Maeda Seison (1885-1977)
Maeda Seison (1885-1977)

Daimotsu no ura (The Shore at Daimotsu)

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Maeda Seison (1885-1977)
Daimotsu no ura (The Shore at Daimotsu)
Signed Seison and sealed Seison ga
Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
47 7/8 x 19 3/8in. (121.5 x 49cm.)
With wood box titled, signed and sealed by the artist

Lot Essay

This scene depicts Minamoto no Yoshitsune's flight from the capital from chapter 12 of the the Tale of the Heike.

For a similar painting dated 1955-65 see Maeda Seison isakuten (Memorial exhibition of Maeda Seison), exh. cat. (Tokyo: Asahi Shimbunsha, 1979), no. 66.

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