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About this piece
This ink and light colour painting on silk depicts Hotei, the Japanese god of contentment and good fortune, striding forward with his cloth sack (budai, his namesake) slung over a staff, prayer beads in hand.
The work is signed by Kita Busei (1776–1856), a pupil of the Edo-period master Tani Bunchō, and carries two personal seals: a round relief seal reading "Ka-an," one of his art names, and a square intaglio seal reading "Busei no in," meaning "seal of Busei." Busei worked across the Kanō, Rinpa, and literati (Nanga) traditions.
Housed in a solid teak frame with an acid-free mat and UV-protective glass.
Very good antique condition, with light, even toning to the silk consistent with its age.
Frame dimensions: height 46 cm, width 53 cm.
- Color
- Brown
- Style
- Japanese
- Material
- Silk
- Condition
- Good
- Dimensions (cm)
- W 53D 3H 46
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