Lot Essay
Ike no Taiga is a well-known literati artist who excelled at calligraphy and painting.
The inscription reads:
Hana bankoku no haru ni hiraku (Flowers bloom in springtime thoughout the world).
Another example by Taiga with the same verse is in the Tokyo National Museum (B-3405).
The inscription reads:
Hana bankoku no haru ni hiraku (Flowers bloom in springtime thoughout the world).
Another example by Taiga with the same verse is in the Tokyo National Museum (B-3405).