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Konoshima, Ôkoku 木島 桜谷 (1877 - 1938)

Saru - Monkey Signed: Ôkoku Sealed: Ôkoku Date: ca. 1920 Size: 193.5 x 53.8 cms (mounting) 109.5 x 30.7 cms (painting) 76 x 21 inch (mounting) 43 x 12 inch (painting) Technique: sumi and some light colour on silk Condition: Ch?beri (middle part) of moss-green&gold silk brocade, top and bottom of light grey-green silk, beige&gold ichimonji and futai, wooden rollers. Original titled, signed and sealed wooden box. Fine overall condition. Price: SOLD Euro Literature: Roberts, p. 89 Morioka & Berry pp. 206-211 Ôkoku was one of the best and most consistent painters of the first part of the 20th century. Signature: See signature Detail: See detail Mounting: See mounting