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Sakai Oitsu (circa 1826-1862) Rimpa School, mid 19th century image 1
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Lot 165*

Sakai Oitsu (circa 1826-1862)
Rimpa School, mid 19th century

11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Sakai Oitsu (circa 1826-1862)

Rimpa School, mid 19th century
A pair of two-fold screens in ink and colour with kirihaku on silver paper ground, one screen depicting wild flowers of Spring and grasses including tanpopo (dandelion), tsukushi (horsetail), botan (peony), zenmai (royal fern), the other with Autumnal flowers including asagao (morning glory), ominaishi, kikyo (bellflowers), fuyo (confederate rose), both signed Eihoku Oitsu with seal. 146.2cm x 155cm (57½in x 61in). (2).

Footnotes

春秋草花図屏風 酒井鶯一 二曲一双 紙本着色 19世紀中期

Little is known about the artist other than that he died prematurely at the age of thirty-six and that he succeeded to use the name Ugean III of which Ugean I was the go for the Rimpa master Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1824).

The artist's famous work Nehanzu, painted on kakejiku is in the Collection of the Edo Tokyo Museum, Japan.

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