Bokusen Shimada Sold at Auction Prices

SHIMADA BOKUSEN (1867-1943) Taisho (1912-1868) or Showa (1926-1989) era,

SHIMADA BOKUSEN (1867-1943) Taisho (1912-1868) or Showa (1926-1989) era, circa 1920-1940 Kakejiku (hanging scroll); ink and colours on paper in silk mounts, depicting within a lobed reserve a recumbent stag holding down a sprig of camellia with its left foreleg and chewing on one of the petals, signed Genroku Bokusen ga (Dark stag painted by Bokusen) and sealed Toyo; with two wooden tomobako storage boxes, one inscribed outside Genroku (Dark stag); signed inside Bokusen jidai (painted by Bokusen) and sealed Shimada Toyo no in (Seal of Shimada Toyo). Overall: 142.5cm x 70.5cm (56 1/8in x 29½in); image: 42.5cm x 50cm (16¾in x 19¾in). (3).