Eleven Giga Syle Paintings From a Folding Screen

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11 small paintings cut from a screen. Painting of various Giga - caricature imagery, one of the oldest traditions of painting (precursor to modern anime and other cartoons). Th e i mages are of otsu-e themes and other myths and stories. Painted by Kubota Beisen (1852-1906) who was a pictorial journalist and nihonga style painter during the Meiji era. He was a student of Suzuki Hyakunen. Sold as a collection. Sumi-e ink and mineral pigments on silk Silk mounted on gold leafed Paper Meiji Era (1868-1912) 5" x 8.75" (width, height) largest 4.5" x 4.75" (width, height) smallest Show more