IKEGAMI SHUHO (1874-1944) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912–1926) era, early 20th century
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A pair of deer; a kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in narrow silk mounts, depicting a male and female deer in an autumnal setting with sasa (bamboo grass) and a branch with red berries, signed at bottom left Shuho and sealed twice, the second seal reading Shoho; with a wood storage box and a cardboard slipcase. Overall: 186cm x 131cm (73¼in x 51 9/16n); image: 160cm x 115cm (63in x 45¼in). (3).
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Born in Nagano Prefecture, Ikegami Shuho trained under his father Ikegami Shuka, a Shijo-school painter, and later received instruction from the important Meiji-era artist Araki Kanpo (1831–1915). Shuho was an exceptionally active participant in national exhibitions, showing major works at the Bunten national salon and its various subsequent iterations over 30 times from 1908 until 1943, as well as running an art academy and, later in his career, dedicating numerous paintings to Shinto shrines. The present large hanging scroll, dating from early in his career, is an excellent example of the Western-inflected Shijo style that prevailed around the end of the Meiji era