TWO PANEL SILK SCREEN , BAMBOO.
MATSUMOTO ICHIYO ( 1893 – 1952 ) WAS BORN IN KYOTO INTO A FAMILY OF YUZEN FABRIC DYERS, MIDWAY THROUGH THE TUMULTUOUS MEIJI PERIOD ,AND ATTENDED THE CITY ART PRIMER BEFORE ENTERINGTHE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL OF PAINTING ( LATER KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF ART ) WHERE HE JOINTLY STUDIED UNDER THE PRIVATE TUTELAGE OF YAMAMOTO SHUNKYO AT HIS STUDIO. WHILE AT SCHOOL HIS FIRST PAINTING WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE 9th BUNTEN (1915 ) NATIONAL EXHIBITION.
THE HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART , THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ,KYOTO AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART , TOKIO ARE AMONG THE PUBLICCOLLECTIONS PAINTING BY MATSUMOTO ICHIYO
PERIOD : TAISHO (1911 – 1926 )
DIM. CM.144 X H. 151