Tomoda Yasukiyo (1862-1918) "Morning glory and two chickens" Meiji-Taisho era

Art work details

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Setting weight
This piece weighs 1.5 kg and will be shipped in 120 size.

Material
Japanese pigments on silk

Size
Overall: vertical 196 × width 69.6 cm＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 126 × width 56.5cm)

Condition
・There are burns, stains, floats on the Japanese paper on the back of the cover.
・There are some burns,  stains on the image.
・There are burns, wrinkles, warp in mounting.

Remarks
Roller ends is lacquerware.
・There is no signature on 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
Tomoda Yasukiyo (1862-1918)

Ceramicist, painter, and businessman of the Meiji and Taisho periods.
Born in Kanazawa, Kaga Province.
His stage names are "Kinjo Kyu-kei" and "Kyu-kei".
Studied Japanese-style painting under Kouno Bairei, Kishi Chikudo, and Ikeda Kyuka.
He also learned Western-style pigmentation from Natomi Sukejiro, and later studied pottery making and pigment adjustment from the German Wagner.
In 1899, he became the director of the Izushi County Ceramics Laboratory in Hyogo Prefecture.
In 1906, he returned to Kanazawa and established the Hayashiya Gumi (later known as Nippon Hardware Co., Ltd.).
From 1908, he mainly directed pottery production as chief engineer, manufacturing and selling tableware for export overseas.
Died in 1918.