LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF JAPANESE 'FOUR ARTISTS' SCREENS
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each four-fold screen decorated in ink on paper with bamboo and sparrows on a gold leaf ground, the left screen with the inscription Shosen hijaku wo utsutsu (flying sparrow painted by Shosen) and with seal, also with the signatures and seals of Ikka and Beisen; the right screen signed Beisen and with seal, and the inscription Yuzan suzume wo utsutsu (sparrows painted by Yuzan), with seal
Each screen 68 ¾ x 53 ¼ in. (174 x 135 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The four artists Suzuki Shosen (b.1872), Tanaka Ikka (1884-1924), Kubota Beisen (1852-1906), and Mori Yuzan (d. 1917) are all of the school of Suzuki Hyakunen (1825-1891) an eclectic artist with a wide following in Kyoto or Mori Kansai (1814-1894) a master of many techniques who studied in Osaka and then worked in Kyoto

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