Ogura Ryuson (n.d.)

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Description

`Yushima no kei' (a view of Yushima)
oban yoko-e, 24.7 by 36.3cm., 9 3/4 by 14 1/4 in.

a moonlit night scene with two figures admiring the town of Yushima town from the shrine, dated Meiji 13 [1880], publisher's mark of Arai Hachizô, signed Gako Ogura Ryuson

Catalogue Note

Little is known about the artist except that he was a contemporary with other Meiji period masters such as Kobayashi Kiyochika and Inoue Yasuji.