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Subject:Re: Please, would you help me with this Chinese painting?
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, May 15, 2021
The picture was painted in China during WWII by a Japanese high ranking military officer.
Inscriptions,
Right side,
范卿仁兄法正 - To my dear friend Fàn Qīng
無名居士 - From Mumei-koji (Nameless retired scholar) - Art-name of artist
Upper seal,
柴山之印 - Seal of Shibayama - Surname of artist
Lower seal,
越父甬 - Eppuyō - Another art-name
Inscriptions,
Left side,
昭和十五年元旦成筆 - Painted on the New Years's Day of the 15th Year of Shōwa Era (1940)
於漢口坊中 - In the City of Hankow
Inscriptions on the mounting,
柴山兼四朗少将畫人物 - Figure painting from Major General Shibayama Kenshirō
Red label,
文物商店 - Cultural Relics Shop
柴山兼四朗人物 - Shibayama Kenshirō - Figure
Shibayama Kenshirō 1889-1956
His final rank was Lieutenant General of the Army.
From 1939 he was assigned to the 11th Army of Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters in Hankow (Today's Wuhan) - Ref. Japanese language
Google -
On the picture Zhong Kui, a mythological figure, suppoded to drive away evil spirits is depicted.
With regards,
I.Nagy
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