Lot 1334: KANO NAONOBU (1607-1650)

27.5 by 46cm., 10 3/4 by 18 1/16 in., with tomobako

kakemono, depicting an old man watching a performance by a trained monkey as a young boy dances in accompaniment, in ink and slight colour on silk, signed Naonobu hitsu with seal Kano

Condition Note: Minor soiling, the mounting rather worn but otherwise in good condition

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