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Japanese Two Panel Screen: Sumi-e Snow Scene

Ink on mulberry paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signature and seal read: Sagawa Kakoku. Poem on upper left reads: Stormy valleys in high mountains with more snow to come. Original storage box

Notes about the artist: Sagawa Kakoku (1867-1946) born in Yonesaki village in 1867 (Keio 3). He studied under Matsudaira Sekkô a former Mito clan member. He later became a student of Nozawa Hakka of Tatsunokuchi. In 1904 he moved to Tokyo and studied under Komuro Suiun with whom he also had contact with Araki Jippo. He was selected for the first time for the 2nd Imperial Art Exhibition in 1920, and his selected work was made an Imperial Household Agency article. He continued to exhibit his works at the Imperial Exhibition and the Ibaraki Prefectural Art Exhibition.