Takahashi Shuka (1878-1952), Iris and a Firefly, Japanese hanging scroll

Art work details

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Setting weight
This piece weighs 0.8 kg and will be shipped in 80 size.

Material
Japanese pigments on silk

Size
Overall: vertical 162㎝ × width 40㎝（63.78 in × 15.75 in）＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 71.7㎝ × width 27.7㎝（28.23 in × 10.91 in）)

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

Remarks
・Roller ends are Porcelain.
・Tomo-Bako.(Box inscription by the artist.)

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.

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Biography
Takahashi Shuka (1878-1952)

Born in 1878 (Meiji 11) in Okayama Prefecture, his name was Hayata.
After studying under Ishii Kinryō in Okayama, he moved to Kyoto, where he studied under Tsuji Kako and Yamamoto Shunkyo.
His painting Peony was exhibited at the “Japan-France Art Exchange Exhibition” held in Paris in 1911 and was purchased by the French government.
At the age of 51, he built an atelier in Takarazuka.
In 1947 (Shōwa 22), he returned to his hometown of Okayama, where he spent the remainder of his life until his death in 1952.
He named his ateliers Chōōkyo (during his time in Kyoto), Sōun Shōkyo (in Takarazuka), and Kyokusuikyō and Bokkōkutsu (during his time in Saidaiji, Okayama).
He passed away in 1952 (Shōwa 27) at the age of 79.