Live Auction 2266Japanese and Korean Art
Kikuchi Hobun (1862-1918)
Lot 61

Kikuchi Hobun (1862-1918)

Pheasant and wisteria

Closed17 March 2009

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USD 1,500

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Kikuchi Hobun (1862-1918)
Pheasant and wisteria
Signed Hobun hitsu and sealed Hobun and another seal
Two-panel screen; ink, color and gold on paper
65 3/8 x 72 7/8in. (166 x 185cm.)

Specialist note

Hobun was born in Osaka and studied under the Shijo-school painter Kono Bairei (1844-1895). He taught at the Kyoto Municipal School of Fine Arts and Crafts and was a frequent exhibitor with and juror for the Bunten. He was one of the founders of the Kyoto Nihonga school.