The Kura - Japanese Art Treasures

Robert Mangold has been working with Japanese antiques since 1995 with an emphasis on ceramics, Paintings, Armour and Buddhist furniture.

Antique Japanese Landscape Screen Set by Ikeda Keisen


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Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920: Item # 1264119

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Plums blossom across 24 panels, harbinger of Spring and a cue to the scholars it is time to end the winter isolation and set out on journeys to old acquaintances. Ink and light color on paper dated 1913 with applied gold flake in a silk border decorated with gold designs enclosed in a black lacquer wooden frame. It retains the original backing paper. The screens are 149 x 68 inches (379 x 172 cm) and in excellent condition.
Ikeda Keisen (1863-1931) worked initially under his father Ikeda Unsho. He graduated the Kyoto Prefectural School of painting and was an important artist in the initial stages of the Bunten National Exhibition.