Imao Keinen(1845-1924) "Ebisu" Meiji-Taisho era, Japanese hanging scroll, kakejiku

Art work details

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【Setting weight】
This piece will be shipped at 0.8 kg including packaging.

【Material】
Ink, Pale Japanese pigments on paper

【Size】
Overall: vertical 186.3 × width 41.7 cm＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 102.5 × width 31.2cm)

【Condition】
・There are floats, burns, stains and repair of wrinkles on the Japanese paper on the back of the cover.
・There are fracture, burns on the image.
・There are some stains, wrinkles in mounting.

【Remarks】
Roller ends is lacquerware.
・Imao Keisho(1902-1993) appraised the piece and signed the box.

Materials for mounting
・All of them are made of silk.

【Other】
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*There may be a slight difference in color between the photo and the actual product.

【Biography】
Imao Keinen(1845-1924)

1845 (Koka 2) - 1924 (Taisho 13)

Born in Kyoto, Japan. His childhood name was Isaburo, his first name was Eikan, and his last name was Shiyu.
The pseudonym is Ryujiraku,Yoso-sai.Worked as a draftsman for his family's Yuzen dyeing business.
Studied under ukiyoe artists Umekawa Tokyo and Suzuki Hyakunen.
Became a commissioned professor at the Kyoto Prefectural School of Painting in 1888.
He won the second prize at the National Industrial Exhibition in 1895, and was awarded the silver medal at the Paris International Exposition in 1900.
In 1904, he became an Imperial Household Artist and a member of the Imperial Art Academy.
He was awarded many prizes at domestic and international expositions for his outstanding talent in flower and bird painting.
He was a major figure in the Kyoto art world, inheriting the tradition of the Shijo School, and devoted himself to the training of future generations.
Died in 1924 at the age of 79.

Imao Keisho(1902-1993)

1902(Meiji 35) - 1993 (Heisei 5)
Japanese painter. Born in Kyoto. Adopted son of the Japanese painter Imao Keinen.
Born in Kyoto. Graduated from Kyoto Municipal College of Painting. Studied painting under Keinen.
Has painted fusuma (sliding door) paintings for temples, and has been presented to the Imperial Household several times.
An independent artist. Died in 1993 at the age of 91.