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Kikuchi, Hôbun 菊池 芳文 (1862 - 1918)

Crow in a bare tree in the snow

Signed:	Hôbun
Sealed:	Hôbun
Date:	1911 (a winter day)
Size:	129 x 65 cms (mounting) 39 x 52.9 cms (painting) 51 x 26 inch (mounting) 15 x 20 inch (painting)
Technique:	sumi on paper
Condition:	Ch?beri (middle part) of blue-grey silk brocade, top & bottom of light-brown silk, beige&gold ichimonji and futai, ivory rollers; Original signed, sealed & titled wooden box. Fine condition
Price:	SOLD Euro
Literature:	The box is dated "Meiji 44 (1911), a winter day", and signed: "Kikuchi Hôbun - seal: Hôbun", but he has also added in his own hand: "This painting was made when I was young, I have written the title on request". Lawrence P. Roberts, p. 78, Morioka & Berry, pp.112-115
Signature:	See signature
Detail:	See detail
Mounting:	See mounting