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Subject:Please identify artist for ink painting
Posted By: Jennett Fri, Nov 03, 2017 IP: 2600:387:2:810:0:0:0

Any information on this peice would be so appreciated. I've killed many brains cells trying to find out


Link :Dropbox Link for Ink Painting


Subject:Re: Please identify artist for ink painting
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, Nov 04, 2017

Here is the reading of the painting inscription:
天明甲辰初冬 冩 Tenmei Koushin Shotou Utsusu
Tenmei (Japanese era name 1781-1789)
Year of Wood-Dragon (1784) At Beginning of Winter Painted
應舉    Okyo ( Signature)
1st seal,
應舉之印  Okyo no In (Seal of Okyo)
仲選    Chusen (Courtesy name)

Maruyama Okyo 圓山應舉)1733-1795 18.c. Japanese painter.

With regards,
I.Nagy


Subject:Re: Please identify artist for ink painting
Posted By: Jennett Sun, Nov 05, 2017

Thank you for the replies. I did a little research on Maruyama Okyo and I am wanting to know if this artwork is something of value and should be appraised/authenticated? If so, does anyone have any recommendations on trusted resources for appraising this type of work?

Thank you.

Subject:Re: Please identify artist for ink painting
Posted By: Bill H Sat, Nov 04, 2017

The inscription contains a cyclical date of "Done in early winter of 1783 during Japan's Tenmei period" (Tenmei reign was 1781-89). Our Japanese experts should be able to help with information and transliterations additional to what's provided below. The characters appear to be as follows:

First stack - 天明甲辰初冬寫

Second stack: - 應舉 (Variant Japanese characters in use nowadays are 応挙)

The second stack forms the name "Okyo", which may be Maruyama Okyo, indicated by Wikipedia.org to have been active in the late 18th century. The link to further info on that page is downloaded below.

Best regards,

Bill H.

URL Title :Maruyama Okyo



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