Lot 303: MAEDA SEISON (1885-1977) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, c

MAEDA SEISON (1885-1977) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, circa 1926-1977 Kakejiku (hanging scroll); ink and colours on paper in silk mounts, depicting a rustic scene of peasants excitedly watching two dogs fighting, signed and sealed Seison, with a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed outside Token (Dogfight), signed inside Seison dai (inscribed by Seison) and sealed Seison; with outer lacquered storage box. Overall: 210cm x 61cm (82¾in x 24in); image: 110cm x 40.5cm (43¼in x 16in). (3).

One of the ‘three pillars’ of the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute), along with Kobayashi Kokei and Yasuda Yukihiko, Maeda Seison was among the most influential Japanese artists of the last century and is celebrated for his mastery of an extremely wide range of styles and subjects: historical, religious, literary, bird-and-flower, animal painting, and lively genre painting somewhat in the Shijo manner, as seen in the present lot.