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Hello All,

I have a Japanese woodblock uchiwa fan album that has several group pictures by well-kown Kyoto artists. The prints are probably late Meiji, judging by who is included, but I can't date it better than that. Although some of the artists were easy to identify, I am having difficulty with some of the others. The prints are shown with enlarged signature blocks and numbering for each portion of the print. Any help by the group here to identify these unknown artists would be greatly appreciated.

1. Takeuchi Seiho
2. Suzuki Shonen
3. ?

3. 華邨　-　Kason - Suzuki Kason 　鈴木華邨　1880-1919

With regards,
I.Nagy

Yes indeed,
3. Suzuki Kason.

Guy.

Thank you again, Guy and I. Nagy.

It remains very interesting to me how these well-known artists enjoyed collaborating on small works, with each painting a small part. I haven't seen that elsewhere.

J. Boussinesq

The denomination in Japanese for such joint work is 'gassaku' and typical for Kyoto Shijô and literati painters.

Guy.

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