Lot 390: KONOSHIMA OKOKU (1877-1938) Taisho (1912-1926) or

KONOSHIMA OKOKU (1877-1938) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and slight colour on silk, depicting a stag walking over a snow-covered field, looking towards the left, signed Okoku with seal Okoku; with wood tomobako storage box titled Setchu koroku (Lone deer in the snow), the inside of the lid signed Okoku dai (titled by Okoku) with seal Okoku. Overall 204cm x 61.5cm (80¼in x 24¼in), image 115cm x 42cm (45¼in x 16½in). (2).

Konoshima Okoku entered the studio of Imao Keinen (1854-1924) in 1893 and started to exhibit his work in 1897. Sometimes praised as ‘the last of the Shijo painters’, he excelled in the depiction of animals, landscapes and bird-and-flower subjects and was a frequent prizewinner at the national Bunten and its successors.