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Kasumi, Bunshô 春見 文勝 (1905 - 1998)

Begging monks

Signed:	Kaisei-ji shunken (92-year-old Kaisei)
Sealed:	Bunshô
Date:	1996
Size:	188 x 32.3 cms (mounting) 106.3 x 30 cms (painting) 74 x 13 inch (mounting) 42 x 12 inch (painting)
Technique:	sumi on paper
Condition:	Ch?beri (middle part) of gold&moss-green silk brocade. Top and bottom of beige silk, beige&gold ichimonji, brown lacquer rollers. Original signed wooden box. Fine overall condition. The image of the two rows of begging monks is very familiar. Two phrases are used:
Price:	SOLD Euro
Literature:	Kasumi Bunshô was a pupil of both Nakahara Nantembo and of Deiry?, and his work is often discussed together with theirs.
Signature:	See signature
Detail:	See detail
Mounting:	See mounting