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Subject:old Japanese carp in waterfall scroll, request translation
Posted By: Wayne J. Thu, Jan 18, 2018 IP: 2601:449:8301:afb9:f
Hi all, I'd be grateful if you could translate the signature and scroll label shown in the pics. -Wayne







Subject:Re: old Japanese carp in waterfall scroll, request translation
Posted By: I.Nagy Fri, Jan 19, 2018
Reading of signature,
源琦　　Genki
Reading of seal,
源琦之印　Seal of Genki
Genki (1747-1797) mid-Edo period painter, Surname:
Minamoto (源）　Popular name; Komai (駒井）from
Kyoto. Disciple of Nagasawa Rosetsu.
Inscription on mounting,
源琦　鯉　　Genki - Carp

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: old Japanese carp in waterfall scroll, request translation
Posted By: Guy Fri, Jan 19, 2018
Signed 'Genki' (源琦) and sealed 'Genki no in' (源琦之印) refering to Komai Genki (1747-97) but I'm afraid that the signature nor the seal are original. His work was often copied and faked.

Guy.

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