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Hello,
I bought this painting told by Ganku but I don't know if it is him. It was in a box. I don't know if the writting on the box is the same than the artist one.
Thank you if you can help me to translate and to verify.
Sincerely
Antigone

Writing on the box,
作者：岸駒　-　Artist; Ganku
品書；虎　-　Name of ware; Tiger

Seal on the scroll reads,
可顴岸駒　-　Kakan Ganku
(Kakan; one of his pseudonyms)

Ref. 日本書画落款印譜集成、柏書房　ｐ. 252.
(Corpus of Japanese Painters' and Calligraphers' Signatures and Seals, Kashiwa Shobō
p. 252.)

With regards,
I.Nagy

Dear Nagy, Guy,

Thank you very much for your translation and help,
Very useful for me,
Thank you to share your big knowledge,
Best regards,
Antigone

Sealed 可観 (Kakan) and 岸駒 (Ganku) wich do refer to Kishi Ganku (1749-1839).

Impossible for me to state if this is an original or a copy. The authenticity of the seals will be determinative in the first place. Most of his paintings have a signature followed by seals.

Guy.

unfortunately this is not by ganku. it might have been sealed later to turn it into a forgery.
peter

Dear Peter,

Thank you to post this reply now. It is going in the way I. Nagy told. Good to know more. I like it anyway.
Thank you
Sincerely
Antigone

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