| | Stockno.: | S22-007 | Artist: | Hasegawa Gyokuhō (1822-1879) | Description: | Scroll painting on silk of a group of red-crowned cranes. Four cranes stand together in a group, with a small baby crane huddled in the back. Two more cranes are seen flying closeby. Cranes are considered an auspicious animal, and it is probably not a coincidence that this painting features seven, as seven is seen as a lucky number in Japan. With box.
*Painter born in Kyoto in 1822. Studied under Matsumura Keibun (1779-1843) one of Kyoto’s leading artists of the Shijō school. Specialized in the genre of kachō-ga (flowers and birds) and portraits.
| Signed: | Tōsai (another name the artist used) Gyokuhō, with artist’s seal. | Size: | image: 113.2 x 51 cm, including mounting: 204.5 x 63.5 cm. | Condition: | The painting does not hang completely flat but the edges turn inward | Price: | Euro 1650 | Reference: | | | | |
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