Lot 343: Kimura Buzan (1875-1942) Meiji/Taisho Period

Meiji/Taisho Period
Kakejiku, in ink, colour, gold, and silver on silk, depicting a kasasagi (magpie) perched on a withered oak branch, the veins of the leaves delicately picked out in contrasting silver and gold, signed Buzan with seal Buzan; with tomobako titled and signed by the artist Buzan with seal Buzan. 126.8cm x 42cm (49 7/8in x 16½in). (2).

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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 (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.