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Lot 151: Kimura Buzan (1875-1942) Meiji/Taisho Period

Est: £2,000 GBP - £3,000 GBP
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomMay 11, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Meiji/Taisho Period
Kakejiku, in ink and colour on silk, depicting a Summer scene of ten sagi (herons), five in flight and five perched on a rock on a beach, a storm cloud above, signed Buzan with seal Buzan; with tomobako titled Natsu no kohen (Lakeside in Summer) and signed by the artist Buzan with seal Buzan. 109cm x 41cm (49 7/8in x 16 1/8in). (2).

Artist or Maker

Notes


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Kimura Buzan was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. He began studying painting under the Nanga painter Sakurai Karyo. In 1890, he moved to Tokyo to enter the Kaisei School. Buzan also studied at Kawabata Gyokusho's school of painting, the Tenshin-sha. In 1891, he entered the Tokyo School of Fine Art, graduating in 1896. In 1898, his painting won a prize at the Japan Painting Association Fair and he participated as an associate member in the foundation of the Nihon Bijutsu-in or Japan Art Institute, of which he became a full member in 1906. The same year he moved with his family to Izura along with Yokoyama Taikan, Shimomura Kanzan, and Hishida Shunso.

The artist's work is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Tokyo National Museum.

Auction Details

Fine Japanese Art

by
Bonhams
May 11, 2010, 12:00 PM GMT

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK