TOMITA KEISEN (1879-1936)

TWO-FOLD PAPER SCREEN FOR TEA CERIMONY (FUROSAKI BYOBU)
INK ON PAPER AND PAULONIA WOOD FRAME

TOMITA KEISEN WAS BORN IN FUKUOKA PREFECTURE.
FIRST HE LEARNED PAINTING WAY OF SIJO PARTY FROM TSUJI
KAKO AND WAS TRAINED UNDER TOMIOKA TESSAI INSTRUCTIONS.
HE WAS COMMITTED TO SENGAI GIBON AND ARCHIVED A LOT OF PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPE AND BUDDHISM PAINTINGS.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF NIHON BIJUTSU IN.

TAISHO PERIOD (1911-1926)
cm. 54,5 high x 184
ORIGINAL TOMOBAKO