Ohta Nanpo(Shokusanjin) (1749-1823) "Suzumedono (Kyouka)" Middle to late Edo period, Japanese hanging scroll, kakejiku

Art work details

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【Setting weight】
This piece will be shipped at 0.9 kg including packaging.

【Material】
Ink on paper

【Size】
Overall: vertical 120 × width 55 cm＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 30 × width 44.8cm)

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

【Remarks】
Roller ends is Wooden.
・Box inscription by the original owner of the work.

Materials for mounting
・The top and the bottom of the cover fabric are rubbed Japanese paper. The others 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】
Ohta Nanpo(Shokusanjin) (1749-1823) 
　
Kyoka poet and caricaturist of the mid to late Edo period.
He was born in Kan'en 2.
His name is Fukashi. His nickname was Shi-shi,Naojiro.
The pseudonym is Shokusan-jin,Yomono-Akara,Ymanote-Bakahito,Kyoka-en,Neboke-sensei,etc.
He was a member of the shogunate.
At the age of 18, he learned Chinese poetry from Matsuzaki Kan'kai and others.
In 1766, he published a collection of writings by Neboke-sensei, and later became a leading figure in the Kyoka society.
He wrote many pun books(Share-bon) and yellow covers(Kibyoshi), and became the center of the kyoka world with his "Manzai Kyoka Shu".
After the Kansei Reforms, he devoted himself to the work of the shogunate and was active as an accountant.
He died in the 6th year of Bunsei at the age of 75.

【Main Meaning】
Sparrow, I don't know where your inn is, but please come here from time to time (or chun chun). As a partner for bamboo grass (or my sake). (This is a kyoka poem written by Shokusanjin on the theme of a painting of a sparrow on bamboo. It is based on the story of the tongue sparrow.（Shitakiri-Suzume）)