hanging scroll representing a landscape, painted by Hirano Gogaku

Winter landscape  -
        Hirano Gogaku (1811 – 1893)


A zen priest at the Ganseiji in Hida. Studied Nanga painting on his own, following the style of Tanomura Chikuden (1777 - 1835). Specialised in landscapes. One of the most important Nanga painters from the Meiji -period.

technique:
signed:
seal:
sumi and some colour on paper
Gaku
unread
size:
mounting:
rollers:
38 x 117 cm
dark blue paper
wood
condition: good, one horizontal fold
Lit.: Roberts 32
price: Euro 500,-