古市金峨 Furuichi Kinga (1805-1880) Japanese art Kakejiku kakemono wall hanging scroll / Rabbitear Iris and Heron with Box RC769 Arbor Zuiho-in chief priest

Zuiho-in chief priest

Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1953

岩下 means under rock 風出 means wind blows 虎 means tiger 弄 means play with 児 means child or kid

and in 1995 and 2000 he was awarded a special prize at the Nitten exhibition

girl and Cat W375

古市金峨 Furuichi Kinga (1805-1880) Japanese art Kakejiku kakemono wall hanging scroll / Rabbitear Iris and Heron with Box RC769 Arbor Zuiho-in chief priestDescription Furuichi Kinga (1805 1880) Japanese art Kakejiku kakemono wall hanging scroll Rabbitear Iris and Heron with Box RC769 Furuichi Kinga (1805 1880) Painter of the late Edo and Meiji periods. Born in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. Studied the Shijo School paintings under Okamoto Toyohiko in Kyoto. Around 1830, he returned to his hometown Kurashiki and opened a painting school. In his later years, he broadened the scope of his work by