Unknown emakimono scrollUnknown emakimono scroll, ink on paper, 24 x 235 cm

2 generation of Tosa painters meet at almost 400 years distance

He was sent to Netherlands by the shogunate from 1863 to 1866

Size: 41x30 cm

Left upper corner damaged

Besides painting traditional Literati subjects such as landscapes

published between 1922 and 1925 by Dai Chikamatsu zenshū kankōkai 大近松全集刊行会 (the Complete Work of Chikamatsu Publishing Association)

Impressive set of 2 scrolls

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A superb collection

the book gained tremendous sales upon its publication in Edo

spills blood from the balcony

the postcards depict the turbulent society of the time