Hanging Scroll Snow Landscape Painting

Description

A traveler in the snow landscape. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Bunrin and sealed. Circa 19th C. It is attributed to Shiokawa Bunrin.

Shiokawa Bunrin (1808-1877) was a kyoto born Japanese painter active during late Edo to Meiji period in Japan. Bunrin was a pupil of a prominent artist, Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845) and became a leading artist in Meiji Kyoto art circle at the time of the Meiji Restoration of Japan.

Some light marks and foxing are present on the painting itself, otherwise the painting is in very good condition with age. Some creases, marks, and traces of restoration are present on the scroll mounting, otherwise the scroll is in good condition with age. It is accompanied by a paulownia wood box.

Painting: W14” x H41 3/4” (W35.5cm x H106cm)
Scroll: W19 1/2” x H77 1/8” (W49.5cmx H196cm)