Catalog record · 目録番号 124181

Adults and Children in a Village

Catalog note / 解説

HANABUSA ITCHO (1652-1724) Adults and Children in a Village Date: c.1778 Size:Oban tate-e: 14.125" x 8.5" overall, laid down Condition: Good for age. Laid down to board, wormage. Impression: Very good. Color: Very good. A street scene in winter showing men clearing snow at top, children making a large snow ball at left, and another group of adults and children with a monk (?) to the lower right. I often wonder how these people of ancient Japan could run around half naked in the snow. Itcho was the founder of the Hanabusa school of painting. Born in Osaka, Itcho studied under kano yasunobu but was expelled from the studio as a rebel against the Kano tradition. In 1698, he was exiled to Miyak…

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · 1778 · jaodb

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