Lot description
Dated 1832 Kakejiku, painted in Kano style, in sumi and slight colour on silk, depicting bats flying over turbulent water, an inscription at the top right reading Jiritsu Mizunoe Tatsu shushun jyokan sha o Zenrakudo Nobori(painted at the begining of the first month in the year of the Dragon [1832] at Zenrakudo by Nobori), signed with two seals Watanabe Nobori in and Kazan; with double wood tomobako, the inside of the inner box with a long inscription by Watanabe Kaseki, extolling the virtues and character of the artist as well as authenticating the painting. 127.2cm x 70cm (50 1/8in x 27½in). (3).