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Lot Essay
Tokaku is the son of Unkoku Tohan (see Christie's, New York, 21 September, 2006, lot 138), whom he succeeded. He called himself Sesshu VII.
Tokaku's paintings are very rare. For a screen by the artist with a similar subject, see Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, ed., Unkokuha no keifu--Sesshu no kokeisha tachi/Unkoku School--The Successors of Sesshu Style (Yamaguchi: Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, 1986), no. 46.
Tokaku's paintings are very rare. For a screen by the artist with a similar subject, see Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, ed., Unkokuha no keifu--Sesshu no kokeisha tachi/Unkoku School--The Successors of Sesshu Style (Yamaguchi: Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, 1986), no. 46.