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Matsumura, Goshun 松村呉春 (1752 - 1811)

ash container

Signed:	Gekkei
Sealed:	Goshun
Date:	c. 1800
Size:	119 x 61 cms (mounting) 28.5 x 46.7 cms (painting) 47 x 24 inch (mounting) 11 x 18 inch (painting)
Technique:	sumi on paper
Condition:	light blue-green silk mounting, middle part of gold and brown silk, ivory rollers, wooden box. Thin superficial wrinkles throughout the painting.
Price:	sold Euro
Literature:	Matsumura Goshun was the founder of the Shijô school. His work is found in all the works about 19th century painting. The haiku reads and translates as follows: uzumibi ya kanate urami no yoi ta ete my jealousy, like an ash-covered charcoal fire has survived the night
Signature:	See signature
Mounting:	See mounting