Marubeni Shoten designs, ca. 50+ items, size 36x25 cm, handpainted birds and flowersMarubeni Shoten designs, ca. 50+ items, size 36x25 cm, handpainted birds and flowers, pigment and ink on very thin washi paper mounted on cardboard This textile design collection dates back to the era of Marubeni Shoten, Ltd., the predecessor of Marubeni Corporation, which was established through a merger of Itochu Shoten, Ltd., and Ito Chobei Shoten in 1921. Participating members consisted mainly of renowned artists who transcended the different

A set of 2 scrolls

Size: 41x30 cm

plum blossoms

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"A child prodigy in painting

He graduated in 1899 from Kyoto City School of Arts and Crafts and and became head of Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting

No trace of foxing

Primarily a painter in the nihonga style

Unknown chinese scroll

Sasaki Nobutsuna's book of waka poems titled Hyakunin Isshu Kogi

Katō Iwao

With 200 colour woodblock printed illustrations of various flowers (50 in each volume)