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Subject:Re: Help reading scroll of crane
Posted By: I.Nagy Tue, Aug 18, 2020
Signature,
公美生冩 - Kōbi shō-utsushi - Real image by Kōbi
Upper, leisure seal,
放情自娯 - Hōjōjigo - Abandon your emotion and enjoy yourself
Lower seal,
公美氏 - Kōbi-shi - Master Kōbi
Fukunaga Kōbi 福永公美 1872-1934
Learned painting from Toyohara Kunichika and Ogata Gekkō. Was awarded the first prize in the St. Louis World Fair in 1904. Was selected for the 8th, 11th and 12th Bunten. He was a little bit eccentric in his private life.
With regards,
I.Nagy
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