AF20536 Kozuka : Watanabe Issei Saku

Ordering number : AF20536

Kozuka: (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper)
Mei (signature) : Watanabe Issei Saku

Length : 9.74 cm x 1.46　cm ( 3.83 inches x 0.57 inches)
Jidai(era) : Edo period.

Special Feature: Silver plate, the Four Gentlemen is painted with inlay.
The Four Gentlemen, it is a collective term referring to four plants:
the plum blossom, the orchid, the bamboo, and the chrysanthemum.
Watanabe Issei was from Shonai province. He lived in Aizu.
He studied under Hayashi Masamitsu and Funada Ikkin.

NBTHK Hozon Paper
AOI estimation paper
In Kiri box.