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Lot 372
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Sengai Gibon (1750-1837) le vent soufflant dans les bambous

Estimate
5,000 - 6,500 EUR
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Description

Kakemono, encre sur papier, signé avec un cachet Sengai, boite en bois

Catalogue Note

Sengai was from Mino province. He studied for 13 years with the Zen master Gessen zenji from whom, it is belived, he learned paintings.  HE later became the 123rd abbot (1790-1811) in Shofuku-ji in Hakata but he was known with friendly unpretentious personality.