutsu-in or Japan Art Institute, of which he became a full member in 1906. The same year he moved with his family to Izura along with Yokoyama Taikan, Shimomura Kanzan, and Hishida Shunsō.
The artist's work is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Tokyo National Museum.
























