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SOZAN Ito. (1884-?)
Snowy Egret on Willow Branch. c.1920
- Category
- Japanese | 20th Century
- Publisher
- Watanabe Shōzaburō.
o-tanzaku, 17.7 cm × 38.4 cm
Very good impression, colour and condition.
A snowy egret on a willow branch during a storm. Signed and sealed Sozan.
Another copy can be found at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
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SOZAN Ito. (1884-?)
Heron Chasing Fish in the Rain. c.1919-1926
- Category
- Japanese | 20th Century
- Publisher
- Shozoburo Watanabe.
chuban tate-e , 17.0 cm × 24.3 cm
Very good impression, and condition. Slight toning. Gauffrage on the feathers, and silver metallic pigment for the rain.
Ito Sozan was a designer of fine kacho-e (pictures of birds and plants) but is still, to this day, in the shadow of his contemporary Ohara Koson. The publisher, Shozoburo Watanabe, dropped Sozan in favour of Koson for reasons that remain a mystery.
Sozan's designs are derived from Meiji style kacho, and in this example, a heron chases fish in the rain. Signed Sozan, with Sozan seal.
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