Kuroda Seiki (1866-1924)

Yamazakura (Wild cherry tree)

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Kuroda Seiki (1866-1924)
Yamazakura (Wild cherry tree)
Signed and dated on verso in Japanese, inscribed Zotei Seifu shikei (Gift for my sincere friend, [Tsuda] Seifu)
Oil on panel
12 7/8 x 9 3/8in. (32.8 x 24cm.)
Painted 1903.4
With Tokyo Bijutsu Club certificate no. 001-448, 2001.7.25

Lot Essay

Tsuda Seifu (1880-1978) was a Western-style oil painter who went to France with Yasui Sotaro in 1907 to study with Paul Laurens for three years. He later painted in Japanese (Nihonga) style.

Another painting by Kuroda Seiki, Fields, was sold in these Rooms, 15 September 1999, lot 260.

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