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Lot 239*
Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1860-1889
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,500 - £5,500
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Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1860-1889
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting Daikoku (God of Wealth), Otafuku (Goddess of Mirth), and a shojo (drunken spirit); signed Shojo Kyosai and sealed twice; with a wood storage box. Overall: 162cm x 53cm (63¾in x 20 7/8in); image: 72cm x 33cm (28 3/8in x 13in). (2).
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting Daikoku (God of Wealth), Otafuku (Goddess of Mirth), and a shojo (drunken spirit); signed Shojo Kyosai and sealed twice; with a wood storage box. Overall: 162cm x 53cm (63¾in x 20 7/8in); image: 72cm x 33cm (28 3/8in x 13in). (2).
Footnotes
The famously eccentric late-Edo-period and Meiji-era artist Kawanabe Kyosai was adept in several different painting styles including the lively and humorous Shijo-school figural manner seen here.
























