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Monsui Ise 
   / Kyugen (Kosode soga)

                    Price 26,250 YEN        

Monsui Ise (1859- ? )

Monsui Ise (1859- ? ) An artist/merchant born in Nagoya
in the later portion of the Edo period.
His real name was Uemon Mizuno, but he was later called Iseya.
He was a self-taught artist and painted Traditional Japanese
scenes very well.
This particular painting is characteristic of his style.
The dancers in the paintings are doing "Noh" theater
(a kind of slow Japanese dance/recitation using fans and masks).

Main painting Silk B=41.5cm H=115.0cm
Mounting Silk B=54.0cm H=198.0cm
Box Original signed
wood box included.
Artwork is in good condition.
with slight foxing.
(But,they are not conspicuous.)