Artist: Gakusui Ide
Title: Flower of the Four Seasons
Date: Not set
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Friday, 13 May 2011 My scroll Flower of the Four Seasons by Ide, Gakusui (b1899, c1950s Watanabe school) Artist: Ide, Gakusui (b1899, c1950s Watanabe school) Title: Flower of the Four Seasons Series: Date: 1930s/40s/50s Publisher: Self Medium: Scroll/Makuri roll Format: Long scroll, 21.5 x 77 inches Notes: Rare scroll by Gakusui (well-known as a woodblock print artist), hand-painted on cream silk with gorgeous gold silk surround. Deluxe glazed pottery end roller. Artist signature and seal at lower right of image area. Includes original artist-signed and sealed scroll box. Each flower/plant symbolises spring, summer, fall and winter. Painted area is 41.7 x 109cm. The last image compares two Ide Gakusui signatures from woodblock prints (left and centre) with this scroll's signature (right).
