Description: A JAPANESE KAKEJIKU (SCROLL) SIGNED MARUYAMA OKYO, EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY
Maruyama School scroll dated Tenmei 7 (1787) in sumi and colours on silk, depicting a flower cart brimming with peonies, sunflowers and blossom with lively Karako (Tang Style Court Children) signed.
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The painting 106cm high, 41.5cm wide
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Tenmei Hinotohitsuji Chuka Sha Okyo (painted by Okyo in mid Summer in the year of the Fire Sheep (1787) with two seals Okyo no in and Chusen. Born to a poor farming family in Tanba, Kyoto prefecture, Okyo brought about a revolution in the world of Japanese painting. During his formative years he studied the Kano and Tosa inspired techniques under Ishida Yutei (1772-1786). Okyo was also influenced by Western realism. He ultimately combined all three styles and established his own style, previously unseen in Japan