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Drawings by Kihō, Kawamura 琦鳳 河村 Kawamura Kihō had the fortune to be the pupil of Kawamura Bumpō (1779-1821), one of the leading Kyoto artists of the beginning of the 19th century. Though he was one year older than his teacher he also became his adopted son. In his famous book The Art of the Japanese Book Jack Hillier says: "Only Kihō can de said to have approached Bumpō's brushwork at its most individual" (op. cit., p. 696). At the same time, living in Bumpō's shadow has also resulted in Kihō's relative obscurity, in spite of his obvious excellence as a painter. He is know as a skilled painter of landscapes, figures and kachō-ga, as well as the author of two illustrated books, Kafuku Nimpitsu of 1807, and Kihō Gafu of 1827. Hillier also says: "his contributions to a number of gassaku [= joint paintings] are invariably of high quality" (op. cit. p. 698). Sold drawings
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