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Konoshima, Ôkoku 木島 桜谷 (1877 - 1938)

a pair of chickens Signed: Ôkoku Sealed: Ôkoku Date: c. 1930 Size: 121 x 26.5 cms (mounting) 20.8 x 17.7 cms (painting) 48 x 10 inch (mounting) 8 x 7 inch (painting) Technique: colours on paper Condition: Fine: elaborate but tasteful mounting - using different kinds of silk; ceramic rollers, titled and signed original box. Price: SOLD Euro Literature: Ôkoku died tragically in 1938. This small painting has probably been mounted after that date, for the box (inside lid) bears the signature "Konoshima Haru" (plus seal), = his wife/widow. Roberts, p. 89, Morioka & Berry, pp. 206-211. Mounting: See mounting