IMAO, Keinen (1845 -1924) Azure Winged Magpie, Eurya, No. 29 (Winter) Region_Colonial America East & West New Jersey

East & West New Jersey

71” x 68” combined sheet

Provenance: Probable gift of Mrs Phillip T

Original Watercolor Commissioned for René-Primevère Lesson’s Buffon Publication

The Batthyany & Nadasd Lunettes (Pair)

IMAO, Keinen (1845 -1924) Azure Winged Magpie, Eurya, No. 29 (Winter) Region_Colonial America East & West New JerseyIMAO, Keinen (1845 1924) Azure Winged Magpie, Eurya, No. 29 (Winter) From: Keinen Kacho Gafu (trans. Keinens Flower and Bird Painting)Kyoto, 1891 14 1 2" x 10" Seasonal woodblock prints from Keinen Kacho Gafu, a popularized kacho ga publications of the time, illustrated by Imao Keinen (1845 1924), a leader in the Shin Hanga movement. Imao studied painting and calligraphy under ukiyo e artist Umegawa Toukyo and traditional ink painter Suzuki Hyakunen.