The 5th head of the Kobikicho Kano school.
His given name was Shozaburo, pen name is Eisen.
Studied painting under his father.
Succeeded to his father's job, an official painter for the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Later, he was appointed as Hogen rank.
Highest Value = About US$7,000
Signature & Seal
Yes
Part of Painting
Silk, 101 x 43.5 cm ( 39.8 x 17 inch )
Mounting
Silk, 181 x 55 cm ( 71.3 x 21.7 inch )
Roller Ends
Wood
Box
Wooden Box
Description
This scroll is authenticated by Nohon-Bijutsuhin-Hozon-Shinsakai.
The certificate proves that this scroll was certainly painted by Kano Eisen.
Eisen is the 5th head of the Kobikicho Kano school.
The Kobikicho Kano is one of the most important school in the whole Kano.
The school was located at Kobikicho in Edo area.
The motifs are the Jurojin God (one of the Seven Deities of Good Fortune) and kids.
They are expressed in typical Kono painting style.
Eisen's artworks in existence are not so many because he deceased young.
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