Lot 16: Kimura Buzan (1876-1942) Meiji/Taisho Period

Meiji/Taisho Period
Kakejiku, painted in ink and colour on paper, depicting a magpie perched on the trunk of a plum tree, rendered in tarashikomi, a stream with ripples highlighted in gold strokes at the foot of the tree, signed Buzan with seal Buzan; with tomobako titled, inscribed and sealed by the artist, Nanshin Shogodo wo tabi suru, Buzan (Stayed at Shogodo in the Southern Nagano prefecture, Buzan). 138½cm x 32cm (54½in x 12 5/8in). (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 Bijutsuin 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.

Another painting by the artist was sold in these rooms, 12th May 2009, lot 76.