Copy of

Copy of "Tao Yuanming's Painting" Double Hanging Scroll

Watanabe Kazan , Birth and Death Years: Kansei 5 - Tenpo 12, Era: Late Edo Period, Field: Samurai, Painter. Common Name: Noboru, Real Name: Sadashizu, Renamed: Gen'nosuke Toranosuke Noboru Sadashizu, Art Names: Kazan (initially Kasan), Hakuto, Koyasu, Zenrakudo, Yugado, Posthumous Name: Bunchuin Kazan Hakuto Koji, Rank: Posthumously awarded Senior Fourth Rank. Origin: Tahara Domain, Mikawa Province (Chief Retainer). Career and Achievements: Active as a samurai and chief retainer of the Tahara Domain in Mikawa Province, also active as a painter in the late Edo period. In 1839, punished by the shogunate (Incident of the Western Learning Society).

Watanabe Shoka , Birth and Death Years: Tenpo 6 (1835) - Meiji 20 (1887), Era: Late Edo to Meiji Period, Field: Samurai (Chief Retainer of Tahara Domain), Japanese Painter. Common Name: Shunji, Real Name: Kai, Art Name: Shoka (later changed to Shoka). Origin: Tahara Domain, Mikawa Province, Family Line: Second son of Watanabe Kazan. Career and Achievements: Studied painting under Tsubaki Chinzan and Fukuda Hanko, studied classics under ¨­hashi Nuan, studied poetry under Sekine Chido, excelled in flower and bird paintings.

The main paper is hand-painted on paper. Both the main paper and the mounting are generally in good condition. Accompanied by a paulownia wood storage box, scroll dimensions: length 186 cm ¡Á width 56 cm.