Nagasaka Sekitai (1845-1924) Nihonga BoatingSigned: heidai shôsaku Sekitai nanajûkusai jin(79) Seals: Eihan Shû in, Sekitai uji, Ikkeidô (tp), .... (bt) Technique: colours on paper 138,7 x 32,5 Date: 1923, 8th month Mounting: green damask 204 x 45,8 Box: inscribed Condition: very good Nagasaka Sekitai (Shûni) was a medical doctor and known as a calligrapher and a poet of Chinese poetry. He studied with Mori Shuntô (1819-1889) and became one of his best pupils (the four heavenly kings). In 1875 he moved to Tokyo starting as a doctor and working in the house where Yanagawa Seigan (1781-1858) once lived. Reference: Araki p. 483 Price: ON REQUEST | |